To avoid problems at Mac Court
Registrar says look in time schedule
By TOM WOLFE
Of the Emerald
“Probably the best advice I can give stu
dents about registration is to look closely at the
Time Schedule of Classes before going to Mac
Court,” says Chris Munoz, assistant registrar.
Munoz, who was in charge of the Early
Orientation Registration Program, says nearly
all problems with the mechanics of registering
can be solved or prevented by students paying
closer attention to their time schedules.
The booklet is more than a listing of classes
offered, Munoz points out. Fee schedules, re
gistration procedures, academic regulations
and University notations and abbreviations
are all described and explained in the book.
Also included is information about financial
aid, loans, deferred tuition, academic advising,
degree requirements and a listing of important
dates for the term.
Munoz says common problems of gridding
errors during registration and anxiety over not
being able to register for planned classes
cause most of the frustration students experi
ence during registration.
“It would help if students could look at regis
tration not as a calamity but as simply irritating.
It’s really not that difficult to negotiate a regis
tration if you have the preparation and train
ing,” Munoz contends.
“Part of the preparation is simply figuring out
alternatives for classes you hope to take,"
Munoz explains. “The more flexible you can be
the better.” In addition Munoz encourages
students to plan out the order of courses they
will sign up for by their priority.
In other words if you’re dying to get a certain
section in anthropology don’t waste your time
standing in line for Health 250 first.
“There’s no doubt that pre-registration
would be a service to everyone involved at
Mac Court,” Munoz admits. "But it's a matter of
logistics. Right now we don’t have the ade
quate hardware to handle it.”
Even with this in mind, Munoz says the Uni
versity is now examining possible pre
registration models and trying to incorporate
some pre-registration in the meantime. Pos
sibilities are to reserve slots for students in
sequences and to give majors pre-registration
options.
Changes to pre-registration have been dis
cussed for years at the University and no real
progress toward a computerized mail-in sys
tem has been made. For now it seems that the
17.000 students and 300-400 staff involved in
the quarterly registration marathons will simply
have to bear with it again.
Realistically though, registration problems
aren’t over when you leave Mac Court. About
15.000 add/drop slips will be turned in this term
and additional students will have signed up for
the wrong class or somehow got lost in the
shuffle.
One final way to insure against either of
these is for registered students to pick up their
registration verification forms during the fourth
week of classes. This term the forms will be
available at the EMU, says Munoz. “Hopefully,
the forms will be more visible and we ll have
better luck with students checking them.”
Three ways to go in the EMU
The Skylight
The Skylight is located on the top floor of the
new addition in the EMU. Besides a nice view
there are soups and sandwiches. The Skylight
also features a salad bar, and fresh baked pas
tries. Open Monday-Friday 9 am to 2:30 pm
The Fishbowl
Located in the northwest corner of the EMU, the Fishbowl
offers a unique atmosphere for food or just to meet a friend.
Open daily, the Fishbowl area features the soda bar, Deli,
pizzas and burgers.
THE SODA BAR has a self-service soft drink bar, assorted
donuts and pastries, ice cream and coffee. Open Monday -
Friday 7 am-11:30 pm; Saturday 10 am-11:30 pm; Sunday
noon-11:30 pm.
PIZZA-BURGERS features pizza,
hamburgers, cheeseburgers and
french fries. Open Monday-Friday
2 pm-10:30 pm.
THE DELI has assorted cheeses,
breads, meats and salads. The
sandwiches are made to your
specific taste. Open Monday
Friday 11 am-7 pm and Sunday 5
pm-7 pm.
Cafeteria-Grill
The Cafeteria offers an assortment of entrees, french dip, vegetables,
carved meats and a wide selection of sandwiches, salads, desserts,
beverages and snacks. Open Monday-Friday, 11 am-1:30 pm. The
Grill features breakfast 7-10:30 am, prepared for individual likes and
specific tastes. Hamburgers and french fries from 10:30 am-2:30 pm
Monday-Friday.
EMU
FOOD SERVICE
Open Monday-Friday 7 am-11:30 pm; Saturday 10
am-11:30 pm; Sunday noon-11:30 pm.
Updated code
annuls student
court system
By TOM WOLFE
Of the Emerald
Students accused of academic
cheating, plagiarism or other
academic violations face a com
pletely revised judicial system this
year.
The student court system was
abolished last spring to simplify
the student code and bring it in line
with a recent Administrative Pro
cedures Act the Attorney General
says applies to state universities.
One of the act’s provisions out
lines procedures government
agencies must follow when using
severe disciplinary sanctions. The
former student court probably
didn't meet all the act's provisions,
says Peter Spratt, a student who
worked on the new code.
Spratt also says the new code is
more positive in its philosophy and
procedure and has toned down
the legalistic emphasis of the old
code.
Frequent wording changes
have been made in the code in
recent years but even these did
not simplify it or answer all its
shortcomings, Spratt says.
“We also wanted to get away
from a downtown-type system,’*
he says. "We've tried to build a
system that is positive and em
phasizes counseling."
Major changes in the code are
as follows:
•The student court system has
been replaced by three disposi
tion possibilities; administrative
resolution by the conduct coor
dinator, an informal hearing be
fore an impartial referee, or a for
mal hearing before a hearings of
ficer (an impartial attorney), com
plete with defenders and pro
secutors working under supervi
sion of a professional attorney.
•Student defendants are now
required to be notified in writing of
their rights under the code.
•The use of a negative notation
on a student’s transcript for a
specific length of time has been
added as a disciplinary sanction.
•The use of suspension, expul
sion, negative notation on trans
cript or eviction from University
owned or supervised housing has
been prohibited from use as a dis
ciplinary sanction by all but a hear
ings officer.
•Student defendants can now
choose administrative resolution
or informal hearings for minor of
fenses with the consent of the
conduct coordinator. The severity
of disciplinary sanctions in these
cases has been limited but no ap
peal is open to the students.
•The code has also ben ex
tended in authority to cover any
one enrolled at the University
within six months of disposition of
their case except when plagiarism
is suspected when the time lapse
between incident and trial would
extend indefinitely.
In a committee report issued
with revisions in the code, coun
seling of defendants was also en
couraged. The report said it is also
the responsibility of the University
to help students find academic
help or emotional counseling if
needed or requested.
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