A recent software update to the Tartan Card system resulted partly in disallowing students to incur negative balances.\u00a0 Sinclair Community College\u2019s Director of Business Services Ty Stone said the upgrade was driven by how the software provider, Blackboard, updates the system.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhile we have had some issue with negative balances, this was not the sole reason for the update,\u201d Stone said via e-mail.\u00a0 \u201cOur goal is to make the Tartan Card experience positive and beneficial for everyone.\u201d<\/p>\n
Stone said balances can be taken care of by adding money to the Tartan Card, but some students have said adding money doesn\u2019t lift holds on student accounts.<\/p>\n
Mike Anderson, an Education major, said he took advantage of allowed negative balances, mostly to pay for the parking garage instead of getting an IOU.\u00a0 He said the negative $15 balance affected him.<\/p>\n
\u201cBasically I couldn\u2019t register for classes,\u201d Anderson said.\u00a0 \u201cI couldn\u2019t use my Tartan Card at all\u2026I had a hold on everything.\u201d<\/p>\n
Jordan Crowley, a Networking Engineer major, had the same problems.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think it\u2019s kind of ridiculous to not let someone register because they have a negative $4 balance,\u201d Crowley said.<\/p>\n
Both students had to visit the Bursar\u2019s office to get the hold lifted even after they paid their balances through a Tartan Value Transfer Station.<\/p>\n
Psychology major Ethan Bunker thinks it makes sense for students to not incur a negative balance but thinks the payback process could be streamlined.<\/p>\n
\u201cI understand there might be a necessity for it (in the parking lot),\u201d Bunker said.\u00a0 \u201cAs for not letting people register, that seems a little extreme to me.\u201d<\/p>\n
Stone said the decision to upgrade the Tartan Card software was made months ago.\u00a0 Students, faculty and staff were given a week\u2019s notice via e-mail and more advance notice via food service signage.\u00a0 Anderson did not feel that one week was enough time to let students know about the upcoming changes because on-campus postings only affected on-campus students.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think it would\u2019ve been nice to have some advance warning,\u201d Anderson said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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