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Free to Knock. Stone's 23-year-old editor, Jann (pronounced Yahn) Wenner, insists that he did not start the biweekly journal to grab a market, but simply to write about the things that interested him most. "We're not tied to anybody but ourselves - we're not promoting some body else's trip," he says. What interests Stone's writers is the whole rock world...
...20th century science and music. "The two can no longer exist apart," he insists. "Musicians are being forced to recognize all kinds of technical advances. Their job is to catch up with them and guide them." This may be somewhat easier for Xenakis (whose full name is pronounced Yahn-nis Zen-nahk-ess) than for some of his peers. An accomplished architect, engineer and philosopher as well as a composer, he is enough at home with an IBM 7090 computer to use it in calculating his compositions, which owe a large intellectual debt to the universal language of science: mathematics...
Steve Bittner and Bob Yahn form a solid backup duet behind Shorter. Bittner, a versatile runner who can compete ably at any distance from the dash to five miles, has a strong finish any time he is within range of an opponent. The dimunitive Yahn has had injury troubles off and on, but has recently become a consistent top-level performer...
Yale lacks solid strength behind its leading trio. Seniors Carl Pierce and Steve Boyer have a chance for scoring positions today, but unless they can close the gap between themselves and Yahn, the Elis will be in trouble...
Inspirational posters and nonsense limericks about each runner adorned the Dillon Field House locker room. McCurdy even stooped to propagandizing against the opposition. Refereeing to Yale's Bob Yahn, he wrote, "We'll leave Yahn yawning...