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First Round Balloting for UAP/VP

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By Niraj S. DesaiJonathan N. Katz '90 and

Ephraim P. Lin '90 were electedpresident and vice president ofthe Undergraduate Association inWednesday's elections, narrowlydefeating Vijay V. Vaitheeswaran'90 and Thomas P Knight '90.

The election was also markedby a surprisingly strong showingby write-in candidates Joel J.Gwynn '89 and Scott R. Wick-ham '89.

A total of 1737 votes were castin the UAP/VP election, whichwas decided in the fourth roundof counting. Katz and Lin re-ceived 478 votes (27.5 percent) inthe first round. They were fol-lowed by Vaitheeswaran andKnight with 470 votes (27.1 per-cent), and Gwynn and Wickhanmwith 336 votes (19.3 percent).Also on the ballot were MichaelA. Geer '89 and Nicholas P. T.Bateman '89, who won 177 votes(10.2 percent). The write-in ticketof Shawn J. Mastrian '91 andAdam Braff '91 received 116

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None of the other candidatesreceived as much as five percentof the vote.

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other candidates' votes had beenre-distributed - Katz and Linwon with 700 votes (40.3 percent)over VJaitheeswaran and Knightwho had 666 votes (38.3 percent).Three hundred and seventy-one(21.4 percent) of those voting didnot list either Katz/Lin orVaitheeswaran/Knight on theirpreferential ballots.

Approximately 41 percent ofthe undergraduate student bodyvoted in the elections. Last year'sturnout was 36 percent.

UA suffers fromnegative image

The major task confrontingKatz and Lin is dealing with theUA's negative image among stu-dents, Katz said. The election in-dicated that students do not havemuch respect for the UA, hesaid.

Gwynn and Wickham ran acampaign based on money - op-posing the Harvard CooperativeSociety, ARA, and the studentactivities fee because they all takeexcessive money from students.Gwynn also called the UA "amasturbatory organization" -interested only in serving itself -and pledged to "raise some hell"if elected. He said he and Wick-ham would broaden the UX'sbase.

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Jonathan Katz/Ephraim Lin

Mike Geer/Nick Bateman

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and community-wide discussion.When it rejected the old policy,

the COD called for "a renewedvigorous debate" in the MITcommunity. But the FPC in itsreport admitted that it chose notto "conduct community-wide

... hearings..or, consultations." .

"There will not be a rewritingof the FPC report" in light of theCOD's opinion, Frieden said. Therecommended revisions to thepornography policy will now beforwarded to the AcademicCouncil, he said.

"They [the Academic Council]will have to take the next move,"Frieden said. There will be a lotof negotiation going on betweenthe COD and the AcademicCouncil, he added.

The revised policy would regu-late sexually explicit films shownduring Residence/OrientationWeek and Registration Day of ei-ther term. While films shownduring this period would have tobe approved by a screening com-mittee, they could be shown inclassrooms at any other timewithout regulation.

Another revision stated thatany sexually explicit film shownin a dormitory common areawould have to be approved by the

By Darrel TarasewiczThe Committee on Discipline

said that it "could not enforce"the Faculty Policy Committee'srevised policy on sexually explicitfilms. In a Feb. 26 letter fromCOD Chairman Paul C. Joss to

.-:Bernard J. Friedeu,.chairmaa-ofthe Faculty Policy Committee,Joss wrote "the proposed revi-sions do not represent a substan-tive change over the existingpolicy."

The FPC made the revisionsafter the COD dismissed theoriginal policy as "an excessiverestraint on freedom of expres-sion at MIT." The COD refusedto punish Adamn L. Dershowitz'89 for violating the policy a yearago.

The revisions were sent to theCOD so that they could form an"advisory statement," Friedensaid.

The COD in its letter proposedan alternative to the currentpolicy. "An ongoing educationalprogram on sensitivity to therights and feelings of otherswould be more effective than thepresent punitive policy," the CODsuggested.

Furthermore, the COD feltthat such a program could bestbe achieved by initiating an open

screening committee. Under theold policy, such showings wouldbe permitted except during R/Oweek and on Registration Day.Under the revised policy, threeweeks notice prior to showing thefilm would be required.

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Eric Ostling '88, Scott Lichtman '88, and,Ryan W, members of the band Vital Science,the pedestals in Lobby 7. They will perform intie of the Band finals this Saturday night atWalker.

J. AndrewsJeanettepose onthe EBat-: 9:30 inBy Annabelle Boyd

The second report of the Mi-nority Student Issues Group -which has been awaited for sever-al months - is expected to be re-leased in September, according toMarilyn Braithwaite, assistant tothe dean for student affairs.

The second in a promised se-ries of four, the forthcomingstudy follows "The Racial Cli-mate on the MIT Campus," acontroversial report released inSeptember of 1986 by the MSIG.

"When we began 'The RacialClimate on the MIT Campus',"Dean for Student Affairs ShirleyM. McBay recalled, "the Minor-ity Student Issues Group hadfour members and little idea ofthe scope of the minority prob-

lem. Two years and twenty-threeadditional group members later,we [the MSIG] realized lNi-must think anew about its poli-cies dealing with racism and rac-ist behavior on campus."

The MSIG study reported thatMIT minority students - definedas American Indians, blacks,Mexican Americans and PuertoRicans - experienced "uniquefeelings of isolation, insecurityabout their admission because ofthe perception that others at theInstitute believe lower standardsare used when admitting minoritystudents, beliefs that others con-sider minority students as highrisks, anxiety about their fami-lies' abilities to finance MIT, per-

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al students' relationships withtheir departments.

Meanwhile, members of the In-ternational Student Associationexpressed concerns at their elec-tions last week that the fate of in-ternational students' Residence/Orientation Week could be af-fected by the results of theODSA's survey. ISA officersurged members to respond to thesurvey in detail.

