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I- -·r Illls ------- 4r-I Faculty O K's Whitehead, Corporation to approve By Tony Zamparutti among the faculty and signed by have charmed him'' into making The faculty approved a motion 33 professors spoke of"deep con- many concessions. in favor of the Whitehead In- cerns" over the Whitehead acgree- Ascher Shapiro, Institute stitute proposal, though express- mentt. The letter, written by Professor and a signer of last Anthony P. French, Physics week's letter, stated at the ing "deep concern over the risks inherent in the venture," at a Professor and J Imes M. meeting, "What is proposed is an bath and disrupted the Octathon. (Photo by Jonathan Cohen)packed meeting Wednesday after- Buchanan, Biology Professor, unnatural marriaae.'' The noon in Room 10-2,50. questioned the concept of an in- proposed affiliation agreement The M'IT Corporation will dependent research institute tied 'conveys a sense of awkwardness decide at its December meeting to MIT with joint professors. in the arrangements [>nd] of whether to approve the MIT will have a minority in the potential conflicts, seen and un- negotiatied affiliation between Whitehead Board of Directors, f'oreseen ." MIT and the Whitehead Institute even though Whitehead will Shapiro, raising the specter of f~or Bioniedical Research. The Ex- greatly affect biology research at conflicts of faculty loyalty! ecuti veCommmittee o f the Co rpora- the Institute. declared "MIT's enviable stature tion decided to unamimously rec- Opening statements at the in technology, science and human commend the agreement, Faculty meeting by President alf'airs . . . is in the custody of its I- '~~~~~~~~~~~providedthat President Paul Paul Gray '54 and Provost thousand faculty meembers. It is · _::-Uzj-:":"-;~'-.l·r-s:Gray '54 reccornmends it. Gray's Francis Low spoke in favor of the not for purchase." recommendation, although not Whitehead Institute. The shared Several faculty members spoke Four consecutive d~ays of rain turned Briggs Field into a bird- e omlyanonesol loyalties of joint MIT-Whitehead in favor of the proposed bath and disrupted the Octathon. ( Photo by Jonathan Cohen) c t apol h futy faculty "will noot conflict with, or Whitehead Institute, despite its A letter circulated last week weaken, the life sciences here, or potential risks. "MIT lives con- produce activities inappropriate tinually with conflicts of interest to this academic community," in many dimensions," said Jay W. 'rant avvarc s bon lUck said Gray. The novel relationship Forrester, Professor of Manage- between MIT and Whitehead will ment. "MIT has pioneered in new By Howard D. Trachtman crease in funding from industry. cent cuts in sponsored research, not bring new conflicts-of- arrangements" to fund research, A recent study by the National MIT's Energy Laboratory cur- indicated Quinn, no real interest, Gray declared: "MIT said Forrester. Comparisons were Academy of Sciences (NAS) rently recieves about 40 percent of problens exist with the current would not be what it is today if we made between the proposed f'ound that awarding of grants by its 11 million dollar budget from method ol funding researchers. had not reached out to new op- Whitehead Institute and past ven- Lagncies such as the National industry. He noted that many of the present portunities" and adapted MIT to tures, such as the Lincoln Science Foundation (NSF) is Paul H. Quinn, Associate cuts will hurt current students; "a changing environment." Laboratory or the Center for largely based on luck. The results Director of the Office of Spon- almost all faculty members will Jerome B. Wiesner, Institute Cancer Research. indicate that receiving research sored Programs, thinks that the halve funds cut. One problem that Professor, and former president, David- Botstien, Biology grants is based "roughly half on present system of peer review is he foresees is that Congress, said that Edwin Whitehead had Professor, asked rhetorically "on, the characteristics of the proposal more than satisfactory for dis- operating under a continuing discussed creating a Whitehead what basis do we turn down an and the principal investigator and tributing grants. Quinn said that funding resolution, may not Institute at MIT before entering opportunity to do research on our about half on random elements from personal experience with the release' more funds for research to into an abortive agreement with own terms?" Botstien said that which might be characterized by National Institute of Health, he all of the Federal government's Duke University in the mid- accepting the Whitehead Institute 'the luck of the draw.' " believes that most agencies of' agencies by November 20. Then, 1970's. There were several would lead to expansion in the life Kenneth A. Smith '58, As- the Federal govern ment do a there would be virtually no problems with the previous sciences at MIT with "limited sociate Provost, admitted that good job in distributing grant and money at all for basic research. WWhitehead agreement, but risks," while to tWrn it away "stagnation.' "there's a certain amount of luck contract money. He did say this is not a very likely ''David Baltimore [director- would bring in getting a grant . . . especially if Even with the proposed 12 per- possibility. designate of Whitehead] seems to (Please turn to page 2) vour field is not one of the currently popular areas of research." Smith added that "peer review city-tax referendum "non-sustantive" works nicely" and implied that he would like the system to remain By Burton Kaliski The referendum, which passed a legally tax-exempt status. "The cording to Milne. "You can't ex- the same. The passage of a Cambridge by a vote of 18,748 to 4,961 on colleges make in-lieu-of-tax pect anyone to double that Francis\McGroary, Sponsored referendum regarding taxation of November 3, read, "Shall the City payments," she added, "but really amount in one year," he noted. Research Administrative Super- universities will have no effect on of Cambridge be authorized to as a gift." "Properties not used as part of visor for the Energy Laroratory; MIT, according- to Walter L. tax real estate located in the city Milne noted that these pay- the educational plant and frater- feels that the current system of Milne, Special Assistant to the