By Charles Roberts

Out with the old, in with the new; three and a half years in the making, the Student Administration aid Billing Registration and Enrollment management (SABRE) program is near completion.

If all goes as planned, the SABRE program will offer current Buffalo State College students and new students the option to register for class, seek out availability of classes, and check other personal information online.

“The SABRE Program will empower the students to look at their personal information from the comfort of their home computer, or anywhere in the world that has Internet capabilities,” said Sharon Cramer, executive director of SABRE.

The program will help bring Buffalo State’s registration process up to speed with other SUNY schools that have been offering online registration for several years.

“It would be nice to register online rather than sticking a piece of paper through a wall and praying for the best,” said Charles Lyons, a junior criminal justice major.

The program is set to be officially announced March 17th at a time yet to be determined.

“I am 95 percent certain that SABRE will be up and running, ready to use for summer (’03) and fall (’03) registrations on the announcement day (March 17th),” Dr. Cramer added.