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Many credit unions are also marketing themselves, often for the first time, to dispel notions that they're exclusive to one company's employees. Despite its name, the Boeing Wichita credit union, with its permissive state charter, boasts many members among its 45,000 who are not Boeing employees but rather other workers and residents throughout its territory in eastern Kansas. Last fall the credit union rented billboards in the Wichita area to declare itself BETTER THAN YOUR BANK. In Minneapolis, Affinity Plus recently became an official sponsor of the Minnesota Twins to demonstrate to the community that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Banking: Big Little Lenders | 5/5/2003 | See Source »

...does an MTV-generation guy get into the business of dishing out counsel to seniors? Shouldn't it be the other way around? Miller holds a master's degree in education from Kansas' Wichita State, although he never made it past teacher training. He says, half-jokingly, "I found out I hate kids." He moved to Norman, home of the University of Oklahoma, in 1988 to work in the athletic department and became a stadium announcer. Then in 1999 things took a jarring turn. Miller's mother was dying of breast cancer when his father came home from visiting...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: One Savvy Guy | 4/28/2003 | See Source »

Traveling to Rocky Horror conventions, she has made friends across the country. She’s been to six conventions total, including the 25th anniversary bash in Las Vegas, and she plans to attend the next gathering in Wichita this summer...

Author: By A. SCOTT Holbrook and D. J. Lamas, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Midnight Horrors on Church Street | 4/11/2003 | See Source »

Hendricks, of course, was accepted, but not before being courted by a plethora of other schools. He was recruited by Baylor, Georgia Tech, Miami of Ohio, Fresno State, Tulane and Wichita State, among others. But besides Harvard, two schools truly tempted Hendricks—Rice and West Point...

Author: By Lande A. Spottswood, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: LONE STAR: Texas Boy Hendricks Takes Long Road to Big Leagues | 4/10/2003 | See Source »

...that is particularly appealing to us. J.R.R. Tolkien's mythical books are about the universal difficulties of humanity, both the struggles and the pitfalls. We read these tales because they tell a good story, not because we're worried about America as a superpower. EMILY WHITWOOD Wichita Falls, Texas...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Dec. 23, 2002 | 12/23/2002 | See Source »

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