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8A NEWS
THE UNIVERSITY OF DARY KANSAN
MONDAY, AUGUST 14, 2006
EMPLOYMENT
Student minimum wage raised
BY C.J. MOORE
University of Kansas student employees will be guaranteed a higher minimum wage following the third wage increase in five years.
On Aug. 1, the minimum wage for student employees increased from $6.50 to $7 as part of the fifth and final year of the Tuition Enhancement Plan, which has generated an extra $43 million for the University from increased tuition costs.
"By raising tuition, we feel we have an obligation to try to increase the wages and make our employment more attractive and feed some of that money back to the students who pay the tuition," said Lindy
Eakin, vice provost of administration and finance.
The first increase occurred in Jan. 2003 when the University raised the minimum wage for on-campus jobs.
When Riley Rothe, Wichita senior, started working as a student manager at Mrs. E's in the fall of 2003, his starting salary was $6.50. Rothe now makes $8.50 an hour. He said he expected to get another raise sometime this year, but with the minimum wage increase, Rothe said a raise is now unlikely.
"They had already figured out the budget for this year and they didn't figure in the extra 50 cents an hour for the new employees," Rothe said. "They just didn't expect that in the budget so they had to take it out of
somewhere else."
However, Eakin said Rothe should still get his raise under the new plan. Instead of a small raise like 20 cents, Eakin said Rothe should see his wage increase an additional 50 cents. Eakin said food services must still increase their wages because the University requires it based on a student's total hours of employment. "Our hope is that $7 is the minimum, not the average. Our goal is to be the attractive employer," Eakin said.
Kansan staff writer C.J. Moore can be contacted at cjmoore@kansan.
com.
- Edited by Derek Korte
optional campus fees
For students who paid optional campus fees, you're not alone.
If you paid for any of these services, here is what you need to do to claim your packages.
ALL-ARTS CARDS:
Available for pick up at the Lied Center ticket office during regular business hours, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday.
ALL SPORTS COMBOS:
Football ticket distribution will be 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, starting Aug. 22 at Allen Fieldhouse ticket office. Students must show a valid KUID to pick up their tickets.
Beak 'Em Bucks should be on your KUID by Aug. 17.
CARPER COUNSELING AND
BEAK'EM BUCKS:
CAREER COUNSELING AND
To complete your registration, make an appointment with a counselor at the University Career Center, 110 Burge Union. The number is 864-3624.
PLANNING
JAYHAWKERYEARBOOK
Yearbook distribution starts in early May at the Kansas Union.
JAYBOWL WEEKEND PASS;
Sign up at jawbow in the Kansas Union启动 Aug. 13.
JOB SEARCH SERVICES:
JOB SEARCH SERVICES:
Go to the University Career Center, 110 Burge Union, to get a username and password.
KU ON WHEELS BUS PASSES:
Starting today, the parking department office in the Allen Fieldhouse garage Nalamith Drive
and Irving Hill Road will distribute bus passes.
SLAB:
SUA  PREFERRED  STUDENT
CARD:
This contribution directly supports lobbying activities by KU students in all government levels. Sit back and wait for your benefits.
Cards are available at the Student Union Activities box office in the Kansas University startng Aug. 13.
TRADITION KEEPERS:
To claim benefit packages, visit the Alumni Association office in the Adams Alumni Center, 1266 Oread Ave.
Ben Smith
TECHNOLOGY
New system aims to aid navigation
BY NATE MCGINNIS
Students who have been frustrated by the former format of Enroll and Pay will be greeted with a new, sleeker and easier-to-use design when they log on this semester.
Student information systems, a new department to the University of Kansas this summer, launched an upgraded version of Enroll and Pay in July aimed at streamlining the complicated and confusing format of the former site.
The main improvement to the site is a page called "student center." This page encompasses all the most commonly used components of the old version simultaneously, including schedule of classes, holds, account summary and personal information. Hot links on the same page allow students to add or drop a class, select optional campus fees or view
Bob Turvey, director of student information systems and project director of the Enroll and Pay upgrade, said students most commonly complained about trouble they had navigating the site.
their financial aid packages, among other things. Previously students were required to navigate through a variety of different categories and links in order to find this information. But the function of the new Enroll and Pay system remains virtually the same.
Jennifer Holwick, Overland Park junior, said she liked the new version better than the old one.
"There are more options and stuff is easier to find," she said. "It looks cleaner than the old version."
The Enroll and Pay system is produced by a company called PeopleSoft and used by about 600 schools across the nation. Previously the university used version 8 of the Enroll and Pay software. The upgrade implemented version 8.9, making the University one of about a dozen schools in the nation to have the most up-to-date version of the software. Within a year the University expects to receive version 9 of the software, designed to further increase functionality for users.
Another component of the upgrade is an increase in the help
users receive when they have problems with the system.
On the student center page, users can click on a "Help-FAQ" link on the right-hand side of the screen. When clicked, the link redirects them to a site listing video tutorials, which offer step-by-step instructions specifically directing users where to click on the screen in order to complete certain tasks. The tutorials use actual screenshots of the Enroll and Pay system, making it easier for users to follow along with the tutorials.
Although users should find the software much easier to use than the previous version, bugs are still being worked out of the system because of the newness of the software. Students might experience a slow connection until Wednesday because of the large amount of users logging on to the system at the beginning of the semester, Turvey said.
Kansan staff writer Nate McGinnis can be contacted at nmcginnis@ kansan.com.
—Edited by Travis Robinett
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