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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 30</b></font> </td><td align="right"> <font face="Arial, Helvetica" size="2"><b>THURSDAY, May 4, 2000</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="213"><br> <font size=1 face="arial">photo by: Frank Miller</font></td> <td valign="middle"> <p> <font color="#006699" face="Arial, Helvetica" size="5">CNN at UB</font> <P> <font face="Arial, Helvetica" size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks to an audience at UB during a live town meeting aired on CNN and hosted by Wolf Blitzer (left) about her views as a candidate in the U.S. Senate race in New York State.</font> </td></tr></table> <br><br> <font face="Arial, Helvetica" size="4"><f1mark><b>Senate hears athletics budget report<br> </b> <i>Committee finds concern about athletics sapping academic resources "unfounded"</i></font><br> <font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">The widespread concern about athletics sapping resources from the academic units "seems largely unfounded" since only $4.4 million of the athletics $10.2 million budget comes from the state and most of it is returned indirectly to the campus through division-generated grants-in-aid, a Faculty Senate committee reported at a meeting of the full Senate on Tuesday.</font> <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>Grant to fund undergraduate research</b> </font><br> <font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Deborah Walters and Joseph Gardella, Jr. of the College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) have been awarded a $150,000 grant from the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation to develop a community-linked interdisciplinary research (CLIR) program for undergraduate students at UB. </font> <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> <font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> <p> · <a href="n1.html"> Bernstein's new book attracts critical acclaim: <i> Publishers Review calls the language poet's latest work one of "outstanding quality"</i></a><br> · <a href="n2.html"> Faculty gets the big picture: <i>Greiner reports to FSEC on future budget and priorities</i></a><br> · <a href="n3.html"> Grant to help kids stay in school</a><br> · <a href="n4.html">UB on center stage during CNN town meeting with Hillary Clinton </a><br> · <a href="n5.html"> Hypertension redefined: <i>Izzo urges using systolic reading rather than diastolic</i></a><br> · <a href="n6.html"> Research goes beyond doctor's touch: <i>UB develops virtual-reality glove allowing doctors to store what they feel in patient exam</i></a><br> · <a href="n7.html"> Five faculty receive Milton Plesur award: <i>Award presented by SA recognizes teaching excellence, honors late UB scholar</i></a><br> · <a href="n8.html"> Walker closes speakers series: <i>Author of "The Color Purple" tells audience to "interbe"</i></a><br> </font> </p> </td></tr> </table> </center> <p> <center> <p><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="briefly.html" target="Right">Briefly</a> | <a href="eh.html" target="Right">Electronic Highways</a> | <a 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