Second College in Illinois Faces Questions Over Exclusive Soft-Drink Contract

A second public college in Illinois has given an exclusive contract to a large soft-drink bottling company in exchange for a $500,000 charitable donation, a Chicago newspaper has reported.

John A. Logan College, a two-year institution, signed a 20-year contract last year with Harry L. Crisp II, president of Marion Pepsi-Cola Bottling Company, the Chicago Tribune has reported.

In 1997, Mr. Crisp pledged

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