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By Mauricio RomanAlmost 1800 international un-

dergraduates and graduate stu-dents, as well as some Americanstudents, received surveys fromthe Office of the Dean for Stu-dent Affairs last week on theirknowledge and use of MIT stu-dent support services. The surveyis part of a study being conduct-ed by the international IssuesGroup, which was formed lastspring, and follows a survey donea year ago examining internation-

Katz/Lin win UAP/VII o activitiesFee opposedby 47 percent

By Michael GojerThe student body narrowly

voted down the activities fee ref-erendum in Wednesday's Under-graduate Association elections.Forty-seven percent of 1756 votescast in the elections were againstthe fee, with 42 percent for it.The fee referendum would havecreated a line-item on students'term bills to be appropriated di-rectly to student activitiesthrough the UA financial board- and raised $160,000 for stu-dent activities.

Incumbent UA president Man-uel Rodriguez '89 was worriedyesterday that the defeat of thereferendum might send the wrongmessage to the administration,saying it will be difficult to obtainincreased allocations from theadministration for student activi-ties. But Rodriguez did not inter-pret the failure of the referendumas a statement that students wereagainst activities groups.

The problem of funding the ac-tivities - which presently requestmore than three times the admin-istration's allotted budget - stillremains, Rodriguez said, and stu-dents will have to continue todeal with it until it is solved.

Rodriguez said he was glad theUA posed the referendum, be-cause it brought the funding issueto the attention of the studentbody-at--targe. But he would -haveproceeded with caution if the ref-erendum were approved by only anarrow margin, he said.

Rodriguez said it was clear,however, that the UiA needed towork on better communicationswith the student body, and saidthat he and Dean S. Ebesu '89,chairman of the UA financialboard, had already begun dis-cussing possible changes in Fin-Board, including electing somemembers at large and reducingthe number of members chosenby the outgoing board.

Moreover, the UA will continueto lobby to raise an endowmentfor student activities, Rodriguezsaid.

Class officers elected

Many of the sophomore andjunior class officers electedWednesday ran unopposed, andonly the top offices in the fresh-man and senior classes receivedconsiderable competition.

Overall voter turnout this yearwas higher than in the last severalelections, though still not robust.As usual, the freshmen had thehighest percentage of votersamong the classes, with 44 per-cent of the Class of '91 voting,though only 36 percent of theseniors turned out, according tostatistics released by UA electionscommissioner Louisa Contreiras'90.

In races among the freshman,sophomore, and junior classeswhere only one name appearedon the ballot, students cast a con-siderably high number of absten-tions.

Lisa Martin was reelected asthe Class of 1988 president,though the votes in the finalround were closely split betweenher and Carla Kapikain. Martinalso served two years ago as vice-president of her class. TraceyBauvelt, who won this year'svice-presidency for the seniors,took 15 percent of the vote de-spite running a write-in cam-paign.

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COD against revised policyJoss: changes in porn rules not substantial

ODSA planning followupto "Racial Climate" study

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the money issues that they raised.But Vaitheeswaran did believe theUA needed to do a better job ofgetting students interested andactive in student government.

Wickham expressed surprisethat he and Gwynn did not re-ceive more votes. "We thoughtwe were going to win," he said.

Wickham attributed the ticket'sloss to their being unable toreach enough students with theirmessage. "Everywhere we went- even into the depths of the UA- we got positive feedback."

Katz was surprised by howclose the vote on the student ac-tivities fee referendum was (yes:42 percent, no: 47 percent). "Ithought it would be defeated by2-1," he said.

The referendum was defeatedbecause not enough effort wasmade to gather student support,according to Katz, who backedthe referendum.

He felt it would now be moredifficult to persuade the Office of

the Dean for Student Affairs togrant more money to activities-having failed to get student back-ing. But the ODSA is planning inthe near future to grant an as yetunspecified sum to activities,Katz said.

During the campaign, bothKatz and Vaitheeswaran werecriticized for not taking specificstands on issues. Katz believedthe criticism was not valid.

He and Lin went door-to-dooranswering students' questions,Katz said. "A lot of peoplemissed our message," he added."What's going to happen sixmonths from now when the is-sues are different?" he asked.

Katz said he and Lin wouldwork to increase student interac-tion with the UA. Without stu-dent backing, the UA president isessentially powerless, Katz be-lieved. A UA president withoutsuch backing cannot expect theMIT adnministration to listen tohis views - he would just be onestudent.

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by the insurgents Gwynn andWickham is surprisingly high forwrite-in candidates, Katz said.Katz interpreted their relativesuccess as a statement of studentdissatisfaction with the UA.

If Gwynn and Wickham hadbeen on the ballot, "I think theymight have won," Katz said.Also, the presence of so many"joke" candidates further illus-trates how poor the UAs imageis, he continued.

Vaitheeswaran was impressedby the showing of the write-incandidates. He credited Gwynnand Wickham with raising issuesabout which students were con-cerned. They would have doneeven better had they providedspecific solutions for those issues,Vaitheeswaran added.

The relative success of Gwynnand Wickham was not a voteagainst the UA, Vaitheeswaranbelieved. Rather it was based on

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jano in the final round - al-though Quijano had initially re-ceived more votes.

Paul Antico and Betty Changwill serve as treasurer and public-ity chair for the Class of 1991,neither of them having been con-tested for the posts. Dawn Mitzerand Rachel Wilks - also uncon-tested - will become the class'ssocial chairs.

Ang Mi (Julie) Kim was electedpresident of the Class of '90,pulling clearly ahead of GiselleMosnaim in the final round ofcounting, after Richard Villan-ueva was eliminated. Kim servedlast year as treasurer of the class.

All the other posts for theClass of '90 were filled by uncon-tested candidates, a turnaroundfrom last year, when their raceswere hotly contested. None of theincumbent officers ran for reelec-tion to their posts, though Kimand Villanueva vied for the presi-dency. However, last year's vice-president, Thomas Knight, ap-peared on the ballot forUndergraduate Association VicePresident along with formerClass of '90 president VijayVaitheeswaran as his running

mate.Lisa Czerwonka is the new

vice-president of the sophomoreclass, Pamela Barret the secre-tary, and Melissa Ko the treasur-er. Pritti Paul and WiIliar -Bottiwill fill the social chair positions.

