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UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO: REPORTER for October 10, 1996

U-Bee greets Caroline Koller and Grandma Betty in Alumni tent.
The question posed as the theme of the UB sesquicentennial academic symposium held on Oct. 4 refers to the fact that western culture for hundreds of years has devalued the physical body while celebrating the products of the mind.


Ethnic identity, multiculturalism and affirmative action all were on the slate, and Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas took it on the chin, as Henry Louis Gates Jr. opened the 1996-97 Distinguished Speakers Series.

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October 10, 1996, Vol. 28, No. 7


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