Friday, January 30, 1998
The University Daily Kansan
Section A·Page 5
Penalties don't float with casino fans
Boats may be forced to pull plug on slots
By Jeremy M. Doherty
jdoherty@kansan.com
Kansas staff writer
Kansas City's "boats in moats" may have been dealt a bad hand.
In November, the Missouri Supreme Court decided games of chance at casinos located on manmade ponds were in violation of constitutional language. Casinos floating in actual river water, such as the Argosy Casino on the Missouri River, meet the specifications prescribed by the law.
Following the ruling, the Missouri Gaming Commission, which previously issued licenses to six casino boats in Kansas City, Mo., recommended disciplinary measures against the boats.
Although the commission has not dealt out any penalties, the casinos could be forced to unplug their slot machines.
University of Kansas students who frequent the boats are suspicious of actions against the casinos
Jerry Jackson, Lansing sophomore, and his family play the slot machines at Station Casino and the Flamingo Hilton.
"It itens that the commission initially said that they could be placed there," Jackson said. "Then all of a sudden, they realized that this was not acceptable. So, I'd say that it's the commission's responsibility, not the casinos. They gave them the right to build the boats."
During a hearing last week, casino attorneys asked Cole County Circuit Judge Byron Kinder for state compensation if the casinos were forced to remove games of chance. Casino attorneys claim slot machines and other electronic gambling games provide the casinos with two-thirds of their income. Kinder has not yet ruled on the matter, and he is expected to set a date for a new hearing within in the next few weeks.
Mike Pace, Lawrence junior and occasional slot player, said it was ironic that the games of chance caused this much controversy.
"They say those slot machines have a 98- to 99-percent payback
rate," Pace said. "I could sit at one of those all day, pumping money in, and still not get any money back."
Mark Winters, Wichita senior, said the removal of the s't machines would not affect his attendance.
"I would still go, because I mainly play blackjack and, once in a while, craps," Winters said. "I rarely play the slots, but it is all just ridiculous. They should just leave it up to the casinos if they want to have slots or not."
"They should just leave it up to the casinos if they want to have the slots or not."
Mark Winters wichita senior
Troubled waters
M D. Bradishaw/KANSAN
Smart cards may be dealt at spring enrollment
Chip to store information for banks, bills and buses
By Gerry Doyle
gdoyle@kansan.com
Kansas staff writer
Students and faculty at the University of Kansas soon will have a new way of looking at themselves.
Although the pictures on students' KU identification cards will be different, there will also be bigger changes. The University is switching from magnetic-strip ID cards to cards containing a microchip. The cards could be in use by April, said Lindy Eakin, associate provost.
The new cards would replace the current KUIDs, and will be distributed at enrollment this spring.
The new cards will carry the student's information and eventually will give students the ability to purchase snacks at a vending machine or CDs on Massachusetts Street.
"It will be both a debit and a smart card," said Nancy Miles, campus card manager. "It will be an ID for all faculty, staff and students. Our hope is to eventually take it off-campus."
The University will utilize the services of two vendors, a bank and the card's manufacturer. The bank will manage the financial aspects of the card.
Both vendors have not officially signed the contract for the smart card services. Cost of the new cards has not been released.
The smart card utilizes a chip with multiple
"purses" for keeping track of different accounts, Miles said. With the chip, students will no longer — if they choose — have to carry around vending cards, ATM cards and an ID card.
All these features will be included in the new program, said Diane Goddard, director of purchasing. Because the chip can keep track of so many items, possibilities for expansion are boundless, Goddard said.
"It can be used for bus passes, athletic tickets, a phone card," she said. "It's only limited by the imagination. We're intent on having this happen sooner than later."
The smart card also will be distributed to others besides students and faculty, and will have security measures like a PIN to prevent exploitation. Eakin said.
"We'll sell them for concessions, sell them to the alumni association," Eakin said. "There will be a fair amount of security employed in the cards. We have some pretty smart people here, and don't want the cards to be misused."
The cards will be useful for KU students, but will not be without drawbacks, said Mark Ashbrook, Lawrence graduate student.
"On the one hand, it seems like a really good idea," Ashbrook said. "It might be a convenience for students. But it seems that if a student were dependent on the card and lost it, it would be a bigger detriment than the current IDs."
Kevin Reynolds, El Dorado Springs, Mo., senior, said the cards were a novel idea, but they wouldn't add that to much student life.
"I don't know if it's really necessary," Reynolds said. "I don't see that it's that big of an advantage."
KU will make the switch to a microchip containing "smart card" during spring enrollment.
KU smart card
1. Replaces current KUIDs.
2. Serves as a bus pass or athletic ticket.
3. Functions as a debit card.
4. For use in making campus purchases and in campus laundry and vending machines.
5. Eventually, could be used to make
Students at Kansas State University already have the smart cards. The switch to the new cards was made about a year ago, but right now services offered by the card aren't what they were billed as, said Kipp Vannaman, a Kansas City, Mo., junior at K-State.
6. Uses a personal identification number
"They don't do jack for us," Vannaman said.
"As of yet, they don't do anything the old cards with the magnetic strip didn't do. They look better, though."
M. D. Bradshaw / KANSAN
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