None of the officerships in theClass of 1989 were contested atall on the ballot, and no write-incandidates received enough votesto be mentioned in the statisticsreleased by the UA.

Carissa Climaco will serveagain as president for the ju-niors, having won a clear victorylast year, and Dave Duis willagain fill the vice presidency,though he won last year by onlyfive votes. Danylo Kihiczak willserve again as treasurer, andHenry Hough and Charles Saka-maki are the new social chairs.

Under the preferential ballot-ing system which was used in theelections, trailing candidates ineach round of vote tabulationswere eliminated and their votesredistributed to other candidates.The counting for each office con-tinued until either a candidate re-ceived a majority of the vote oronly two candidates remained.

(Continued from page 1)Grace Ma edged out Catherine

Suriano in the race for seniorclass secretary, winning the posi-tion by a difference of five votesin the final ballot, having ledwith only three votes in the firstone.

The other officers for the Classof 1988 - all of whom will servefor the next five years - ran un-opposed, though none of themserved last year. Linda Changwill become the senior class trea-surer, C.J. Debbie Lee the classagent and Kimber Lynn Zingerthe member at large.

Though ballots were closely di-vided among the three contes-tants for freshman class presidentin the first round, AndrewStrehle and Paul Zelenetz shutout Sharra Davidson to split thefinal votes, with Strehle winningover Zelenetz by 17 ballots.

Derek Mayweather took thefreshman class vice-presidency,though his competitor JohnMcPhail managed to get 40 per-cent of the vote. The race for theclass's secretary was much closer,with Amy Thorsen winning byjust seven votes over Aimee Qui-

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Jonathan Katz and Ephraim Lin became the new UA Presi-dent and Vice President in a close election Wednsday.

lems; housing arrangements; andextracurricular activities.

The IIG expects that the resultsof the survey will raise the con-sciousness of the MIT communityon international issues, andthereby foment any pertinentstructural changes, Lipson said.

Some changes the survey mightbring about in the near future re-late to R/O week. The ODSAwill communicate their survey re-sults concerning orientation weekwith the R/O committee beforethe report is published, Lipmansaid.

Although some aspects of R/Oweek are being evaluated throughthe report, its real significancestems from the growing concernof the MIT administration on in-ternational issues, said KarenZuffante, assistant staff from theInternational Students' Officeand member of the IIG. This of-fice has been working towardsmaking people at MIT consciouson the problems facing interna-tional students, and the IIG - ofwhich the International StudentsOffice forms part - encom-passes, through the survey, amajor task to achieve thispurpose.

(Continued from page 1)Affairs Shirley M. McBay, thepurpose of the present survey isto understand the problems inter-national students face at MITand how they have dealt withthem.

A report on the survey findingswill be issued later this year,probably next term, according toAssociate Dean for Research Al-berta Lipson, who is in charge ofcompiling the results.

The international student bodyat MIT consists of 340 under-graduate students - roughly 8percent of all undergraduates,and 1541 graduate students, re-presenting 30 percent of the grad-uate student body. As a whole,international students com-promise 20 percent of the wholestudent body at MIT.

The importance of the surveylies both on its magnitude and itsdepth, since it is the first time in-ternational students have beensurveyed at large during the lastfew years, Lipson asserted. Thesurvey covers topics such as R/O;knowledge of support services; fi-nancial, personal, social and aca-demic concerns; medical prob-

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UA must combat negative imnage Final Round Balloting for UAP/VP

Next year's class officers are selected

International students polledby dean's office study group

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tomorrow as Sunday promises to be a cloudier andperhaps wetter version of Saturday. A low movingout of the southern Rockies during the weekend willspread a band of snow from the central Rockiesthrough the plains states into the western GreatLakes by Sunday. A warm front will develop aheadof this low today likely remaining south of the areathrough the weekend.

As high pressure in central Canada attempts tobuild southward into New England, and therelatively warm, moist air in the gulf states movesnorthward, rain (or possibly wet snow well northand west) should break out in New England lateSaturday or during the day on Sunday. There areindications that either the low will move south ofthe area or a second low will develop along thecoast late Sunday/early Monday night prolongingour inclement weather. After the low moves by,chillier and stormier weather are in store for nextweek.

Today: Mostly sunny. Winds west 10-15 mph. High43- (6 C).

Tonight: Clear to partly cloudy and cold. Windswest 10-15 mph. Low 23-28° (-5 to -2°C).

Saturday: Partly cloudy. Winds light and variable.High 42-46° (6-10°C). Low 25-30° (-4 to -1 °C).

Sunday: Mostly cloudy with occasional light rain.High 38-41 (3-5 °C). Low 30-35 ° (-1 to 1 °C).

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Smokers die early, study saysThe American Cancer Society says 35 percent of smok-

ers are dying prematurely from tobacco-related causes. Inits new report, Cancer Facts and Figures 1988, the associ-ation says 40 percent of male smokers and 28 percent offemale smokers die prematurely.

Bush embarrassed by scandalsGeorge Bush says he's embarrassed by all the scandals

surrounding public officials. At a Chicago campaign stop,the GOP presidential front-runner said if he's electedpresident he'll set up a White House ethics panel.

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New Panama sanctions in worksAdministration sources say President Reagan probably

will order new sanctions aimed at toppling Panama's Gen.Manuel Noriega. The sources say the sanctions would in-clude withholding the next payment for use of the Pana-ma Canal and canceling Panama's special trade status.

Shultz pushes US planSecretary of State George P. Shultz PhD '49 said yester-

day the US plan for Arab-Israeli peace talks is the "onlygame in town." Shultz told a House panel the UnitedStates will continue to push the plan even if Israeli PrimeMinister Yitzhak Shamir cannot be persuaded to go alongwhen he visits Washington next week.

