Comptroller explains Financial Policy
Roger McLean
ByLOLAYELVERTON
Most students wonder why
things are not as they should
be on campus. “I paid my
money why don’t they have
the things I need.” It’s not
always the case. In fact,
Roger McLean, Comptroller
of Elizabeth City State
University states that tuition,
room and board paid by the
students constitutes only
about 11.4% of the univer
sity’s total budget.
j There are 14 departments
-5 operating in the academic
budget. The entire budget is
determined by the General
Administration in Chapel Hill
which bases its conclusions
on the Full Time Equivalency
(FTE). In other words, the
number of students enrolled
at the university determine
.the amount of teachers and
monies the university gets
from the government in the
form of state appropriations.
When asked why students
had to pay a fee for the Health
and Physical Education
Department McLean explain
ed that this building is not
completely academic and the
university had to assist in the
financing through the charg
ing of a fee.
Refund checks have also
been another hassle for
students. Most of these
checks are based on the finan
cial aid that the students
receive. It takes from twenty
to thirty days before it can be
verified that each student is
qualified for these refunds.
Looking into the future
McLean said that there are
plans on the financial table
for a Child Development
Department to be located
across from the new
Maintenance building. Ex
pansions on the Student Union
building include a bowling
alley, post office and a bank.
A lot of students report they
find it difficult to find McLean
when they need his aid. The
Comptroller stated that his
office holds an open door
policy which welcomes all
students with financial prob
lems. He’s usually on campus
somewhere, you just have to
look.
Computer Breakdown
Lengthens Christmas Vacation
By GAYLE PLUMMER
Tommy M. Faust, Officer
of the Registrar, gave details
pertaining to the computer
and communications break-^^
down over the December
recess.
Faust explained that on
December J2, while program
ming information into the
computer, a malfunction took
place that effected the print
ing process. The problem
could not be pin-pointed by
his office, so a repairman
from Raleigh was called to in
stall a 3.1 (an electrical com
ponent aiding in the
speediness of production) for
the computer on December
19.
On Saturday, December 23
reprocessing of all mforma-
tion for the spring semester:
was resumed and was com
pleted by December 27.
Notification of the revised
return date for next semester
was delayed for a number of
reasons. Faust asserted
however, that some students
had not given correct mailing
addresses which slowed down
the mailing procedures. He
also stated that approximate
ly 1,577 letters were sent out
through the Business Office
and that one person cannot
spend the time to verify cor
rect address information. He
also explained that no student
was charged extra money for
the computer breakdown in
their tuitional fees. Faust
concluded by pointing out
that students should not be so
hasty in blaming the ad
ministrative functions for
their misunderstandings of
school policies and that
reading is the key to
imderstanding communica
tions channels for students at
ECSU.
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Tommy M. Faust
ECSU Progresses with it’s own Printing Press
By LARRY LISTER
Elizabeth City State
University has a new
Multilith Offset Model 1250
Printing Press in the Graphic
Arts Department of the In
dustrial Arts Building.
The printing press, ac
cording to Davis L. McFad-
den, Assistant Professor of
Industrial Arts and Tech
nology at ECSU, speeds up
communication by printing
letters in less time than one
can write the letters. The
machine prints offset which
can in time be produced by
the Graphic Arts Depart
ment. The press, McFadden
stated, arrived last summer
but was ordered before he ar
rived. Even though he could
not determine the exact cost
he stated that the machine
was very expensive. He also
stated that due to its populari
ty, it will be of good service to
the community in the future.
Currently the machine aids
the community by printing
any information in volume.
The Model 1250 Printing
Press was manufactured in
Chicago and is rather large in
size. The machine is part of
the Industrial Technology
course which involves block
printing, silk screening, and
offset printing as well as
photographing. The inventor
of the Printing Press was
Alois Senefelder, a Bavarian
who discovered the litho
graphic principle in 1798
while experimenting with
transposing designs to a stone
surface which made stone
relief plates.
According to McFadden,
the developing camera
develops the print and makes
copies up to two-hundred per
cent larger according to the
preferred size. These copies
can also be reduced by the
same volume.