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As a subscriber you can listen to articles at work, in the car, or while you work out. Subscribe NowIndiana University won’t have its own highlighted day at next month’s Indiana State Fair, a sponsorship change estimated to save the school about $60,000.
The university sponsored a State Fair day for the past three years, with information booths, parades of cheerleaders and events such as last summer’s pep rally with new basketball coach Tom Crean.
IU paid $40,700 for last year’s sponsorship, but university spokeswoman Valerie Pena says other expenses raised the total cost to nearly $100,000.
Pena told The Bloomington Herald-Times that IU was spending $37,000 on fair activities, including a booth, free health testing and sponsorship of a daily shuttle.
Fair spokesman Andy Klotz said Purdue University and Ball State University are among 11 “day” sponsors for the Aug. 7-23 State Fair, which has been extended to 17 days this year.
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