Kansas State University - Royal Purple Yearbook (Manhattan, KS)

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red 15 Like other complicated university systems, in the new key policy the department head must annually verify that he has authorized someone to sign his name and then initial it. Even simple things are caught up in the policies of this institution. Students will find it impossible to cash a check at the Union without their plastic K-State I.D. Now, even the fee card won ' t work. consider this ironic, as the only wz to get ones I.D. validated is to pr, ent the current fee card. Yet, the fee care won ' t fit into those little machines used to validate the checks written. The fee card also won ' t serve as one ' s pass into buildings. For without the I.D., students can ' t use the library, get into Lafene or enjoy the new recreation Replacing those cards isn ' t too bad though. If a student looses his I.D., he must jog over to Farrell and have his mug shot taken. Maybe in three weeks or so the new I.D. will get replaced that is, if it doesn ' t get misplaced in a stack of red tape. Jill McAntee art by Mel Westmeyer

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tied up? Plagued by endless forms, red tape engulfs students who are forced to fill out form after form after form: in triplicate. The most common are the ominous lines for registration. But even preparing for registration is a sticky situation in itself, especially if for some reason one didn ' t pre-enroll. The hassles begin when students search for an appointment with a faculty adviser. Without his signature, enrollment forms are useless. Reaching registration, students must attend the specific time slot. Many attempt to disregard the alphabetized signs, but the I.D. checker, who has heard all the excuses, forces the disobediant student back into the proper time period. Now the lines begin. Approaching table one, students pick up their class schedules. For those collegiates who are handed an incomplete form, the entangled drop-add system is a must. Filling out the master cards, K-Staters blacken in the ovals with a number two pencil. The toughest situation at table two is remembering one ' s new phone number. At table three, the student must register their automobile, so security and traffic can trace the permit number when parked in a restricted area. After surviving registration, the red tape continues to ravel. Both full and part time students undertake the process of changing course line numbers. Thus, once again, a visit to the adviser, who is becoming quite familiar, is necessary for the class alterations. Grasping their appointment card, thousands of collegiates go to the basement of Farrell Library. Each student must stand in a separate line for each class added. The drop-add entanglement increases when a student accidentally drops a class before adding the new one. Invariably the course is full, so the frustrated student must wait in line again to add the very same class he just dropped. Another of the knotted procedures at K-State is in financial aid. Though obtaining the form isn ' t too difficult, the process becomes more complicated with each step. Before receiving any aid from the government, one must fill out an ACT family financial statement packet and send it to Iowa. Next, a notarized affidavit must be received by the university financial aid office before one can pick up any money. This red tape was exemplified in the fall of 1980, when 450 students waited for their work-study checks. While the K- State students struggled with their offices, the departments waited for the work-study authorization forms. The forms, available at financial aid, involved another line. In some cases the correctly completed forms were returned to the department for processing. These forms were forwarded to financial aid, who in turn forwarded them to the University payroll office. Somewhere along the organization of K- State, the paperwork was misplaced, thus delaying the checks by as much as two months. The entanglement continues. At K-State there are certain students who are chosen to receive a key, which will unlock an office door or building on campus. Of course, these fortunate students must have a legitimate reason for needing the key and the department head ' s authorization. After meeting the requirements, these students complete key request cards, in triplicate. When finished, the secretary signs and initials the department head ' s signature. After a 10-minute hike to Dykstra and another 10-minute wait in line for keys, some of these students may be surprised to learn that they are still entangled in the adhesive situation. Due to a policy change, many of these students left Dysktra with the same green form, instead of the gold key. 1 4 red tape

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16 extra costs