Web registration is a step in the right direction

Class registration for the fall has gone completely high tech this year with every feature, including the schedule of classes, being accessible to students only through the University of La Verne’s Web site.

This new process has caused confusion for some students, who were all geared up to get their traditionally huge, paper filled registration packet through good old fashion snail-mail and has left a bad taste in the mouths of those who are just more comfortable having a comprehensive booklet to peruse. But we at the Campus Times feel like this new system is a step in the right direction.

The new system shows that the administration is continuously looking for ways to live up to the University’s mission statement of being earth friendly and is a demonstration that the powers that be are aware that it is their responsibility to not only set the bar for earth friendly behavior, but also to live up to the bar they have set for those below them and those they serve.

This new system reduces the amount of paper waste produced by the registration process and ensures that all students have ready access to registration materials the second materials become available, rather than having to wait for the U.S. Postal Service to deliver them to their doors.

Theoretically, this new system is also a money saver—reducing printing, material and distribution costs—which will hopefully allow some cash to find its way back toward the student body.

Overall the new paper free registration process is indeed worthy of some sort of praise and recognition. Although the pure technological approach may still have a few kinks that need to be worked out, it is definitely a step in the right direction.

Maybe the example that is being set by the University may have some influence on the students and they will start throwing their garbage in the correct trash containers. Maybe the programmed sprinkler schedule will be debunked. These hopes may be on the horizon but while we wait for them to approach, let’s take pride in the fact that our school is doing some good and saving a few trees.