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Summer session
registration opens
By Michael Watanabe
On-line Forty-Niner
Dealing with a
long line that snaked around the Foundation Building Monday,
current Cal State Long Beach students began signing up for
the upcoming summer session.
The two and a half-hour
line started with Wendel Robinson, a senior business administration
major, who was the first to register. He began waiting at
4 a.m.
"We usually
get a very strong, healthy first day," said Rod Jensen,
project manager of year-round operations at the University
College and Extension Services.
This year may be
even stronger since students will save money due to year-round
operations, he said. Last year, the summer sessions were self-supported,
or supported by student fees. But this year, the state is
sponsoring the summer sessions.
Students are eligible
if they are currently enrolled in spring 2001, or if they
had approved educational or medical leave, said Leah Nieto,
assistant director for academic support.
Non-resident students
will still have to pay non-resident fees, and non-CSULB students
will pay the open-university fee.
More money was
also made available for financial aid recipients.
Since the first
two weeks are only open to CSULB students, UCS has been working
with Enrollment Services to speed up the process. Staff members
walked through the line, trying to eliminate confusion regarding
eligibility for priority registration.
"We want to
make sure that [students] don't stand in line needlessly,"
Jensen said.
Although there
were four windows open and 20 staff members working the phones,
some students said they were dissatisfied with the process.
"I think they
should have another system so we don't have to stand in line
so long," said Kathy Soltero, a senior criminal justice
major.
Other students,
however, were resigned to the long wait in the spring sunshine.
"You have
no choice [but to stand in line]," said Willy Guzman,
a senior computer engineer major.
"[There's]
nothing I can do about it," said Maria Perez, a senior
health science major.
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