Binghamton University’s spring 2011 registration has gone off without any major hitches, but some students are still facing their own individual complications.

Jean-Pierre Mileur, interim University provost and vice president for academic affairs, who deals with issues involving registration, said that so far he has not heard of any major difficulties.

‘Nothing in particular has come up to this level,’ Mileur said.

Dennis Chavez, director of financial aid and student records, added that there were no major issues with registration this year, such as course cancellations.

‘Cancellations during [the] spring and fall are rare,’ Chavez said. ‘Summer and winter course cancellations are more common because of lack of enrollment.’

Chavez said course cancellations are usually due to a lack of enrollment, so it does not pose a big issue to registration because there are not a lot of people interested in the class.

According to Chavez, seniors have been able to register for classes that they need to graduate.

Chavez said that the University registrar tries to make sure that students are not surprised when registration comes around and has been proactive in notifying students about holds and fines that will inhibit the registration process.

Mary Beth Hatch, a junior majoring in biology, had five parking tickets, which placed a hold on her registration. While four were excused, she still had to pay off the remaining ticket before she could register for classes.

‘Students are so busy that they may not realize that they have a fine,’ Chavez said.

Nimit Patel, a junior majoring in biology, said that the classes that he needs to take are always full. As a safeguard, he has asked three people to save classes for him.

Kathryn DiSalvo, a sophomore double-majoring in Spanish and Latin America and Caribbean Area Studies (LACAS), said that when she tried to schedule for the Library Research course LACS 271, she was denied because a professor had neglected to hand in her declaration-of-major form in spring 2010. As a result, she was not marked as a LACAS major. The issue has since been resolved.

Stephen Lo, a freshman majoring in bioengineering, said that as an engineering student, he does not have to worry about getting into classes.

‘In Watson, there’s no problem with registration because there are a certain number of spots that have to be left open,’ he said. ‘They go according to the number of people in the school.’

Graduate students, who began registering for classes Oct. 27, tend to have far fewer problems, according to Chavez.

‘Grad students march to their own drum,’ he said. ‘They typically don’t have issues with registration.’