and owned by any college or un- ments are made as an arrange- nities are also taxed," Milne con- peer review is very good at dis- President for Urban Relations. . iversity, such tax to be based ment with the city instead of pay- tinued. Dormitories, classrooms, tributing funds for projects which "It's a non-substantive issue," upon an assessment of fifty per- ing taxes on married student and the rest of MIT property is the Department of Energy sug- Milne -commented. He explained cent (50%) of air value?" Institu- housing. In most cases, the spouse tax-exempt. gests should studied. He is wor- that the Massachusetts legislature tions including MIT, Harvard is not an MIT student, and often A real estate tax would cause ried that planned Federal budget must approve any-taxation University, and Lesley College there are children attending conflict between public and cuts in the energy field will be measures. While bills of this sort would be affected by such a plan. public schools," he said. private institutions, Milne ex- harmful. McGoary still expects to appear every session, he said, Cambridge Principal Assessor Cambridge has asked MIT to plained. If a tax were to be im- maintain the status quo because "most stay in committee without Abigail A. Burns said that col- double these payments which now posed, he said, "it would of a considerable expected in- any Vote ever taken." leges in Cambridge currently have amount -to $420,000 annually, ac- probably be a head tax per student," to be paid either to the Commonwealth or the home community. Such a head tax Students plan FOIA could be added to tuition, "but this was a non-binding referendum" and none of these actions request V rith FBI need be considered, he continued. By Ivan Fong Bunn indicated that he would also The referendum passed by such In response to documents be interested in any information a wide margin, Milne claimed, released by the Federal Bureau of relating to the l950's or 1970's, because it was non-binding. Investigation (FBI) which point wh'ich he said would be he w "MIT did not make a case," to the existence of an intelligence "worthwhile I-or historical pur- said, and the voters, concerned source at MIT, students are now poses." I with local funding cuts due- to planning to file Freedom of Infor- Institute Professor Noam A. Proposition 2 ,voted miation Act (FOIA) requests with Chomsky asserted that the FBI overwhelmingly in favor. the FBI to "find out exactly what documents stating that two in- "Until there Is a change of the FBI was doing on campus and structors had "their reappoint- policy," said Burns, "we will *vhat kind of involvement they ment to the staff of MIT cancel- function as usual." Milne sum- have with MIT," according to led" in 1969 due to the FBI's dis- marized, "The vote is not M/latthew G. Bunn '83. closure of the instructors' radical binding, fnd has no effect at all." Bunn, a student who learned of political activities are completely Milne concluded his statement the FBI documents last spring, unfounded. He noted that he by pointing out that MIT pag s says he and other students plan to would be very interested in learn- nearly $2.5 million in taxes to begin their requests during ing the identity of thte FBI's Cambridge at present, and that Independent Activities Period claimed source at MIT, but in- MIT-related properties such as and hope to utilize any informna- dicated that it is often difficult Technology Square and the A _-mw:' - a. · tion provided., by the FOIA re- and time-consuming to get this s former Simplex property also quests to detail the FBI's involve- specific information. Walter Milne, Special Assistant to the President for Urban Relations produce tax returns for the city. ment with MIT during-the 1960's. (Please turn to page 2) (Photo by Kevin Osborn). I kl PAGE 2 THE TECH FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1981 M- - I The All-New no conflict Gray: Whitehead Brita'nnica III I (Conine d.ti1ris(//n~ pager- / ) riage, but more a "liaison enthusiastically support the Idea Sheldon Penman, Biology between consenting institutions." of' innovative measures to "Reference Standard of the World" Prof'essor, cla imed t hat the Lettvin said of the debate over the strengthen research activities at Whitehead I nstitute will bring ethics of the Whitehead Institute: MIT," but declared that "the The Gift for a Lifetime -'one very serious sacrifice" -to "we academics never had the proposed terms of affiliation ... do not serve the long-term in- M IT. "The Biology department morality that we tend to attribute Call Mr. Connors at the Harvard Coop lo~ses the ability to choose its areas to ourselves." terests of MIT." The motion of' research,'' he argued. The first mnotion made at the railed by a wide margin. 492-1000 -Ext 465 Jeromie Y. Lettvin, Biology meeting called for MIT "not to The final and passing motion was introduced by Charles Professor, declared that the af- affiliate under the proposed L - I I'iliation between M IT and terns." The motion, proposed by E'dward Hol-t 3d, Biology Whitehead would not be a rnar- Shapiro, noted that "we Proifessor. lnfo request may reveal F :BI source Banchetto Musicale IF Martin Pearlman, Music Director II (Con~tinzuedS Boni page 1) able to have their reappointments by the Ad Hoc Committee began Humallities; Prol'essor Louis to the stal'l' of MIT cancelled." with a statement by the Select Kampfr~', ;1lso al prol'essor i'or While Ktmpf conceeds thet he Comniittee to Study Governmen- Handel's who)m the instructorsi taught, 'doesn't halve the slightest doubt" tal Operations with Respect to reiteralted that the FBI's claIini that intelligence opcruations do ex- Intelligence Activities of the US that in lormsition l'urnis~hed to ist all M IT, ais they do at mainy US Senate that "The'Central Intel- M essiah! MIT by the Boston FBI vflicee universities, the FOIA requests ligence Agency has long- caused the caincellaition of' the in- may only recover files with the developed clandestine Boston's First Complete struc~tors' realppoilitillnts "1wzts spccil'ic inl'ormaation deleted. relationships with the. American Performance on 1lever testced," siilce he and A FOIA request with the academic comninunity...." The Original Instruments C'homsfky d id not req ue~st to reapr- Ceiltrall Intceligelnce Agency