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<base href=""> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" alink="#dddddd" vlink="#000000" link="#006699"> <table width="475" border="0"> <tr><td> <img src="http://www.buffalo.edu/reporter/images/blank.gif" alt=" " width="2" height="2" border="0"> </td> <td> <table width=99%> <tr><td> <font face="Arial, Helvetica" size="2"><b>VOLUME 30, NUMBER 10</b></font> </td><td align="right"> <font face="Arial, Helvetica" size="2"><b>THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1998</b></font> </td></tr> </table> <img src="http://www.buffalo.edu/reporter/images/Flag.gif" alt="Reporter" width="450" height="77"> <table border="0"> <tr><td><img src="Graphics/cover.jpg" alt="UB faculty past and present meet prospective students" width="300" height="210"></td> <td valign="bottom"> <p> <font color="#006699" face="Arial, Helvetica" size="10">UB Past, Present, Future</font> <br> <font face="Arial, Helvetica" size="2"> With an assist from Harvey Breverman's "Cabal III," prospective students meet UB faculty past and present in the atrium of the Center for the Arts during Saturday's "Discover UB" open house.</font> </td></tr></table> <br> <p> <font face="Arial, Helvetica" size="4"><f1mark><b>Mid-semester progress reports to be issued:<BR> <i>Early intervention can reduce failure rate, improve student retention, studies show </i></b> </font><br> For the first time in recollection, this fall all UB first-semester undergraduates, both freshmen and transfer students, will receive progress reports on their performance at mid-semester with the goal of reducing the failure rate and improving the student-retention rate. <br> <div align="right"><a href="f1.html"><font face="Arial, Helvetica" size="1">FULL STORY</font></a></div> <p> <font face="Arial, Helvetica" size="4"><f2mark><b>Improving infrastructure to enhance student life</b> </font><br> A mere quarter of a century ago, UB's 1,200-acre North Campus was undeveloped land. Eight million square feet and $1 billion later, an academic community thrives on a site that once was wetlands. <br> <div align="right"><a href="f2.html"><font face="Arial, Helvetica" size="1">FULL STORY</font></a></div> <p> <font face="Arial, Helvetica" size="3"><b>Photos...</b></font><br> <center> <table width="90%" border="0"> <tr><td> · <a href="photo1.html">Midnight Madness </a><br> </td></tr> </table> </center> <p> <a name="Top_Stories"></a><font face="Arial, Helvetica" size="3"><b>Top Stories...</b></font><br> <center> <table width="90%" border="0"> <tr><td> · <a href="n1.html">Rodriguez to lecture on cultural diversity: Award-winning journalist to address issues of Hispanic identity in America </a><br> · <a href="n2.html">A look into med school's future: Bernardino presents "reality check" on changes for school, hospitals </a><br> · <a href="n3.html">Getting a handle on the Year 2000 </a><br> · <a href="n4.html">Archivist's work on front burner: For Densmore, it's been a year of professional production, recognition </a><br> · <a href="n5.html">Annual Security Report: State University of Buffalo, October 1998 </a><br> </td></tr> </table> </center> <p> <center> <font face="Arial, Helvetica" size="2"> <a href="front.html" target="Right">Front Page</a> | <a href="front.html#Top_Stories" target="Right">Top Stories</a> | <a href="briefly.html" target="Right">Briefly</a> | <a href="http://www.buffalo.edu/reporter/Calendar.html" target="Right">Events</a> | <a href="http://www.buffalo.edu/reporter/eh.html" target="Right">Electronic Highways</a> | <a href="http://www.buffalo.edu/reporter/transitions.html" target="Right">Transitions</a> | <a href="http://www.buffalo.edu/reporter/obit.html" target="Right">Obituary</a> | <a href="sports.html" target="Right">Sports</a> <br> <a href="http://www.buffalo.edu/reporter/" target="_parent">Current Issue</a> | <a href="mailto:reporter@ubnews.buffalo.edu" target="Right">Comments?</a> | <a href="http://www.buffalo.edu/reporter/Archives.html" target="Right">Archives</a> | <a href="http://www.buffalo.edu/reporter/Search.html" target="Right">Search</a> <br> <a href="http://www.buffalo.edu/index.html" target="_parent">UB Home</a> | <a href="http://www.buffalo.edu/news/index.html" target="_parent">UB News Services</a> | <a href="http://www.buffalo.edu/UBT/index.html" target="_parent"><i>UB Today</i></a> </font> </center> <br> <hr noshade width="90%" size="1"> <font size="2"> The Reporter is a campus community newspaper published by the Division of University Services, State University of New York at Buffalo. Editorial offices are located at <a href="http://www.buffalo.edu/news/" target="_parent"><b>UB News Services</b></a>, 136 Crofts Hall, Amherst, NY, 14260, 716-645-2626. <br><br> The Reporter publishes in print and online every Thursday during the academic year.<br><br> <font face="Arial, Helvetica"><b>Director of News Services:</b></font> Arthur Page<br> <font face="Arial, Helvetica"><b>Associate Director of News Services:</b></font> Sue Wuetcher<br> <font face="Arial, Helvetica"><b>Editor:</b></font> Christine Vidal<br> <font face="Arial, Helvetica"><b>Associate Editor:</b></font> Joan Danzig<br> <font face="Arial, Helvetica"><b>Art Director:</b></font> Becky Farnham<br> <font face="Arial, Helvetica"><b>News Services Editors:</b></font> Lois Baker, Patricia Donovan, Ellen Goldbaum, Mary Beth Spina<br> <font face="Arial, Helvetica"><b>Online Publisher:</b></font> Benjamin Edelman </font> </td></tr> </table> </body>