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The New Provost! Johnetta Cole Exposed Bashing White Men ... and much more
Editor-in-Chief.................... Adam Bromberg Publishing Editor..................... Paul D. Schnier Executive Director ................. John Maggio Managing Editor...................... David Holland Copy Editor........................... Bernadette Malone Treasurer...............................Alexandra Aucone
The New Provost ........................... 5 Membership has its Privileges............ 6
Contributors Mark Schmidt Scott Epstein Andrea Sharetta Josh Trapani Duane Farabaugh Brad Levine
Juliet Shields Michael Vaidman Brett R. Baker Cara Donlon Mitchell Berger Vincent Aita
He Said, She Said ..................... 8 Gay Myth-PelCeptions .................... l0
AluI1111iBoard Brian Sullivan Schwing Ephraim Bernstein Kathryn Doherty Mathew Carr ,.,"dlU"., T. Sheka Michael Thomas Malloy 111~lttUll'.U1
Peter Kaplan Richard Carr Paul Scolese Yan Rusanovsky Joseph Rosenthal Billy Schor
Tactics of the Left...........................15 Morality in America ....................17
Advisor .................................. Dr. Herb London Faculty Advisor................Professor Aldo Bernardo
LA Lawless ................... ~ ........ 15
"I shall do nothing in malice, what I'm dealing with is too important for malicious intent. "
Whose Choice? ...................... 20
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Bashing White Males ...................23 I
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From the Editor.•..............................3 Right Side ................................. 12
For many peopl e like myself, the end of this semester means g raduati on and an end to our years at Binghamto n University. In a few weeks I will be leav ing thi s universi ty and leaving the Binghamton Review, the activity I have most enjoyed during my four years here. In these four years, I have seen many changes which have generally been for the worse. Four years ago, most of the publicity that BU received was focused on its academic progress. We were labeled the "public ivy" and there was a lot to be proud of. During the past four years, most of the publicity we received has been very negative. Instead of reading about our academic accomplishments, the public was reading about things like the Red Cross being banned from campus and how a public lecture was violently disrupted and the administration did nothing. For someone who was proud to attend this school and hoped for it to be the best that it could be, these are very discouraging changes. The most distressing trend here is the consistent caving in by the university to small groups of radical students. I believe the job of a university president or administrator is to represent all the students, not small groups of loud students. Virtually anytime a small group of students protested or spoke up very loudly, DeFieur and Co. gave in to their demands. These small radical groups now essentially have veto power over most university policy, sometimes induding personnel decisions and curriculum policy. I truly believe that the polici es of the administration and the student association are not representative of the students on this campus. The majority of students on this campus are not left-wing radicals, but that seems to be the public perception. Most students who are not very left wing do not voice tI,eir opinions. They go about their lives on campus, trying to get good grades and have a good time. I beHeve that it is time for these students to send the adrrunistration a message that they want the university to represent them too. I'm'not saying that they should all become politically active all of the time. But some of the things that go on here are much too important for the administration to assume that Coup De Tete represents all students. I have talked to a few alumni, and they are very disturbed by the events that have taken place here in the past few years. They believe that this was a great university, which is being ruined by adrrunistrators with no guts and a leftist political agenda. We students who want to be proud of attending this school must act now. Students must let the administration know that they will no longer stand for the idiocy that has gone on. I am very happy that the Binghamton Review has been the main voice of opposition on this campus. I realize that many students do not agree with us, but we have at least let the campus community know that there is another point of view. I know that this paper, and especially myself have been very vocal in criticizing Lois DeFleur and the administration. If that criticism at least made those who run this univerSity start taking two pOints of view into consideration, then I am very pro ud of what we have done. It is important to realize that this campus represents many alternative pOints of view which must be considered. Without a strong conservative voice, our point of view would be ignored. Before leaving I would also like to leave a piece of advice to some of the left-wing activists on campus: lighten up a little. Marvin the Martian is just a cartoon. ULED is just campus public safety, not the second corrung of the Gestapo. Not everyone with authority is on the CIA payroll. Continue to fight hard for what you believe in, but relax a little. Not everything is a corporate-imperialist conspiracy. There can be many improvements on this campus if more people start to speak u)J. More than two years ago, the Review suggested that perhaps being a university president was not Lois DeFleur's specialty. Two years later that has become much more dear. This school needs to be run by people who view the role of a university as one that educates, and not indoctrinates. The role of a university is not to teach people to be sensitive or how to think correctly, it is to expose them to all points of view and allow them to make informed choices. We must have people in charge of this university who understand that concept. Right now it seems virtually none of them do, so perhaps they should pack their bags and let some true leaders and educators take over. 1ÂŁ the university is run by more sensible administrators and students and faculty demand more, then maybe we can tum this into a place that we are all proud of once again. It hasn't always been a pleasure being a conservative activist here but I've certainly enjoyed the challenge and the opportunity. Farewell Binghamton University.
