1976_09 The Daily Collegian September 1976

              I FRESNO
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THE COLLEGIAN
CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY. FRESNO
THURSDAY.   SEPTEMBER   2,tlt7*
HUMANS, NOT THE computers, war* tha vllllona In
lh* r*olatrotlon foul up. (Photo by Jo« lotplro)
2000 hit by CAR
SlaftKrporter     ■'
Due to a Computer Assisted Pegistralion
(CAR) programming error, 4,000 first time freshmen
and 400 priority registrants were registered last
rather than first. The error resulted In severe
schedule mixups for many of those students. In¬
cluding a significant number of graduating seniors,
who were denied enrollment in classes they needed
for graduation
The priprity, error was one of three lhal plagued
Ihe CAR system this past summer, according lo
Robert Board. CSUF registrar.
The first, said Board, occurred early in August
when 140.000 drop cards were inadvertently
destroyed during a routine destruction of con¬
fidential university materials. The cards were
replaced at a cost of ttfio.Board said. Had those
been add cards, there would have been no post -CA It
regis! ration."
The second mishap, he said, look place during
Ihe computer run of CAR. Spring 1976 reserve time
request information was fed into the computer
iuslead of ihe current fall information.
The error was caught by workers in the
registrars office Just before the CAR mailers were
sent lo the students, according lo Board. To correct
the mistake- CAR had lo be re-run and all the
original mailer* had to be destroyed, said Board.
Board said all three problems were "jusl
human error*." He alio said. "The CAR program
itself is working very well."
To help the priority people correct their
schedules Board and CSUF's school deans srrsnged
for an early add period.
Unfortunately, said Board, the freshmen could
not be helped.
"There were too many to respond to," ssid
Board. "We did not have enough staff or space to
help all 1.600," he *aid.
One of the priority groups most affected by the
CAR foul-up were 143 student registration workers.
As payment for working at registration, they were
supposed lo get the classes they wanted. Only 30 of
the 143 did get correct schedules, said Board.
To reimburse those with mixed up schedules
Dr. Jack Chambers of the computer center put up
$2,500 of his department's funds lo be used as
salaries for Ihe workers. Thi* wa* accepted by the
registrar's office, and 113 of the registration
workers received a salary of $2.90 an hour, said
Chambers.
Chambers said the computer center took the
j responsibility for Ihe worker* since the errors had
occurred In his department.
According In Chambers, the priority problem
occurred because the programmer in charge of
CAR was so swumped wilh work that the error*
slipped post him." 	
Chambers also blamed-lbe^complex'ity of the
CAR system "It is a moncvoutly large complex
system and when they make the large scale changes
lhal they did this yesr. * great deal of error* can
occur." he explained.
"(Continued on Page 2 Col. 1)
Beer Here?    ■
Policy passed, application for liquor license is next step
Serving bear on campus
moved one step closer to reality
Tuesday afternoon when the
CSUF Association Board of
Director* barely passed by s 3 to
2 vote the policy stated last May
by CSUF President Norman A.
Baxter.
According to Richard Finlay,
administrator of food services,
the next move is for the
Association to apply through the
Alcoholic Beverage Control
(ABC) for a permit to sell beer.
The matter of selling beer on
campus became an issue
throughout the 19-member
California State University snd
College* (CSUC) system when
the CSUC trustees decided during
their May 28-29. 1975  meeting to
er policy.
But the matter did not come
bead st CSUF until last April
Results showed that 55 per cent of
student*, fsculty snd staff
favored the on-campus sale of
beer, srhile 45 per. cent were
opposed.
Following the poll results,
Baxter announced May 7 that be
would allow for the on-campus
sale of beer, but only if pure ha sed
with food.
"On the beer issue. I have
deeded to recommend to the
Board of Directors of the CSUF
Association that they consider
favorably a policy which would
combine the International  and    president; David Bell, dean of After Baxter's statement, the because of Its expensive costs,
Collegiate Rooms into s pizza     student affairs; John Emerson,  | bosrd referred the matter to the ssid Finlay.
parlor. professor  of   finance   and   in- Food Service* Advisory Coom- But, he ssid, they accepted
However, the academic year     dustry;   Lowell   Firstenberger, mittee, to whom Finlayon May 21 his other approaches. One was
soon  ended  and  during  the    community represenUUve of the made three propossls. merely to add beer to the Vintage
summer the matter stagnated    board; Carl Levin, director of A  move  to  renovate  the Room menu. Thi* w»y, he said,
business affair*; and David cafeteria'* second floor into a waitresses would have control
Nikssarian, associated students social area to serve beer wa* over the distribution of beer. The
president. ' rejected   by   the   committee     (Continued.on Page z. Col. 4.)
because   the  director*   were
unable to meet ln full.
But when the full board
assembled Tuesday, the matter
occasionally seemed to move
from stagnation toward complete
disapproval, given the dissenting
opln on* voiced by director* and
guest* prior to the vote.
Emerson tald'he somewhat
disapproved of selling beer on
campus,   and   added   that   he
received a handful of telephone     J
calls-, all from persons opposed to    . |
the policy.
"I think the big question here
is not whether we lose or' make
money by a beer operation but
whether this I* the proper thing
for the university to do," he ssid.
Like Emerson, Bell also
allow the servieng of beer with '
food, taking Into account inch
matter* as liability, ag*
restriction, hours of service, sad
location,"   read   part  of  hi*
"Iw
favoring a policy which would
allow the serving of beer with
food, I am specifically ssyiog
that I would not favor the
spusofabar
only l
The board member* are:
Baxter; Board Chairman Horace
O. Schorling, executive vice
MOOSIFOUR, CSUF'S OfFtCtAL
raloxad pose In the bockyord of
Fronee* 5of»trom. A
dofj-eored remnant of the J
ir 10 yeors. S*e story on page 3. (Photo byl