.
      by
      es
      se
      es
      ce
      oe)
      a
     
     
      ie
      Ne
      Ate
      aie
      a
      a
     
     
      ee
      amy
      Se
      aay
      :
     
     
      é
      ely
      ieee.
      Me
      .
      fea
     
    
   
   
    
     
      _
      The
      opinions
      expressed
      in
      this
      column
      do
      not
      neces-
     
     
      sarily
      reflect
      those
      of
      the
      staff
      of
      this
      publication,
      or
     
     
      of
      the
      Student
      Union.
     
    
   
   
    
     
         
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Ee
      ee
      ee
      ae
      eee
      Oe
      ee
     
    
   
   
    
     
      It
      is
      just
      like
      Las
      Vagas.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      People
      sitting
      there,
      pumping
      their
      last
      dollar
      into
      the
     
     
      _
      slotmachines
      desperately
      hoping
      for
      that
      ‘‘BIG
     
     
      _WIN’’.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Unfortunately
      this
      is
      not
      a
      scene
      from
      that
      hot
      oasis
     
     
      _
      in
      the
      dessert
      but
      rather
      this
      is
      a
      scene
      from
      our
      own
     
     
      campus.
      Even
      worse,
      this
      is
      the
      seen
      at
      the
      Panther
     
    

    
     
      _
      Lounge,
      a
      bar
      that
      is
      run
      by
      the
      Student
      Union,
      for
     
    

    
     
      _
      students,
     
    
   
   
    
     
      _
      Why
      is
      this
      highly
      addictive
      (and
      very
      expensive)
     
     
      _form
      of
      gambling
      allowed
      on
      our
      campus?
      Is
      the
     
     
      student
      union
      making
      money
      off
      of
      the
      addictions
      of
     
     
      students?
      Are
      they
      preying
      on
      the
      students
      in
      these
     
     
      hard
      times
      for
      there
      money?
      Why
      is
      the
      Student
     
     
      ‘Union
      trying
      profit
      off
      of
      some
      of
      the
      poorest
      people
     
     
      in
      society.
     
    

    
     
      It
      is
      documented
      that
      this
      form
      of
      gambling
      is
      for
      the
     
     
      ‘poor
      and
      uneducated.
      Also,
      it
      should
      be
      noted
      that
     
     
      ‘statistically,
      people
      only
      loose
      money
      on
      these
      ma-
     
     
      chines,
      not
      win.
      For
      every
      dollar
      won,
      there
      is
      two
      or
     
    
   
   
    
     
      three
      lost.
      For
      every
      ‘‘Big
      win’’
      there
      are
      hundreds
      of
     
     
      losses.
     
    

    
     
      1
      realize
      that
      the
      government
      makes
      massive
      amounts
     
     
      of
      money
      off
      of
      similar
      machines
      around
      the
      prov-
     
     
      ince,
      but
      should
      the
      government
      be
      given
      permission
     
     
      by
      a
      student
      organization
      to
      make
      even
      more
      money
     
    

    
     
      off
      of
      students.
      By
      allowing
      these
      machines
      to
      be
      put
     
     
      in
      the
      Panther
      Lounge,
      the
      Student
      Union
      and
      the
     
     
      lounge
      management
      have,
      in
      fact,
      sold
      out
      to
      the
     
     
      government
      fora
      take
      of
      the
      winnings.
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      As
      students
      in
      an
      institute
      of
      higher
      learning,
      we
     
     
      Should
      be
      critical
      of
      this
      action
      taken
      by
      the
      Student
     
     
      Union
      and
      the
      lounge
      management,
      We
      should
      be
     
     
      educated
      enough
      to
      beable
      to
      see
      what
      these
      machines
     
     
      really
      are,
      They
      amount
      to
      little
      more
      then
      robbing
     
     
      trom
      the
      poor
      and
      desperate,
      We
      should
      stand
      up
      to
     
     
      me
      government
      and
      tell
      them
      we
      are
      not
      interested
      in
     
     
      giving
      them
      more
      money,
     
    
   
   
    
     
        
     
     
        
     
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      How
      can
      we
      as
      students
      ask
      the
      government
      for
      better
     
     
      PLO
      roms
      LO
      Delp
      i
      itv
      when
      on
     
    
   
   
    
     
      UE
      KI
      X-
      ;
     
    
   
   
    
     
      4
     
    
   
   
    
     
      RESS
     
    
   
   
    
     
      HOC
      "
     
    
   
   
    
     
      February6,
      1992
     
    
   
   
    
     
      ~
      the
      other
      hand,
      we
      show
      them
      we
      have
      money
      to
     
    
   
   
    
     
      throw
      away
      in
      these
      machines?
      In
      stead
      of
      helping
      the
     
     
      government
      finance
      their
      budgets,
      we
      should
      stick
      to
     
     
      trying
      to
      finance
      our
      own
      budgets.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      I
      know
      it
      will
      be
      argued
      that
      these
      machines
      are
      only
     
     
      being
      used
      by
      the
      students
      who
      have
      extra
      money,
      but
     
     
      this
      is
      simply
      not
      true.
      Machines
      of
      this
      type
      are
     
     
      designed
      to
      be
      used
      by
      a
      group
      of
      people
      weather
      they
     
     
      have
      money
      or
      not.
      Unfortunately,
      this
      group
      includes
     
     
      many
      university
      students.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      These
      machines
      should
      be
      removed
      from
      the
      campus
     
     
      immediately.
      This
      conflict
      of
      interest
      for
      the
      Student
     
     
      Union
      should
      not
      continue.
      If
      people
      want
      to
      use
     
     
      these
      machines,
      they
      can
      go
      to
      some
      of
      the
      businesses
     
    
   
   
    
     
      around
      town,
      they
      would
      not
      mind
      taking
      a
      students
     
     
      last
      dollar.
     
    
   
   
    
     
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      the
      odds
      against
      me,
     
    
   
   
    
     
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