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New Provost Disappointing 1 was rumounced last week that the wuversity had finally found a new provost and V iceIPresidelill for Ac.1dcmic Affai rs. Lois has appointed Mury Ann an admin is tra tor frol11 the of Michigan to fill the Ipc>siti:on. The C<'lIUpUS reaction seems to fairly op timistic . O n further lex:an:,in:llic)Il however, it appears U,at DeReur has fmUld herself anolher who will add liule to add to U,e .Ialn :"dy declining acadenllc integrity of
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wu versity. Students a nd faculty at the IUlliv,:rsilly of Michigan view Mary Arm as a life-long educational IbtlfC1lUcrat who has not distinguished
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indi vidual for a uiliversily Ipresidellt who is looking for a yes-man yes-woman) 10 Cc1rry Ollt their leftagendas. According to Leo IMcNam,anl, an EngliSh professor at 1,.,... ,"&,_,, " Mary Aml Swain will not di stingu ished either for unusual lel"gance or independence in Ute carrying of her politically correct lob,lig"tie,ns." What this lUllversity needs right now is an administra tor who independent minded and has Ilead,,,shj'ip ability, clearly Mary Ama is not U,at person. She will help Dc Fleur a nd the other continue to take Lhi s
Iwluv,:rsity down U,e road to educational She will not sland up to radical IsllJde,nlS demanding ridiculous UlillgS, will DOL stand up to outrageous ideas coming out of the admi:nisllrntion, she wi ll Sland by and let tivit y and multiculturali s m IcootillUe to be the guiding lights of lac:.delni cpolicy. While Mary Ann Swain was a of the administration at 1 ",,~,u'!;dU, a speech code was lilT'pl,eme nl:ed on U,e campus. T illS code put Michigrul on U,e cutting of the movement to abridge 路the amendment in favor of
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These speech codes, which were implemented in U,e fall of 1988 were struck down by U,e Federal Courts. This action also gave Miclugan Uw great distinction of being one of the first schools in the nation to have its speech code stmck down by the courlS. While it does not apI'''''' Ulat Swain was a main architect of this policy, one wonders what was her role was. As a top adminislr3 tor in Ille area of academic affairs she IUlLSt have had some say in tlle crafting of U,e policy. After Ute speech codes were stmck down, Michigan implemented a milder vers ion of the same policy. Thi s new policy is al so being challenged on constilutional grounds. \Vhen Swain spent a brief period as the acting Vice President for Academic Arfairs she strongly defended U,i. policy and tried to expand it as well. She argued that this policy should nOI onl y cover slUdents but fllCUlty as well. She said that , hHarassment in classrooms is based on theories held by teachers, and that cil viromllcnt has prevented minorities from having the same ndvantages afforded others:' It is ridiculOlLS that an administrator wowd try to limit the freedom of professors to advance certain Illcories in their classrooms because thcy may not re sensitive enough. Such a lack of commitment to academic freedom seriously calls into question Swain's qualifications for her new position. The perception has been gi ven that Swain is widcly respected and admircd by all on campus, the facts are to U,e contrary. After al l rour candidates for provost (including Swain) came to campus, Ule faculty let it be known tllat Ute)' were unhappy with the candidates. 'nley passed an official resolmion which said, "The Faculty Senate Executi ve Conuniltcc (U,e highes t faculty governing bod y) vot~d by an overwhelming margin that al l four candidates (including Swain) re commended by Ihe were .. The
president and the search committ.ee were infonued of this decision and never responded. When a group as politic.1l1y ruld ac.1denuc.1I1 y diverse as the Fac ult y Sena te overwhelmingly votes to tell the president that her candidates for a JX>sition are disappointing somellling must be wrong. 11le wuversity shmdd be quite concerned U,at DcReur and her search committee did not Jake the advice of this body or even
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"Mary Ann Swain will not be distinguished either for unusual elegance or independence in the carrying out of her politically correct obligations. " acknowledge their opinion. Despite tlteir attempt to is"ue a wake-up call to the campus, the faculty was once again ignored by Ule arullilustrlltion. The opening in the position of provost ruld VP for Acadenlic Affairs opened up a unique opportunit y ror Uus Uluversity. The position could have been filled by someone with real ac.1denuc integri ty ruKileadcrslup ability, two tlun gs trul y lacking in our administration . Instead they chose to fill it with another out of lown bureaucrat with no connections to Illis University. Mary AIm Swain's history at Michigan shows she has litUe respect for academic freedom and the free exchange of idc.1S. She has been brought here to help Lois DeFieur turn the un.i\'ersity into a ccnter for the indoctrination of correct UlOught and not a place for rigorous debate and leaming. Welcome home Mary Aim Swain; you'll fit right in here, and ll13t's sad.
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JohnclIa Belsch Cole, Ihe presidenl of Spelman College in Atlanta, was invited to be
the s peaker for Binghamton University's first Honors Day. Her selection fills all of 1110 eUmic and
Cuba's revolution appears to have been one of Ms. Cole's favorite causes. political categories necessary for the administration to score sensitivity points . What is surprising, if not di sheartening, is the mlc magnitude o f Dr. C ole's fellow -lraveling involvement in variOliS communist fronts. C ole, ori g inally lapped by President Clinlon (0 be a .. cluster coordinator" to select pcrsOimel for lhc administration, declared herself to be "outraged" when charges of her extremisllinks were raised. Her