Dole cuts backThere have been reports that another Republican prPsi-

dential candidate has been considering pulling out of therace - but Sen. Robert Dole (KS) said yesterday that heis not quitting. The sources say advisors discussed gettingout of the race prior to next week's Illinois primary - butthat Dole nixed the idea. Later Dole would not acknowl-edge there had been such talk, saying "it all started in themedia."

A spokeswoman for Dole said yesterday that the candi-date is laying off more than half of his campaign staff andpulling commercials off the air in Illinois which holds itsprimary Tuesday.

Hart to drop outIt looks like people have decided. When Gary Hart re-

entered the Democratic race three months ago, he said"let the people decide." Hart won no delegates in the Su-per Tuesday primaries and sources say Hart will withdrawfrom the race again today.

Kemp pulls outAfter repeated poor showings, Jack Kemp has ended

his campaign for the GOP nomination for president.Kemp pulled coat of the race yesterday. He left the dooropen if the eventual winner wants him for a runningmate.

Drug testing to resumeThe government has ordered the nation's railroads to

resume drug and alcohol testing of employees. A judgehas temporarily lifted a ban on such examinations pend-ing appeal. A federal appeals court earlier ruled the test-ing program was unconstitutional.

Veto of Iran-contrabill foreseen

Defense Secretary Frank Carlucci said a bill requiringthe White House to promptly notify Congress of all co-vert actions would be vetoed if it makes it to PresidentReagan's desk. Carlucci is the first top Administration of-ficial to flatly promise a veto of the legislation spawned bythe Iran-contra scandal.

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Teenage thrill killer convictedA Norfolk Superior Court jury yesterday convicted 15-

year-old Rod Matthews of second-degree murder in thethrill killing of a Canton High School classmate. Theyouth was immediately sentenced to life in prison and canbe eligible for parole in 15 years. Matthews was accusedof killing 14-year-old Shaun Ouillette with a baseball bat.Prosecutors said the victim was lured into a wooded areaof the Boston suburb with a promise of fireworks in thefall of 1986. The victim's manother was disappointed, sayingshe had hoped Matthews would never be eligible forparole.

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The Massachusetts Senate is expected to move quicklyon pending legislation to prohibit furloughs for prison in-mates convicted of first degree murder. Ways and MeansCommittee Chairman Patricia McGovern said her com-mittee will act on the proposal at its next meeting, andthat there are plenty of votes in the Senate to approve themeasure. Top aides to Gov. Michael S. Dukakis have op-posed an outright ban on furloughs. A similar bill died inthe Senate last year because of opposition by Boston Sen-ator Royal Bolling.

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It's time for a new Institute Re-quirement: not for students, whoare buried beneath a pile of ad-ministrative compromises, butfor the administrators of thewriting requirement. I target thissnmaller component of the MITcommunity because I am worriedthat, after leaving MIT and seek-ing meaningful employment, theywill be ill-equipped to join thecompetitive work force. Adminis-trators for the writing require-ment are receiving all the neces-sary training in bureaucracyand rudeness, but they are sadlylacking in basic competence.

I would like to propose a twophase requirement which must bemet by all administrators hiredby MIT to work on the writingrequirement. The two phases aredesigned to form a sequentialcurriculum in basic competence.Phase I of the Basic Competence(BC) requirement will require alladministrators to demonstrate anunderstanding of politeness,office organization, telephonemanners, and efficiency.

This requirement can be satis-fied in one of three ways: readingMiss Manners' column every dayfor a term; taking five hoursaway from any special occasion(e.g. Thanksgiving, birthday) towrite "I will be polite on thephone" 5000 times; or, enrollingin a poise class. Of course, PhaseI may be waived for some admin-istrators who have demonstratedmastery of basic competence. Inparticular, Phase I will be waivedfor any administrator who hasaccomplised at least one of thefollowing: received a score of 350or better on the Clerical Achieve-ment 'rest; received a signed anddated note from his or her moth-er that s/he has nice manners; or,received an MBA from Harvard.

Phase II of the BC require-ment is designed to establish abasic philosophical perspectiveon the administration of the writ-ing requirement. Phase II mustbe completed by all administra-tors, regardless of training orbackground. To satisfy Phase II,the administrator must write aten page paper answering one ofthe following questions:

® What evidence is there thatMIT graduates in the past havebeen poor writers and communi-cators? And, are engineers anyworse than any other group ofpeople in expressing thermselvesin writing?

® Is it possible to improve astudent's writing skill by demand-ing a detailed technical paperfrom him or her during his or herfinal semester? If so, is this papermore instructive than a seniorthesis?

® Is it a good idea to send"warning letters" to a student'sparents and advisor beforechecking to see if the student hasLI

Something has gone terriblywrong at MIT. At an institutionthat prides itself on academicfreedom, nationally-recognizedhomeless activist Mitch Snyder isthreatened with arrest. At an in-stitution that prides itself on itstolerance anld udiversity, an outru-sive Campus Police force is di-rected to observe all demonstra-tions - sometimes outnumberingprotesters two or three to one. Atan institution that prides itself oncreativity and innovation, the ad-ministration can see no alterna-tive but to arrest seven peoplewho "occupied" Lobby 7 at 6 pm(including two homeless people).

The first sign of trouble oc-curred in the spring of 1986,when Senior Vice President Wil-liam R. Dickson '56, Vice Presi-dent Constantine B. Sirnonides,Associate Provost S. Jay Keyser,and former Campus Police ChiefJames Olivieri decided that theonly way to remove a student-built anti-apartheid shantytownwas to haul eight students off tojail (including one student whowas later found innocent incourt).

At that time the arrestsbrought waves of protests fromboth faculty and students. Facul-ty members complained that theywere not involved in the decision-making process and, as onemember said, "communicationhas been replaced by paddy wag-ons and police." Both the Under-graduate Association and theGraduate Student Councilslammed the administration fornot seeking student input and forturning to the criminal courts.

The apartheid demonstrationsonly ended when members of theMIT Corporation agreed to meetwith the Coalition AgainstApartheid - for once communi-cation replaced confrontation.This brief glimmer of hope wassnuffed out at last year's com-mencement, when two students

were charged with "disturbing aschool assembly" two days after awhistle-blowing protest.