staltelmnt co ntlin ued, reporting point the two instlructorsi. The: (CIA) by MIT revealed "very lit- that several hundred American calncellation deci~sion was not tle and very boring'' inl'ormialtion aczidenilic provide leads and niad1(e by tht: MIT Idnilinistratlion, within the CIA's file on MIT, ac- malke introductions lor intel- Saturday, November 21 Tickets: $10 S8 at Bostix, Out-of- he cIlainid,,e uld the instructors cording lo P'rofeCssor Kenneth M. ligence p~urposes, and that in the Sunday, November 22 Town Ticket Agency or call gone to other projects. Hl'(I'manl, chalirmaln of' the Ad haid simplrly majority of' clses, ''no one other 8 pm, Sanders Theatre Concert Charge at 426-8181. According to -the documients,. HOcComm~lliittee on M IT and the tharn the individual concerned is Information: 864-2634 the FBHi's B<)stol of'f'icc reque~sted Illtelligellce Agenclies. alw~ire of the CIA link.'' Cambridge Special Student Tickets $5 at door. permissioll 1r-oni FBI Director J. 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Step~hanie Pollc As~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ L.J 1, 1.-" .:.: One hundred years MD 2 ofTet so what A f'riend who gradua.ted a couple of' yealrs algo caliled Mondaly .lt 12:()1ain to say "happy birthdaly.' Af'ter .i niornlent, I reallized thilt, a .zlthou~gh it wasf not my birthdily, c~ongrattulatlions were in oarder-/The 0m I w 'I((ch hald just t urned olle h u ndred . The newvspalper'si Centennial WalS malrked by severall eve:nts, rnost of' m which went unnoticed by the rna'iority ol'the MI41T comniunity. The lec- 2 turc secries wasF, of' course, optll to everyone, but 1eCw people reallizCd

I thalt appercalrulces by Edwin Dian-lond, Mike Pe¢ters, aInd L-eslie Stahl w I %verc 'o-sp)onsorc'd by The( IXCcb. Allother public palrt ot the festivilties E wals anl exhibit <)n the hisitory of' student alctivitiesi thalt opecned in the a Comlptonl Gallecry o11 Mondaly Lind will run though the end ol Indcpenl- M-- denlt A\ctivities Perio)d. m m A\ special Ccritennlial is~sue wals dis~tribruted onl Mondaly, zand either 0m

.studclt~s p~icked theinl up) or p1hy~sicalplarInt disp~osed of' theml. Thisl ah- 1 a brevialted history ofI M IT halrdly Count~s as.* light realding lor the end of' the terni, however, anld eveI1 those who .spc1t four dalys in the ollizc I with little 1`oed anld le~ss s;leep wonder how nianly pecople will do) more a m thanlolIok att the pho)tograprhs. The iss~ue, like nmo)st ol' the cvIchraltion. a 0 wals rca.lly l'or 'IThe 7'*(/(1's stallicrsps ;tfi .nd prersent. a

The Cci-timiniall hals n<) grealt, higher ineaingll lor the MIT coilll- i 1111.111ity. Ali issue ot' 711 /(i(ch canie out the Fridaly before the alnilliver- - Ii .S;MN an1d aniother followe~d the ncxt daly. The twvo were 1lot sig.nificanitly diffe'rentl. The birthdaly provid~ed somll opportullity l'or introspectlioll I lor 1/(,(Ihstl'felrs, but mlost ol the hcalvvi thinlkingt took place ill the Nfcalr beflore lhe il)l;iao d;ate. By MondaV Itl nlight'.s banxquet the Pa.rker House I Ii Bostoll the stal'I's collective proltilldity had~been exh~lMstcd. So, cvcnl for the .staffl: Novenibicr I1( turiled Outl to bc little -niore than ai conlvCIieit nillilcstoneC anid ani ,cxcuse l'or sonlie sU'riOLIs drinikilnL. HiVC Board cut etnic roup funds orI tell ycalrs awa!;y froml the Institute .apprentlycll do littll to) d-miniisll l;' t/he l:(ilol: ques~ts were lnot mlets it is ;not un- alnything more thiln a no-frilis ()elUS c';1p.ltilv lor alco'ho];lad rowd i es.s, if1-the t h irty or so a1l l. ni u11o11 Contlrary to) staltemients mal~de USMIl Jor clubs to be g~ran ted 90'7,, or .skeletoll orgalnizationl. I n chosvt tO o(ill ill thet {estiviticis zire aliny exani~ple. I-veryone, froni thcx bN- Undeirora~duate A.ssocialtion 75(,,i, or in Li couple of' cat lAse,"50'S, Ir'sl-CS11CII lo Il CouLI-)C of ex-Pi-c~sidentx of' MIT- cii jo\!cd the even 111~ gellera,l tlle lilrger alnd morear 11M;111c' Board (Flinsoard) ol' their originall request. In shairp a;ctive a1 group wishes to be, the I'VCwIl livthe M0400t 10l1's SZcllpted ]C'C tLrkc), looked H~ppy-. Chal~irmanli Da.vid P'cereboornl '82. conltralst to this is; MASA.a OWI1 Whatl ahoUt the bclCZII-Llcrcd, ditor-iil-chile ol the pulblicaltioll bhalin more it shlould be finatnczlall\ we blclieve thalt there is clealr experielice. For the 1980-81 honiorcd, the pe*rsol] *ho hald lrut solincwhalt inore thaln three hl~lndrcd independent. . . c'villC'de to show thalt FinBoalrd a~cademiic yealr MASA W;IS ho01.1-S ilito the prroj'cc during.- the prczcdinlg threcs onoltis'! TN%,o even~- al- -We alre all for groups help- does i ndeed halve "speciall staln- localted less thrnif 4'Y., of its request. Mol~s ol -,ood food ;111 ;licohol, mli~xed With inltersrbtinlg convci-Csationl tnd iiv, to achniatlise new aIrrivalls dards lor l'undinav e~thnic group)s. A\s is evident from the tilble, occa';siona~l pralisc iS nol aI bad palyoff'. Neverthelcess, I fckv hour~s ol cii- tol the Institute envirollmellt. Furthermlore we 1eel thalt thisi which wa¢s colipriled from figure~s jO0VlIlC'li .SCCIISCll%w;1tV C'0111pCISl.SltiOI0[ ;We should ren-iernber though 111SMlXICI'N' Vt11.11llililOu.S Wi~ll(lt.S policy is irrespoensible alnd not in Supplied by ol' wsork. FinBoalrd and t hat such activities do not re- tile best interest~s ofl'he M IT cotil- verilied by UA ilccountant Whlc' the 'Clltenlilal hald little vserviOLIS IllCZ~l1Il!7l lor the InlStituelt ZS .1 quire a1 subsidy. . . In ternis of' muity als aI whole. Malrgairet Gibson, funding for wshole or 1/h1 T( (ch'sstaff' l;for nilc it has ee n .1Fa.r orcaltcr lcalrrill'2 ..x- Thc M IT Mexican-Amierican advertising, the Freshmlan nori-culturall group~s fell 32%7 H andbook, I-wriciccll'z thani thv' fc\ c'lalsses I'vc' attcilded this tcr-nl. The aninivcl-sarv Stludentls Assoc~iation (MASA) Ho-To-G A MIT. betweell 1980-81 zind 198 1-82. and the Activities Midw;av ci-c-Aled- ill excuse I'or. nieC to Pun~t claIsses anld spcild endlcess hours refiv-. hasb e:xperielleced-dil l ic~ul-ties in our- while fundinlg for cultural groups pro~vide suf In,-, N41 T s 11istory als reported ill the p;a7c's of BThe 7'(,(-. 