outrage is most certainly misplaced considering that she was active in various communist groups: the Vcncercmos Brigade, the Committee to stop U.S. aggression againsl Cuba (which she ran), U.S. Gren a da Friendship Sociely (presidenl), ruld Ihe U.S. Peace COIUlcil, of which she was a fowlding SIX)I1sor. These groups arc far from moderale in their ouUooks, and links s uch as the Venceremos Brigade have served 10 ally Cole wilh repres entatives of the govenunents of C uba, Ihe fonner Easl Gennany, C zechoslovakia, Vietnam, mld the Africrul National Congress . AI galherings allended by Ihes e freedom Joving delegates, one of Cole 's functions Wit S to read
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" solidarity messages." It is than qualified for a posl in Binghamlon Uluversity's sociology department. interesting to see how one concemed with "Iiberation" allies herself with This anti -Americanism may have reHched ils pirulHcle on May 5, 1985, such statUlch defenders of personal freedom . UJC <k1y Dr. Cole spoke at a gatllcring in Cuba's revolution appears to New York 10 "celebrale Ihe lenth anniversary of Ihe April 30, 1975 have been one of Ms. Cole's favorite causes . The lewish Forward Vietnam victory over U.S. military reported that Cole "made Illunerous intervention." Dr. Cole cerL'l.inly has a trips 10 Cuba, ruld has wrineu articles right to her opinion, but should one so blalanlly anli-Americ.1 be wooed by defending commwust rule there and attacking American policy in the Clinton presidency? GrenacL.'l as 'rncist' ! She even ncuned Apparently so. Vernon Jordan. her younges l SOli Che, afler the C linton ' s transi tioll chairman and fatnous Cuban revolutionary, C hc RJ.R. Nabisco powerbroker, Gueuara .. ." Ms. Cole blruned Ihe response to concerns of Cole's allegiance, quipped, "Assuming Ihat "hlllnrul barbarities" of Ihe RcagiUl adnunistration for any wrongs which it's tme. I also don' t c..'lre." the Cuban govcnunent may have The Oinlon Icrun backed away from engendered. mld often wrote pieces Cole, bUI il is extremely inleresting 10 defending Cuba' s communist see how she was tapped ill the first regime. place. She was a member of Ule Hillary Ms. Cole used IIle U.S. liberation Rodhrun Clinlon clique, as s he of Grenada as an opportunity to acquainted with Marian \l!.'n>.,' Ede!mlUI, an ally of C1inlon from grruldsland for her Cuban comrades. Cole wrote, "Regardless of how onc Children's Defense Fund ruld views Cuba or ule Soviet Union, we serves on the borud of S""lman (::oIlege.1 mus t recognize that if it were not for Hillary al so delivered an address Ihe cOllslrailll [sic] dis played by Spelman during Ihe these nations, in Ule face of repealed campaign. provocations and unlawful actions Even morc disturbing, however, . by the Reagan admini s tration, the the seemingly compliant nature of invasion of Grenada would have Clinton administration in terms s ignaled Ihe beginning of a much coddling 60' s rei read radicals. I wider war .. ." As if tbis were not enough. Dr. Cole used Ule liberation of Grenada as yet another cxcuse Cole is more to cry "racism!". 'The invasion of the sovereign black nation than qualified of Grenadll cruUJol be di vorccd fora post in from a hi s lory of U.S . Binghamton University's aggression and genocidal policies againsl peoples of color sociology around the world," she wrote. department. Ridiculou s ly cons piratory dismi ss als of U.S. policy such as lhis arc Ihe benchmark of a wOln.an whose driving force has been to perpetuate anti - Cole and her colleagues, so ~ , ., Americanism and di sseminate considered "outsiders" have mru13ged Marxist Cole is more to seize control of our universities.
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our society las witnesse the "sensitized" result. With a friendly administration, the orthodoxy of radical college administrators like Dr. Cole and Donna Shalala is exported from campuses to society as a whole. The only foreseeable results of such actions are the establishment of speech codes and efforts direc ted at further collectivization. Hard line communists like Cole thus would be instrumental in aiding the Clinton administration's exploitation of class cnvy, an instrument which Cc:mied him to victory in '92 and sustains the meager support which be still cnjoys. Colc's hard line commwust stance wasn't fully evidenced when she spoke at Binghamton University on April 21st, but U,e speech was iUustmtive of her politically correct concems. Cole blamed campuses for not being sensitive to cultural diversity and for not providing enough support services such as academic and peer cowlscling. two factors conlributing to the low
retention rate 0 Illl1lonty students. 11lis assertion is questionable as one eXillnincs a 1990 report done by the American Cowlcil 011 Education. It shows Ulllt62% of Asiru. American students eam a degree within six years, opposed to 56% of whites . Considering that a significant portion of these Asian students possess a limitcd undcrstanding of U,e English language and Amerieilll culture, why arc thcy graduating at a highcr rate tlUUl whites? Arc Asians not considered part of a minority group, Dr. Cole? Instead of campaigning for an cvcr increasing amount of money to be dlUnped into programs which sustain bllreaucmts such as herself, Dr. Cole, like millly leftists, shotdd take a hard look at UlC prospects of advancement available tlrrough hard work. As The New York Post's Eric Brcindel observed, "The deatil of international COllllllunism hasn It generally been understood to mo.1n
that its sympatluzers now have a place in U,e Dcmocmtic party. After all, U,e demise of European fascism didn't confer political legitimacy on AmeriCc:1.Jls who admired Hitler and Mussolilu." Unfortunately. lbe C linton administration and colleges and Wlivcrsitics such as our own coddle and thus dircctly promote radic.:1..Is like Dr. Cole in their efforts to transfoffil Amcrica into tllcir own distorted vision of Utopia. It says a lot about our administration tl13t thcy would invite someone so antiAmeric.:1.11 and so apol ogeti c of regimes like Fidel C1Stro'S to be U,e speaker at the first evcr Awards cerlllonic s. Through her involvement in vruious Communist frollt s and fcllow traveling organizations, Ule Icsson of Dr. Cole is clearly conveyed ... Membership has its privileges .
