Students who began registering for classes this week found an extra charge when they began to check out: they had to buy a Student Government Association sticker. As of press time Wednesday night the charge was still in effect.

The sticker option was supposed to change to a negative check-off, meaning that the students must choose the option not to buy the sticker. Due to problems changing the system, the check box will remain as it has in previous semesters. Students can to choose to buy the sticker by checking the box.

Due to an internal misunderstanding, the option to decline to buy the $15 sticker was not given on the Bakersfield College Web site. Instead, students were automatically charged when they clicked the continue button to finish their registration.

“I was horrified to find that this was not working the way we had intended for it to work,” said Don Turney, dean of students. “I started getting student complaints across my desk around 4 o’clock yesterday (Tuesday).”

Administrators are currently working with district technicians to correct the error.

Turney did not know if students would be dropped for nonpayment if they did not pay the sticker charge.

For those students who have already paid, they must go to Student Services in Campus Center, fill out a reimbursement form and return it to the Business Services office.