Rather than bringing all thestudents involved before an inter-nal disciplinary committee, MITsingled out two individuals (Ste-Venl lJ. retill G adlStl hIJll P.

Fernandez '88) and had themcriminally prosecuted.

It is clear that MIT was pun-ishing them not for the specificincident, but rather for their con-tinuing involvement in protests atMIT. The Cambridge courts wereonce again turned to to quellinternal dissent at the Institute.

Next, MIT carried out its earlymorning raid of "Tent City"without general faculty or stu-dent discussions. This one inci-dent alone may very well havebeen justified. But it set an un-fortunate precedent - MITarrested students and home-less rather than seeking morediplomatic alternatives.

These arrests set the stage forMIT's action on Feb. 25. Agroup of about a dozen demon-strators were sitting in Lobby 7,under the watchful eye of 20-30Campus Police officers and MITofficials (whose purpose was notclearly discernible). These "pro-testers" were not even noticeableto people passing through - yetMIT decided they had to beremoved. There was no media-tion, only warnings followed byhandcuffs.

Then, last Saturday, homelessadvocate Mitch Snyder tried tomerely enter the Institute. He wasinformed that if he walked in toLobby 7 he would be arrested fortrespassing. The Institute hassunk very low when, rather thandiscussing the issue of homeless-ness with such a national figure,they decide to bar him fromcampus.

This intolerance on the part ofthe MIT administration must bestopped. There is no need to have

Andrew L. Fish, a junior in theDepartments of Chemistry andPolitical Science, is editor inchief of The Tech.

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in fact failed to complete thewriting requirement? The tenpage paper must be submittedseveral months before the admin-istrator decides to seek other em-ployment. The additional time isrequired so that the paper can re-ceive approval from the Commit-tee on Rubber Stamps, the Com-mittee on Staple Placement, andthe Committee on Discipline.Not to fear: that last committeewill do absolutely nothing.

I feel that Phase I and II of theBasic Competence requirementwill allow MIT to produce muchmore efficient and polite adminis-trators. And who knows: alongthe way, someone might make afew smart decisions on the writ-ing requirement, too.

Mark E. McDowell, a senior inthe Department of Electrical En-gineering and Computer Science,is a columnist for The Tech.

the future"-'whfie tIsp '~-tf lf is a better lesson than learning grim deter-mination.

The second statement thespeaker made was "Why do wework on these projects instead ofsomething else? It is because, likethe rest of the MIT professors,we go after whatever we can findmoney in." I found this statementdisturbing because whether weacknowledge it or not, a value isbeing taught. That value is "Letus not be so concerned with whatwe want the future to look like,but instead let us be more con-cerned with keeping money com-ing in."

I would like to see faculty andadministrators sit down and ask,"Where can the technologicalskill of MIT be applied to bettersociety and set up programs andtry to acquire resources to carryout the programs?" Technologyis not always transferrable.

I know that when the AlumniFund calls me, I would be muchmore willing to give money for aspecific research program than togive money to the university. Iwould rather support a programthat will increase the welfare ofthe average person.

The two statements made bythe speaker do not need to be thestatus quo at MIT. I think thatwe have more control over ourlives and the future than we real-ize. I know that I am only goingto live once and I can at least tryto change what needs to bechanged. If I feel like I can't doit alone, I know that there aregroups on campus where I findsupport.

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protestsdozens of Campus Police observepeaceful demonstrations; one of-ficer would do. And this institu-tion of innovation should realizethat there must be ways to re-solve protests without taking pro-testers to jail, using the court sys-tem against its st-dents, andbarring nationally acclaimedhomeless advocates from thecampus. Until change occurs,MIT cannot possibly claim tobe fulfilling its obligations as aleading university.

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At a recent colloquium I heardtwo statements about MIT thatdisturbed me. It is not that I feltthat they were untrue, but thatthey were presented in a mannersuggesting that they are part ofthe unchangeable status quo.

The results from a large re-search program were given andthe speaker stated, "Don't thinkthat these results were a shortterm effort. They are the work ofmany PhD students, working asall graduate students do, 80 or 90hours a week."

Although this was a wry exag-geration, I have not heard an ad-visor tell a student, "You looktired. Maybe you should take iteasier." Instead, the concernseems to be produce results with-out regard for the happiness orwell-balanced development of thestudents.

I think you can have a world-class university along with bai-ance in the student's life. Alumnisurveys show that graduates feelMIT was a draining experience.Why don't students do somethingto change it? I think that manyof us don't realize our right andresponsibility to make MIT a bet-ter place. We.expect "someoneelse" to do it.

There are things we can do. Wecan tell our advisor, "I feel Ineed to give the other areas ofmy life some time," or tell ateacher "I don't think it is rea-sonable to be given this addition-al assignment." I don't see work-ing harder as an accomplishment.Learning how to live a balancedlife with a variety of interests

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with an extremely strong final scene.Marineo Tavarez '88 also stood out as Hol-ly's confidant, Greg, calmly reassuringwith an understated strong and gentle na-ture. Overall the acting was casual andnatural, well done for students playing theparts of students. Director Derek Clark'89 kept his staging and lighting naturaland warm, although the set might havebeen opened up a bit more for a betterview of actors on Molly's bed.

Ora[ Fixation, written by Daniel Gilly'85, is a fast-paced and witty play on wordusage and abusage. Not remembering hiswife's name, a husband makes a bet overdinner about pet names so he can stallwith those until he can remember her realname. And since she's a romance writerand he works for Roget's Thesaurus, thecontest is likely to go onr all night, with ahapless waiter looking on in disdain. Theplay travels on at a frightening clip, andquickly also incorporates the confusionbetween reality and dream. Gilly has con-cocted excellent theater for word fetishists.

Todd Angerhofer '90, Katrina Nelsen'91, and George Madrid '91 all put instrong performances as their lines and ac-tions flowed freely with the play's pace.

