All-Star Artwork Registration Coming to GSU Rahul Bali Institutions Installing BANNER, Like Staff Writer Geoigia Tech, Have Been Solved
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1 N SIDE 1 N SIDE Sports Arts & Entertainment Three X-citement Panthers hits the - ^\\ v go pro screen i* . * SIGN AL V On page 7 GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY On page 10 Tuesday, July 18, 2000 Changes in advisement, All-Star Artwork registration coming to GSU Rahul Bali institutions installing BANNER, like Staff Writer Geoigia Tech, have been solved. "We have learned from implementation of BANNER on the Georgia State's academic other University System campuses," advising systems, PACE and OASIS, he said. are being replaced the BANNER Henry explained that Georgia student and financial aid system. State is making the transition now to BANNER is currently being the BANNER because of the fall used at 31 units of the University 1998 conversion from the quarter System of Geoigia, including Geoigia credit to the semester credit system Tech. The conversion of Georgia and some continued Y2K concerns. State's current PACE and OASIS to Some the additional tools that are BANNER is two-year project that contained by Geoigia Tech's Banner will finish in fall 2002. system, currently not in the Geoigia Geoigia Tedh's conversion from State TEMPO/PACE/OASIS system its Cyber system to BANNER faced include: searching of classes by time, moderate technical problems during instructor, and campus; also, knowing its fall 1996 implementation. At the at time of registration that a student is time, some of the problems included eligible for a course based on major, difficulties for cooperative education class status, prerequisite and GPA. students and their status as students Students will not see changes in the registration system. Registration until January 2002, when some for restricted classes based on major student infonnation will begin to be and class status for Tech students were transferred in the new system to be also common problems. tested, according to Henry. "After the Special | Signal Provost Ron Henry, Geoigia testing phase, additional student and Sculpture graduate student Babatunde Nasiru (left) stands with another artist from Pennsylvania by the painted ball State's vice president of Academic financial aid will be transferred" for that they collaborated on for the All-Star game last Tuesday. The ball was on display at Centennial Park last week and can still be seen on www.allstarball.com. Affairs, believes that many of the the BANNER system to become fully problems faced by previous operational in fall 2002. MARTA Board New VP of Student Services talks approves fare hikes about experiences and plans Steven P. Ericson understanding of everything that There the student population was Rahul Bali board meeting. Editor-in-Chief occurs. much more traditional than the student Staff Writer Currently, Georgia State I think my role is to learn as population here. That's a difference, students pay $34 for the Last Friday, a reception was held much as I can, as fast as I can. Talk but I think working with students and monthly transcard, as the for Geoigia State's new vice president with staff, talk with students and then knowing the kinds of issues that transportation fee subsidizes of Student Services, Dr. Hazel Scott begin to work with staff and work students bring and their expectations During its June board $1 of the discounted monthly Scott had worked at Occidental with students about changes that can of the institution help to prepare me meeting, MARTA's General passes. The final discount College immediately before coming improve student life on campus. for a position here or anywhere. Board approved an across-the- price for transcards has mot to Geoigia State and also at Cal Poly- Signal: How did being at It's a matter of learning the board fare hike to take effect been set yet for Georgia State San Luis Obispo and Oklahoma State. Oklahoma State prepare you for some student culture and their expectations. Jan. 1, 2001. A single one-way University. The Signal got to ask her about of the challenges that you will face The diversity of students here will fare would go from a $1.50 to Georgia State's her experiences at those universities here at a laige state university? provide a real opportunity to try to $1.75, while weekly and Operations Manager for and her plans while at Geoigia State. Scott: Oklahoma State being meet the needsof a student population monthly transcards will rise Parking and Transportation Signal: What differences do you large and being very similar to that is evolving. That's one of the from $12 to $13 and from $45 Keith Trawick said, "The final see immediately between Occidental Georgia State, one of the differences exciting things about Geoigia State. to $52.50, respectively. U-Pass student fare will be and Georgia