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According to a recent Gallup survey, 69 percent of respondents worry about the safety of their credit cards.

I asked students in Northwestern University about their preferred payment method: Credit card debit card or cash?

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Those were some voices from Northwestern students.



Payment Method Mixdown

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An artist has to make a lot of preparations before being able to get into SOFA Chicago, an art fair dedicated to Sculpture, Objects, Functional Art and Design. 
Medill’s Siyuan Du reports.

The annual SOFA Chicago kicks off with an opening night preview Thursday. Allegra Marquart, a participating artist, explains the preparations before she could bring pricy works into SOFA.

Marquart: Well, first you have to be with a gallery and then the gallery brings your work here. But I was lucky to get into that gallery just sort of a word of mouth thing. I know most places won’t even bother to look at it. 

After getting into a gallery, you’ll also need an art dealer.

Marquart: There is no regulation like other businesses. It’s based on trust, which sometimes is misplaced. And there is (are) a lot horror stories about dealers suddenly going out of business and disappearing and the artist never gets the work back. 

But Marquart thinks all those challenges and risks are worthy to be taken.

Marquart: Of course it’s worthy to me, because it’s a good way to get to know more people and get to know more artists. And once in a while maybe I help sell some of my own work. I make things all the time anyway. And for me making art is like having brown eyes. I don’t have a choice.

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I’m Siyuan Du, from Medill.


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