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<base href=""><body bgcolor="#ffffff" alink="#dddddd" vlink="#000000" link="#006699"> <TABLE WIDTH="487" BORDER="0" CELLSPACING="2" CELLPADDING="0"> <TR> <TD WIDTH="3%"><IMG SRC="http://www.buffalo.edu/reporter/images/blank.gif" ALT=" " WIDTH= "2" HEIGHT="2" BORDER="0" NATURALSIZEFLAG="0" ALIGN="BOTTOM"></TD> <TD WIDTH="464"><P><TABLE WIDTH="97%" BORDER="0" CELLSPACING="2" CELLPADDING="0"> <TR> <TD><font face="Arial, Helvetica" size="2"><B>VOLUME 30, NUMBER 2</B></font></TD> <TD ALIGN="RIGHT"><font face="Arial, Helvetica" size="2"><B>THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1998</B></font></TD></TR> </TABLE> <IMG SRC="../../images/Flag.gif" ALIGN="BOTTOM"> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLSPACING= "2" CELLPADDING="0"> <TR> <TD><IMG SRC="Graphics/cover30-2.jpg" WIDTH="334" HEIGHT="200" ALIGN="BOTTOM" NATURALSIZEFLAG="3"></TD> <TD VALIGN="BOTTOM"><font color="#006699" face="Arial, Helvetica" size="7">Family Picnic</font> <BR> <font face="Arial, Helvetica" size="2">A party with a cast of thousands- and what a success! There was fun, food, music and camaraderie as new students, their families, faculty and staff gathered Friday for a family-style picnic in the Student Union Courtyard. The event was part of September Welcome. </font></TD></TR> </TABLE> <BR> </P> <P><font face="Arial, Helvetica" size="4"><B>FSEC discusses the future of Statistics </B></font><BR> <font face="Arial, Helvetica"><I>Proposal incorporating department into Social and Preventive Medicine spurs hot debate </I></font><BR> The Faculty Senate Executive Committee's 1998-99 academic year got off to a vigorous start Aug. 26 with an impassioned discussion of the future of the Department of Statistics.</P> <P ALIGN=RIGHT><A HREF="f1.html"><font face="Arial, Helvetica" size="1">FULL STORY</font></A></P> <P><font face="Arial, Helvetica" size="4"><B>Grant sees 'can-do' culture for new college </B></font><BR> He's worked long hours. 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