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STUDENT SCRIPTS IN PROGRESSPresented by MIT Dramashop.In Kresge Little Theatre, March I1 & 12.CHELSEAWritten by Peter Parnassa '90.Directed by Barak Yedidia '89.Starring Nelson Sharfman '91, JulieSchmittdiel '91, Carmen-Anita Signes '90,A lex Sherstinsky G, Lindasusan Ulrich'91, Alexa Ogno '91.THE WALLWritten by Julian West G.Directed by Derek Clark '89.Starring Cheryl McCullum '89, AndreaLeszek '91, Seema Nutndy '91, MarinoTavarez '88, Mark Dudziak '88, andMark Wilen '90.ORAL FIXATIONWritten by Daniel Gilly '85.Directed bv Michael 3lalak '89.Starring Todd Angerhofer '90q. KatrinaNelsen '91, and George Madrid '91.SEVENWritten by Kirsten Hoyt '90.Directed by David Krakauer '88.Starring Cheryl Casquejo '91, JeffreyAnderson '90, Margie Schwartz, KimFusaris '90, Jason Silver '91, DreaBrandford '88, and Roopali Garg '91. Mark Morelli/MIT Dramashop

(Julie Schmittdiel '91) -inSimon (Nelson Sharfman '91) and CarolineChelsea, written by Peter Parnassa '90.

script, and the pacing towards the end of Surthe play conveys well the building tension.Sharfman stands out among the actors with revealing facial expression and body selelanguage, making the most of his oftimeshilarious character. Other notables are IUMMAlex Sherstinsky G as Caroline's stony- At the Ccfaced father, and Alexa Ogno '91 in a deft Event intransition between childish and teenage Performidaughter.

The Wall, written by Julian West G, By CHbrings the audience home to its own back- yard with a student issue of how much bseemingly innocuous actions, like writing hon a bathroom wall, can hurt more than nexpected. Some may dismiss the play's monsterstheme as trivial and inconsequential (as sometimewas whispered by some audience members scuffle ofseated near this reviewer) but this only this-a mingoes further to point out how anaethetized excluded.we've become to individual pains. The Essentiscript has a strong verbal slant, and its lation ofcharacters are well-rounded and real, but sketch, rethe play yearns for a full length produc- gloved htion to completely develop some of its un- body moderlying themes. West must be congratu- from wrilated on his ability to convincingly write Giantfemale roles. striking 1

Cheryl McCullum '89 was perfectly cast tall and has Holly, the girl in need of a "reputation" betweenwho is eventually victimized by that repu- Largestation, always exhuding an innocent naive- mated bte and giving the play a good final kick

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IT DRAMASHOP'S staged read-ings of student-written one-act plays have plenty goingMvS~for them. A little rough

around the edges on less than two weeksrehearsal time, the strength and diversityof the four plays still stand out. Rangingin theme from MIT issues to waiter's day-dreams, in tone from solidly based realityto dream quality, the scope of the plays isall the more complemented by exceptionalperformances in each.

The evening begins with Chelsea, writ-ten by Peter Parnassa '90, relating the tri-als and insecurities of impending father-hood. Parnassa has diligently fleshed outthe two principal roles of the soon-to-be-father, recording engineer Simon (NelsonSharfman '91), and pregnant mother,Caroline (Julie Schmittdiel), but has lefttheir worrisome parents a little flat. Thisleaves the first scene with the parents a lit-tle weak as their anger and frustrationslack some motivation. Still, the play showsstrong points with nice choice of matchupof characters from scene to scene, and in-teresting use of flashback and flashforward(although the frequent shifts between pastreality and future possibility confusedsome audience members).

Director Barak Yedidia '89 has done agood job in his staging of making clear thedivisions between characters in Parnassa's

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(Continuedfrom page 6) culture.Director Michael Malak '89 handled hand- Seven showed more of its rough edges inily the transitions between reality and acting than the three previous plays withdream, never letting in on the secret and some slight overacting. Still, Cherylkeeping the audience on the edge of their Casquejo '91 stood out as the domineeringseats. One and Drea Brandford '88 played Six to

Seven, written by Kirsten Hoyt '90, the hilt with a heartfelt delivery of theclosed the evening, bringing the audience black speech. Director David Krakauer '88once again back to MIT grounds on again did. an excellent job of staging, makinga more unsettling note. Certainly the most good use of where space is and who domi-obtuse and least accessible of the evening's nates that space, but might have doneofferings, it still managed to send a strong better to tighten it all up a bit.message of the inner conflicts and frustra- MIT Dramashop's evening of student-tions that some MIT students must face. written one-acts must be labelled a hugeHoyt has written a personal, riveting, dark success. Except for minor faults from suchvision of internal struggle, punctuated at a short rehearsal period, the plays showits end by a spellbinding lecture of what it off the many strengths and diversities of

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Resnais has been criticized for choosingto lavish such elaborate attention on a playthat may not deserve it. One must remem-ber, however, that Resnais is a consum-mate artist: there is no doubt that he de-liberately stripped the melodrama of itstriteness in order to examine the very realemotions at the heart of the play. By re-jecting the tyrannical demands of conven-tional narrative, and invoking his consid-erable technical command, Resnais hasperhaps found the most ideal cinematic re-alization of a melodramatic stage play. Itis the thinking person's melodrama, a filmthat eschews immediate emotional appealwithout losing the ultimate impact of theissues it describes.

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He plays a teenager from an upwardlymobile family settling into a ritzy suburbof Chicago. While his friends join the IvyLeague, Jimmy gets leaned on by dad toattend his alma mater, a dreary businessschool. The film is ostensibly about howJimmy comes to terms with his parentswhile coming of age.