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regardless of proof," rave s Anita Hill 10 college campus audiences on her $10,000 a speech lecture circuil HiU , who claims to be We victim of sC~ lLal harassment by her fornlcr supervisor. Supreme Co url Judge Clarence
from her and Thomas' colleagues. Unl ess all of these witnesses committed perjury, Hill fabricated the necessary condi li ons [or harassment ill order to validat.e her unsub sta ntial cha rges against Thomas. Saint Anila would have the public
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Every single person that ever worked with both Thomas and Hill believed Thomas. Thomas, has become the darling of tllOse feminists who revere U1C word of a woman as infallible. '11m position she advocatcs, onc of cOllvicti on 011 the basis of th e accuser's subjective whims, is a dangerous reversal of our American traditions of logic, objectivity, and equality under the law. Published earlier thi s m onth, The Real AI/ita Hill: The VII/olt! Slory by David Brock rccounts Hill's 110t-SOcredible tes tim ony and revenl s an almos l relentless elTort on U1C accuser's part to attach herse lf to Thomas' side, Brock present s many discrepancies in her testimo ny that imply Hill purs ued a much closer per so nal relation s hip with Thomas than she was willing to admit. As an allomey, Hill mu s l be well Ihal elements of coercion by a superi or and an intolerable work environment a re necessary clauses in a solid harassment case. Page 8
of Thomas's advances and lewd comments while working lUlder him al the Department of Education and tl,e Equal FJlll~oymenl OpportlUuties
Commission. Perhaps the gravest conniet in l-lill 's testimony li es in her reasoning [or staying with Thomas afrcr the alleged incidence of harass ment occurred. Hill claims that she followed T homas frollllhc Department of Educa tion to th e EEOC because he mislcd her into believing Ulat her employment at the agency was contingent upon his. Her onl y choices, it would seem, were to j oi n Thomas a t his new position or ri sk losing her job. This ill constructed excusc is certainly bogus in li ghl of Phyllis Berry-Myers ' s testimony, who asserts Ulat "I路lilt had no rcason 10 fcar for hc r job a l Education, because she would have been infonncd of her ruld
her permanent status at the time employmcnt and would have signed dOClU11cnl speUing oul her career stalus," So much for I'WI 's coercion plea BerryMyers had been fired by Thomas al EEOC and would have every reason to try to ulldennine his character,but les lified solidly on hi s behalf anyway. Brock's most convincing finding is his informalion about Anita Hill's witness, Judge Susml Hoerdmer. During the hearings , Hoerchner testified she vividly remembered Anita Hill Iclling he r of tlle harassmenl by supervisor. She lold tlle C011Ul'UII<", uhal l when she and Hill bolh lived Washinglon D ,C., Ihey would spend many hours on Ule telephone because they were too busy to sec each oUler. She says umt she remcmbers it was during these convers~ltions that Hill told her about UlC sexual harassment. The problem is, SU5..'lIl Hocrchner moved away frolll \Vashington in September 1981, before Anita I路JiIi even worked Clarence Thomas . She complicales mailers f"rUler by rec<~ling 111a( she and Hill r arely spoke afler she Washinglon, Once Hocrchner realized ulat her facts were contradicting Hill's slory, shc claimod she did nol renle!llberl the precise dates . The other 1l1Iee witnesses who testified
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on Hill"s behalf said Ihal she never identified Oarenee lllOmas as Ihe actual perpetralor of Ibe harassmenl. These three witnesses were people who Anita Hill barely IOJew . NOI one person she ever worked wilb lestified on her behalf. Inlerviews wilh people who do know Hill well reveal her less Iban credible characler. From her days fresh 0 111 of law school to reports by her current
colleagues and students. countless allegations of lmprofessional and erratic behavior circulale abolll Anila Hill. Onlbe otller hand. nol one single person who ever worked for or .with Thomas has indica led an y doubl abolll hi s character. And in a case in which everything rests 011 what one person said to another in private. character is everylbing. Every single person Ibal ever worked wilb bolb Thomas and Hill believed Thomas. Sen. Joe Biden. a liberal Democral who chaired Ibe confumation hearings and voted againsl Thomas' nomination. said of Ihe Hill case. '" believe him. not her." II seems Hill did her best 10 conceal her role in actively pursuing lllOmas as a menlor and personal friend. According 10 Ibeir colleague AmlStrong Williams. Hill often accepled rides home wi Ib Thomas and invited him inlo her Washinglon duplex. Ano lber EEOC official. Andrew Fishel rccaIls how Hill would continually vie for a se.:'ll next to Thomas at bus in~ss meetings. and
"insist 00 meeting with Thomas ill cases where itdidn'l warrant il." Brock poinlS Binghamton'Review
in his book how Hill denied initiating contacl with Thomas afler Iheir professional career ended. and yel Thomas 's seerelary's lelephone logs contain numerous calls from Hill requesting Thomas's response. In facl. a few years afler she slopped working for Thomas. Hill had him invited 10 Ibe Uni versily of Oklahoma as a guest speaker. When he came sbe insisted 10 the otller sponsors tl1.11 she be allowed 10 drive him to Ibe airport because she wanted to show off her new car 10 him. Hardly how you would act towards the one who caused you so much trauma, The poinl of rehas hin g Hill's testimonial inconsistencies is not to conclude Ihal she "gol whal she deserved." II is necessary 10 establish how pennissive Hill was of Thomas' behavior, and what the circwllstanccs were that prevented her from ending the harassmefll. BUI if these offenses occurred in 1982. why did tlill wail a decade before making a peep? She claims she feared Thomas ' vindictive influence on her personal career, but Brock reminds his readcrs that she had tcnure at the Universit y of Oklahoma. and therefore was wellprolecled frolll Ihe wralh of an exposed Thomas. Anyone who has ever worked in an a relaxed, intimate office setting is familiar the off·color conversations Ibal go on belwccn colleagues who are comfortable with one another, If 0 111
al some poinl. an employee delennines lhallbe level of vulgarily is a hindrance to work. or that it is used in a lhreatening or demeaning marmer. il is Ibat individual 's righl and responsibility 10 address her coworkers. appeal 10 a superior. and seek legal action if Ibe siluation warrants. If one party chooses 10 tolerate the other's incollsiderate . nOi harassing. behavior for Ihc lenglll of time Ihal Hill did. Iben it makes very little sense 10 appeal 10 Ibe legal system for retribulion years afler Ibe occurrence. Brock's investigative reporting has begun 10 clear up many of Ihe misconceptions about Ihe HillThomas affair. As Anita Hill travels Ibe country receiving Ibousands of dollars and becoming Ibe patron sainI of femini sm. perhaps people should examine Ihe faclS more closely. The Real Anita Hill: T he Unlold Story shows tlml Hill's allegations and Ibeir corroborating evidence are filled with so many holes thallbey are almost a j oke. Hill and her paparazzi are an insult to those women who have s uffered legilimate s exual intimidation or discrimination by their male superiors. and whose cases are far more deserving of legal a!lention and public sympatllY·