11i zaddition, thz ficient free ex- dea.linls with the Fin Boalrd lell 45'Y. over the same period. vCechra-illz %Vl~S ;11 Unprecedenteld op~portlnItVi to affect al lIsci~l~ltilu posure . .. When we are in- .siml'la~r to thosec de:scribed by Sarn We 1eel thalt these figures con- ,lbeit .solitly warped, groupr oI' alt-111111i. volved in substalntial support A\u~stil '82, B3lacek Students Union sistenitly point to an attitude Mo)st ol'alil ilowevcr, the CentcmillivlrcatIv rciil'Orced n11v prseonall that (of ail I nstitute-wide CUltUra Chalirmnl and by Tony King G. cultural uictivities .Ire less worthy plillOSOph\l towarld this lew.spalper. I hleve aI7;\A,,\s 'C'lt th.at .I deep scsnse Chinesec Studcilts eveInt spollsored by a student Club President, of' fundingz than non-cultural ac- of carIIinl" anid pride is mlore inilportanlt to SUCCC'SS Ii ll;11ac'tivity thrltl group)) w~e have to, in conjunc- in tlhc November 10, 1981 issueof' tivitics. The ligtures sril skiills. My eliforts ol)Xbchalil ol' the Cencni-uilial demlonlstralted tire also en- tion with the group,! decide oil T/Ie ICch. i~rely conlsistelit with the Fin- thit;, Unlrealsonable I-IoZ1lSto~ld benie %%licisl11thlose Ilnvolved ill lile unlder- the scale and nature of' the Oill realding through the report Boalrd documelit written in the takling} werez niotivatled by .Suchi ;I S;Clse More lillporl~ianiv! Ill\- celtitled eventl. This is not interference "Ctommlenits oil Activities spring, of' 1981 and entitled ''A hlisto~l-iCZ1 SttL&CO()11finn11d ;li lonla-sandinii,4 illl11l'U'SSi(nl th;,t '1he '1'sCch in internal .Itfairs of a group. B~udgets 19X 1-82, which wals sub- 1-Ph i Iosoph y on F u nd in g aIS ,1 Illc\kSI%;I1C'l- Stlldent ;tItiVMl, Mt~d instiltuion -%Iwas ores than We should keep in mllid mlittedi by FinBoard to the UA Na^tional.l/Ethnlic Groups (for dis- of'1l!) Such'l deotonil. Genicr',il A.ssemibly hl April, 1981, that more thaln one or t\ \o c'USSion 0111Y)'): evenlts by one group in .i yeiir It is lc~lar thalt nol every club re- . . We do not hatve to support a_ ~~~Brian J. Glass '82 -Chairman LIIuCStlill-' Funlds gets the Ilull j Stephanie L. Pollack '82 -Editor-in-Chief amlounit ol' the req uet.Sl Of the YEAR AMOUNT BUDGETED % OF TOTAL BY FINBOARD UA BUDGET w ~~~Jon von Zelowitz '82 -Managing Editor vcl-iit\1.N6CIIN- LI bSI f wich re- 'LiICstedl {Ulbndlnl lo(r the 19381-82 79-80 $ 3.7 15 5 1 ~~~Richard W. Epstein '83 -Business Manager CULTURAL 80-81 7.636 9 ["P11 | ~~~~VoILuMe 101. Numter 52 .zicadcmic veaar. .six hald their re- GROUPS 81-82 4,200 5 LILICStS I'LI1V 1110, bzut It i~sxvorth ~~~~~~~~~Friday. Novemnber 20. 1981 GROUPS 79-80 23.936 32 no~tilty thatl 1lole ol' the .six *vere EXCLUDING -80-81 24.118 30 C1.1ttlrall o~r etllnic' ,rtLI)Sl . Amlonlt CU LTU RAL 81-82 News Editors: Ivan K. Fong '83. Jerri-Lynn Scofield '83 16.423 20 d1)C 11011-CIltlurzil aroup)s whose re- GROUPS Night Editors: V. Michael Bove '83, Judy Passman '83, Bill Giuffre '84 Sports Editor: Eric R. Fleming '83 Thehedgehogs'~~~~ justice Arts Editors: Lisa Buchholz '81. David Shaw '82 Advertising Manager: Allen Frechter '83 TOt ihe ht(1itor:. Production Manager: Richard Salz '82 f'or the~se a~ssemlbled Justices, hals that you represent wltn N'VLJ! Tv be prickly to) whalt i.. small enceouraged alnd .lided their inane Contributing Editors: Kevin G. Osborn '82, Kenneth Snow -kri1cs mel¢ a1s *Nisdoml l'or gracefiully azrched spi ne, I 82.) Iar Farhi 83 zand vengelul ;attemplFt to root out recogn ize t he 1'ea rl'uI eyes ,w1id hedoe~hoars. -Tho~uhout mly six pr udc. Indexing Project Representative: A. David Bocculi '79 F~eJU 1 parched throats which oft seek me vealrs at MIT thi.. herd ammllll the A tremelidous clanmour arose out in pasing~l to croak, 'her. Neorro, hase sought nmvst vazlianltly zaround al mzadmanli's feet. Kneel- brother ' as though (x response tt) proe)V it.sell a hedgehog of the MO. lie espried n-mniy crippled nien, will gain a momelnt's respite forea PHOTOGRAPHY DEPARTMENT hioliest order. T'me aInd t' -n Ifilled vwilh pettilless, loolishness. darrined soul.'' Hi;ln Li.s the Blacek Students' Associate Photo Editor: Gerard Weatherby '82; Darkroom .lnd ionoranice of' Negroid spines, ''Whait does it profit you, this Manager: David G. Shaw UCnion. the Negro? herd '82: Staff: Jesse Castillo '82, Jonathan hals rolled spillitg their beer while fleeing .selsitive andt' onolstrous spine' Cohen '82. Jim Vlcek 82. Kevin Smith '83. Laurie Goldman '84, Bob its~elf', so) c'~lliarniiily, hitO a ball, mightily bel'ore a prickly ball of How does a hedgehog come to Lake '84. EBill Coderre '85, Ray Henry 85; Photographic Consultant: quills thrust outwalrd anld aquuiver: justice. With a~n eagle's eye, the call me, 'brother"?"'' David Tenenbaum '75. prepalred tt) meCt out justice to all maldmanli pierced the very heart of '"In truth, my brothers, all live not sufficieientiv awaure ol' the SPORTS DEPARTMENT the hedgehog justies and found, att a height. None, I dare say, are spcial secilsitivitie~s tol'the Negroid wonder of' wonders, that that hedgehogs rolling at my feet. You Sports Editor: Eric R. Fleming '83; Staff: Rich Auchus '82. Brian spine. Schultz '84. Martin venegel'ul healrt was fueled by are nothing more than vengeful Dickau '85. Mary Petrofsky '85. To~dav the¢se Crazed little ;abor- nothillg less thaln reverence for bigots, as petty as those you seek tio~ns of' Hawqvs roll shalmelessly those upon whom] it sought to to 'ud~ge. And what is petty, I dis- A RTS DEPA RT/MENT abotut Els ii' tllir crooked spines I roll. miss. Verily, it is not my lot to Arts Editors: Lisa B3uchholz '81, David Shaw '82; Associate a~re the verv ,uideo1' sociall COI1- Arts -II' you will not be mly friend, shoo flies.'" Editors: Eric Sohn '81. Mark DeCew '84; Staff: Tom Grycewicz '82, duct, and bv ri.,ht determille the theni ;,t lc';|st be rily cenemy. But. il At this, the assembled justices Howard Ostar '82. Joseph Romnm '82. Peter Thompson '82. Bill tasFtesi of' the ;z'c. 