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<body bgcolor="#ffffff" alink="#dddddd" vlink="#000000" link="#006699"> <base href=""> <table width=99%> <tr> <td> <font face="Arial, Helvetica" size="2"><b>VOLUME 32, NUMBER 14</b></font></td> <td align="right"> <font face="Arial, Helvetica" size="2"><b>THURSDAY, November 30, 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="201"><br> <font size=1 face="arial">photo by: Frank Miller</font></td> <td valign="middle"> <font color="#006699" face="Arial, Helvetica" size="5">Light Duty</font> <P> <font face="Arial, Helvetica" size="2">Stephanie Manka, 19, a sophomore theatre-and-dance major, sets up counterbalances for stage lighting in the Drama Theatre in the Center for the Arts. Students reconfigured the lighting to its usual layout following a recent performance.</font> </td></tr></table> <br><br> <font face="Arial, Helvetica" size="4"><f1mark><b>UB receives Kresge challenge grant</b><br> <i>Money to support Center for Drug Discovery and Experimental Therapeutics</i></font><br> <font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">The prestigious Kresge Foundation has approved a $500,000 Science Initiative grant-a first for UB-for the School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences.</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></font></p> <font face="Arial, Helvetica" size="4"><b>State of Region update shows progress</b></font><br> <font face="verdana,arial" size="-1">The Buffalo-Niagara region has experienced definite, if incremental, progress over the past year, according to an analysis by the Institute for Local Governance and Regional Growth.</font> <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> <p> <font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> · <a href="photos.html">Study Time</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> <p> <font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> · <a href="n1.html">Election ballots should be user-friendly: <i>Bisantz urges use of human-factors principles in design of paper, machine ballots</i> </a><br> · <a href="n2.html">Photonics institute gets gift: <i>$100,000 donation from alum to fund new design concept</i></a><br> · <a href="n3.html">Senior drug management urged</a><br> · <a href="n4.html">UB's distance-learning maven shines: <i>Lisa Stephens’ aim is to make technology "as transparent as possible" in instruction</i></a><br> · <a href="n5.html">Opening dedication set for math building</a><br> · <a href="n6.html">Advisors for Greeks sought: <i>Advising part of effort to revitalize Greek system, FSEC told</i></a><br> · <a href="n7.html">"Queen of Suspense" has the gift</a><br> · <a href="n8.html">Zubrow analyzes"music of the spears": <i>Tunes tapped out on stone tools suggest more social Paleolithic man than earlier assumed</i><br></a> </td> </tr> </table> </center> <hr noshade width="90%" size="1"> <center> <p> <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"></a><a href="qa.html" target="Right">Q&A</a> | <a href="kudos.html" target="Right">Kudos</a> | <a href="qa.html" target="Right"></a><a href="briefly.html" target="Right"></a><a href="eh.html" target="Right">Electronic Highways</a><br> <a href="sports.html" target="Right">Sports</a> | <a href="obit.html" target="Right">Obituaries</a> | <a href="http://www.buffalo.edu/reporter/" target="_parent"></a><a href="http://www.buffalo.edu/calendar" target="_top">Events</a> | <a href="http://www.buffalo.edu/reporter/" target="_parent"></a><a href="http://www.buffalo.edu/reporter/" target="_parent">Current Issue</a> | <a href="mailto:reporter@ubnews.buffalo.edu" target="Right">Comments?</a><br> <a href="http://www.buffalo.edu/reporter/Archives.html" target="Right">Archives</a> | <a href="http://www.buffalo.edu/search" target="_parent">Search</a> | <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> </p> </center> <br> <hr noshade width="90%" size="1"> <font size="2"> <i><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">The Reporter</font></i><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> 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>, 336 Crofts Hall, Amherst, NY, 14260, 716-645-2626. <br> <br> <i>The Reporter</i> publishes in print and online every Thursday during the academic year.<br> <br> </font><font size="2"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Associate Vice President for University Services:</b> Carole Smith Petro<br> <b>Director of News Services:</b> Arthur Page<br> <b>Director of Periodicals and Editor:</b> Sue Wuetcher<br> <b>Assistant Editor: </b>Jennifer Lewandowski<br> <b>Art Director:</b> Rebecca Farnham<br> <b>Design Assistant:</b> Kristen Kowalski<br> <b>Contributing Editors:</b> Lois Baker, Patricia Donovan, Ellen Goldbaum, Mary Beth Spina, S.A. Unger, Christine Vidal, Ann Whitcher<br> <b>Online Publisher:</b> Liz Holland </font></font></font> </td> </tr></table> </body>