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his is ODe repealing scenario which eH.n no
longer be disregarded as The Gay a rare phenomellon. establishment accredits and confinns
a questionable theory and through time and propaganda harden it into an infallible dogma. Dogma does not tolerate dissent. The Gay
There is nothing more important to activists than to mislead the public, exaggerate the numbers, and enlarge the perceived scope of the epidemic. establishment, it seems, have been more interested in espousing "positive gay image" half truths or simply concocting bogus conclusions without even a feeble attempt at consulting scientific expositions. And then, usiug a poPl~ar teclmique of the Multicl~turalists, they silence all who have the gall to dissent from the dogma by sheer intimidation and coercion. The outbreak of the AIDS epidemic in the emiy eighties marked the start of the self fabricated public image of gays. Back tbell, the altitudes of the gay activists and leaders headquartered at San Francisco was to keep news and information about the disease out of the public's hands. Public health officials, some themsel yes gay and others concerned about their job status. suppressed information revealing the extent of the epidemic. Apparently, gay leaders feared that telling the truth . would be damaging to the gay image and to local businesses; it would raise "hannful" ques tions lUld concerns
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However, while their own more money for AIDS research, But with AIDS, that is just the tip constituency was dying from this dreaded disease, the gay elite were the iceberg. Throughout the late oguu<' 1 more interested in intimidating up (0 and including today, the people into silence by accusing them establi shment has attempted (ratberl
of being " homophobic." And finally , when they could no longer conceal the magnitude of the disease. pamphlets on AIDS neglected to include warnings of the dangers of anal sex. Crucial infonnation about the spread of AIDS was purposely omitted. It is now 1993 , and ule position of the gay activists 11.15 become nouling short of a complete reversal of their original position. In 1988, after exhaustive research on the spread of Ule AIDS epidemic, New York City'S Department of Health decided to substantially dec rease its initial egregious extrapolation of ule spre.1d of HlV . This should be exccllent news to gay activi slS - fewer people will contract mv than expected. But as of the late eighties the mi ss ion of (he AIDS /Gay establishment has been to grossly e.<aggerate ule nwnber of people who are going to get AIDS. TIus is because A IDS has become Ule largest money grossing disease in Ule lustory of Ule world . There is nothing more important to activists uum to mislead the public, exaggerate the numbers, and enJarge Ule perceived scope of tile epidemic. in order 10 s us ta in thi s exaggeration wiUlOUt dissent, A IDS activis ts initiated a campaign of censorslup, where uley would disrupt meetings of Ule leaders of the Dcparunellt of Hcalth and accuse of all those involved of being "homophobic." "[bey wouid threaten the media with boycotts if the media refused to perpetuate Ule propagmlda. They would use scare L1Cties to avoid leaks of truth so as to allow themselves to in still in the public their version of "correct" views (Le . we are Ule AIDS we need
successfldly) to convince many ~"'UI"1 who aren't particularly at risk contracting HlY that they are imminent danger. TIns is all bla,tanlti distortion and propaganda, since reality AIDS has been confined to largest extent to gays, helno,philia,cs,1 and IV drug users. In fac~ eases blown AIDS among wbutehelterc~",rnalls I have been so infrequent that it wn"l,l,n'ti be scientifically negligent to dis:re!:ar(11 them as isolated incidents. But it the task of the AIDS acti vists to coD'vinoe I each wld every heterosexual that were in grave danger of eonlraeti",1 mv in order to procure more funds homosexual causes and to questions oil ule legitimacy of a lifestyle. AIDS is indeed a UlfC3t to mruokiJld,1 but rhetorical excess , pre:vruri""ti(ID,1 propaganda, and indoctrination threats in uleir own righl AIDS resc:arcJo I must continue, but not at the lillnuc:" 1 funding it currently receives. today receives twenty times the research I funding per patient of cancer, though it is hardly the threat that is. We need to see AIDS for what really is - a dying disease nrimari" " confined to ule major cities and elXlelIuc to particular commmuties, mainly homosexual one. As a matter of some dissent has arisen over the pol>u1a[1 myth that HIY direcuy causes but its proponents were meet with loss of grants and public humiliation failing to adhere to Ule homosexual cry. Since such opposing viewPlQirlts I have been categorically suppressed, infonnation may seem absurd, but Ule lughly political world of AIDS, be surprised if it is true. But one does not need to look to national level for instances ofcerlSOrshil~1 and intimidation; eases such as these closer to home than
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Local radio lalk s how hosl
theory s tates that homosexualit y is
(WNBFJ John Leslic reccnuy expressed ca used by a hormo nal il1l balnnce hi s couccm about the inclusion of gays inlo Ule mililary. After ho lding finnl y
to his views, he promptl y received ,a ieller from our own Gay S tudent Unio n. [n s horl, Ihe le ucr rcad UWI Ihcy (Ihc
GSU) kno w whcre he (J ohn Les li e) lives, uley know Uml he and hi s fam il y cal al Ule Vcsuu Slcakhonse, and Uml if he does not ool1fOll 11 to their view s they will one day have so meo ne run up to him and ki ss him 0 11 th e li ps w llile
someone else takes a picture, thereby ruining his career!! This is fascism posing as sensiti vi ty ..md tolerancc! Is it not painfully clenT IIOW who the tolerant ones arc? T he origi ns of sexual o rie ntati o n is the second great hOllloscx ualli c. The phrase " homo sex uals are born, no t made," is tJICessence of the homosexlk1.l. mantra. \Vhilc there is some validity to
this questi OlUlblc statement, there is not nearl y enough to jus tify elevating it to dog ma s ta tu s and indoctrinating th e masses. As.a ma tter of fact , there arc lu auy theories of sex ual orientation, so m e biolog ical and o th ers ps ycho logical. A nd in al l Iikcl i hood , each of these theories can explai n why an individual persoll is hom osex ual. However there is no Oll e a ll e ncompassing the ory of sex ual detcnninatio n. Freud proposed the firsl Iheory in which he states tlml as young children , we have the capacity to devel o p both h omosexua l or h etero s exual preferences. 11:tis, accord ing to Freud. depe nd ed mainly 011 Ihe c hil d' s relationship wi th hi s parents. A second
