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Registering a complaint
By: Katie Gajdica
Issue date: 4/27/09 Section: Opinion
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"What happened?" I asked.
His response: "Howdy."
Turns out the poor guy had been rushing around to various offices all morning trying to fix problems caused by the oh-so-modern-and-updated program, Howdy, and somehow fell on something sharp in the process. And I thought my registration experience was bad. Those of you who haven't registered yet, be warned. This new system is filled to the brim with confusing functions and kinks that haven't quite been worked out yet. Why our wonderful University decided to replace the joys of MyRecord with a program that seems like it's never been tested is beyond me.
My enmity toward Howdy began weeks ago when I was prompted to enter something called a "Compass PIN." What is that? Who even has one of those? I dialed up the Computing Help Desk, and was told that the system "has been doing that lately" and that I should just wait a day and try again. Excuse me? I want to plan my schedule!
When I was finally allowed entry into the fabulous new system, I quickly developed Gripe No. 2 against Howdy: Why must we choose College Station from the drop-down menu after every single course search? If I don't want to take PSYC 306 in Qatar, then I probably don't want to take EPSY 430 there either! And while I'm ranting, is there no way to search for honors courses? If there is, I can't find it, which brings up another complaint - why is everything in Howdy so hard to find? All this from the system that was supposed to make our lives easier and save time. Ha!
After many trials and tribulations, I emerged with a list of course and section numbers. Triumph - or so I thought. Turns out, Howdy is too good for those six numbers and instead wants a five-digit CRN number. Back into the depths of Howdy I ventured, eventually retrieving the elusive CRNs. I typed those bad boys in and clicked the button marked, "Submit Changes." Up popped a list of classes.
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