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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 4</b></font> </td><td align="right"> <font face="Arial, Helvetica" size="2"><b>THURSDAY, September 14, 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="210"><br> <font size=1 face="arial">photo by: Frank Miller</font></td> <td valign="middle"> <p> <font color="#006699" face="Arial, Helvetica" size="5">Fall Fest</font> <P> <font face="Arial, Helvetica" size="2">Students (from left) Mary Chamberlain, Lori Stern, Jessica Siegel and Melissa Kestenbaum share a laugh Saturday at Fall Fest, UB's annual rite of the season. The good weather brought the fest outdoors to Baird Point. </font> </td></tr></table> <br><br> <font face="Arial, Helvetica" size="4"><f1mark><b>UB to continue enrollment growth<br></b> <i>FSEC told SUNY prefers smaller UB, but is not willing to offset financial costs</i></font><br> <font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">The university will continue to gradually expand its enrollment, eventually raising the total headcount to 28,000-and possibly 30,000-students, despite a preference by SUNY central administration that UB become a smaller institution with a total headcount of around 24,000, members of the Faculty Senate Executive Committee were told at their first meeting of the academic year on Sept. 6.</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>UB project to focus on "spintronics"</b> </font><br> <font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">The university is the lead institution in a $10 million project to develop specific ferromagnetic materials for use in "spintronics," the emerging research field in physics focused on spin-dependent phenomena applied to electronic devices. </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> <font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> <p> · <a href="photos.html">Crunch Time</a><br> </p></font> </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> <font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> <p> · <a href="n1.html"> CFA to host ballet company: <i>State funding makes ABT Studio Company residency possible</i></a><br> · <a href="n2.html"> Verizon funding "Web walk" </a><br> · <a href="n3.html"> ECRC begins sign-language program: <i>Project explores use of American Sign Language as communication tool for kids</i></a><br> · <a href="n4.html"> "Buena Vista" performer to appear at UB</a><br> · <a href="n5.html"> Study focuses on lung status: <i>Research shows relationship between lung function, longevity</i></a><br> · <a href="n6.html"> Units asked to "step up" for SEFA</a><br> · <a href="n7.html">CFA announces programs for 2000-01: <i>A variety of performances are planned to delight audiences of all ages and interests</i></a><br> </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="front.html#Photos" target="Right">Photos</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><br> <a href="ex.html" target="Right">Exhibits, Jobs, Notices</a> | <a href="sports.html" target="Right">Sports</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><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> </center> <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> <b>Associate Vice President for University Services:</b> Carole Smith Petro<br> <b>Director of News Services:</b> Arthur Page<br> <b>Associate Director of News Services and Editor:</b> Sue Wuetcher<br> <b>Assistant Editor:</b> Mara McGinnis<br> <b>Art Director:</b> Rebecca Farnham<br> <b>Design Assistant:</b> Kristen Kowalski<br> <b>News Services Editors:</b> Lois Baker, Patricia Donovan, Ellen Goldbaum, Mary Beth Spina, Christine Vidal<br> <b>Online Publisher:</b> Liz Holland </font></font> </td> </tr></table>