By Charles Roberts

The March 17th unveiling of the SABRE program will bring a new found comfort to Buffalo State College’s registration process.

“The plan is to bring an end to the use of the bubble sheets for the students (while registering),” said Sharon Cramer, executive director of SABRE.

Dr. Cramer’s words are encouraging to any student who has endured the dreaded registration process.

“I think online registration will be great,” said Nick Reed, a sophomore forensic chemistry major. “I do, however, worry about first- year flaws the program may have.”

The SABRE team has been doing its research for almost three and a half years. Unlike the University at Buffalo’s program, which was designed by faculty members there, Buffalo State sought out the best programs around the country. University at Buffalo students often have troubles when classes have been closed out and if too many people are attempting to register at the same time. Dr. Cramer says Buffalo State’s program will not have similar flaws.

“We are currently exploring an electronic wait-list for students who come across closed courses. We have already installed a load balancer that will keep the program up to speed when as many as 1,000 students are registering at the same time,” Dr. Cramer said.

Students who are in honors programs or those who are fall athletes will have first crack at online registration with Priority Registration that begins April 16th. All other students will have their first shot at it beginning April 22nd.

“It’s too bad it took so long for online registration to get here, but it will definitely be helpful while I continue on my way here toward getting my Master’s (degree),” said graduate student Sarah Bifaro.