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ASHJIAN STAFF WRITER DA725@CABRINI EDU

With the holiday seasons around the corner many of Cabrini’s students find themselves digging through their wallets for their hard-earned funds. For an average college student those funds may not always be excessive. With a quick flash of some important plastic, the studious and the broke alike have a quickfix alternative to wad-loads of cash.

Think your Visa or MasterCard is the hub of almighty-plastic power? Nope. It’s the college-student-identification card.

Michelle Phan, a junior, works part time at the King of Prussia mall. She tries to save gas money by carpooling with her friends and shopping at “H&M.” “I showed my student id at Philadelphia’s Ampitheater and my admission was reduced to halfprice two hours before the show started,” Phan said.

The Tuttleman IMAX Theater, located inside the Franklin Institute in Philly, also offers college students discounted rates.

Diamond Jones, junior, buys admission for $5 on Friday and Saturday nights with her Cabrini id when she wants to see original, explorative movies shown in three dimensions, like “Titanica.”

Diamond says that she loves going to the IMAX Theater because she’s never experienced anything like it and it’s so cheap.

“I also save money by shopping mostly at Old Navy because their clothes are nice and inexpensive,” Jones said.

Another entertainment complex that honors the intuitive, yet temporary economically challenged student is The Bridge, a movie theater located on 40th & Walnut in University City. This theater offers discounted rates for students from $9 to $7.50 for movie tickets and houses a full bar for an alternative to previews.

Orlando Medina, senior, takes the