The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 87, No. 5, Ed. 1 Friday, October 1, 1999 Page: 5 of 20
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THE RICE THRESHER NEWS FRIDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1999
POLICE BLOTTER
The following incidents were reported by the Campus Police for the
period Sept. 24-28.
Academic Buildings
George R. Brown Hall Sept. 27 Bike stolen.
Duncan Hall
Other Buildings
Campus Store
Rice Stadium
Autry Court
Parking Lots
East Stadium Lot
South Colleges Lot
East Stadium Lot
Sept. 27 Bike stolen.
Sept. 24 Backpack stolen.
Sept. 25 Non-Rice individual arrested for
public intoxication and placed in
Harris County Jail.
Sept. 27 Student detained for evading
arrest and public intoxication.
Released to responsible person.
Sept. 25 Non-Rice individual arrested for
parole violation. Released to
Houston Police Department.
Sept. 27 Parking hang tag stolen from
vehicle.
Sept. 27 Vehicle stolen.
The article "Hewlett freshman seminars cross disciplines" in the Sept.
17 issue of the Thresher stated that the curriculum reform proposal
failed last spring. Actually, the proposal passed in a revised form.
In the article "Board approves underground parking" in the Sept. 24
Thresher, architect Cesar Pelli's name was misspelled.
The Thresher regrets the errors.
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Web interface to allow online registration
Registrar: Problems with online campus directory being solved
WEB, from Page 1
For example, according to
McFarland, when the federal
government's Student Aid Report,
which determines the amount a stu-
dent can pay for college, was re-
leased, many of the reports did not
have any code to determine if the
student was a dependent or non-
dependent and therefore could not
be processed.
"Another problem occurred when
the program that takes the data from
the federal government's paperwork
and places it in the university's
records quit working.
Between 100 and 150 students' fi-
nancial aid information was very late
in getting processed, McFarland said.
According to McFarland, the goal
of these program changes is to have a
World Wide Web interface that gives
students the ability to do more of the
technical work themselves online.
"The ultimate goal is that stu-
dents won't have to come see us at
all. With the new Web interface, they
could be sitting in their room at 2
a.m. and want to switch from a phi-
losophy major to a chemical engi-
neering major. They would be able
to do a degree audit online,"
McFarland said.
According to McFarland, the in-
frastructures necessary for the Web
interface are currently being tested.
"We have the Web interface but want
the background and all underlying
processes to be stabilized because
we don't want to put something on
the Web and let everyone watch our
mistakes," McFarland said.
'The ultimate goal is that
the students won't have
to come see us at all.'
— B^ry McFarland
Dean for Enrollment
Administration
McFarland hopes this new Web
interface will be completed and op-
erational by the spring semester,
but before it can go on the Internet,
meetings must be held with faculty
and deans to determine how aca-
demic advisers will remain involved
on a personal level after the Web
system goes up. McFarland also said
a test system for the Web interface
will begin in about twrfhveeks.
There have also be>en problems
with the online campus directory.
Student information in the direc-
tory was inaccessible for part of last
week because there was a possibil-
ity that information students had
asked not to be in the directory was
on the page.
In order to avoid any problems
resulting from this kind of mistake,
McFarland said, they just took all
student information off the Web page
until the problem was fixed.
"The fact that the student portion
of the campus directory was down
was deliberate. It was not a glitch,"
McFarland said. "Students choose
not to release personal information
for legitimate reasons, and I didn't
think it was fair that that information
was on the Web page."
The campus directory is currently
being updated with this semester's
phone numbers.
Another change to the financial
aid office is that Carl Buck will begin
as the director of Financial Aid today.
McFarland said that the students,
faculty and administration have been
very supportive during this transi-
tion period and that he looks for-
ward to the additional changes that
will take place in the near future.
"This is an exciting time for us.
We're tackling new problems and
looking ahead," McFarland said.
"Without exception, we've felt su-
perb support from everybody."
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McAlister, Jett & Tam, Mariel. The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 87, No. 5, Ed. 1 Friday, October 1, 1999, newspaper, October 1, 1999; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth246656/m1/5/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Rice University Woodson Research Center.