'Bewalre," say~s helvell'x nalme, do not lealve me bristled, and arched magnificentlIv Detlefs '84. David Rho '85. Tom Anderson G. Calvin Gabriel G. thecir hed-choo 'ustie, '1'est vou so isolated, so allone." These the Negroid spine "'Iwill have oltxled the delicat~e curvalture ol' wovrds were iniprinited on the venaenc 1onllC this madman is The Tech mv spine. (ISSN 0148-9607) is published twice a week cluring the academic collective Negroid curious hedgehog healrt. well!'' cried the hed-ehog. And he year (except during MIT vacations), weekly during January. and once during Ven-caricze is flinite. I shall de- With his toe the nmaidmanl became once more a1prickly ball the last week in July for $10 00 per year Third Class by The Tech. 84 n11lid your exp~ulsionse. I will halve blveked Massachusetts Ave. Room W20-483. Cambridge. MA 02139. Third Class the path or the hedgehog oft'justice. vou fi~red. I wxill require pubic postage paid at Boston, MA. Non- Profit Org. Permit No. 59720. justie ;lnd spoke thus. But a alpologies alspullishmellt tor your have care, my fellow POSTMASTER: Please send all address changes to our mailing address: The ''I note, avenging hed~gehog, lNegroes, lest that madman roll Tech, PO Box 29. MIT Branch, Cambridge. MA 02139. Telephone: (617) 253- Iimprudeci e." thalt your colour is dark. as is vou into the seal. 154 1 Advertising, subscription, and typesetting rates available. 0 1981 The Oh. cursed s~pite. that M IT. Tech. Printed by Charles River Publishing, Inc. mine. Indeed, a~mong the herd Orlando J. 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fpl nlon i Column/Gerard Weatherby Arguments should rely on truth. not insults Wellesley joint degree unjust "This means that every citizen, pend on the argument, not who To the Editor: What if an applicant were admit- missions policy so blatantly dis- student or not, informed or not, makes it or how loudly. I am writing in reply to your ar- ted to Wellesley and not to MIT? criminates. has a right to express their views Many of the arguments for ticle on the MIT/Wellesley joint This person now has the Given the above injustices of alone or in a group." "Please various positions' I have seen late- program proposal. This proposal, capability of earning a BS at the proposed program, I see no keep such absurd analogies to ly consist primarily of how many in its present form, is entirely un- MIT, an opportunity which she course of action but to require yourself." people or who supports it. Should j ust. was denied by due process. Not anyone receiving a degree at "Why, if you are so secure in not an argument consist of facts, It has often been said that the only is this abuse of the program either school to go through that your superior 'intelligence,' must postulates, and conclusions and hardest part about an MIT educa- unfair to non-admitted MIT ap- school's respective admissions of- you throw petty insults?" "But the logical/rational connection tion is getting accepted to M IT in plicants, it is especially unfair to fice. that is because you are, truly, the. between them? the first place. The admissions of- males against whom Wellesley ad- Scott Causbie '84 real loser." The other issue here seems to fice has repeatedly admitted that Believe it or not, all of the be freedom of speech/press/as- they have many more qualified above quotes come from a single sembly. Everyone seems to ad- people than they have spaces. letter, written in response to vocate these freedoms for people What the MIT/Wellesley joint Boar cxts Q n s Kevin Smith's column of that agree with them. Should not degree program proposes to do is (Contlinu{edf/rlT i page 4) between different cultural and November 10. The letter that everyone be allowed, even en- allow students to earn an MIT will yield marginal returns. ethnic groups on campus are so started by statinig that the author couraged, to express their view- degree without ever having gone Members of the community, strained, we feel that FinBoard was sorry to read M r. Smith's point, whether it be in The Tech, through this highly selective ad- is who are usually here for four doing the MIT community a great column. on Kresge oval, within the living missions process. How can one years, will have one subsidized disservice by making the existence To the writer and all those who group, or in the office? After all, fail to see the injustice being done exposure per year, and if in- of' such groups difficult. are sorry they read that column, I the right of one person to speak to the thousands of applicants Further terested will attend other we do not accept that it is Fin- would recommend they simply does not necessarily imply an who were not accepted by MI4T? stop reading his columns. I have obligation of others to listen. I events of the group Board's place to say that a non- tried this approach with regard to would find it refreshing to hear an It should be made clear that Although this document was cultural activity is inherently bet- certain newspapers, and it works argument, whether among there is no-doubt that a Wellesley never formally agreed upon as a ter than a cultural one. student could handle the work statement of Finance Board quite well. friends, or in the pages of The Raf'ael Sanchez '82 load here and it surely would be a policy, their aictions make clear I I do not wish to single out ua Tech, that did not quickly President, beneficial progr~am MASA specific writer. The -letter is just degenerate into an exchange of for students of that this is their attitude in prac- both schools, yet one example of a disturbing trend_ personal insults. we must ex- tice. Victor Quintana '82 that can be found in almost any amine the other side of --the issue. At aI time when relations Vice President, MASA back issue of The Tech. M~any letters, and replies to letters, and replies to replies consist mainly of insults to the opposing viewpoint. The recent Homecoming Queen controversy prompted many such letters. I was not sorry to read the of- fending letter at all, although I did not, in general, agree with it. I am always interested in rational, opposing viewpoints. The validity of a position on anything does not depend on how many people show up to screarn about it or what a former president of MIT has to say about it. Truth is not democratic, -and what is right is not democratic. Just because fifty thousand people decide 2+2=5 doesn't make it so. Furthermore, just because a brilliant expert in any field states a position doesn't make it right. Truth and right de- I I BK- J- - I FD)Ta(m:O I I I II .(PSffly I I ymgmi I I ,,, I'd,' as 5u I K______I- TeTc_hssaedntdb -I

