the Quadrangle THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF MANHATTAN COLLEGE | SINCE 1924
Volume XCVI, Issue 10
OCTOBER 31, 2017
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College Names New Registrar, in Time for Spring Registration IT’S CHRISTY SALINAS, FORMERLY OF MERRIMACK Ally Hutzler Editor
Trick or Treat
Local kids packed the Quad Friday for Kappa Delta Pi’s annual Safe Halloween trick-or-treat event. Photo gallery on page 5. PHOTO BY KAIYUN CHEN / THE QUADRANGLE
Student Government Aims to Raise Campus Minimum Wage Jack Melanson Editor
The newest efforts from Student Government are to increase campus wage for student workers. Currently, employed Manhattan College students earn less than minimum wage at an hourly rate. The attempts to create this charge are being spearheaded by President Micaela Bishop and Ryan Quattromani, senior class vice president. “It may be a surprise to many that they are not being paid minimum wage according to NY state [standards]. They could make more money working off campus,” Bishop wrote in an email statement. “By raising minimum wage we are really just giving the students an opportunity to make a fair wage, in an academic setting, and working within the Lasallian mission.” As reported by the New York State Department of Labor, as of Dec. 31, 2016, minimum wage in New York City for large employers (10 workers or more) is $11.00 an hour, while
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small employers (less than 10 workers) is at $10.50 an hour. Continually, Nassau, Suffolk and Westchester Counties’ minimum wage was set at $10 an hour, while the remainder of the state was at $9.70 an hour. These wages are to increase accordingly as follows, $13/hour (large employers), $12/hour (small employers), $11/hour (Long Island and Westchester) and $10.40 (rest of state) by Dec. 31, 2017. “Annual increases for the rest of the state will continue until the rate reaches $15 minimum wage (and $10 tipped wage). Starting 2021, the annual increases will be published by the Commissioner of Labor on or before October 1. They will be based on percentage increases determined by the Director of the Division of Budget, based on economic indices, including the Consumer Price Index,” reported the official website of the New York State Department of Labor. Notably, there are two existing forms of ‘campus employment’. The first, Federal Work Study (FWS), and the second, Campus Employment. Student
workers in these positions typically make around $9 an hour. The Manhattan College website explains how these two programs differ. “FWS is first and foremost a federal financial aid program. Community service jobs are ONLY available to FWS eligible students per U.S. Department of Education guidelines,” reads the college’s website. Campus Employment, is a little more complex. ‘Manhattan College matches federal funds in the form of our campus employment portion. It is because of this federal funding that our student employment program is possible. Also, federal guidelines stipulate many rules and regulations. Students, department heads/supervisors, the Controller’s Office and the Financial Aid Administration Office work together to ensure that the College is always in compliant regarding all student employment options’ The mission of these pro-
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Earlier this month, Christy Salinas joined the Manhattan College community as the campus’s new registrar. Originally from Texas, Salinas attended the University of North Texas where she received a bachelor’s degree in psychology. She is currently completing a M.E. in higher education administration at Boston University. Before making the move to Riverdale, Salinas lived in Boston for 11 years. She most recently worked at Merrimack College in Massachusetts, which is another small, Catholic institution. “Boston’s great, but it’s no New York City,” Salinas joked. She frequently visited NYC and always kept an eye out for a job opportunity that would cause her to pack her bags. “I thought it would be a great place to be and it definitely is. It’s a great institution; everything I’ve read about Manhattan has lived up to its name,” she said. The registrar’s office oversees all of the college’s academic records, including grades, courses, transcripts and any other documents that need to be organized and kept for compliance purposes. “We have to make sure that your record is kept forever and that you can always find it or your descendants can find it in the future if they want to look it up,” Salinas said. Another main job of the office is thinking about how they are going to keep data and how
to store records so that they can be easily accessible in the future. In the 1960s, for example, the recording of grades and transcripts was typed out on pieces of papers and when someone completed a course a sticker was placed on the paper. But as the document started to age, the glue on the stickers wore down and they gradually started falling off. Salinas is trying to bring some of her technical background on things from her previous work experience and implement them here at Manhattan. That includes streamlining processes, such as putting more things online and replacing paper forms with online forms. When asked why she wanted to work in higher education, Salinas said that she likes the “problem solving of it and helping students achieve their goals.” S h e also noted that the registrar’s office is unique in that it is constantly Christy Salinas connectCHRISTY SALINAS / LINKEDIN / COURTESY ing with all other departments, both academic and nonacademic. Salinas also enjoys being involved with students from their orientation until they are handed their diploma.
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