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TX PHONE 77840 LOCAL BUSINESS PERMANENT (409) 696-1440 Page 2C/The Battalion/Monday, August 29, 1988 one Phone registrationP slowly overcomes initial ‘headaches’ < By Craig Sutherland Reporter Almost two years after implemen tation, the telephone registration system can be labeled a success, Texas A&M University registrar Don Carter said. Carter said the University should recoup its initial $250,000 cost of the system within the next two years. The cost of the system, which in cludes hardware and software used to interface the Touch Tone system with the school’s mainframe com puter, was incurred in the spring of 1985. The recovery of the cost is a result of savings incurred by eliminating the temporary help required to work the terminals during the old regis tration process. Carter said little money has been spent on maintenance costs since the system went into effect in the fall of 1986. “We had the initial problems any one has in implementing a major in novation,” he said. Although the mechanical prob lems of the system have been lim ited, Carter said, the registrar’s of fice has had its share of headaches. Most of the problems have dealt with the logistics involved in a tele phone registration system for 39,000 students, he said. Carter said the vocom unit, the hardware that interacts with the stu dent caller, can handle only 32 calls at once. Initially, the University tried re ducing the number of students who could call each day by staggering the registration process by classification. “The problem was all 8,000 se niors tried to call on the first day,” Carter said. Therefore, in Spring 1987 the registrar’s office switched to the cur rent system in which students at the University register alphabetically by classification. Since the change, Carter said he has received positive feedback from students and faculty. Rony Kahan, a senior economics major from College Station, said he is pleased with the time savings of the telephone system. “I hated the lines we used to have to wait in,” he said. The primary objection to the tele phone registration system initially had come from counselors whowert concerned students would notsetl proper advisement in filling their class schedules. However, Carter said he has in heard similar complaints in receii semesters. Nevertheless, the University clas ises ' schedules now include a disclaim stating that “academic counselings available.” Mary Broussard, assistant to tit mV dean of the College of Liberal Am isCe For leav a de owes iider ose i “W1 n’tg ey The primary objection the telephone registration system initially had com from counselors who were concerned students not seek proper advise ment in filling out class schedules. “We spor ise a ntra )t,” s said she also is pleased with the syv tern, but she still recommends stu dents see a counselor before tering. Carter said telephone registration systems are becoming popular and tne University has had numeroui visits from representatives of othei colleges across the country. In fact, Carter said he has had quiries from reporters at the W Texan, the Univerity of Texas dent newspaper. “They said they were calling !*• cause all of their Aggie friends living in Austin (between semesters) wert getting to stay home while they had to go wait in long lines to register he said. Albert Meerzo, the registrar a; UT, said the Austin campus has immediate plans to install a Toucli Tone system, but it is a future possi bility. “We’ve been investigating differ ent types of systems,” he said we have noted the success A&M has had with their phone registration." Carter said the University has no plans to upgrade the system at time. However, the registrar's office is looking for ways to better utilize the present system. The unsc iden “Th ey’re dn’t re tl ey th ewa The eto mtin :plao “Yoi asing yoi anag ase i e fo id. Stuc at ha ily h mesl ithin eadli toms Si in Shuttle buses to alter routes throughout fall By Donna Falcone Reporter Bus operations and shuttle bus routes are expected to periodically change throughout the fall semester to accommodate problems brought on by the increase of construction on and around campus. “It’s going to be difficult to get around no matter what mode of transportation used during the fall,” Doug Williams, manager of bus op erations, said. Beginning Aug. 29, students with shuttle bus passes will have the op tion of using satellite parking facili ties, Williams said. Two areas have been designated for satellite park ing, one at J.C. Penney in the Post Oak Mall and one at K-mart on Texas and Summit Street. Students also will encounter a number of alterations in existing routes. The Cotton Bowl Route, which circles the entire campus, has replaced the Agronomy Route, and the Academic East Route has been revised to service students traveling from the Veterinary Medicine Com plex and the Ocean Drilling Pro gram to campus. He said the use of the full-size ex press bus on campus will probably have to be done away with because of the difficulty in maneuvering around construction. “However, when the dust settles and the streets are back to normal, A&M will have an extensive on-cam pus bus service,” Williams said. Bus Operations is doing a good job, even with construction obstacles, Williams said. The A&M shuttle bus system will operate with 35 full-size off-campus buses and 15 on-campus buses in the fall. Three additional full-size buses have been ordered and are expected to arrive during the fall, Williams said. “It may not sound like a lot, but it makes a difference,” Williams said. In addition, 200 bus drivers will be employed to shuttle students on the nine routes off campus and five routes on campus. All buses received an extensive in terior cleaning over the summer, Williams said. “Keeping the shuttle buses clean not only encourages students to ride them, but keeps vandalism at a mini mum,” he said. Maintenance problems also have been kept at a minimum with tk majority of engines having been reh uilt, Williams said. The price of a shuttle bus pass fa both students and faculty is $11) During the first week of school, bus passes will be issued at Ruddtt Tower. 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