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ST. PAUL, Minn. — In the lobby of the library of Metropolitan State University, Clara Ware was sitting behind a table covered with pens, notepads and buttons with the census 2010 logo, calling out like a sideshow barker.
“Here comes a prospect,” she said as a student walked up.
Ware explained that filling out the census form this spring could mean more money for the university and the surrounding neighborhood. “If we could get some more of that funding back, we could get some more services,” said Ware, 48.
Colleges, universities and their surrounding communities have a financial interest in making sure all of their students get counted in the census, so public relations campaigns are popping up all over the country.
