Students adjust to new mailbox system
Andy Buss
Issue date: 2/14/08 Section: News
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"I think it's kind of inconvenient since I don't go there all that often," sophomore Kevin Hershock said. "And when I do, I usually do not think about getting my mail."
Until Feb. 4, mail was delivered to college residences in mid-morning. Now, it arrives by 11:30 a.m. to the lower level of the student union.
"Before, our mail keys were all different because it was just our room key," said sophomore Kyle Weber. "Now everyone in Simpson has the same mail key so someone could open someone else's mail - even though it's a federal offense."
Not all students find the changes disconcerting.
"I don't really care either way," sophomore Kevin Boyle said. "I don't get much mail anyway."
However, some house directors have noticed issues stemming from the new system.
"The big difference for me is that I'm passive instead of active in the process," said Patricia Corboy, house director of The Suites. "Yes, there's less to do, but there's also less contact with the students. I like putting out the mail because that's when I saw everybody."
Sue Abel, the house director of Benzing Residence, said she is not concerned with regular mail pick up as she is with other aspects of the new system.
"I've seen many changes," she said. "It's nothing big to me, just another change. The only real problem I see here is packages. I had a meeting with my resident assistants and they all said the same things about packages."
Sophomore Shannon McCleary, a resident assistant at Benzing, explained her dislike.
"I do not like the package system at all," she said. "I got a package at dinner one day and opened it because I was excited. Then I had to carry the contents around all evening - I couldn't get back to my dorm."
Abel said something needs to be done to assist students with large packages.
"The sizes of boxes that my girls get, they cannot possibly carry," she said. "We're going to have to find a way to transport them down here. I'm going to try to work on something here with my RA's to work that out."
Student Activities Director Rebekah Dell said develping community played a large role in deciding to change the system.
"All students, except those off campus, have to come to the union to get their mail," she said, "even if they don't eat meals there. It produces a lot more interaction. It was by no means meant to take something away from the students."
Dell also said general efficiency increased as a result of the change.
"It allowed us to utilize our resources and be good stewards of what we have," she said.
Dell pointed out six new student employment opportunities came with the alteration as well as freeing up several full-time college employees to do other work for the school.
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