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because a case study indicated a lowe r level of te s tos tero ne in homosexual men. However, furtllcr s tudi es have reven led no sHc h pheno mena. A third theory centers aro un d the co nditi o nin g conseqllences of early ado lescent sexual experience. A fourtll ho lds that both biolog i c al a nd e nviro llm e nt a l fac to rs determine sexual orienta tion. TillS theory states tha t if a person sho ul d maturc faster lhim his friends in his own age group, he lIlay not be ready to venture o utside o f LlIC group and wo uld th erefore direct his sexual impulses <I t the S<.Ulle ge lld er. Ano ther theory slates tha t ho mosex ualit y luay be a regress ion to childhood where o ll e did not associate with llle opposite sex. "Illen th ere arc many o th cr theorics of genetic, honnonal, neurological, and ell vironll1ent al naturc. If there is any concl usion we can fo rmulate fro l11 these thcori es it is that we know very little abollt th e dctenninatioll of sex ual ori enwti ol1. However, keeping in mi nd the multitudes of theori es. tllcre is good reason to beli eve that people have tlle potential to be either homosexual or hcterosexu..1.I . And Lllerefo re it is not ncccssarily " homoph obic" to be conce rned about the dangers faced by children being indoctrinnted with with pro-homosexualm3teli al a t an cart y, devel o pmental age and the co mpl ete accept a n ce of ho mosex ual il Y by socielY¡ The tenu" ho mophobi c" implies
an irratlOnal fear 01 hOlUosex u.. Ity, but under the given c ircums tances there doesn ' t seem to be anyt hing TelllOtcly irrational about a fear of complete homosexual inclusio n inlO mains trea m society. Posin g tUl interes ting qucs ti o n is E.L. Pattull o in an article from Commel1fary when he s tates " rea son s ugges ts lha t we g uard agains t do ing any thing which might mi slead waveri ng Ipotential to become either homo sexua l or heteros ex ua l] c hil dre n into perceivi ng soc iety ;IS indifferent to the sex ual o ricnuu.i o n t.hey devclop. Advantages of bei ng s traight arc so apparent ... [but will thcy be so] when a ll legal and social di s tinctions between stra ig hts and gays hav e di sappeared?" In o Lller wo rd s. if homosexual it y is to becomc just as good a nd jus t a s accep table a s hcterosex ualit y, more children w ill undo ubted ly lake the ho mosexual rou te, iUl d Ih at is something that society simply e â&#x20AC;˘.lIlJlot accept. 111c thi rd ho mosex ual lie has been their exaggeratio n of the percent..1 ge of gays ill the popula ti o n. 10% has been the long s ta nd ing claim, but recent s tudies ha ven't even come close to verifying th ilt number. In fact, current studies have placed the Ilumber of homosex ual s in societ y somewhere bet ween I to 6 percent. Pcrhaps we ' ll never hav e a 100 perce nt accura te es tim ate , but it is safe to conclude tha t (he number is far below 10%. E."{aggerating the number of gays wa s a metho d of in c rea sin g the credence of the moveme nt for gay activi sts. Discussio ns of thi s nature, willch focll s on scien tifi c tn uhs and cri tical think ing rathe r than po pular dogma arc rarely see n in th e nationa l mainstream media or on thi s cmnpus for reasons prcviollsly s tated . It seems ironic, but the actions of gay ~I ctiv i s t s do more to hurt th cir ow n kind thallO help U1Ctl1. [f there is any jns tjce in the world. Lll e current actions of gay activ ists will someday be Llleir undoi ng. In llle end. the onl y thing that a a c ampaign o f mi sinfonnatioll will accompli sh is the undemllnillg of thc reputatio ns of its proponcnts. 1
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Congress' idea of reform: Larry Smith, who retired from the Congress after bouncing 161 checks, was recently hired by the House to oversee reform of the House restaurant scandal. His pay is $18,000 for 3 months.
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fights on the frollt lilies, and that of sort of fascist or something?" Also
the total enlistment, casualties 1llun- included with this is a substantial ber less thall olle percent. TIus infor- amount of peer pressure. Another tool is the demonstration mation would have had a dcvast..1.ting effect all the peace movement. In and the si t-in. A demonstration by fact , when it became clear, after the itself would seem proper enough first few-hours of the war, that there it is after all a traditional method of would be 110 draft, support for the expressing grievances. Yet these peacellicks fell precipitously. At people do nol express themselves in Tufts Ulliversity, 011 hU1WlrY 15, 199 1, a civilized or dignified manner. there was a demonstrati on of 400 Rather. they stomp across campus people against the war. At the end of like spoiled brats. chanting inrule sloFebruary, there was another protest gans into bullhorns. Then, when Ilmt fail s, they hold sit-ins , forcibly disThis one numbered less than ten. But there are more recent examples. placing the appropri ate occupants evident. If o ne recalls the early of the Gulf War. one will remeIl1some of the taeties used by the antimovement to create support for Advisors on conscientious 10tlJCc:tion spoke on campuses, slriking a draft which never materialized the hearts of their audiences. The Imoti'valin2 rhetoric. as printed in newson at least one college crunpus, along the following lines: There be a war. There will therefore be a You will be drafted. You will go war. You will die. Unfortun atel y, the first statement in thi s progreswas true. But even if 1l1ere had a draft, the peacenicks also leave
The curren t iss ue of COIlP de Tele
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abortionist Dr. Peter Gunn e..'\flier this month received much medin attention due to the controversial circumstance s surrounding the incident. However, this murder is only one of many which occur in the Uniled Slales, and as s uch violence becomes commonplace ill American society. one must wonder
where we are hcnded as a culture. New York Cily alone averages 42 Imlurders a week, whereas in 1952 Ulere only Iwo hundred murders during I me enulre year. AI thaI time, we would have been outraged al thooe Iwo hlmdrcd 100 many deaths. Today wc brush off implications of such violence by Ire,gardi.,g it as just another statistic. 'te the large amount of media lallelllion given 10 the killing of Ihe doctor, it is only a mere Irepn:senwltic", of what is wrong with IAme,nca today: our declining moral
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them to pick up all the human trash that walks the street and throw it in jail whcrc it belongs. 11le people must realize thaI when a society erecls rules, thcy arc
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Mosl importanuy, the family lnlll
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enforced 10 benelil people's welfare,
