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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 33, NUMBER 12</b></font></td> <td align="right"> <font face="Arial, Helvetica" size="2"><b>THURSDAY, November 29, 2001</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 valign="top"><img src="Graphics/Cover.jpg" width="300" height="268"><br> <font size=1 face="arial">Photo: Nancy J. Parisi</font></td> <td valign="middle"> <p><font color="#006699" face="Arial, Helvetica" size="5">Stress<br> Buster </font><font face="Arial, Helvetica" size="5" color="#006699"><br> </font> </p> <P> <font face="Arial, Helvetica" size="2">Laurie Krupski, director of the Living Well Center, leads a class in Neuromuscular Integrative Action (NIA), a martial art that incorporates yoga, tai chi, aikido, jazz and modern dance. NIA classes, which are held Mondays and Fridays in the dance studio in Alumni Arena, are a great way to reduce stress, Krupski says. <p> </font> </td> </tr></table> <br><br> <font face="Arial, Helvetica" size="4"><f1mark></font> <p><font face="Arial, Helvetica" size="4"><b>Moving towards reaccreditation </b></font><br> <font face="Arial, Helvetica" size="4"><i><font size="3">UB embarks on comprehensive self-study to win Middle States reaccreditation</font></i></font> </p> <p><font size="2"><font size="2"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">The university has embarked upon a comprehensive, two-year, institution-wide process to win reaccreditation from the Middle States Commission on Higher Education, the unit of the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools that accredits degree-granting colleges and universities in the Middle States region.</font></font><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> </font></font><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, 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