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A report contained in the documents outlines plans for the construction of a 115-acre state-of-the-art telecommunications complex stretching from Cottage Grove Ave In a phone conversation, Michael Franklin, Liew Family Chair of Computer Science at the University of Chicago, said he had \u201cabsolutely no fucking clue\u201d what any of this was about. Franklin expressed dismay at the lack of transparency surrounding the development of the project and questioned its utility and the University\u2019s intentions. \u201cI\u2019ve been doing this shit for over twenty years and let me tell you. There is no viable reason, practical or theoretical, to build the type of hyper In a recording sent to Following a flurry of incoherent threats and convoluted venerations By Elijah Wolter Aug. 17, 2017 A report contained in the documents outlines plans for the construction of a 115-acre state-of-the-art telecommunications complex stretching from Cottage Grove Ave. to Lake Michigan. It did not include any technical specifications or clear information on the purpose of the information superhighway. The report did, however, note that its construction \u201cwould plop\u201d the University of Chicago\u2019s \u201cmeaty haunches\u201d into the \u201cgoddamn driver\u2019s seat\u201d of the information economy. In a phone conversation, Michael Franklin, Liew Family Chair of Computer Science at the University of Chicago, said he had \u201cabsolutely no fucking clue\u201d what any of this was about. Franklin expressed dismay at the lack of transparency surrounding the development of the project and questioned its utility and the University\u2019s intentions. \u201cI\u2019ve been doing this shit for over twenty years and let me tell you. There is no viable reason, practical or theoretical, to build the type of hyper– concentrated high– capacity telecommunications infrastructure you\u2019ve just described to me,\u201d he said. The report poses more questions than it answers, but one page stands out from the rest. It shows a preliminary design for an inscription to be engraved around the exterior wall of the complex. While somewhat cryptic, it provides some insight into how the project fits into the University\u2019s long-term vision to secure its status as a world-class institution of higher education. According to this early draft of the engraving, it is to read as follows: s\u1d1c\u1d18\u1d07\u0280\u029c\u026a\u0262\u029c\u1d21\u1d00\u028f \u026as \u1d05\u026as\u1d04\u1d0f\u1d20\u1d07\u0280\u028f \u0299\u028f \u1d00\u1d0d\u1d18\u029f\u026a\ua730\u026a\u1d04\u1d00\u1d1b\u026a\u1d0f\u0274 s\u1d1c\u1d18\u1d07\u0280\u029c\u026a\u0262\u029c\u1d21\u1d00\u028f \u026as \u1d1b\u029c\u1d07 \u1d00\u1d0d\u1d18\u029f\u026a\ua730\u026a\u1d04\u1d00\u1d1b\u026a\u1d0f\u0274 \u1d0f\ua730 \u1d05\u026as\u1d04\u1d0f\u1d20\u1d07\u0280\u028f s\u1d1c\u1d18\u1d07\u0280\u029c\u026a\u0262\u029c\u1d21\u1d00\u028f \u026as \u1d1b\u029c\u1d07 \u0280\u1d07\u1d0f\u0280\u0262\u1d00\u0274\u026a\u1d22\u1d1b\u026a\u1d0f\u0274 \u1d0f\ua730 \u1d1b\u029c\u1d07 \u0299\u1d0f\u1d1c\u0274\u1d05s \u1d0f\ua730 \u1d1c\u0274\u1d05\u1d07\u0280s\u1d1b\u1d00\u0274\u1d05\u026a\u0274\u0262 \u029f\u1d07\u1d1b \u1d0b\u0274\u1d0f\u1d21\u029f\u1d07\u1d05\u0262\u1d07 \u0262\u0280\u1d0f\u1d21 \ua730\u0280\u1d0f\u1d0d \u1d0d\u1d0f\u0280\u1d07 \u1d1b\u1d0f \u1d0d\u1d0f\u0280\u1d07 \u1d00\u0274\u1d05 s\u1d0f \u0299\u1d07 \u029c\u1d1c\u1d0d\u1d00\u0274 \u029f\u026a\ua730\u1d07 \u1d07\u0274\u0280\u026a\u1d04\u029c\u1d07\u1d05 In a recording sent to this reporter’s personal voicemail, an audibly– intoxicated administrator who identified himself only as \u201cthe provost, alright, the provost of whooping your ass, you little shit,\u201d provided some revealing information on the finer details of the project in the drunken ramblings of his twenty-seven minute monologue. Following a flurry of incoherent threats and convoluted venerations regardingof the information superhighway, this reporterI was told that, \u201cif you only knew\u2026 you don\u2019t know what you just stuck your fucking nose into buddy, but you\u2019re gonna know soon. You\u2019ll see the way that\u2026 once it starts\u2026 I mean you thought the internet was something, but you know what? 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