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From left, Bateman Competition team members Kalyn Hippleheuser and Amy Bishop prepare for the February campaign. The team will launch several 2010 Census awareness events this month.

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The IU team competing for a national prize for publicity campaigns has set several events this month to engage students in the 2010 Census.

• Wednesday, Feb. 17: Census Nonsense at 7 p.m. in the Alumni Hall at the Indiana Memorial Union.
• Saturday, Feb. 20: Hoosier Treasure Hunt at 3 p.m. in the lobby of the Wells Library.
• Feb. 22: Count Me If You Can: College students, college towns and the 2010 Census, 7 p.m. at the Hutton Honors College. Bloomington City Councilman Steve Volan is the guest.
• Feb. 24: Students may pick up census materials at the Count Us IN booth at the summer camp job fair at Alumni Hall in the Indiana Memorial Union.
• Feb. 25: The team will describe all the details of the 2010 Census prior to the 9 p.m. tip-off of the IU men’s basketball game against Wisconsin.

IU’s chapter of the Public Relations Student Society of America is sponsoring the team for the Bateman Competition, a nationwide contest that involves about 80 universities creating public awareness campaigns for the 2010 Census. The IU team submits its final work in March.

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