The Daily Cal tells us that the waitlist deletions problem with Tele-BEARS we mentioned yesterday affected about 7,000 students. Oops.

Acting registrar Walter Wong Information Service and Technology mainframe manager George Suennen summed it well:

bq. “There have been little glitches here and there, but this one’s pretty big,” he said.

The Tele-BEARS computer is about 30 years old. The deletions occurred while trying to adjust waitlists for summer classes. It appears they inadvertently adjust fall waitlists as well.

Glitch on Tele-BEARS Wipes Class Waitlists [Daily Cal]
Earlier: Tele-BEARS Finds a New Way to Really Fuck You Over

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