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Show PACE 4 THE THUNDERBIRD MONDAY OCTOBER 17, 1988 PAYCHECK CASHING POLICY DESERVES RECONSIDERATION Several student complamts have reached The Thunclerbird concerning the campus Cashier's Office and its refusal to cash SUSC's own payroll checks. On the surface the issue may not seem particularly pressing, but further examination shows what an obstacle this lack of service could present for many on the campus payroll especially student workers. An important consideration: Many of the student jobs on work study positions, available only to those campus students with real financial need. Students on work study are often the ones without accessible transportation, the ones who center their activities on the campus. These students earn as well as spend their money here why must they leave campus to convert their paychecks into cash that will likely return to the college? As the campus grows in terms of both physical size and the student services it offers, perhaps it's time SUSC considered cashing its own payroll checks. The Cashier's Office has had bad experiences with personal checks in the past, but its employees should feel confident cashing campus paychecks. Or do they know something about the college's financial situation the rest of us don't? Although student employees on the campus payroll number more than 500, a policy to cash SUSC paychecks would require only slight modifications in relation to the convenience the change would provide. The Cashier's Office, we realize, lacks the staff to start the service immediately. Maybe an extra cashier's assistant or two should be included in SUSC's expansionary plans. Ours is hardly an outrageous request. Other colleges and universities in the state are much more accommodating when it comes to their paycheck policies. Cashiers offices at University of Utah, Utah State University, and Weber State College will cash payroll checks under $100; while Brigham Young University will cash a BYU paycheck for any amount. It's true that SUSC wouldn't have the cash on hand that these larger offices can maintain; but even Dixie College with a smaller campus population than SUSC's makes arrangements to cash student payroll checks under $300. The SUSC Cashier's Office policy isn't necessarily wrong. And the work tne office does with only one professional and one student employee is truly admirable. But as students grow increasingly reliant on campus businesses and services, service would be implementation of a beneficial for college businesses as well as convenient for students. Money received on campus just might have a stronger tendency to stay on campus. a-- e payroll-check-cashi- Higher education's goals are muddled 'Access' is a recurring column through which members of the campus community may address themselves to topics of concern andor interest. This week's column is by JAMES S. SPAINHOWER, an English literature and communication major and a staff writer for 'The Thunderbird.' caliber would have been part of yesterday's curriculum, but not proffered as the gospel truth. Instructors, however, are but a small aspect of the problem in comparison to student apathy. In our d age, students have a uniform concept as to what constitutes the perfect body, but haven't the vaguest notion what is If Epictitus' quote holds true, "Only the educated required to perfect the mind. This may be linked to are free," we, as a society, may be moving toward students' television viewing habits (instead of an uncertain future bound through ignorance. learning the joys of reading). In any event, students A recent study indicates the United States is have lost perspective of the purpose of a higher into the quagmire of educational education, viewing it as a temporary inconvenience complacency, ranking 49th in literacy among 159 between high school and the job market. Even the countries in the w'orld. National Education Association notes in its Before one begins to point fingers in accusation, we must accept the bittersweet truth that we are all Colleges have become a to blame in some capacity; and some of the changes are beyond our control. supermarket, where students are d With the infancy of the 20th century, the selective shoppers and professors halls of academia stood as a institution. Today, colleges and universities across merchandise education. the nation have been transformed into a supermarket where students are selective shoppers and professors evaluation of colleges that "students are increasingly merchandise education. reluctant to undertake courses of study that In the past, students attended college already challenge their academic skills." What we are left possessed of a fundamental literary heritage. The with is the perception of the college experience as college classroom served as an arena for intellectual nothing more than an adolescent rite of passage. discourse. An ugly metamorphosis in academian Despite inherent flaws in the academic tidepool, perspective has since altered this worthwhile goal. social evolution may very well hold constructive It is a safe bet to assume many of the college change. Inevitably, as the baby boom generation protesters of the fervid '60s generation have matures, an appreciable decline in college graduated to positions of tenure, bringing with them enrollment will result. Estimates have the college age polarized views at the cost of objectivity. This action population declining by at least 28 percent within has transformed education into a political the next eight years. If college survival is based on indoctrination in some instances: affirmative action economic factors which it is schools will have to is desirable; feminism is a given; investment in South become more selective in admissions. Those Africa is taboo; and homosexuality is an alternate individuals not serious about education will be sexual preference. Most certainly issues of this weeded out and therein lies the answer. slip-slidi- ivy-cla- time-honor- lilt Ml btM NtW's AND Vltws Oh sOUlHtKN U IAH btAft COLlfcOt LtDAR CHY, LlAH VOLUME 83, NUMBER 4 Editor Nicole Bonham Associate Editor Lynn Holt Design Editor Danny Stewart Photo Editor Tyler Brown Copy Editor Anne McCloskey Entertainment Editor Gary Ziegler Sports Editor 8rent Rtchev Lynn Dennett Production Manager Raquel Eves Ad Representatives Cafhleen Castle Nicole Floyd Faculty Adviser Larry Baker Operations Manager The Thunderbird is published each Monday of the academic year by and for the student body of Southern Utah State College and is not affiliated in any way with the College's The views and opinion expressed in The Thunderbird department of communication are the opinions of the publication's individual writers and do not necessarily reflect the views of the institution, faculty, staff or student body in general The unsigned editorial directly above is the opinion of The Thunderbird as a single entity Letters to the editor must be typed and include the name and phone number Only the name will be printed Names will not be withheld under any circumstances and the editor reserves editing privileges Letters must be submitted by noon Friday for inclusion in the following edition. 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