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-"·' = ,,, 911 FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1981 THE TECH PAGE 7 N American Music Arts S;L-C presence and The Blasters. (/n Slash Recordls and in1 c on- an encore do not L (,rcat band nmakc: there must be good tunes ttlul Streect.s, Nolvemblher 13. to back it up. The BlWsters have those .Ls There are some subjects you just can't wcII; besides their nunicrous covers of R&B3 broach with certain people. With LA's clsisics, The Blasters sport at f'C\i Blasters, you don't mention Shakin' homlegro\vil songs, iludint 1hit single. Stevens or his cover of "Marie Marie," if " Maric Mlrie" wvss upstaged by Shalkin' VOLI know what's good for you. And don't Stevens' high-tech version, ;L1lltheir music rockabilly- Dave and Phil wvhich did better on the British charts (#I with Li bullet), Ltill Alvill might rip your filce off'. which is .L sticking point with the group l'ecy play "American Music" - which Like nianvy ot their conmpositionsi it's ( l vvt also happens to be the title of their tirst Song~ uhich evokes inalny quintessentially album on Rolling Rock Records. That AnilcriCalriiilges- the gassed-up car, pay- record took two days to cut, and the then- day tilOIl aud 'plalying guitar on the back foursonme netted $40 for their efforts. You porch." And it doesn't sound contrived in :vould think that a band that was the least. "discovered" by members of Queen during "Border Raldio" is to bluesy cut centered ,I roller-rink gig and opened for them on a sbout WMEX. the 50-kilowvvtt Mexican recent tour could do a little better. Well, powerhouseS, "dedicated to a man who's that disc was reshuffled and remixed and is alocne." The Hlip side is embodied in "So now available in decent numbers on Slash. Long, Babhy, Goodbye." This is the dude's The quintet is taking an East Coast tour to exit songs. fnd it's a tlad more bitter than promiOte the release. sweet. LDont miss the halrmonica intro and it's rare that you get to hear a band play bridges. fin encore at a night club- as opposed to The centerpiecec, hosvcver, is "Anierican concert clubs like the Paradise or Spit. Music." The tune is Blasters philosophy With the audience clamoring tfor more, 'The knoccked oul in 4/4 timne- Aimericz[rnIMusic Blasters retook the stage. The band then is Imusiuc whose roots originate in Anienrica. lelt the stage at management's behest - it Jazzz is "rools music,"' Lis is C& W, swing was after the 2am curfew imposed by the rockabilly, blues find even The KRanones. Citv of Boston. Fortunately, the audience would not take "no" for an ansewr; the As they S~Ly: It's a howl from the desert aroup returned with a primo cover of "20 The screams from the slums flight Hop." Score one for the guys in the white hats. The Mississippi rolling To the beat of the drums This is a band based on huge reserves of Within the genre, The Blasters aLre rtzv energy. Lead ginger Phil Alvin sweats rInlong the tops. They were wealned on this profusely from all parts of his bod as he niusic: il their tclns, they used to travel to thro vs himself from tune to tune. He looks Wat~s to helr the greats like Lee Allen and like he's living what he's singing; he loves T-Bone Walker play. It Nvas Allen who en- it. too - check out that big grin on him couraocd to pity short dance tunes insteatd mug throughout. Phil's brother Dave of 30-n~inute Crrnm.sound-alikes. Even il1 malnalged to break a few strings here and you're under the inmression that the field is thpre- he's not as intense as Phil, but he's Inusically limited and worn-out, you'll find perfectly at home with what he's doing. he was pounding. Who knows how good he like he ha!s the bug - "It's in my blood, -i I'air number of original licks among the He's-really attuned to the nuances of' his is- the genre doesn't afford enough varia- man." By comparison, newcomer Gene seven original cuts. And it's tough to Iind a job, playing "rockabilly guitar"- it's Phil tion to test him. But he works hard at it- Taylor is Li let-down. He's quite content to guitarist who solos better than Dave Alvin. wcho objects lo the tag, not Dave. His solo- add one more to the Intense Brigade. John play his keyboards and smile occasionally. You really missed something if you ina is solid, although it isn't flashy. Bazz is happy to stand in the shadows and His big moments come when Dave breaks didn't catch The BlWsters Lt Streets. But I consider it a miracle that Bill Bateman provide a -solid bass line; he leaves- the .i stri-ng - he gets to put on a boogie- you Cll1 -et the next besl thing. didn'l break a drumstick or three- God, showy stuff to the Alvins. He also looks woogie show. But, damn, is he good! Eric A. Sohn A Prince and a Pauper Law and Order, Lindsve! Buckingham1 on Lee Jones" - all interesting tunes that ANIt'lum1 Ret ords.v could have been some poorer tracks on Being a member of a super group these Fleetwood Mac's Tusk album. For exam- days seems to mandate a narcissistic solo ple, "Mary Lee Jones" is a good idea albu mn. Lindsay Buckingham's new defeated by Buckingham's characteristicly Jlbum,Lcaiv and Order, -lacks the only thing shallow instrumentation and a misplaced which can redeem such an effort, namely, guitar solo (whose only purpose seems to quality. be to wake up listeners who've dropped off I-et's start with the cover: no clever to sleep during the first couple of' songs). graphics here, just a big, suitable for fram- ing, picture of Lindsay's carefully air- The rest of the album is simply bad. It brushed face. Presumably this is so you will has 'a Sinatra cover that Frank probably know to ask for his autograph if you ever did better in his 1938 original,plus other ;ee him. vapid pieces ranging 1rom bad ballads to To be fair, several tracks, notably 71'us out-takas. "That's the way we do it in 'Satisfied Mind" and "L ove From Here, LA," one of the poorer tunes, seems to sum Love From There," contain some up the album rather well: efreshing Dixie-c-ombo style guitar work. You' win prizes if you stay 'It Was I,- a cover of a 1959 hit, also has 'Cause that's the way we do it in LA )otential, but all of these songs lack the This album should have stayed in LA- it's lrive and inspiration necessary even for not worth the diesel fuel to truck it here. Fop 40 airplay. Pick up Stevie Nicks' new album instead The same near miss quality pervades and realize that the most impressive thing Beware, I'll Tell You Now', and "Mary Buckingham has done solo is lay her.

