Colleges Block Debit Cards' Use at Tanning Salons

Under pressure from cancer prevention groups and members of Congress, some colleges are moving to bar their students from using their campus-provided debit cards to get a fake tan, The Boston Globe reported. The newspaper's report notes that tanning beds are popping up in some off-campus apartments, and that some colleges let students pay for the service with their campus cash cards. The melanoma risks (and a letter from members of Congress to 18 institutions) are leading some college to block that use.