The Vista Oct. 5, 2000

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Students complain about Bursar's office

BRIEFS >News Planned Parenthood Win a hand-maid purse designed by Monica Lewinsky at a Planned Parenthood event Oct. 12. v Page 10

>-SpOrtS Men's Cross Country The men's cross country team prepares for the Lone Star Conference Championships. ✓ Page 7

>Features

THURSDAY • OCT.

Walkin' in Memphis

Red Bear takes in the culture on a trip to Memphis. v Page 8

TODAY IN HISTORY In 1989, televangelist Jim Bakker, 50, was found guilty on 24 counts of mail and wire fraud. Three weeks later, on Oct. 24, Bakker was fined $500,000 and sentenced to 45 years in prison.

QUOTE OF THE DAY

BY TIFFANY WATKINS

Staff Writer tudent complaints about the Bursar's office are surfacing as many scholarship, grant and loan recipients are asking themselves, "Whose money is it anyway?" Quincy Mason told The Vista he got a scholarship from General Motors Corp. and his check sat in the Bursar's office, but no one wanted to look for it. "I had to come back like ten different times," Mason said. Matt Johnson told The Vista he got a grant and the college gave him half the amount he was owed. "They issued me a check for the other half after my mom took a letter to the office to prove how much it was for," Johnson said. "They lost all my financial aid. It was in the Financial Aid computer system and UCO said

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they didn't have record of it. I payments, but was informed that think they just try to weasel their when the housing office sees any way out of things and not give amount of money in your you money," said Casey Williams. account, they will take it," said Woods. Sophomore Drew Duke, Jennifer Woods UCO's bursar, received a $1000 "I've never seen anything explained that scholarship from like this happen before. when a student the Cherokee receives money Nation, but when Usually it all goes real from a third she went to pick party, it comes to it up at the smoothly. The program was their office and is Bursar's office, written like 30 years ago. entered into the she was handed a billing system. check for We have a new system "We deposit it $141.30. (the scholarship "Someone in coming, so these kinds of check) into a the Bursar's office problems should be things notified me that BIA (Bureau of the housing office of the past." Indian Affairs) account where had taken the there are dozens rest of my money. —anonymous employee in How could an UCO's housing office of accounts for other students. office just cash a check that wasn't even theirs to Housing gets a report that the cash? I have no outstanding debts, student has this credit, and they nor have I missed any housing post the amount they (housing)

they will hiring eventually," she said. Staff Writer The schedule included any students representatives from interested in businesses meeting with finding post- students from 9 a.m. to graduate careers took their p.m. and resume help fron first step at the College of 9:30 a.m. to noon in the Business Administration Heritage Room of the Career Day Oct. 4 in the University Center. Universtiy Center. Kathy Henry, former More than 70 vice-president of companies attended the MacDonalds Corporation event, including Cox in Europe and a UCO Communications, the alumna, discussed Internal Revenue Service, globalization and Men's Warehouse and preparation for career Seagate Technology. paths in her keynote "I think you'll find a lot speech. of people get hired Each year, students find through the Career Day," employment through the said Jackie Durant, special event, Durant said. events coordinator in the This was UCO's 20th College of Business year to host the event. Administration. For more information, "A company may not be call Jackie Durant at 974hiring today, but you'll 2822. make your contacts and BY MIKE GREER

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College of Business hosts 20th annual Career Day

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want. We give them a journal voucher," said Duke. A journal voucher is a transfer of money tracked by a number instead of a receipt. Woods disagrees with this policy. "This is a third party check. don't think they have a right to distribute it. I don't have a say in the whole matter. There are no receipts for this, and they won't give me any," Woods said. In this particular case, according to Duke, approximately $800 was ear-marked by housing, saying Woods owed this money along with $13 in tuition fees. According to Stephanie Buzzard, auxilary enterprises administrator, housing payments are due up front. Sometimes payments arrangements are made. If a student gets a scholarship and does not want their check

PHOTO BY TSUYOSHI SHIRAISHI

Cintas Service Manager Jerry Gorman talks to senior actuarial science major Bonnie Stone about his company during Career Day at the University Center Oct. 4.


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