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Thursday, 27 Oct 1988

A Reading - Galway Kinnell
8:00 PM – Gallery, Memorial Union - Galway Kinnell was awarded the Pulitzer Prize and the American Book Award for Selected Poems in 1983. He is the author of Body Rags, The Avenue Bearing the Initial of Christ into the New World, and What a Kingdom it Was. From the University Lectures Program archive.

Cross Cultural Aspects of Science and Technology - David T. Kao
All Day – - Exact date is unknown. Part of University Lecture Series. University Lectures Program Archive.

Tuesday, 25 Oct 1988

The Role of the Pan African Congress in the Future of South Africa - Moyisi Majeke
8:00 PM – Gallery, Memorial Union - Moyisi Majeke was a Principal Magistrate in Transkei, South African Homeland, and is about to complete his Ph.D. in law at the University of Iowa. From the University Lectures Program archive.

Magic, Faith and Healing: Myths and Mdeical Facts About Mexican American Folk Medicine - Robert Trotter
All Day – - Exact date is unknown. Part of University Lecture Series. University Lectures Program Archive.

Monday, 24 Oct 1988

A Reading - Ann Beattie
8:00 PM – Pioneer Room, Memorial Union - Ann Beattie's many books of fiction include Chilly Scenes of Winter, Falling in Place, Love Always, and The Burning House She is visiting writer at the University of Virginia. From the University Lectures Program archive.

Thursday, 20 Oct 1988

Ethical Literacy - Ezra Bowen
8:00 PM – Benton Auditorium - Ezra Bowen is a senior writer for TIME Magazine, writing the Education section and developing articles on ethics and constitutional law. He has been an editor and writer at Time Inc. for three decades and authored books on topics ranging from regional economic change to the fighter pilots of World War I. From the University Lectures Program archive.

Monday, 17 Oct 1988

Do We Need to Use Nonhuman Animals in Research? - Donald J. Barnes
8:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Donald Barnes is director of the National Anti-Vivisection Society office in Washington D.C. He resigned after 16 years as a research psychologist with the Air Force where he trained monkeys to "fly" and observing their post-irradiation behavior. He served as script consultant fro the movie "Project X" based on his life. From the University Lectures Program archive.

Friday, 14 Oct 1988

Atanasoff: Forgotten Father of the Computer - Clark Mollenhoff
8:00 PM – Fisher Theatre - Clark Mollenhoff is a Professor of Journalism at Washington and Lee University. He is author of Atanassoff: Forgotten Father of the Computer, Investigative Reporter: Courthouse to the White House, and The President Who Failed. From the University Lectures Program archive.

Thursday, 13 Oct 1988

Blacks in College - Jacqueline Flemming
All Day – - Part of the University Lectures Program archive.

Thursday, 6 Oct 1988

Politics and Basketball - Roxanne Cohlin and Carol Baumgarten
All Day – - Part of the University Lectures Program archive.