w view. The obligatory orgasm on vinyl it. Controversy, Prince o1 Warn~er Brothers I i ~~Rsc orcls. 2R more restrained than you'd expect fron. 9 Prince's new album, C'orttrover~s, is an Prince and actually fits well into the song. a interesting melange of styles done with The second side is not as well crafted. varying degrees of' success. "Let's Work" is highly repetitive, both The title track asks the musical question lyrically and musically, "Private Joy" iC "Am I black or white, am I straight or MOR disco, and "Annie Christian," the gay?" The answer, in Prince's case, seems album's nadir, is a pompous attempt a? to be neither (or both). Still it's a pleasant profundity. culmination of some of his earlier work, Two other tracks stand out, however, as although the tune grows repetitive toward pearls belore the other swine. "Jack Yo%; I the end of its 7:14 length. 011" is; playful Prince-meets-J. Geils tun, . and "Ronnie Talk to Russia" is strait - "Sexuality", the next track, is, along ahead power pop you can pogo to. with "Controversy", one of the most As Prince says in "Controversy": "Pe('· danceable tunes on the disc. Its party style pie call me rude/I wish we all were nude/` beat and rap are reminiscent of mutant B- wish there was no black and white/l wis' 52's, with a style similar to the new roman- there were no rules." Prince is certain]- tic sound. bending the rules that separate disco fror The first side ends with "Do me baby," a new wave to produce an interestin . surprisingly well done pillow-talk ballad though f1lwed album. sung entirely from a woman's point of Steve Alt, r I PPAGE 8 THE TECH FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 20, 1981f 0- _g401~3 _'~dlt~9~648~91 e_~b~B~ e y e_ Usok c4s y-0~ e 00461d e.600%te_ The Real Thing: Original Bach The Bach Ensemble, Mas.s in B Ininor at the For the most part, the quality of the per- .on the ear. Most of the vocal solos with in- New1, Eng£lasnd Con.sertator' formance was somewhere between good strumental accompaniment were well done If you're accustomed to hearing spec- and excellent. The concert, performed in IF J.S. Bach and were a delight to listen to. The overal, tacular masses and oratorios, the Bach Jordan Hall of the New England Conser- tMass inBminor blend of the five vocalists was good, but the Ensemnble's rendition of' the B ninor Mass vatory of Music, had some drawbacks. The impact in passages such as "Osanna in Ex- could have been a let-down. If you're open Ensemble used five vocal soloists accom- celsis" was not very effective due to the to trying something different, however, this panied by an. orchestra of twenty members, limited number of performers. The effect or performance could have proven to be in- each playing on original instruments of the string section and woodwinds was ex- tereslingg. For the classical music Bach's time. This edition of the Mass cellent, the oboes in the "Missa" being es- enthusiast, this concert was a unique op- seemed to take away part of the pecially superb. Although it was a pity that portunity to hear the Mass from a different magnificence of the "traditional" version. Ritkin decided against a harpsichord in the perspective. The impact of the performance seemed to c ontinuo, the organist nevertheless did (1 One of Bach's most famous works, the B dwindle due to the relative spaciousness of fine job. The only signficant weakness of Minor Ma.-v has traditionally been per- the auditorium and the reduced size of the the entire performance was in the brass sec- Iormed in a manner unlike that which he ensemble; a smaller concert hall or tion. The horn and trumpets seemed to apparently had intended. The Bach Ensem- cathedral would have done more justice to have difficulties finding the proper pitch. I ble, under the direction of Joshua Rifkin, the arrangement. The concert seemed more wvould imagine this was due to the older strove to present the work as the great like a chamber recital than a full-bodied brass 'instru men ts bei ng ext~rernelv master conceived it. A music project of Catholic Mass, although at times the awkward to play. Acoustic Research, this edition was Ensemble managed to project a good For the musical historian and the ''state presented using a new text and score which amount of' sound for those passages that of the arts" aficionado, this performance was felt to be closest to the original version. required that extra volume. was well worth the while, but if you ex- Since BEach had been dead for several On the whole, the musicians did a com- pected something along the lines of' decades before the Ma.vs was first per- mendable job. The use of a countertenor Handel's Me. siah, you were in for a disap- I'ormed in its entirety, it has evolved into rather than an alto added an interesting poi ntment. something quite different from what he had dimension to the piece. After a few solos, Mimi Yenari had in mind- however, the thin falsetto grew a bit grating

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The Paradise, 967 Commonwealth Ave., Table Settings plays tonight at the Next Tonight, Jeffrey Steele and Hoang Kim presents Beaver Brown tonight at 8:30, Wil- Move Theater at 8pm Call 423-5572 for lie Alexander, tomorrow night at 8:30. Tix further informatio Do give a free guitar concert at 8pm at the )n. 3 are $4-50/5.50 the day of the show. The Iir All Newton School in West Newton. Call The Brookline Aits Center celebrates its 9 527-4553 for info. box office is open till 6 Mon.-Sat., also 1 available through Ticketron. Call 254^2052 nevwly restored building with an open house it' you're interested 2-4tpm, this Sunday. 566-6715. I Frank Fowle gives a dramatic reading New Portraits are on display at the IF- a '- from The Iliad, Book- XXII, The Battle of' '" Mluseum School Gallery, 230 the Fenway. On Sundays a lecture, The Hutl ol)/Alex-- Achilles and Hector, in conjunction with thtrough -Dec. 5. Do as you ought to. i anlder, wMl be given by Ariel Herrmann at the exhibit Search for Alexander at the ++***** **+++++++_t~k~ )~~c~~J~" I the Musuem of Fine Arts in the Remis Musuem of Fine Arts in Boston. The per- An exhibition of pri ints by Max Klinger Auditorium. This is the fourth lecture in a formance will begin at 3pm this Saturday not the M*A*S*H ch aracter- will be on series of free Sunday !zct ures made possible i _··~c~g~ in the Remis Auditorium. If you're in- view at the Busch-Reiisinger Musuem at I by a grant froni the Lowell Institute. terested, call 267-9300. .Harvard..I - For- -details.- --- , c-call 495-3217. -- -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~--- - - I -- _ -- L .Ir. _ - 0

