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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 31, NUMBER 2</b></font> </td><td align="right"> <font face="Arial, Helvetica" size="2"><b>THURSDAY, September 2, 1999</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.gif" alt="" width="310" height="216" alt=""></td> <td valign="middle"> <p> <font color="#006699" face="Arial, Helvetica" size="6">Group hug</font> <P> <font face="Arial, Helvetica" size="2"> UB's orientation aides and mascot Victor E. Bull get into the spirit of a new academic year at the New Student Picnic, sponsored by the Office of Student Activities, held Friday in the Student Union courtyard.<P> <br><br> </td></tr></table> <br><br> <font face="Arial, Helvetica" size="4"><f1mark><b>1999-2000 budget outcome is 'mixed'<br></b> <i> Funding gap means UB faces a 'difficult year financially,' Wagner tells FSEC</i></font><br> Despite major restorations to higher education in the final 1999-2000 state budget passed on Aug. 5, the outcome for UB is "mixed" since SUNY did not receive funding to cover several essential base-budget items, the Faculty Senate Executive Committee was told at its Aug. 25 meeting. <br> <div align="right"><a href="f1.html"><font face="Arial, Helvetica" size="1">FULL STORY</font></a></div> <p><br> <font face="Arial, Helvetica" size="4"><f2mark><b>Recruitment efforts pay off in big way</b> </font><br> A more proactive approach in recruiting students via the implementation of an integrated marketing plan by the Office of Admissions has paid off for UB in a big way. Admissions staff have estimated that more than 3,200 freshmen have enrolled in UB for the fall semester, an increase of more than 7 percent over the Fall 1998 freshman enrollment. <br> <div align="right"><a href="f2.html"><font face="Arial, Helvetica" size="1">FULL STORY</font></a></div> <p><br> <a name="photos"></a><font face="Arial, Helvetica" size="3"><b>Photos...</b></font><br> <center> <table width="90%" border="0"> <tr><td> · <a href="photo1.html"> The semester got off to a roaring start Friday. . . </a><br> <p><br> </td></tr> </table> </center> <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"> In step with the new season: <i>Marching band's revival will mark UB's return to I-A football</i> </a><br> · <a href="n2.html"> Studies to be presented at ISEE </a><br> · <a href="n3.html"> UB aids West Valley nuclear cleanup: <i>Volcanic material 'ideal' for groundwater remediation</i> </a><br> · <a href="n4.html"> Wednesdays at 4 PLUS sets Fall 1999 schedule </a><br> · <a href="n5.html"> Obsessed with the macabre: <i>Forthcoming book looks at public fascination with serial killers</i> </a><br> · <a href="n6.html"> Vocational education is being neglected: <i>Students may face uncertain futures, experts say</i> </a><br> </td></tr> </table> </center> <p> <center> <br><br><br> <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="photo1.html" target="Right">Photos</a> | <a href="briefly.html" target="Right">Briefly</a> | <a href="qa.html" target="Right">Q&A</a> | <a href="transit.html" target="Right">Transitions</a> | <a href="eh.html" target="Right">Electronic Highways</a> <br> <a href="kudos.html" target="Right">Kudos</a> | <a href="jobs.html" target="Right">Jobs</a> | <a href="mail.html" target="Right">The Mail</a> | <a href="http://www.buffalo.edu/calendar" target="_top">Events</a> | <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>Associate Vice President for University Services:</b></font> Carole Smith Petro<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 and Editor:</b></font> Sue Wuetcher<br> <font face="Arial, Helvetica"><b>Associate Editor:</b></font> Joan Danzig<br> <font face="Arial, Helvetica"><b>Art Director:</b></font> Rebecca Farnham<br> <font face="Arial, Helvetica"><b>News Services Editors:</b></font> Lois Baker, Patricia Donovan, Ellen Goldbaum, Mary Beth Spina, Christine Vidal<br> <font face="Arial, Helvetica"><b>Editori��al Assistant:</b></font> Mara McGinnis<br> <font face="Arial, Helvetica"><b>Online Publisher:</b></font> Liz Holland </font> </td></tr></table> </td></tr> </table>