Broward Community College - Silver Sands Yearbook (Fort Lauderdale, FL)

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to fill out, they did not tell us how. One stranded student writes, I was sitting there, with an assortment of papers, not knowing the first thing about what I was supposed to do. The time it took to register varied from student to student. Two hours were supposed to be allowed for reg- istration. Notes one student, I reg- istered in a new record time of four and a half hours. Another student comments, Registration day began at 8:45 a. m. and didn't end until 3:30 p. m. One student was here at 8 a. m. He waited 45 minutes out- side the gymnasium. He didn't leave until 2 p. m. It took me nine hours to register, writes a persistent student. Various students were caught up in plights which were sometimes hu- morous and sometimes sad. What a way to start off another school year! I was rejected three times. It took me six hours to reg- ister, wrote a co-ed. On August 18 I awoke to a day of panic, excitement, and complete frustration, writes a co-ed. I didn't know it would take me nine and a half hours of struggle with a pink striped card. This girl spent two hours waiting outside the gymnasium. After she got into the gymnasium she was rejected four times. She adds, By this time I was so aggravated with the whole thing that I decided that if I was a reject again, I would just tear up the pink striped card and run out of the gymnasium as fast as I could. She was accepted the fifth time. A tired student writes, I was re- jected seven times by the unbeatable IBM machine and by 5 p. m. I was beat. There were about 20 students left who like me were happy to see the dean come in. He offered to dis- pense with the late registration fee if we came back Monday momingf' After being rejected one student found that, I had written in the wrong sequence number for one of my courses. I had signed up for square dancing instead of beginners he 99 l i X X QM. , 1 4 -1 fl - 1 jl j W so 5 0756. golf, but the dancing was closed luckily. After being rejected five times for various reasons I was finally able to pay, but the check I had already made out was S15 short of the amount due. So I had to come back the next day and do it all over again. Even though a number of these students had complaints about the procedure and confusion of registra- tion, some students sympathized with the instructors working during regis- tration. Wrote one student, Registration was probably more of a burden upon the instructors and administration than upon the students. A few students commented on the exact problem of registration proce- dures at the college. Organization is what is lacked in the registration program, wrote a student. Another student noted, Lack of information was a problem. Not many people knew what to do or where to go. Information gathered from Robert N. Melott, Director of Data Systems showed that: a. 206 students were rejected be- cause of class conflicts, b. closed classes returned 577 stu- dents, c. 104 students were rejected for marking the card wrong. In other words, 352 of the students were returned because of their own errors. Constructive criticism was offered by a number of students. I feel registration could be less tedious and tiring if more counselors were available and a lot more classes, wrote an understanding student. One student offered. A lot of worry and confusion could have been avoided if registration were held all week instead of the last three days before school was to begin. There should be more advisors for the new students, and less people for each appointed hour, was a student's brief comment. One student suggested a new pro- cedure. Students should be taken for registration as soon as their appli- cations are accepted. Their classes should be scheduled and tuition paid, starting at least thirty days before classes are to begin. Registration was a day that will not be forgotten soon by many students. It was a frustrating and confusing time for both students and instructors. 5

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FO fi DH Sli mx Sefl PMT CPTQS 0 ice THAT VVAS THE WEEK by BARB SALTER 6 Does anyone want to buy several slightly, if ever, used Rat Caps? This year for the first time, there was no official Rat Week or Week of the Humble Freshman, therefore the caps were only used at the afternoon Rat Dance held September 15 at the student center from 12 to 2:30 p. m. Most of the freshmen were disap- pointed. Amelia Scavone thought that it would be kind of fun, but I'm not really broken up over it. Terrie Roomsburg, a freshman class senator, thought that it was a farce. It seemed like it was going to be so much fun at Orientation, and then they go and abolish it. Kathy Wells agreed with Terrie that it was a farce. A lot of kids looked at it as a way of meeting peo- ple as well as having fun. It was a big nothing. Most of the freshmen felt similar to the three girls but a few didn't even miss it. Amelia said, You can't really miss what you never had. Sharon Kane and Trish Downing felt differently. They had heard about it and were looking forward to it. Sophomores were looking forward to it also. They wanted to have their chance to treat the rats as they had been treated when they were fresh- men. It seems that along with the elimination of Rat Week, some of the school spirit went with it. Terrie felt that Rat Week made ICBC seem more like a regular college. Oh well, look at the good points: no one got thrown in the fountain or lake, no one was embarrassed by hav- ing to recite the Rat ditty amidst a circle of jeering sophomores . . . and there was a Rat Dance. The Rat Dance had a fairly good turnout, about 150 students at vari- ous times. It was the only Rat activity and of those who came, the majority seemed to be having a good time, but a frequent question was: What happened to Rat Week? The only answer is Rat was the week that wasn't.