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Show Senate Page 13 The Signpost Wednesday, April 20,2005 continuedfromfront and hour and a half to get the student registered and still couldn't get the system to work. International Student Senator Cynthia Morgner has experienced problems as well. "I've signed up twice for my classes and they got dropped like a couple of days later," Morgner said. Morgner suggested that students check on their schedules to see if the same thing had happened to them. Business and Economics Senator Josh Borges said that this is the university's first go at Banner and so there are going to be problems. Eventually, every university in the state will be switching to the Banner system. "They've said that with every school they've done it at, there's been problems," Borges said. Borges said registration appointments are now divvied out in a four-week registration block with the seniors registering the first week, the juniors the second, sophomores the third and freshmen the fourth. Students are grouped into class based on the credits they have earned toward graduation. Medina urged senators to make a list of ways administrators should help students with the problems. E-mail information, fliers, a problem hotline with contact list for specific problems, and a link on the campus index for registration problems were some of the suggestions the senators came up with. Some of the problems students are experiencing include inability to enter registration portal and prerequisites are missing. Arts and Humanities Senator Laura Fox was assigned to invite the administrators to an upcoming senate meeting to explain their ideas on tackling the issue. The Student Affairs Committee was assigned to look into what student government could do to alleviate the problem. "We are going from a home-grown system and so it doesn't compare to anything that they have tried ft) implement before/' - Tony Weight, associate president of student affairs Asian and Polynesian Senator Charlie Johnson (left) listens as Business and Economics Senator Josh Borges (right) discusses ways to solve registration problems. "We are going from a homegrown system and so it doesn't compare to anything that they have tried to implement before," said Tony Weight, associate president of student affairs. Weight said that everyone needs to start out realizing it is going to be a difficult year. If students are having a difficult time with the actual registration process, they can look on weber.edu in the index under registration questions and answers. If they are having technical computer problems, they need to contact Computing Support at 626-7777. Vice of Academic Affairs President Ryan Wolsey announced that online teacher evaluations would most likely be available through student portals later this week. He reported that the information available online will include answers to a nine-question form that students have filled out. Five of the questions are about a specific course; four of them are about a specific professor. The average scores of the two sections will be reported separately through the student portals. "Hopefully by the end of this week the goal is to go live," Wolsey said. Science Senator Jeff Bailey asked the senate to help him recommend one of three options to administrators on how to pay for the Wildcards. Thirty: thousand dollars that used to help cover Wildcard fees is going to be given to the WSU Psychological Services next year. Students will have to help cover that $30,000 by other means. "I know that the reality is we are going to bear the cost," Bailey said." I know that." The first option Bailey introduced would charge every student who takes classes $2.25 per semester. The second option would charge every student who gets a new card $10 and then all students $1 per semester. The third option would require an up-front fee of $20 per student for the card. Shepherd Union Building Director Bill Fruth said that the Wildcard is growing in its use and therefore is costing more to fund. The senators took a straw-pole vote to see what option they favored. They voted for the second option as a recommendation for administrators. The senate passed BS200428, "Executive Responsibilities," during Monday's meeting. This legislation would eliminate some of the specific roles of the executive vice president in order to allow some of the other vice president positions more authority. Bailey introduced BS200427, "Constitutional Changes to WSUSA Bylaws" which will be voted upon next week. It would make the bylaws reflect the restructure in wording. 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