“The Office of the Registrar cannot issue alternate pins  nor will we serve as surrogate advisors. “

The office of the registrar will not serve as surrogate advisors? Why not? The registrar’s office will tell students what courses they CAN’T take (pre-reqs,  status, etc), and the registrar will tell students what courses they SHOULD HAVE taken (final degree checkout),  but the registrar will not tell students what courses they SHOULD take. Got to love the irony that is the academic cycle.