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...blown sideways or when it rains for many days, it can build up and seep in through the bottom of the window fixtures.” Hopkins said that approximately 15 Currier residents had been affected by the problem. River House residents also complained about leaky roofs this weekend. Ania C. Bleszynski, who was the Kirkland House tutor on call, wrote in an e-mail she contacted UOS after she noticed at least three e-mails to the Kirkland open e-mail list complaining about leaks. UOS “said this is a problem which generally happens university wide...

Author: By Emily J. Nelson, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Dorm Leaks Pester Students | 10/17/2005 | See Source »

...that Graham’s staff included one assistant from Florida and one from Stanford—perennially the nation’s top two programs. New assistant Stephanie Nickitas was an Academic All-American and a two-time NCAA doubles champion at Florida, while third-year volunteer assistant Ania Bleszynski was a national singles finalist from Stanford. The two have three NCAA team titles between them...

Author: By David R. De remer, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Coach of the Year: Graham Raises Bar for Women's Tennis | 6/5/2003 | See Source »

Volunteer assistant coach Ania Bleszynski, graduated from Stanford in 1998, where she was a four-time All-American, and an individual finalist. She is currently a Kirkland House tutor seeking a ph.D. in physics at Harvard...

Author: By David R. De remer, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: W. Tennis Notebook: Delaney-Smith Inspires W. Tennis | 5/14/2003 | See Source »

...recently went to Romer with hideous burns from an iron, a punishment by his West Palm Beach, Fla., "host" family whenever he didn't press their clothes correctly. Aside from losing their childhood, restaveks suffer separation from their own families. At the Maurice Sixto shelter in Port-au-Prince, Ania Derice, 18, recalls how her parents in rural central Haiti, who couldn't afford to feed and clothe her, sent her to a house in Port-au-Prince to be a restavek. When Ania was 12--after six years of labor that included emptying bedpans and making six half-hour...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Of Haitian Bondage | 3/5/2001 | See Source »

...that stark dilemma for most restaveks--slavery or privation--that allows their masters to rationalize the practice as more benevolent than benighted. "She's like a member of our family," insists Micheline Dornevil, 43, whom Ania serves as well as Dornevil's five children. "No, none of this restavek stuff. What we've done is help her." Romer often gets the same response from restavek "hosts" in Miami. "They actually think they're doing a positive thing for these children," she says. "And if they bring them to the U.S., ooh, then they really think they're doing a good...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Of Haitian Bondage | 3/5/2001 | See Source »

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