2008 Woodie Awards
'90s nostalgia can't make us love outdated SOLAR
Jambar Editorial
Issue date: 11/27/07 Section: Opinion
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1994 called.
It wants its online scheduling system back.
The Student Online Aca-demic Registration, the same system Youngstown State University students currently use to register for classes, launched in 1994, while we sang our hearts out to Hootie and the Blowfish.
SOLAR does not keep track of the prerequisites that we have taken and are still required to take. It is up to the student to check before finalizing a schedule.
In some cases, skipping the prerequisite may not affect a student's grade. In other cases, though, a student can fall behind from the first day of class without the skills and knowledge gained from a course's prerequisite.
SOLAR causes other complications as well. When students take classes out of sequence, they are unable to obtain credit for the higher-level courses.
Now that the '90s have been laid to rest (R.I.P. New Kids on the Block) we need a scheduling system that can keep track of prerequisites and all courses taken by each student, and one that can notify the student about errors.
Though an update might be expensive, it would benefit all students. Replacing SOLAR would be better than seeing Boyz II Men live.
The invested money would affect more than one college or organization. This time around, the funding isn't just for a small or specific group of students. Every student enrolled in the university will benefit from the update.
It is the responsibility of the student to double check prerequisites, but sometimes we forget. Sometimes our advisers do, too.
Just because we still watch reruns of "Family Matters" doesn't mean it's the only television program available. Computers are totally rad, dude. There's no reason not to apply the technology we have available. All YSU has to do is update it.
SOLAR is a relic that belongs in the University Archives, rather than in our everyday lives.
If the Spice Girls can come back stronger than ever and wiser for their age, so can the scheduling system at YSU.
It wants its online scheduling system back.
The Student Online Aca-demic Registration, the same system Youngstown State University students currently use to register for classes, launched in 1994, while we sang our hearts out to Hootie and the Blowfish.
SOLAR does not keep track of the prerequisites that we have taken and are still required to take. It is up to the student to check before finalizing a schedule.
In some cases, skipping the prerequisite may not affect a student's grade. In other cases, though, a student can fall behind from the first day of class without the skills and knowledge gained from a course's prerequisite.
SOLAR causes other complications as well. When students take classes out of sequence, they are unable to obtain credit for the higher-level courses.
Now that the '90s have been laid to rest (R.I.P. New Kids on the Block) we need a scheduling system that can keep track of prerequisites and all courses taken by each student, and one that can notify the student about errors.
Though an update might be expensive, it would benefit all students. Replacing SOLAR would be better than seeing Boyz II Men live.
The invested money would affect more than one college or organization. This time around, the funding isn't just for a small or specific group of students. Every student enrolled in the university will benefit from the update.
It is the responsibility of the student to double check prerequisites, but sometimes we forget. Sometimes our advisers do, too.
Just because we still watch reruns of "Family Matters" doesn't mean it's the only television program available. Computers are totally rad, dude. There's no reason not to apply the technology we have available. All YSU has to do is update it.
SOLAR is a relic that belongs in the University Archives, rather than in our everyday lives.
If the Spice Girls can come back stronger than ever and wiser for their age, so can the scheduling system at YSU.
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