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"I know how to make the cheapest macaroni and cheese," Oudersluys said. "It's a package of Ramen noodles and a slice of American cheese." A part of the federally funded Sup- plemental Nutrition Assistance Pro- gram, the Bridge Card is the most recent and modern form of govern- ment-issued food stamps. Food stamps originated with the anti-poverty Food Stamp Act of 1964 signed by President Lyndon B. Johnson when crop sur- pluses coincided with high levels of hunger in the country. The government could give food to the needy and help farmers move their crops. Since then, food stamps have gone through many reforms to become the Bridge Card, but still serve the purpose of providing food to those who may otherwise not be able to get it. Oudersluys has had a Bridge Card since February and feels she can eat healthier because of it - abandon- Recipients of Bridge Cards have money deposited into their Bridge card accounts by the federal government every month on a scheduled date. Gen- erally. for students like Oudersluys, the amount is $200. However, the amount is dependent on how many people the card is supporting. The card is similar to a debit card except funds can only be used to purchase food - not prepared meals, cigarettes or alcohol. When the card is used at the checkout, if any of the prohibited items are being pur- chased, the card will recognize those items and not allow the funds to pay for them. Oudersluys said she heard about the Bridge Card Program through a friend who also had the card. "It's extremely helpful because I don't have to worry about when I'm going to be able to buy groceries or when am I actually going to be able to eat food," Oudersluys said. "It's one less thingI don't have stressing me out any- more." In 2009, The New York Times col- lected information about Bridge Card usage in every county. In Washtenaw County, 9 percent of the population, or 30,224 people, were SNAP recipi- ents compared to neighboring Wayne County, which had 427,676 people, or 22 percent of its population receiving food assistance. According to the Food Research and Action Center, the state of Michigan received more than $2.8 billion for the SNAP program from the federal gov- ernment in 2010. In February, about 1.8 million people in Michigan were recipients of the money. About 20,000 of them were students. Previously, status as a college stu- dent deemed many students eligible for the program. The federal government put optional work requirements in the qualifications for the program. How- ever, it is up to the state to enforce the requirements - something Michigan previously chose not to do. But when a state bill revisiting the qualifications passed last spring, the work require- ments were added to Michigan's pro- gram qualifications. Additionally, when state legislators voted to change the qualifications to become a part of the SNAP program in February, the state cracked down on the number of college students able to obtain a Bridge Card. Currently, college. students looking to enter the SNAP pro- gram must either claim a child as their dependent or work at least 20 hours each week, and they may also not be declared a dependent to their parents. 0 i 1 2 3 i 4 7 5 6 i 7 181 91w10 1 I I I 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 11 1 1 , , , l , , . , , , , I I , , , , , , | , , , I I I I, , quotes of the week from the archives "I have more power than anybody other than the Sugar cones of spirit president, in the sense that I can get things changed, quickly" BILL O'REILLY, describing himself during an interview with Newsweek, promoting his new historical thriller about Lincoln's assassination. "Men loving women and women loving men and men loving men and women loving women - you all know we like to watch that. But what I'd like to say is, God Bless America, y'all!" DAVID GROHL, FOO FIGHTERS LEAD SINGER, yelling from a truck during a counter-protest concert against an anti-gay hate church group. cOURTESY OF LONDON DAIRY FARM Translating an epic rivalry between two schools into innocuous, but scrump- tious ice cream flavors was a lucrative business eaten up outside the Big the rules House. In 1987, The Michigan Daily reported on the innovative idea conjured by London Farm Dairy. ("School's War has spread to ice cream," 10/9/87) The farm wanted to market their company through rival game day ice cream samples: No. 317: No. 318: No. 319: Spartan Mint Fudge and Maize n' Berry. At the time, the Spartan flavor was pre- Avoiding eye If you are in Ann If you're making ferred by most - though Wolverines were embarrassed to admit that they favored the chocolate-y mint taste. contact when your Arbor and you him Cookies and The real showdown happened in East Lansing in an intense "Lick Off" on Oct. professor is cold- have flu-like he's still not dating 9 when the two schools rallied around the opposing ice cream flavors, gauging calling doesn't symptoms, you're you, stop making which one would disappear at first. This rally in 1987 was the first joint pep rally between Michigan State University and the University of Michigan. Who knew Work anymore. screwed. him cookies. school pride could be so delicious! I - . - - _O _,"Ww_ _" - - my tax status. They did ask if I had any supplemental income from things like family or friends." He said he applied for the Bridge Card because he doesn't earn enough to pay for all the expenses in college. "I'm working 17 hours a week and taking 18 credit hours of class, and I'm still not making enough to pay tuition and rent and I needed a little break somewhere," he said. To get the card, he had to fill out an application online and then participate in a half hour phone interview. After that, the card was mailed to him with the funds already in his Bridge Card account and ready to be used. The last step in the process will be for him to send photocopies of official documents, including his paycheck, to validate the information he submitted on his appli- cation. "It wasn't obvious (what the qualifi- cations were)," he said. "The fact that I got the card in the mail surprised me. by the numbers COURT ESY OF MSNBC O° Liters of semen that Cryos International Percent of Scotland's population that is Donors that are on the waitlist at Cyros can hold at one time. The company recently redheaded. 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