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Loyola students unhappy with new check-out system

Wednesday, February 3, 2010

New registers have been added to Chicago-based Loyola University’s campus dining hall that will enable its students to use their campus cards to purchase items using Rambler Bucks.

However, as revealed by the Loyola Phoenix, some students are unhappy with the new register system, which is supposed to not only provide an additional method of payment but also speed up the check-out process. Students claim the system is slow and creates even longer lines than before.


The switch is part of the replacement of the current campus card transaction system, which aims to have all campus services simplified into a single card: laundry, parking, printing, buying books and dining.

Campus officials say the long lines and slow check-outs should be over soon, as people adjust and become more familiar with the registers and the system as a whole.

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First announced in September, the pilot involved a select group of students and staff at Arizona State University using NFC-enabled smart phones equipped with HID’s Secure Identity Object (SIO) Technology. Participants could gain access to their residence halls and other secure access areas by tapping their handset against a reader embedded in the door and entering a PIN, rather than use their plastic campus card.

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As part of the new campus banking relationship, PNC will host financial literacy workshops for Loyola students and staff, covering topics ranging from basic banking to credit management and identity protection, savings and investing, as well as home buying.

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As the need for security increases, whether its K-12 or on college campuses, educators certainly don’t want to turn their schools into fortresses.

While certain elements, such as or metal detectors, may be necessary evils, some security experts believe that creating a good relationship with students could be just as important.

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