No Reporter next week
The Reporter will not be published next week due to the Thanksgiving holiday. Regular publication will resume on Nov. 29.

UB installs phone line for closing information
The university has installed a new telephone service to provide information when office hours and class schedules will be altered as the result of inclement weather or for other reasons.

The information will be available at 645-NEWS to students, faculty and staff, as well as the public, 24 hours a day. There never will be a busy signal since the line has the capacity to handle an unlimited number of calls simultaneously.

The standard recorded message will be "Offices are open and classes are being held as scheduled today at the University at Buffalo." The message will be changed appropriately as soon as university officials decide to alter office hours and class schedules due to weather conditions or other situations.

Messiah "sing-in" set for Slee Hall
Ever want to sing the Hallelujah chorus somewhere other than in the shower?

You'll have your chance on Dec. 4 when the UB Choir, UB Chorus and UB Symphony Orchestra invite members of the campus community to join them in an hour-long "sing-in" of selected portions of Handel's Messiah.

The sing-in—the Department of Music's Brown Bag Lunchtime event for December—will take place at 12:05 p.m. in Slee Concert Hall, North Campus.

Produced by student intern John Orluk under the counsel of Philip Rehard, concert manager, the program will include a pre-concert lecture by Christopher Gibbs, assistant professor of music, at 11:30 a.m. The sing-in will follow at 12:05 p.m., under the direction of Magnus Märtensson, conductor of the UB Symphony, and Harold Rosenbaum, director of the UB Choir and Chorus who also conducts an annual Messiah sing-in in Avery Fisher Hall in New York City. The program also will feature vocal soloists Mary Lou Vetere, Carolyn Unitas-Roos and Robert Lee.

Musical scores will be provided to concert-goers, who will be seated in the audience among the almost 200 members of the UB Choir and Chorus, according to voice part.

Punch and cookies, along with a pair of complementary tickets to a more formal concert the following month, will be offered to each patron at a reception to be held after the concert at 1 p.m. in the Slee Hall Lobby.

Syllabi to be topic of teaching workshop
Gayle Brazeau, associate dean for academic affairs in the School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, will conduct a workshop on "Developing an Effective Course Syllabus" from 1-2:30 p.m. Nov. 30 in 322 Clemens Hall, North Campus.

The workshop will be sponsored by the Center for Teaching and Learning Resources.

During the workshop, Brazeau will discuss key elements and components of course syllabi that focus on student learning. The discussion and interactive period will allow participants the opportunity to review and revise current course syllabi or to start the process of developing one for a new course.

Participants are asked to bring either an existing course syllabus or information related to developing a syllabus for a new course.

The workshop is free of charge and open to any instructor at UB. However, reservations are required, and must be made by Wednesday by contacting Jeannette Molina, assistant vice provost and associate director of the Office of Teaching and Learning Resources, at 645-7788, or jmolina@buffalo.edu.

Applicants for King scholarship sought
Applicants are being sought for the Martin Luther King Jr. Scholarship Award, established by the Minority Faculty and Staff Association to honor a junior or senior who demonstrates high academic standards and leadership ability, and who exemplifies a personal character that advances the spirit and philosophy of King.

The $1,000 annual award is supported by Kenneth Gayles, clinical assistant professor of medicine, local cardiologist and UB graduate, in honor of his late mother, Lula Gayles.

To be eligible for the scholarship, applicants must be underrepresented persons of color, full-time juniors or seniors at UB, possess at least a 3.3 grade-point average and be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident.

Applications are due in 208 Norton Hall, North Campus, by 5 p.m. Jan. 18, 2002.

For more information, contact Roland Garrow or Denise Hood at 645-3072, or Kevin Ragland at 882-2400.

WBFO raises record amount
WBFO 88.7 FM, the National Public Radio affiliate operated by UB, raised a record $176,000 during its recently concluded Fall Membership Drive.

More than 800 listeners became new members during the fund drive, which was held Oct. 18-25—another record for the station, according to Joan Wilson, director of development for WBFO.

Of the money pledged, nearly $25,000 was received via 284 online donations.

"We're grateful and honored that so many listeners—including many of our UB colleagues—care enough about WBFO to support the station financially," said Jennifer Roth, WBFO general manager.

"Revenue obtained through fund raising comprises 57 percent of WBFO's operating budget," Roth said, "with membership contributions making up 39 percent and local business contributions 18 percent."

"Asia at Noon" to look at China from historical, economic views
"Asia at Noon," the brown-bag series of lectures and discussions that looks at research on Asia, will present two programs this month that look at China from historical and economic perspectives.

The programs will be held at noon in 280 Park Hall, North Campus. They are free of charge and open to the public.

Tomorrow, Paul Zarembka, professor of economics, will present a lecture titled, "Reflections on Marxism in China."

