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MARCH 2, 2016
VOLUME 86, ISSUE 19
Public Safety tickets over 100 cars prior to Yale game
SPB will not release Fetty Wap tickets to graduate students, alumni By KELLY RYAN Staff Writer
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When some students woke up on Saturday morning, they found tickets on their cars parked in Eastview. By SARAH DOIRON Co-News Editor
While some students were happy to get tickets to the QU vs. Yale game this past weekend, some seniors received tickets they didn’t want. Over 100 cars were ticketed the morning of the game, according to Parking and Transportation Coordinator Shanon Grasso. She said the reason so many cars were ticketed was because of the preparation for the game. “A lot goes into these games, especially one
like the Yale game where we are expecting record crowds and keeping everything orderly,” she said. “If [The Department of Public Safety is] concentrating on keeping the building safe, getting 200 cars to move last minute is really difficult and it stresses the resources.” Grasso sent an email to the student body on Monday, Feb. 22 to remind students parked in Eastview and Westview parking lots to move to the York Hill parking garage no later than three hours before the Brown game on Friday, Feb.
26. The email also said for students to keep their vehicles parked in the garage until Sunday, Feb. 28 because of the Yale game on Saturday night. Grasso then sent a second email on Friday morning to remind students parked in these parking lots to move their cars before the Brown game that night. On Saturday morning some seniors who See TICKETS Page 3
Student Planning replaces WebAdvisor By JOE IASSO Staff Writer
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course catalog, rather than simply seeing “Open” or “Closed.” Other than a more modern look and feel, Student Planning offers an exciting new feature that is right in the name: planning. Berry explained that students will now be able to add classes to future terms, which will allow students to plan as far ahead as their final term in graduate school. The course catalog now allows students to list all courses offered by the university, whether or not they are being offered for an upcoming term, along with the frequency that the class is offered. For example, this will allow students to add a class that is offered in the fall semester every other year to their schedule a year down the road, however, this won’t be an official registration for the course even if a student adds a course to their plan. They will still need to register for
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When University Registrar Joshua Berry arrived on campus 18 months ago, he immediately saw a place for improvement in his department: WebAdvisor. This student advising and registration tool had been in place for years at Quinnipiac, and some students said it was antiquated and confusing. Prior to Berry’s arrival, the university had purchased a new program known as Student Planning, which is produced by the owner of WebAdvisor, Ellucian. Ellucian is “the leader in higher education technology,” according to its website. Since Berry was hired, his office has been working to implement this tool, which was released to the entire student body on March 1. When using Student Planning, the Quinnipiac community will notice that it isn’t the same as WebAdvisor. “The look and feel is drastically different,” Berry said. “It is a much cleaner application.” When browsing for courses, Berry said students will have a much easier time finding an open course than they did using WebAdvisor. “[Student Planning] allows a student to view information concurrently rather than in just one location,” Berry said. Students can now view planned courses next to their schedule, making it easier to visualize a potential schedule. Sections are now organized by showing which class level is open and by clicking on that class, the students will see a list of sections available, making it easier for students to find open courses. “As soon as you login, you’ll be able to see if the class is open or not,” Berry said. Students are also able to view how many seats are left in a course while browsing the
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their classes each semester. Faculty have been able to access the program for several weeks and, according to Berry, feedback has been mostly positive, despite a few challenges. “The ability to see what a student sees in comparison is a big win,” Berry said. “WebAdvisor looked different for different roles. Now the students and faculty have very similar or the exact same views, which will help mitigate any kind of confusion when planning courses.” As this program was purchased prior to his arrival, Berry does not know the exact cost of this new software. However, the program had a one-time cost when purchased,
As undergraduates get excited for the Fetty Wap concert approaching in April, graduate students and QU alumni will not be joining in on the fun. Tickets to the Wake the Giant Spring Concert were released on Monday, Feb. 22 on the student ticket portal at 10 p.m. for undergraduate students. The Student Programming Board (SPB) had said graduate students would be able to generate tickets on Feb. 29. However, after an almost instant sell-out during the first night of ticket sales, SPB said graduate students and alumni will no longer be able to score tickets to the show. Mainstage Chair of SPB, senior Alex LaManga, said this was the first time the Wake the Giant concert has sold out on undergraduate tickets alone. She said, in the past, tickets were only available for graduate students and alumni because they did not sell out during the undergraduate sale. In a statement released by SPB on Facebook, students were told undergraduates were the priority. This is because undergraduates pay a student activity fee, whereas graduate students do not. “Undergrads are our first priority, they fund our budget, so we have to give it to them first,” LaManga said. “We’re required to give undergrad priority—any club or organization on this campus is—because the money that we get to put on the show comes from them.” In the beginning, graduate students and alumni were asked to pay $25 for general admission and $30 for the floor, compared to $20 for general admission and $25 for the floor for undergraduate students. “Tickets have always been more expensive for grads and alumni,” LaManga said. “We know that undergrad are the priority and we want the help them out as much as we can.” However, LaManga believes a lot of graduate students and alumni do not understand why they were not able to generate tickets. Joelle Paolino, an alumnae of Quinnipiac who graduated in 2013, said she wasn’t surprised the tickets for the Wake the Giant concert sold out. “Fetty Wap is a big name right now and it’s great SPB was able to get him to play at QU,” Paolino said. “I really wanted to attend this concert and am disappointed that I will not be able to go.” Despite wanting to go, Paolino said she won’t buy a ticket from someone selling one. “I am not willing to pay more than the price that was listed,” she said. But Paolino said even though she is upset she won’t be able to attend, she understands that current students take precedent over alumni. Graduate student Emily Bean said graduate students and alumni were set up for disappointment. She is a part of the business 3 + 1 program, and is confused about the undergraduate priority. Since she is part of this program, her tuition has stayed the same since her freshmen year. “Being in the 3+1 program, I pay the
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