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• Lynne Cheney to speak
on "Saving Our Schools"
for lecture series opener

• Banner 2000 promises a
more efficient, faster
database system for campus

• Board of Visitors will meet on campus Sept. 17 OTHER NEWS • Gov. Gilmore to cut ribbon at new Wallops launch pad • Center for Global Business achieves globally recognized certification • Fire victim thanks fellow employees for their support • Famed mezzo-soprano Marilyn Horne to open Diehn Concert Series • Growth of ROTC programs goes against national trend • Despite doubts about its 'high-tech' qualification, prof awarded Innovator Grant to produce videotape • Employees should tune to TV, radio stations for reports on closings • Rail of Two Cities: Damascus to Amman on the Hejaz Railway