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Pal! 8 AprIl 29, 1982 College denied robot expert WASHINGTON. D.C. (CPS) - which waf earlier stalled when agree to a revised set of guld~ assessment, and disapproved p8atedly over the last year about In an abrupt reversal of an earlier the schools }olnlly refused to lines for Umnov's visit, and the the visit," explains Carolyn John- Slate Dept. attempts to limit the decision to allow Soviet robotics agree to government restrictions Soviet scholar planned to tour the son of the State Dept. freedom of visiting professors, expert Nicolai Umnov to visit on Umnov's actions. campuses this spring. There are, however, a number and even FBI attempts to spy on American campuses as part of a Among other things, the State But the Slate Dept. has of foreign robotics experts vlstt- them. The Massachusetts Insti- foreign exchange program this Dept. wanted the host Institutions changed '!s mind, refusing to ing and studying at U.S. cam- tute of TechnOlogy, University of spring, the U.S. Department of to limit Umnov's access 10 any issue a visa "in view of the puses, largely without Michigan, and National Academy State has now denied Umnov a classified or industrial information sensitivity of the field of robotics." interference. of Science, among others, have visa because of "possible tech- that might be on the campuses. "As Is often the case for (such) Universities have clashed with actively been opposing adminis- nology problems." The universities did ultimately vletts. we reversed our initial .the Reagan administration ra- tration policy on the Issue. The denial Is just the latest Incident in an ongoing battle , ••••• between the Reagan admlntstra- • ton, which seeks to treat once- routine foreign excbanqes of American and communist schol- ars as trade and security matters, and the academic community. Stanford, Wisconsin, Ohio Slate and Auburn have all battled the- State Dept. over Umnovs visit, Runners win from page 6 won the 400 meter relay. later, Johnson 'NOn the 100 meter run; Linkoff won the 200 meter run; Berit KUlingstad won the 400 meter run; end Mary-lynn Schwaab won two events, the 1500 meter run and the 800 meter run. The women also won four of the six field events. The winners were Klllingstad in the long Jump, llnkoff in the High Jump; Terry Davis In the Shot Put and Kaycee I,..:rOO1<5In Ina .Jl::IVt;11111 Throw. Atter this meet, the women departed to Delaware Valley Col- lege for the women's MAC's while the men hosted Franklin and Marshall College on Satur- day. In the duat meet, the Diplo- mats showed why they are the defending men's MAC champi- ons as they won 11 of 16 events and finished with 98 points to Western Maryland's 43 points. There were some bright spots for the men's team, mostly if! the field events. John Hackney won the Shol Put; Bruce McCaHan won the Discus Throw; and Paul WaHln won the Javelin Throw. After winning these three field events, Western Maryland was ahead in the total point stand- Ings. But once the running events began, F&M took command of the meet and won easily. The real high point was the 1500 meier run, in which F&M's Steve Levin set a new Balr Stadium record for that event with a lime ,l'ol 3:58.4. The two victories for Western Maryland in the running events were Dana Hill's victory in the 100 meter run, and Joe Hedrick's victory in the 800 meter run. Both were practia!1y photo finishes. This week will mark Ihe end 01 1982 track season. The men's and women's team travel to Sus- quehanna University for their last road meet of the season, and then the season will conclude with the men's MAC's et Bair Stadium. The MAC's. wit! start at 1:30 p.m. on April 30, and con- clude on May Day.