University of Central Oklahoma
THURSDAY September 19, 1996
The Student Voice Since 1903
Add/drop policy changed By Judy Simpson Staff Writer
Plans are underway to change UCO's five day add/drop period to match the 10 days offered at other state schools and the policy of Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education. The 10-business-day policy for receiving a full refund on dropped classes will go into effect Spring of 97, said David Koehn, controller for UCO business affairs. The reason for the shorter add/drop time period this fall was "to reserve the integrity of the classes," said Jerry Legere, assistant for enrollment. Two weeks of missed classes is one eighth of the course and instructors don't like having to V See ADD/DROP, Page 4
Scouting the computer frontier... Cub Scout Troop 933 watch a demonstration of a computer animated program during a field trip to the campus Tuesday. Seerelated story on Page 8. (Staff photo by Laurette Graham)
Home Internet access: Expense or privilege? By Leslie Wakulich Staff Writer
tudents who have been waiting to access the Internet from home may be one step closer—or maybe not. At a student technology fee committee meeting last week, Ben Harris, speaker of the student senate, proposed that offcampus Internet access be funded by the
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student technology fee. Harris said the all-text Internet access students currently have from their home computers is like an "outdated dinosaur." He wants the $4 students pay per credit hour to fund access to more current data. "The whole purpose of the fee is for students to gain information on the World Wide Web and the information age," Harris said. "What we have now is not access to
FEATURE Thatcher Hall restoration project has grand opening during Homecoming weekend.
the information age." However, some believe it's too expensive to even consider. "The monthly fees would eat the institution alive," said Jerry Legere, assistant vice president for enrollment and registration. But Harris disagrees. "If we have a million dollars in the (technology fee) fund and it costs a million, dollars, we should spend it on that."
Harris has appointed Sen. David Tackett to investigate the total costs including Internet access and equipment. Legere said he hopes the senate performs an exhaustive study. Nevertheless, "I'm sure when they finish their study they'll find that we probably could not afford to do it," he said. Dr. Robert Epstein, assistant professor V See COMPUTERS, Page 6
INSIDE TODAY SPORTS Freshman Dee Goble and the Lady Bronchos host an invitational tournament this weekend.
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ENTERTAINMENT Read about upcoming movies, a review and a CD giveaway in the Entertainment pages.
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