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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 3</b></font> </td><td align="right"> <font face="Arial, Helvetica" size="2"><b>THURSDAY, September 9, 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="300" height="202" alt=""></td> <td valign="middle"> <p> <font color="#006699" face="Arial, Helvetica" size="6">Easing into Fall</font> <P> <font face="Arial, Helvetica" size="2"> While the picture-perfect weather last week may have been a distraction to many, at least one student found the shore of Lake LaSalle to be just the right place to study. <br><br> </td></tr></table> <br><br> <font face="Arial, Helvetica" size="4"><f1mark><b>Access99 major asset in recruitment<br></b> <i>Computer-access requirement seen as positive tool in bringing freshmen to UB</i></font><br> In 1998, when UB made the decision to proceed with a computer-access requirement for freshman starting in 1999, some officials and faculty had one major concern: that the requirement not be a disincentive to prospective students-particularly those who could not afford their own computers. <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>GSE retools teacher-training program</b> </font><br> The Graduate School of Education (GSE), consistently rated as among the top education schools in the country, has dramatically reorganized and enlarged its program leading to New York State teacher certification in response to rapid changes in the field of teacher education and an expected increase in demand for new teachers. <br> <div align="right"><a href="f2.html"><font face="Arial, Helvetica" size="1">FULL STORY</font></a></div> <p><br> <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"> Bill George is passionate about sailing : <i>Director of Turbulence Research Lab changes latitude aboard "Wings"</i> </a><br> · <a href="n2.html"> FSEC hears call for more grants </a><br> · <a href="n3.html"> Informational sessions set for student Fulbrights </a><br> · <a href="n4.html"> Conference to look at document recognition: <i>International gathering will examine new ways to make information accessible</i> </a><br> · <a href="n5.html"> Language is "malleable tool": <i>Noted science-fiction novelist joins UB's Poetics Program</i> </a><br> · <a href="n6.html"> Rediscovering the world through maps: <i>Online map defines Buffalo's neighborhoods</i> </a><br> · <a href="n7.html"> Looking for news of UB? 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