JACLYN SPIEZIA
Special to the Lampoon
If you often go to Centre Pointe, you may have noticed the new addition. We hardly ever get new things, so when we do, they really stick out.
Sitting on the counter next to the old soda machine is a brand new soda machine. As if there weren’t already enough people in that tight little corner, now there are more! The fight to get your cup of pop is even more intense, seeing as how the new machine has many more options for drinks.
Unfortunately, every time something new arrives at Fredonia, the “Blue Devil’s curse,” as many call it, takes over. The new soda machine had broken within 24 hours of its introduction.
If you are anything like the majority of college students, then you were probably enticed by the touch screen. One student was so enticed that he wanted to see what would happen if he tried sticking his fork up the dispenser. He did so with success. Witnesses say that he managed to break the machine.
“I guess we just can’t have nice things,” one girl noted.
Since pouring soda is very difficult, with a possible overflowing of fizz, students are anticipating the repair of the new machine.
With the new machine, all you had to do was push a button that said “pour,” and it would show you how much to put into the cup. In addition, there was hardly any fizz, so it didn’t take two years to wait for the fizz to go down to pour more in.
Getting a taste of something nicer, and then having it gone so quickly can be disappointing, but Fredonia says that they will have it up and fixed by Fall 2018.