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Friday, March 20, 1998	`Collegian Columnist` Taking a chance with USG events can make students winners Do you want to WIN A FREE TELEVISION? Do you like to GAMBLE? If you said "yes" to one or both questions, come to Las Vegas Night from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. today in the HUB Fishbowl.
USG represents the undergraduate student body at the University Park campus. USG also can be reached electronically via E-mail at usg@psu.edu or through its World Wide Web site at www.clubs.psu.edu/usg.	Enjoy a fun-filled night of mock-gambling, including poker, blackjack and roulette. Silently bid your winnings on the free TELEVISION or many other great prizes that have been donated by numerous local businesses. Some of the other prizes include: a gift certificate to the Penn State Bookstore, a free manicure, free movie passes, free passes to Gold's Gym or cold hard $CASH$. There also will be a disc jockey and FREE refreshments. This event is open to ALL students at Penn State and is co-sponsored by Undergraduate Student Government's Programming Department and the Association of Residence Hall Students . The Programming Department is a high-energy branch of USG designed to bring free, fun-filled, nonalcoholic events to the entire student body. These activities are meant to provide an alternative to drinking on the weekends for those students who do not drink, or those students who just want to try something new and different. So far this year, USG has brought you numerous events that have been funded by our very own fund-raising Business Department at no cost to you. The Programming Department is always looking for new ideas for exciting and fun programs.
*"The Programming Department is a high-energy branch of USG designed to bring free, fun-filled, nonalcoholic events to the entire student body."*	Maybe you attended and enjoyed some of the other events that USG's Programming Department has sponsored this year, including the Halloween Extravaganza which included the Live-Action Clue Game and Videokie with Mr. B. Or maybe you stopped by the HUB Fishbowl to participate in Seventeen Magazine's Name Your Fame Tour including free samples, a talent search, model contest or free makeovers. Maybe you were lucky enough to have attended the Rolling Stone Rock N' Roll Bowl which featured free prizes and a music trivia contest or the NCAA Campus Cup Football Tour which included many athletic contests, free prizes and Sumo Wrestling, which were both held in East Halls last semester. Regardless of whether or not you have attended any of the other events, you certainly will not want to miss Las Vegas Night! So come on out at 9 p.m. today to the HUB Fishbowl and bring your friends. Test your gambling ability and try to win free prizes including the brand new color TELEVISION. Or just come and enjoy the disc jockey and refreshments. If you have any questions about Las Vegas Night, any other USG events, or you would like to make a suggestion for a new program, feel free to contact USG at 863-1USG or come and see us in 203 HUB. Hope to see everyone tonight!

Taking a chance with USG events can make students winners