[nutanc]

As a 2002 graduate, it pains me to see this. More so, when they are saying that they will cut the TA funding. I got through college because of my TA scholarship, and I still have fond memories of teaching the undergraduates. Some of them are still friends.

We also did some nice research in my Masters, a lot of concepts(Grid/cloud) which we are currently using in our Startup.

In any case, I just hope the department and the University come through this with their reputation intact.

[Gormo]

Did you complete undergrad in '02, or were you a TA at that time? I completed my CISE undergrad in '02 and thought it was an excellent program, despite the convoluted organization.

As an aside, what does your degree actually say? The '98 catalog didn't actually have a "computer science" program, and the CS curriculum was offered as "Computer and Information Sciences" via either the business school or CLAS. Do you ever get people confusing your undergrad degree with the equivalent of MIS? (IIRC, the MIS-equivalent was DIS at that time.)