But the story is a mess from beginningto end, and the acting is atrocious. Jimmyis never a sympathetic character, evenwhen he gets beat up by the poet boy-

offaceless mimesand giant enchanted monsters

(Continued from page 6) ly in eerie light. A marvel.company, bodies invisible against inky 1 nienht m ie

Mummenschanz, not mime. Mvime, ex-backdrop. Strange vitality to ensuing fig- m an n mme.im ,

pressive humlan faces. Mummenschanz,ures, simple geometrical shapes striking mssi me ans im atlifelike postures. Audience entranced, Mu, athle, nar

Mummenschanz, larger than life, nearlysometimes giggling. filling stage.Magic occasionally wears thin, company

Muummenschanz is what mime is about.no longer using movement to create new

ologe r using m ent t cre aniew Graceful movement, simple forms, not hu-life. Summoned alien life form vanished, man. in themselves. Together, evoke scenesonly an acrobat in elaborate costume, hu- from human drama. Bodies as artisticman figure apparent for first time. to He rma os

tools. Here, very simple tools.Four long tentacles grow out of stagecener. umn iu utrynProvocative, experimental, often funny.

center. Human figure utterly indistinct; Visually appealing. Very surreal. Verymasquerade a success. Tentacles, striped g u mean.

't lgood. Mummenschanz.with longitudinal veins, weaving sensuous-

the one hopping from bed to bed.What's worse, this cheap ripoff of The

Graduate has a sick twist: Jimmy's dad isalso sleeping. with. Joyce. Jimmy. findsipoatt,.and: baifckmails-, is .- ,dad- in '-,fo-gettig -~ ~,about Jimmy's wrecking the family car.This somehow is supposed to lead to rec-onciliation and understanding between fa-ther and son. It's difficult to believe that afilmmaker would have the gall to assertthat a meaningful relationship could bebased on such deception.

This filnl will not be of the slightest in-terest to those past puberty. If it must beinvolved in your weekend plans, use it as a93 minute babysitter for a kid sister orbrother. They're perfectly suited to thementality of this afterschool tv specialmasquerading as a film.

friend of his ex-girlfriend. One gets theidea that this skinny little runt deserves it.

His fooling around with girls leads himto bed his mother's friend Joyce (AnnMagnuson) - while his date waits forhim. Jimmy spends the rest of the film try-ing to get in the pants of virtually everygirl he runs across, and he sees more of hisbuddy's girlfriend than his buddy does.

The ludicrous sexual stereotyping in thisfilm could be be dismissed as an historicalanachronism since the film is set in 1962.But because the setting is virtually irrele-vant to the story, younger viewers couldtranslate the film's misogyny to the pre-sent. The teenyboppers in the row behindme did just that: every time a girl submit-ted to Jimmy's advances, they would mut-ter "She's a slut," never realizing that he is

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nority reports, arguing that theyare crucial to MIT because theydefine the reference frame fromwhich MIT will be viewing itschanging demographics and de-fining its future student policies.

Despite the many financialneeds of the ODSA, McBay de-cided that this series of reportswas so important that she hiredan assistant dean for research,Braithwaite stated. In order tocollect data on MIT minority fi-nancial aid, minority student ser-vices and admissions and to ob-tain data on minority faculty,McBay recognized that new re-search was going to have to bedone, Braithwaite said.

The new researcher will alsokeep statistics on internationalstudents and help with the com-mittee charged to invesitgate thefraternity system, according toMcBay.

McBay: National attentionbrought MSIG to a standstill

In explaining the two-year gapbetween the MSIG's first reportand the expected release date oftheir second report, McBay citedthe unexpected attention that"The Racial Climate on the MITCampus" received from both thenational media and the MITcommunity.

The national notice broughtthe group's progress on the sec-ond report to a standstill, accord-ing to McBay. Scholars, adminis-trators, and newspaper reportersfrom around the country came totalk to the group about the re-port or invited the group to lec-ture on the findings and conna-tions of the report, she said. "Weused up both valuable time andresources explaining the studyand its findings of racism atMIT," she stated.

"Of course, the Minority Stu-dent Issues Group also had to ad-

McBay.Braithwaite noted that the

group spent much effort trying tocommunicate to the MIT com-munity that everyone has a stakein the issue of racial discrimina-tion, not just the minoritygroups.

"It is hoped that controversysurrounding"The Racial Climateon the MIT Campus" hasbrought the problem of racism tolight and openned it up 11 a.al.-ysis and discussion," McBaysaid.

New research needed forsecond report

Braithwaite explained thatsince the MSIG has access to fi-nancial aid statistics and to statis-tics on minorities from the ad-missions office, the question ofresearch for the second report isnot so much in collecting databut in determining how to pre-sent that data. "These statisticsare like a loaded gun by them-selves. The group and the groupmembers charged with authoringthe second report must determinethe proper context and back-ground for all of the facts andfigures concerning minority ad-missions and financial aid," shesaid.

Both Braithwaite and McBayagreed that this second report isimportant to the MIT communitybecause it demonstrates a per-ceived commitment on the partof the MIT administration to thebettering of MIT's racial climate."The main focus of this minoritystudy series is to provide a foun-dation upon which to build a bet-ter understanding of the racialexperience throughout the MITcommunity," McBay noted.

Braithwaite suggested that"The Racial Climate on the MITCampus" has had a very positiveeffect upon minority students ingeneral. "Most minority studentsto whom I have spoken about thereport feel that it was bold ofMIT to put it out publicly, be-lieve that it was overdue and arewaiting to see what happens -are waiting to see if MIT followsup," she said.

The MSIG will issue its thirdand final report in the spring of1989, Braithwaite stated' MeBaysaid this report will investigateminority faculty recruitment andthe importance of minority fa-culty relations with minoritystudents.

(Continued from page 1)cieved contempt from non-minority students and feelings ofnon-acceptance from faculty."

After noticing disparities be-tween minority and non-minoritystudents' responses on a 1984quality of student life survey, theMSIG focused its attention on anexisting survey of black alumni,Braithwaite said. The bulk of the"Racial Climate" report wascompiled using data from that1985 survey, Braithwaite said.

The upcoming second reportwill address MIT minority admis-sions, minority financial aid andminority student services, McBaysaid.

