Priority registration levels academic playing field
Issue date: 1/9/08 Section: Letters to the Editor
TO THE EDITOR:
The Faculty Council (recently passed) the priority registration proposal giving student-athletes the chance to register for classes before the normal student. This (was) long overdue.
Student-athletes typically practice 20 hours per week, the equivalent of a part-time job, yet being a part of a varsity athletics team requires everyone involved to meet a stringent practice schedule.
UNC athletics are known to compete at the highest level at every sport; certainly this reputation hasn't stemmed from mediocre attendance at practices.
Many athletes encounter difficulties while registering because oftentimes the one or few sections of a class that are available during the hours outside of practice times are full by the time registration begins.
Athletes are being put at a disadvantage when they cannot register for the only section of a class available within their confined schedule. This is one reason why so many athletes take summer school to graduate on time.
Students working part time or involved in other extracurricular activities are naturally more flexible because they don't have to commit to a fixed schedule every day of the week. That one class outside of their desired time frame can be taken, though their work schedule may need to be altered.
There is a good reason why every other school in the ACC has priority registration for student-athletes; they realize that athletes are being put at a disadvantage during registration due to the restrictions inherent in being a part of a varsity team.
(Priority registration will improve) the welfare of all student-athletes representing and earning this institution the fine reputation it has within the NCAA.
David Solarz
Sophomore
Chemistry
The Faculty Council (recently passed) the priority registration proposal giving student-athletes the chance to register for classes before the normal student. This (was) long overdue.
Student-athletes typically practice 20 hours per week, the equivalent of a part-time job, yet being a part of a varsity athletics team requires everyone involved to meet a stringent practice schedule.
UNC athletics are known to compete at the highest level at every sport; certainly this reputation hasn't stemmed from mediocre attendance at practices.
Many athletes encounter difficulties while registering because oftentimes the one or few sections of a class that are available during the hours outside of practice times are full by the time registration begins.
Athletes are being put at a disadvantage when they cannot register for the only section of a class available within their confined schedule. This is one reason why so many athletes take summer school to graduate on time.
Students working part time or involved in other extracurricular activities are naturally more flexible because they don't have to commit to a fixed schedule every day of the week. That one class outside of their desired time frame can be taken, though their work schedule may need to be altered.
There is a good reason why every other school in the ACC has priority registration for student-athletes; they realize that athletes are being put at a disadvantage during registration due to the restrictions inherent in being a part of a varsity team.
(Priority registration will improve) the welfare of all student-athletes representing and earning this institution the fine reputation it has within the NCAA.
David Solarz
Sophomore
Chemistry
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