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society'S ails: douse them with more must be tigillcned. TIle number of fcdentl money. Given a moment for illegitimate births that occur each consideration, one recalls how sincc year in this CO\Ultry is mind-boggling. Ihe time of Johnson's Gre al Sociely If we wanl 10 IUP tile rools of crime in the amount of iUller city spending the bud, we need to return to the skyrocketed as the conditions inlhose pentL:'Ulcnt malclfemale bonding lUut, cities worsencd. Simply put, money so lhat children will be properly can't cure moml decay. nurtured and supported . Any If ulis trend of decadence docs n'l
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represented the shift in our country cities, the police force should have family values 10 personal fewer restrictions upon tllem, and tile Igr.!lificatiiOll. WiUI ule help of Ule media, court system should take a hard nosed act of defiance against established position towards convictions and despite its sentences. Let's make it easier for
by being rai sed by a falher and a
mother, rather than a single parent. According to basic sociology, the family is the primary agent of socialization. A child' s sense of values, his moral constitution, is fo s tered 1110st by his family cllvirorunc路nt. If tltis Ulut continues to di sintegrate, the rest of society
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olice Brutality is without officer in charge al the scene, 10 question an appalling deduce King was high on PCP. phenomenon. ft is one of Sgt. Koon literally wrote the Los the mos t heinous of crimes, bccnuse Angeles Police Dept. manual section the people violating the law arc the all dctcnnining and dealing with very ul~lOldcrs of tlle lalV. '111e verdict suspects on PCP. Also, Sgt. Koon in tllC CC1.SC of the fOlP- officers accused appears 011 a videotape used to train of violating Rodney King 's civil officers on how to subdue individuals rights has been rcached, and so it suspected of being on PCP. After seems an appropriate time to examine King was detemlined 10 be on PCP, tllC Rodney King case a little further. he was shot witll a Taser (st'ill gun). At first glance, tlle case seems to be While subduing most suspects, it only rut open and shut OIlC, but there rue a momentarily dropped King to one few details that were given less knee. Kccp in Illind, Ule officers did attention than perhaps they should not get a chance to search King for weapons, and King appeared to the have been. ~nle country is quite fruniliar with officers to be unaffected by baton the videot"pe footage of the four blows. These circwnstanccs lead the officers relentlessly heating King. Arc officers to use tlle forec tlley relt was all aware tJlat there is a lot lUore on necessary to subdue him and iusure that tape than what was broaclcnst on their safcty. TV? The tape began by sholVing a Anotller wlderreported aspect of defiant King lunging at rut officer , the case is the mrumcr in which King attempting to strike him. King did bebaved on the ride to the hospital . not acknowledge orders given by lostc.,d of acting like the helpless police to lie down, and when officers victim he was portrayed to be, he ftrst tried to IVrestle him to tllC growld, was still defiant. Officer Susan he threw them off. King' s erratic Clen""er testified at the civil trail on behavior and exhibition of unusual March 16. that "He [King] was strength led Sgt. Stacey Koon, the laughing and spitting or blowing
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"looked at Sgt. Koon and said 'I you.'" Odd behavior from a person alleges the very officer he attempted to inflict serious bodily upon his personage m1d violate his rights. Reasonable doubt is the criterion necessary for a jury to renlfDa l verdict of not guilty. While all arguments might not convince you officers arc not guilly, is it possible yon have some doubts about collvi,:tin. ~ 1 Ulem? The jury in the King trial a lot more than the presented in this article. They heard three mo'llUlIS I of testimony, and they reasonable doubts as ule officers' guilt. arc the people who best infonlled to make decision in this case, if they believe there is reasonable doubt as to officers guilt, hopefully is oot too much of a for us to believe the same. I do not have enough infonnation to detennine whether uley used more force than necessary, bUI I uunk I've seen enough to understand how a jury Illay reasonably uleir It is
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10 see e beabng and say" ly didn 'l uley jusl cuff him? Why didn'llbey all jwnp him?" Pul yourself in one of Ibe officer's shoes ... You witnessed King gel shocked wilb a Taser and ulenltUlge at an officer. King is continuously Irying 10 roll over and gCI up. He appears impervious to the baton blows
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co tape proves the exact opposite.
The prosecution held utallhe officers
acted as judge, jury. and executioners. [f the officers were administering their
b....md of 'Justice", why did Utey SlOp? Quite simply. if the officers had it out to pmush King. he would not be here today. and kicks you are inflicting. You have The officers were trying uleir besl no idea whether letting up for onc in a hard situation to bring the arrest moment will mean King will roll over to fmilion. p nlC problem is that society and pull a gun. You are continuously loday Ireals police officers like Utey screaming at King to stay down and arc a bigger scourge llum the hold still, yel he continues 10 try and gel criminals. Officers arc beaten, shot, up. lltrough your police Irai tting, you and slain daily, yel all we seem 10 believe King is high on PCP, and you care .about is when a known crimina]
The 0 y ones w 0 can proven guilty wiUt cerlainly arc Ute liberal media The media are lite ones glully of being judge and jury and condcnUling Ule offi cers before the first wi tness was ever called. \Vhy is it that the members of the first jury still sland by Iheir decision loday? They gOI il righI, and Ule jury loday bad no choice bUI 10 offer up Officers Koon and Powell to appease the Los Ange l c~
residents. whom the media has implied will rise lip 10 lorch ule city again. So 'justice" has been served, lUtd convictions have been hrutded down.
know that results in increased violence might have been struck once ortwicc Soon, the nation' s focus will return and slreng ut, and a reduced perception Illore Ihan whal was Ihe absoltlle of pain. Wilh all of Iltese concents minimum necessary to s ubdue hilll. fiying Utrough yo ur head all al once, Make no mistakes, King is a you are now sitting in a court room two criminal . He was on probation at the ycars laler, accused of violating Ihe time of Ihe bealing, and has been civil rights of a guy who was laughing. arresled on OWl charges afler Ihe incident. Maybe his elevation to cursing, and spilting blood on you. The facllhallwo of Ibe four officers martyrdom allows ltim 10 do lUlyuung were convicted in this case is baffling. because being arrested a second time To mOSI, Ule video lape is proof Ihe would send SOUU1""S1 Los Angeles o fficers were guilty. It seems to me the into another round of riots .
