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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 9</b></font> </td><td align="right"> <font face="Arial, Helvetica" size="2"><b>THURSDAY, October 21, 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="203" alt=""><br> <font size=1 face="arial">photo by: Nancy J. Parisi</font></td> <td valign="middle"> <p> <font color="#006699" face="Arial, Helvetica" size="6">Vexed Soul</font> <P> <font face="Arial, Helvetica" size="2"> Members of the Zodiaque Dance Company perform "Between Heaven and Hell" as part of its fall concert, "Aquarian Dawning." Performances continue tonight, tomorrow and Saturday at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m. in the Center for the Arts. </td></tr></table> <br><br> <font face="Arial, Helvetica" size="4"><f1mark><b>Libraries put hold on new purchases<br></b> <i> SUNY budget uncertainty prompts units to exercise caution in spending</i></font><br> The continuing uncertainty of SUNY's budget for the current fiscal year has forced the University Libraries to impose a hold on all new purchases, with the exception of periodicals and serials, and a restriction on new hiring until actual budget figures are known. <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>Report urges action on brownfields </b> </font><br> The complicated process of revitalizing Western New York's brownfields could be enhanced and accelerated significantly through the formation of a nonprofit organization designed to facilitate such projects, according to a report by a new university group, the Brownfield Action Project (BAP). <div align="right"><a href="f2.html"><font face="Arial, Helvetica" size="1">FULL STORY</font></a></div> <p><br> <font face="Arial, Helvetica" size="3"><b>Photos...</b></font><br> <center> <table width="90%" border="0"> <tr><td> · <a href="photos.html"> Look out below </a><br> </td></tr> </table> </center> <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"> Spanish Film Festival to be held Nov. 6-7: <i> Event to salute work of women directors, look at how women are seen on screen </i> </a><br> · <a href="n2.html"> GSE plans major conference: <i>Worldwide shift of higher-education costs to be addressed</i> </a><br> · <a href="n3.html"> Coalition to survey city parents </a><br> · <a href="n4.html"> ETC to shift work to 200-level courses: <i> Educational Technology Center's agenda also includes assessing impact of IT on learning</i> </a><br> · <a href="n5.html"> Law School to recognize Erma Jaeckle: <i>Law alumnus to receive school's highest award named for her late husband </i> </a><br> · <a href="n6.html"> Walkers slow development: <i>UB study finds device affects babies' motor, mental progress</i> </a><br> · <a href="n7.html"> Improving fitness extends lives </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="briefly.html" target="Right">Briefly</a> | <a href="qa.html" target="Right">Q&A</a> | <a href="eh.html" target="Right">Electronic Highways</a> | <a href="sports.html" target="Right">Sports</a> | <a href="kudos.html" target="Right">Kudos</a> <br> <a href="ex.html" target="Right">Exhibits, Jobs, Notices</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. 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