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1968 Changed Everything early chapter

                                                                          Chapter 1 October 1968  Towering elms line the wide pathways crisscrossing the University of Buffalo’s campus: autumnal reds, vibrant oranges, translucent yellows all set against a brilliant blue sky. The wind whips up, happily swirling the colorful leaves with each gust. Students hurry in every direction. The commotion of the students arriving in their lecture halls is soon replaced by quiet as they blot out their preceding thoughts and prepare to get to work. For the lucky few this is much like the eager silence of a concert hall as the performer is set to begin. For others, quiet will soon become imprisonment. For the next hour they must not make a sound.  Or drift so far away tha...