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...reward for roughing it is the best wake-up call in Scotland: in the pristine winter air, from some of Britain's highest ground, there are panoramic views stretching 150 kilometers or more. The next snowy trek takes place March 12-14 and is priced at $508, including airport or train-station transfer and lodge accommodation when you're not snug in your snow hole...
...she’s not alone. Ever since the Transporation Security Administration (TSA) implemented new airport security rules in 450 commercial airports in the U.S., women across the country have been subjected to increasingly invasive searches that many decry as bordering on harassment. A recent New York Times article quotes one woman, Heather L. Maurer, who says that after a male screener gave her a full body pat-down, “he lifted my shirt and looked down the back of my pants.” Another, singer Patti LuPone, was forced to remove her shirt even though...
...your love life less than satisfactory? Well, apparently there’s a new hotspot for similarly minded singletons: Boston’s Logan Airport...
Recently, Katherine E. Felkins ’08 got a first-hand experience while flying home for Veterans Day weekend from Boston to Philadelphia. At Logan Airport, she was selected for a secondary screening. Felkins says she was physically patted-down by a male screener who asked her to remove her sweater. Despite being forced to reveal a “tight t-shirt [that made it clear] I wasn’t hiding anything under it,” screeners decided “they had to pat [my] chest down and everything.” The whole process...
...most convincing reason to scrap the new system is that security and personal privacy don’t have to trade off. New x-ray scanners have been implemented at London’s Heathrow Airport that can detect solid objects under concealed clothing. While these images are anatomically detailed, they are viewed by same-sex screeners, are anonymous, and are not stored. Why can’t the same thing be used in U.S. airports? Well, according to a TSA spokeswoman quoted in a Reuters story, “There are a number of privacy issues that need...