State? What things there was in the student population. Signal: What are the other things According to MARTA, the determined by MARTA, when would you like to bring from that excite you about Geoigia State? University Pass program (of [MARTA] finalizes the fare Occidental and what thingsat Geoigia Scott: Dr. Patton and Dr. Henry which Georgia State is a increase." State that you would like to change? have excellent reputations across the member), will raise monthly There is a remote Scott: I think that the two country. And the things that have been transcards from $35 to $37 for possibility that MARTA can institutions are different in a lot of accomplished here have been very students and from $38.25 to rescind the fare increases, if a ways and are the same in a lot of ways, excited. And the prospects of what's $42 for eligible faculty and $12.3 million capital shortfall particularly as it related to Student to come are very exciting. staff. can be compensated for. Services. I think students are the blood of MARTA did not set a Parking fees will not change, The obvious differences are size the institution. The students that I've weekly U-Pass rate in the June as daily parking will remain and state versus private. met since I've been here, the students free and long-term parking at Some things that are the same that I've met during the interview nm D E X $3 a day. are a comprehensive Student Services process, tell me that these students are This is MARTA's first raise program, there was one at Occidental bright, they're challenging, they are News 1 in fares since June 1995, when and there is one here. Here 1 think the interested in the institution.They want Perspectives 5 single one-way fares went from program is broader in scope. Steven P. Ericson | Signal what's best for the institution and Sports 7 $1.25 to $1.50. According to In tenns of what I would like to Dr. Hazel Scott (left) talks with SGA therefore what's best for other Executive Vice President Hanna Bauer A & E 9 MARTA, this rise in fares change, I'm the kind of administrator students. Classifieds 11 (center) and SGA Vice President of should last five years before that I probably would not make snap Public Relations Andre Ledgister at a I think it's going to be wonderful Volume 67 Issue 34 another is necessary. judgments without a thorough reception last Friday welcoming Scott. to work with this student body. $ WHAT'S MINE IS MINE WHAT'S YOURS IS MINE PLAY NICE MP3s, VIDEO. IMAGES & MORE P BCOUREXCHRnGE 5X.5CDUR.Cnm 4 I SIGNAL Tuesday I July 18, 2000 NATIONAL from other college campuses around the nation Cully Perlman | National News Editor Harvard seals Ralph Nader speaks with Kaczynski data Penn State protestors Michael Yoder corporate interference in denounced the use of "soft money" Kirsten G. Studlien subjects were pressured to Daily Collegian government, citizenship and the in political campaigns and is Harvard Crimson respond to questions asked under (Pennsylvania State U.) death penalty. determined to run its campaign (Harvard U.) extreme duress, with bright lights Nader began his speech only through public sponsorship. and cameras pointed at them and focusing on the corruption of "We have public schools that electrodes attached to their governors in the NGA and the large are publicly financed, public parks bodies. corporate presence at the annual that are publicly financed, but we LONDON (U-Wire) Dr. Ross Neissuler, who also UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. meeting. don't have public elections that are Buried in a sleepy corner of the took part in the study, said that (U- Wire) — I n front of an audience "The National Governors' publicly financed," Nader said. Harvard University campus, participants also took the of Pennsylvania State University Association is only open to "The two major parties have had somewhere in the nation's largest Thematic Apperception Test, a students, activists and curiosity businesses which can pay for the their day. It is time for a fresh and collection of psychological data, psychological test that Murray seekers, Ralph Nader, legendary ticket to enter," Nader said. "The clean political move." lies a slim folder whose sealed himself developed. consumer advocate and governors should be representing John Stith, Pennsylvania contents might help explain what The experiences left some presidential candidate, made a the people first, not corporate Green Party Petitioning drove the Unabomber to kill. participants scarred for life. rousing speech via telephone lobbying. They should banish the Coordinator, spoke of the impact he Theodore J. Kaczynski, who Chase cites several other denouncing the National massive corporate presence that hopes Nader will have on the was arrested in 1996 after killing participants in the study who were Governors' Association and exposes too many of these presidential elections in the fall.