CS Telebears: What's Going On?

[Albert Julius Liu]

This isn't related to the project or anything, but I figured I might as
well ask here:

What is with the CS seat counts for next semester? At time of writing,
there is only one non-19X upper division class with enough seats for
everyone who applied, namely 162--every other upper division class is
full, in some cases at nearly 5x capacity. I've never seen things this
tight before. Are there more people or less seats than before? Have
budget cuts reduced the TA pool?

[Niels Joubert]

I can't give much more insight on this, but the budget cuts have
definitely made the department hedge its bets. For most of these classes
spots will open up as TAs are hired. You'll notice that the rooms these
classes are booked in can fit more people, so I'd hang tight for now.

Yes, it sucks, and we're going to have to work hard as a department to
increase the efficiency of our teaching to accommodate more students
while decreasing spending, so if people have suggestions, go ahead and
voice it to faculty and staff members!

[James O'Brien]

You can voice you concern over limited resources for teaching to the
factually and staff... but that's like going to a PETA meeting and
trying to convince people that they should not wear fur. A more
productive* use of your time would be to write a letter to you
representative in the state assembly and voice your concerns over cuts
to UC's budget to them.

*"productive" is a somewhat subjective term in this context.