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CCNY'S INDEPENDENT STUDENT NEWSPAPER   OCTOBER 2000 VOLUME 3, NUMBER 1

Shocking! The Messenger Compliments the Administration!

Something strange happened to many CCNY students during fall registration. Registration was quick and easy. The new telephone system brought CCNY closer to the modern age and made up for last spring's registration fiasco where chaos and frustration were the rule.

For so long students actually interested in attending CCNY enough to come up to the campus and try to register ran away screaming because of the Kafkaesque bureaucracy. Obvious things, so lacking in the Moses era, were finally implemented this fall. For example, placards identifying each campus building were placed around campus to help incoming students get their bearings. There are still some bugs that need to be worked out, but it's a change for the better. We need more of those types of changes around here, but this is a step in the right direction.

The Messenger would also like to give props to the USG and Finley Student Center for hosting a very successful club fair September 28. It featured great music and was well attended (see photos page 4). Students and clubs actually got a chance to talk to each other and network. Students were even inspired to hold a procession through the fair calling for more support for the Black Studies Program. It's great to see the administration supporting life on campus rather than trying to suppress it.

The lesson here: when the administration heeds its students' needs and wishes, the whole campus benefits.

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