Topic 11 Universities should give the same amount of money to theirstudents sports activities

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<i><b>AD Agreeing or Disagreeing 11</b></i>

<i><b>Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Universities should give</b></i>
<i><b>the same amount of money to their students’ sports activities as they give to their </b></i>
<i><b>university libraries. Use specific reasons and examples to support your opinion.</b></i>

<i>I disagree strongly with the idea that the same amount of money should go to </i>
<i>university sports activities as to university libraries. Although playing sports is an </i>
<i>important part of education, libraries are fundamental. Students cannot study without </i>
<i>them and they require a lot of financial support to maintain up-to-date technology, to </i>
<i>keep new books and magazines on the shelves, and to keep them operating.</i>

<i>Students need up-to-date library facilities to get a good education. They need </i>
<i>computerized programs and access to Internet research databases. It costs money to </i>
<i>have these things available, but they are fundamental to education. If a university offers </i>
<i>its students only resources of a decade ago, it deprives those students of a tremendous </i>
<i>amount of information.</i>

<i>Although we get a lot of information from computers and the Internet, university </i>
<i>libraries still need to maintain a complete book and magazine collection. Every day new</i>
<i>information is published on every subject, and every university wants to have this </i>

<i>information available to its students. Again, this requires money.</i>

<i>It also costs money for universities to operate their libraries. University libraries </i>
<i>are usually open for long hours and during this time they use heat and electricity. Most </i>
<i>important, a university library needs a well-educated, knowledgeable staff. In order to </i>
<i>be able to hire the best people, they have to be able to pay good salaries.</i>

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