Zarembka is the editor of "Research in Political Economy," an annual yearbook on Marxist theory and empirical work published in the Netherlands. He has published books on economic development, econometrics and modern capital theory. This year, he participated in a conference in Kunming, China, on the theme of Marxism in 2001. This parlay was comprised of 30 scholars from China and 15 from Europe, the Middle East and the United States, all of whom addressed the current state of Marxist theory and practice.

The Nov. 30 program will feature a lecture by Mark Selden, a widely recognized authority in the revisionist history of Asia, titled "Reflections on the Nanking Massacre."

His visit is co-sponsored by the Asian Studies Program and the Department of History. At 3 p.m. that day, Selden will be a featured speaker in the history department's colloquium series.

That lecture is titled, "The United States, Japan and the Noncombatant in Twentieth-Century Wars in Asia: Reflections on Responsibility, Reparations and Reconciliation." This event, free of charge and open to the public, will take place in 532 Park Hall, North Campus.

Selden holds a joint appointment in history and sociology at Binghamton University and is a professorial associate of the East Asian Program at Cornell University. He has published widely in the fields of Chinese rural revolution and rural development, Southeast Asian society and politics, and U.S.-Japanese relations and historical memory.

Theatre and Dance to showcase dancers
The Department of Theatre and Dance will showcase the department's multi-talented dancers during performances of the Zodiaque Studio Dance Ensemble Nov. 29-Dec. 2 in the Black Box Theatre in the Center for the Arts, North Campus.

Performance times are 8 p.m. Nov. 29-Dec. 1, and 2 p.m. on Dec. 2.

Zodiaque Studio Dance Ensemble, comprised of 17 UB students, is directed by Joyce M. Lichtenberger.

The performance will present the students in a variety of dance styles. The mixed repertory program will include music ranging from up-tempo to ballads. The choreographers are faculty members in the Department of Theatre and Dance.

Tickets for Zodiaque Studio Dance Ensemble are $5 and may be purchased in the Center for the Arts box office from noon to 6 p.m. Tuesday through Friday, and at all Ticketmaster locations. For more information, call 645-ARTS.

CAS to offer $1,000 grad scholarships
The College of Arts and Sciences will offer $1,000 tuition scholarships to seniors graduating from any program at UB who enroll for a minimum of 12 graduate hours per semester for two consecutive semesters in a department or program within the CAS.

The scholarships entail no work obligation, are available only to UB graduates and may not be applied to graduate programs outside the CAS.

The scholarships are for one academic year and will be paid out in two installments of $500 in the Fall 2002 and Spring 2003 semesters. Funding for the awards is limited and students are encouraged to apply as early as possible. The deadline for receipt of all applications is July 1, 2002.

Those interested can find an application form and eligibility criteria on the CAS Scholarship Web site at http://wings.buffalo.edu/cas/dean/casscholarships.html. The applicant must download the application form, sign it and send it to the graduate program to which he or she is applying. Once formally admitted to the program, the department will forward a copy of the applicant's signed scholarship acceptance letter to the CAS Dean's Office. The award confirmation letter will be mailed directly to the student.

For more information, contact Joseph Syracuse, CAS enrollment manager, at 645-2711.

Four students receive awards from Buffalo booster group
Four honors students are becoming big Buffalo boosters as recipients of 43x79 Build Buffalo Scholarships that include internships and mentoring opportunities with local business leaders.

Freshmen Benjamin Freer and Kari Mergenhagen were selected as this year's winners for the four-year scholarship, following in the footsteps of the first recipients—Julie Mann and Vikas Dua.

Mann, a sophomore, interned this summer in marketing services at The Buffalo News and plans to return for future internships after a semester abroad in Spain, a part of her studies as a double major in Spanish and English.

Dua, also a sophomore, is majoring in computer engineering and found his internship with BioEconomy Partners a "mentoring experience that has me believing we can rebuild the Western New York economy." He said he gained hands-on experience in Web design, database manipulation, networking and online newsletters, in addition to observing the company CEO on a daily basis.

Howard Zemsky, a managing partner of Taurus Partners LLC and chair of the 43x79 Foundation Committee, said the scholarship winners "have the potential to become our future business and community leaders.

"As our leading local university, UB is central to economic development efforts for this region, and while we knew we couldn't afford to support hundreds of students, we felt that offering scholarship and internship opportunities for several outstanding local students could provide the critical mass needed to make professional and educational opportunities available for dozens more," he added.

Created with an initial gift of $48,000 from the 43x79 Group and matched by a $40,000 pledge from prominent business executive Frank McGuire, the scholarship program will sponsor each student for four years, while adding two new students a year.

The 43x79 Group, named after Buffalo's latitude and longitude, is comprised of local business leaders who believe they have a civic obligation to support the region and its economic growth.

The scholarship gift is part of UB's $250 million campaign.

Those wishing to donate to the 43x79 Build Buffalo Scholarship fund should contact Margaret Phillips at 645-6000, ext. 1178, or mcp2@buffalo.edu.