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By Eric R. Fleming Although four starters return have helped us") for the season [~~we e Q previ With four starters returning for MIT, the team is a young one. due to a knee injury. Meanwhile frol last year's 12-11 squad, the No less than six frosh have earned Johnson and Cooper (ankles), Volleyball - MIT's cham- week is to finish in thy top ten." m men's basketball team opens the spots on the roster, led by Taddiken (thigh), Shinn (knee), pionship volleyball team com- Wrestling - "It's now year ME '81-82 petes in the Eastern AIAW season tomorrow at home forwards Bud Taddiken and Chris Wilson and Greer (virus) all two in our improvement m with the Poly Institute of New Harlan Cooper. The other first- have missed a number of practices tourney at West-Point today program. We want to improve m through Sunday. w York. year players are guards Greg due to nagging ailments. The 32-6 our record and develop our E Guards Mark Branch '83 (the Bartlett and John Wolfe, and Highlighting the Engineers' Engineers are seeded eighth program one step at a time." M. team's top scorer with a 15.5 per forwards Charlie Theuer -and Jeff schedule' is a trip to Florida in armong the 16-team field, and will These are the words of Tim z game average) and Steve Williams Borns ein. January to compete in the Florida Melee ninth-ranked Smith, whom Walsh, considered by many to be m m '82 join forwlrds Mike Greer '83 Leading Tech off the bench this Institute of Technology tourna- MIT defeated to win the one of the finest coaches in New m E and Robert Joseph '83. Lane season will be senior Mike Weiss, ment. But first, Tech must play MAIAW tourney two weeks ago England. Ift MIT can show m 0 Wilson '82, who saw play as a sub who will be joined by Chris tour tough ganmes against Babson, to open the competition. anything approaching the tur- m last year, will round out the Wilson '84, John Shivanandan Tults, Brandeis, and Trinity, Cross Country - For the third naround of last year (9-8 from 3- m starting lineup for the Enrineers. '83. Mark Johnson '84, and Greg perennial rivals-who have given consecutive year, the men's cross 13 in 1979-80), the experts are Wilson will fill the spot vacated Shinn '82. MIT trouble for a number of country team will run in the correct about the second-year by the graduation of four-year As the team heads into its first years. Add Clark, Amherst, and NCAA Division III Cham- coach. starter Bob Clarke, who finished game tomorrow, it appears that WPI, and the team's road will not pionships, this year held in Walsh has some talent to work his career with 968 points. the trainers will be as important be easy. If MIT can get off to a Kenosha, Wisconsin. MIT with, in the form of Ken Shull '84 Wilson, a 6-6 center from Kalilua, to MIT's fortunes as the players good start in November and qualified for the nationals by (19-2 and third in New England Hawaii, has shown great themselves. Coach- Fran O'Brian December, it will be well on its finishing third last week in the Division 111) at 134 and 142 improvement during the pre- has already lost freshman Mike way to a third consecutive winn- Division 11 Qualifier at Boston's pounds, and Steve Leibiger '83 sealson practices. DIChristina ("he really could ing season. Franklin Park. Junior Paul Neves (11-8 in the 167-pound weight was the individual winner cover- class, and fifth in the New ing the five-mile course in 24:05 Englands). Tech also looks to fine (one- second shy of the school years from Rob Pokewaldt (126), 0 19 MWO~~~~~~ record) to edge Bob Wilson of Bob McElheny '83 (134), Toni Keene State- Coach Clifton West Men's Basketbatl Jan. 16 Quinniplac, 2pm Wrestling Fawcett '82 (heavyweight), and Nov. 21 Poly Institute of Jan. 17 Wagner, 2pm Nov. 2!I Plymouth State, called MIT's showing "a great Al Russell '82 (158). N.Y.,I 2pmi Jan . 23 Worcester Tech, team effort. Most everyone MIT's matmen open tomorrow achieved a personal record this at honme, facing Plymouth State at L)ec. 2 Tults 7:30pm 2pJn D)ec. 5 Bowdoin State, Dec. 5 Bralndeis, 2pm Ja~n. 26 Tufts, 7pn Wesleyan, WNEC, Ipm season. They earned a trip to the Ipni. The big event of the season lDec. 8 Trinity, 7:30pm Dec. 13 Yeshiva, 2pm national." Tech finished 17th last is Feb. 19 and 20, when MIT Pistol LDee. 13 Yeshiva, 2pnm Jan. 16 Maine-Presque Isle, year,.and according to co-captain hosts the New England Division Dec. 12 Coast Guard, J;Lan. I9 Bowdoin, 7:30pni Ipm Jeff' Lukas '82, "Our goal this III meet in duPont Center. Worcester Tech, 9am i. i- I - L I I Jan. 23 Coast Guard, 2pm i Rifle Women's Basketball Dec. 12 Dartmouth, Maine, LDec. 9 Colby-Sawyer UKI, UConn, Wentworth, (N.H.), 7pin ,1111 Jaw. 7 Gordon, 7pm Jan. 14 U M ass- Boston, 7pm Squash Ja n. 16 Endicott, Ipm Jan. 22 Colby, 4pm JLin. 26 Suffolk, 7pm Jan. 22 Rochester, 7:30pm Jan. 30 Boston State, Ipm Jan. 26 Tults, 4prn Jan. 29 Stony Brook State, Men's Fencing 7pni D~ec. 2 Halrvalrd, 7pm Women's Fencing . Men's Swimming Dec. 2 Harvaprd, 7pm Dec. 3 Coast Guard, 7pm L)ec. 6 Holiday Tourna- Jan. 23 Southern Conn., Iment 2pir Jan. 20 Concord-Carlisle, 7pni Woman's Swimming Dee. 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