By Casey Krautkramer Assistant News Editor UWSP s NetCheck turned out to be a success, according to students and university officials. NetCheck, which replaced Checkpoint this semester, has made things easier for UWSP students and staff. With the former Checkpoint, students had to be at the university either one or two days before the semester started, so the university could collect student s payments and students could receive their financial aid checks. Checkpoint also indicated which students were coming back.
Students can print out their book list and bring it to the bookstore, which saves time.
The old Checkpoint system became too much of a burden on the university. Checkpoint was labor intensive, said Registrar David Eckholm. The university was bringing people away from their regular jobs to work here, said Eckholm. There was no reason to have students come see us, said Anita Godin, director of revenue, liability and parking. Check-point became a place to herd everyone through for illegitimate reasons.