10 LA. for ule!rial of lite four accused of bealing Reg ina ld Denn y. Considering how coercive the media proved 10 be in lite convictions of Ute officers in lite King case, I hope uley gi ve equal lime in ensuring '~uslicc" is scrved whcn the racial implications are re"ersed, and Utal Ute four black youllts are also found gui lly.!
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January of this year markedthe election have guaranteed thaI. WiO, twentieth anniversary arRoe vs. abortion legal , the rcal b.1tOe is now Wade. Pro-QlOiccrs however, don't over whether it is right or wrong, not seem to lUlderstand that abortion wiu legal or illegal. ACLivists on both remain legal in the United States, sides have an opportunity 10 show lbey still remain involved in miJilaIlt people why abortion is or is not a "coalitions" whose duty is to protect proper altcmative. If Olere are people
or organizations out there who call
If SO called pro-choicers think that abortion is a personal decision, why can't they accept those who are opposed to the practice? O,e right to abortions-a right aheady guaranteed by O,e Supreme Court. NARAL writes in a pamphlet, "You don't have to like abortion to
respect OlC right of choice." It scems, however, that whenever an altemative to abortion is suggested, they forgel
Quarterly, a newsleLLer prinLed by Broome County CoaliLion for Choice, a IisL was prinLed of local
organizations whose goal is to women and girls with pregnancies. The purpose of the list is
to "sort out the organi7..ations cUld connected with the anti-atlor1tiolnl movement." One organization listed was Mom's House. Mom's House is a home for single and tcen parents. It
convince women that they should nol huvc abortions, then those people should be allowed to express that point of view . People on the other provides cloOting, day care, shelter, and side s hould have the same support for unwed mothers . Residents opportunity. That's what choice is are expected to aLLend school and assist in household duties. For some reason, all about, isn't it? A few weeks ago, the Coalition the BCCFFC does not think thaL such for Family Values, a SLudenL fine institution deserves support merely Association chartered group, invited because Lhey do nOL suggesL the option
a pro-life married couple to give a of abortion to those who come to them presentaLion abouL life before birO,. for help. Mom 's House is aglum"l These pcople did not discuss Ole evils abortion and supports women who have of abortion, merely an alternative to decided againsL abortion. If you really it. The audience was comprised believe in choice shouldn ' t you strongly mainly of pro -choicers who support an organization like Otis? I guess repeatedly personally auacked Lhe choice is not tlle main objective of some Why? Because Lhey of these aCLivisLs. MililaIJl groups on both sides of beljeved that abortion is wrong. If so issue have committed acts which are called pro-cboieers Otink OmL abortion downright wrong. The bombing is a pcrsOIl.:'ll decision, why can', they
speakers.
that all important word "choice." The onl y choice O,at they tolerate is Olat to support abortion. We all realize accept those who are opposed Omt abortion will be legal throughout practice?
tIle abortion clinics, shouting insults at young women obtaining abortions, and the country for a long time to come. acts such as these are wrong. Women Freedom of choice is a right only The Supreme Court and Bill Clinton's if onc is pro-abortion. In Coalition who find thcmselves with unwanted 10
pregnancies need support and counseling. If those they La s how them
consequences of abortion encourage birth, then so be
Women's groups oftcn that women arc capable making decision regarding their own bodies. If this is they should not fear those provide pregnant women with another "choice." It is time thaL pro-choicers eVI,rv'wh,erel practice what they preach accept and respect those feel that a life, no malter how
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race yourselves; you are about to read the three scariest words in the English language- White conservative male. The oppressors of everyone: women, minorities, and the less fortunate to name a few. Taking a cue from all the whiners out there, I'm following their lead and declaring white conservative men the victims. In fact, they are the real victims - assaulted by every group that needs to find someone to blame. Now we all know that conservative equals racist; just check out some flyers on campus. All whites are inherently racist because of the past atrocities which occurred during the pre-civil rights era. And men ... well, men are testoterone-Iaden pigs anyway. There you have it; justification that white conservative males are all minority oppressors. So, punishment is in order, right? As if affirmative action isn't enough, an age-old tactic has been enlisted- scorn. A gathering of white conservative men is instantly assumed to be a small faction of the KKK. The inherent slime must be sitting around worshiping Rush Limbaugh and thinking of new ways to oppress everyone else. Of course though, if a black joins a black group he's an activist - no, that couldn't be a contradiction because it is well known that a white conservative male could never be an activist. The title of Minority Bashing Oppressor has been permanently branded upon all white conservative men. If it were any other group, there would be a national support group for "Victims of Unwarranted Scapegoatism". But, we are dealing with a bunch of bad men so there's no reason to concern ourselves. The new fad,not only on campus but nationwide, is W.C.M. bashing. Not only are they the brunt of T.V. sitcom jokes, but they are subtly being told that there is no place for them when one of the "truly oppressed" can be used. Case in point, Janet Reno. Hey, it makes tons of sense to pick the third best woman for Attorney General instead of the best male. Clinton has done wonders for the Coalition to Tread on White Conservative Men, especially with his cabinet quota system. He's sending a 'message to the unlucky guys: we don't need you anymore. If we are lucky, they'll be extinct by the end of these four years. White conservative men are held responsible for all the bad things that have ever, and will ever, happen to the world. They are the ones that leer at women and create an environment of sexual harrassment. They are the ones who hinder the economic success of minorities because they hold prestigious positions in corporations. God forbid someone to be good at what they do and get paid lots of money for it - well actually, only if that person happens to be a white conservative man. If a black liberal female was in the same boat, she would be billed as an amazing hero who was able to overcome the barriers of oppression. I guess it doesn't matter if they both do the exact same job with the exact same qualifications - the white conservative male must has an unfair advantage. This isn't to say that white conservative men have always been angels; they were the ones who oppressed women and minorities in historic times. But, is it fair to continue the punishment? How much longer are white conservative men going to be blamed? I
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