Early Corp Services: Shown here are Corp Travel and Book Co-op Advertisements, 1986 and 1989

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Image of an advertisement produced in 1986 by The Corp's travel service. The advertisement lists prices for travel packages to Miami, Cancun, and Acapulco for spring break held from March 7-14, 1986.
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Image of an advertisement produced by The Corp in 1989 for their Book Co-op service. It features a drawing of a student in a Corp apron holding up a book wih the words "Students Buy and Sell Your Books at Your Prices" written around the drawing. The words "Book Co-op coming this fall" appear at the bottom of the page.

The early years of The Corp saw the rise of many unique ventures geared toward the student community. In 1973, a Furniture Co-Op was set up to help off-campus students furnish their residences. The Corp also assumed responsibility for the campus’s Book Co-Op, which existed before The Corp’s founding, and helped students buy and exchange their course materials for substantially lower prices. This period also saw the start of The Corp’s internal Accounting Department, Student Storage, and a Copying and Typing Service. Meanwhile, a travel bureau offered spring break tickets and packages for students to locations in Mexico, Jamaica, and the Bahamas, among many others! With the advent of online travel platforms, Corp Travel closed in 2000, and in its space, The Corp opened Full Exposure, a short-lived photograph development service that operated until 2005.