ODSA's role in minorityissues questioned

Some students feel that theODSA has concentrated tooheavily on minority interests atthe expense of student-wide ones,according to Andrew Eisenmann'75, senior staff associate for resi-dence and campus activities.

The continued absence of anIFC fraternity advisor, this year'spoor fraternity rush, numerousdisputes over UA student activityfunding, and the newly- organizedcommittee to study the properrole of the fraternities at MIThave led some students to theconclusion that the ODSA ismore concerned with fundingand supporting minority issuesthan student-wide issues, hestated.

"However, while I can under-stand how those students wouldarrive at that conclusion," Eisen-mann said, "I in no way supportit."

The ODSA possesses no inter-nal agenda against the fraternitysystem, Eisenmann said. He at-tributed "bad timing" to the factthat this year's poor fraternityrush and the vacancy of the IFCfrator-nty..adrdelv or coincided. -- ,,dress the MIT student body, fac-Whf6ihtR-iitv vlLgl nLrstqe lfnfipdtf~:mulW~p dnds: staff, and. the study's

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Mlen's gymrBy Eric M. Reifsehneider

The MIT men's gymnasticsteam placed fourth in the NewEngland Championships lastSunday at the University of Ver-mont. Division I powers South-ern Connecticut State and Uni-versity of Massachusetts atAmherst dominated the meet,scoring 262.45 and 259.6 respec-tively. Springfield College wasthird with 253.7.

MIT avenged last week's nar-row loss to Vermont by beatingout the host team for fourthplace with a season-high teamscore 197.35 to UVM's 186.5.Dartmouth College was sixthwith 181.05.

MIT, which began the seasonwith four gymnasts competingfor the first time and three others

Chess club atmetropolitan

By Satyajit RaoWith it's victory over the Boyl-

ston chess club last Friday, MITemerged at the top of the prelimi-nary rounds of the Boston Met-ropolitan Chess League. The topfour teams will now play for thetrophy. MIT has maintained anundefeated record after havingbeaten Boston University, North-eastern Univeristy, and the Har-vard 1 team and having drawnwith Harvard 2 and "The Myste-rious Rook Moves."

Two weeks ago in our matchagainst Harvard 2, 1 stole a fewmoments to glance at the progesson my right and this is the posi-tion I saw:

The exchange of the blackqueen for the white rook andbishop leaves black with a superi-or endgame. Black's two extrapawns should easily win the gamenotwithstanding any antics of thewhite queen. The interestingquestion then is not whetherblack can win but if he can do itaesthetically.

Judge for yourself..24 Q x R ch25 B x Q R x B ch26 K-R2 B-N7 ch27 K-N6

lastics take 1competing on more events than ayear ago, was not intimidated bythe high level of competition. Inpast New England Champion-ships the Engineers failed to per-form to the best of their ability,but this year the MIT gymnastswere determined to show thecompetition what they could do.

Co-capntain Nnrman Chen '88did a Veronin and a piked(straight-leg) double back flip dis-mount to score 7.25 on high bar.Jason Kipnis G nailed-.his doubleback flip dismount on rings for aseason-high score of 7.5. MarkMalonson '89 had a personal re-cord 39.3 all-around score, in-cluding 8.3 on floor and 7.6 onrings.

Alan Nash '89 scored 7.9 onparallel bars, 7.25 on floor, and39.6 all-around. Co-captain Eric

top of Bostoncompetition

The other option is K-sl tutthen white would lose his KingKnight and Bishop pawns, whichwould be fatal:27 K-RI B-K6ch28 K-R2 BxPch29 P-N3 R-K7ch30 K-NI BxP31 Q-B3 R-K8ch32 K-N2 B-K4The actual play was as follows:27 R-K6ch

(Let the king hunt begin!)28 K-N4K-R4 isn't any better.29 P-R4ch30 K-N5 K-N231 P-B5??

This is bad as evident from therest of the game, but what canwhite do to prevent mate? Onepossible continuation would be:31 Q-NV2ch P-B3ch32 K-R4 B-R233 Q-KB2 BxP

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checkmate.Undoubtedly a satisfying game

for Garcia; there are few exper-iences to beat the thrill of pullingoff a successful king hunt in amatch!

The team members are EricShukan '89, Satyajit Rao G, Fe-derico Garcia '91, Michael Ho'89, Mark Dynna G, StevenBritten and George Yu '88.

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foulrth placeReifschneider '89 posted a 41.45all-around score, including sea-son highs of 7.1 on floor and6.85 on pommel horse. Malon-son, Chen, Reifschneider, andNash all scored between 8.35 and8.45 on vault.

Although Southern Connecti-cut State won the meet, two MITgraduate students clearly stolethe show. Late in the meet, thetense competition momentarilyceased as gymnasts and specta-tors alike focused their attentionon Robert Playter G and SethRiskin G, who is also coach ofthe MIT women's gymnasticsteam. Playter and Riskin weremembers of Ohio State's 1985NCAA championship team.

Playter and Riskin entertainedthe crowd with scintillating exhi-bition routines on parallel barsand high bar. Playter wowed theaudience with a series of Diama-dovs and stutz-handstands onparallel bars and a truly awesomehigh bar routine capped by afull-twisting double back flipdismount.

Riskin impressed everyone withhis uncanny sense of balancewhile holding an English (one-bar) handstand and an uniquewide-armed handstand on paral-lel bars; he showed the skillwhich once made him NCAAchampion on this event by doinga heli twirl from a handstand toan immediate front flip betweenthe bars.

MIT's regular season is nowover, but it appears likely that theteam will qualify to compete inthe Division I1-III NationalChampionships for the first timeever. Based on the average of thethree highest season scores, MITis currently ranked sixth in thenation. The top six teams qualify,and the only team known to havea chance of surpassing MIT inupcoming meets is the City Col-lege of New York (CCNY), whichlost to MIT by more than 20points in a meet at West Pointthree weeks ago. This year's na-tional championships will be heldApril 1-2 at Springfield College.(Editor's Note: Eric M. Reifsch-neider '89 is co-captain of themen's gymnastics team.)

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