The Optimist (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 89, No. 8, Ed. 1, Wednesday, September 20, 2000 Page: 2 of 8
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Student cards now can be printed
Matt Lowe
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Students who were unable to
have their ACU identification
cards made because of printing
problems can now get a card
said Coordinator of Customer
Service Krlsty Strickland; a
loaner printer arrived Sept. 1 1
and Is now being used to print
ID cards.
Strickland said that since late
August .when problems with
the printer started the
Customer Service staff has
made many attempts to get the
printer fixed or replaced an
effort that has been "an ongoing
ordeal." Students have
expressed frustration as well as
many services arc closely tied to
thd ID card system.
Problems with the card
printer began around Aug. 20
and though the printer has been
sent out several times for
repairs the technicians who
were supposed to be repairing
the printer have had little suc-
cess. ':
Employees of the first com-
pany that attempted to repair
the printer even installed a set
of springs upside down
'Strickland said.
Strickland also said that pur-
chasing a new printer was not a
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the 2000 spring semester studying
in Oxford England.
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printer might not work with the
current software which is three
years old.
"Our hands were tied
because if throwing money at it
would have resolved i t
we would have thrown money
at it" said Kay Reeves manager
of Technology Support and
Customer Service.
These difficulties in getting
the printer repaired were fol-
lowed by other complications
including a broken loaner print-
er. The long string of problems
has made Strickland cautious.
"We will do a lot of testing
on our original printer before
we send the loner printer back"
Strickland said.
Because of the broken print-
er new students-primarily
those who attended new stu-
dent orientation at the final
Passport session-have waited
several weeks to get their iden-
tification cards made. The delay
they said has been frustrating.
The lack of an ID card pres-
ents several hurdles because
students use their identification
cards to charge items to their
student accounts enter com-
puter labs and verify their atten-
dance at Chapel.
In addition purchasing
books was particularly difficult
said Cassie Teer freshman pre-
physical therapy major from
Grapevine. Teer said that she
had difficulties in contacting the
staff in the Customer Service
Department.
"I called every day and kept
getting the machine. Finally 1
just went down there" Teer
said. Matthew Netterville fresh-
man pre-med major from
Nashville Tenn. said he had
similar difficulties.
Strickland said the Customer
Service Department made sev-
eral attempts to Inform students
and campus offices attempts
that included calling ARA-
MARK and the Chapel office
and leaving voice malls for both
employees and students. She
also said that students may not
have been aware that they could
get temporary ID cards if neces-
sary. But new students weren't the
only ones having problems get-
ting their ID cards: Becky
Bland senior elementary educa-
tion major from Denton also
had to work around the print-
ing problems.
Bland said that while she was
checking on her finances dur-
ing Welcome Week the person
sliding her card said that the ID
she had been using since her
freshman year would need to be
replaced.
Bland visited the Customer
Service office several times to
have the card replaced: the first
few times the printer was bro-
ken and then she had to have a
new card made because the one
she received didn't work.
Even now Bland said she
has difficulties checking out
books when she visits libraries
in the Abilene Library
Consortium because jof prob-
lems with the barcode on her
new card.
Unlike Teer who said that
she thought the employees in
the Customer Service
Department were "rude" Bland
said she appreciated the
employees' helpfulness.
"The people who work there
are really nice" Bland said.
DATES TO KNOW
Lectures on Preaching
begins on Thursday
ACUs Lectures on Preaching
will take place on Thursday in
Chapel on the Hill. Details are
available on ACU's website.
One can register on .the web or
receive a brochure card by call-
ing Ext. 3700.
Hispanic Heritage
festivities continue
Hispanos Unidos will
sponsor activities during
Hispanic Awareness Month
which began Thursday and
contuinucs through Oct. 15.
Contact the Office of
Multicultural Enrichment for
information.
Wellness Week
will begin Oct. 2
Wellness Week begins on
Oct. 2. It will offer a variety
of lectures and activities cov-
ering all aspects of wellness
throughout the week. The
week will end with un-stress
day on Friday.
Shinnery Review on
sale in English Dept.
The Shinnery Review which
contains literary works from
people at ACU is being sold in
the English Department.
The Light to perform
in Cullen Oct. 7
Essence of Ebony sponsors
Tabernacle and the Light. It will
be held in Cullen Auditorium
at 7p.m.
Admission is free.
CAT sponsors coffee
night in Bean Sprout
This Friday in the Bean
Sprout students will have the
opportunity to do homework
listen to music drink coffee
and listen to music at the
Lighthouse.
Freshman Follies
will begin Sept. 29
Freshman Follies will be in
Cullen Auditorium Sept. 29-
30. Tickets go on sale Monday
for $6 in Moody Coliseum.
Pollution Prevention
Week continues
This week students have the
chance to participate in helping
pollution prevention in
Abilene.
Wednesday from 5-7 p.m.
students can drop off house-
hold hazardous wastes at the
Environmental Recycling
Center located at 2209 Oak St.
Contact the Recycling Center
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Concert of 'Pxm&se
Southern Hills Church of Christ
3660 Buffalo Qap Abilene Texas
September 23 2000 8:00 p.m.
Tickets: $5.00
University Students: 2 for $5.00
Tickets available at these locatious:
Vie Bible Book Store
610 Butternut 915676-5793
The Love Shop
MallofAbBene 915698-0421
Church Office
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