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...writing in response to Andy Fine's February 20th article on last weekend's CRASH-B Sprints. I was horrified and, unfortunately, not very surprised that Fine's article did not once mention the presence of Radcliffe Crew at the event. Not only was a large portion of the squad competing, we had a very competitive group of athletes qualifying for the finals. In the open collegiate division, Kristi Stoddard and Cecile Ulbrich qualified with 2500 meter times of 9.01.6 and 9.05.5 in their respective heats. Stoddard rowed a time of 8.53 to finish second in the final only...
There is no excuse for The Crimson to neglect to even mention this large portion of the Harvard undergraduate rowing population participating in the event. The article shows the Crimson's lack of sensitivity to women's crew and women's athletics in general in terms of their considered unimportance and lack of representation in sports articles. Molly Schwarzburg '91 [This letter was co-signed by 26 members of Radcliffe crew...
...apparently just plain bad luck that as the tanker American Trader was unloading off Southern California's Huntington Beach last week, a sudden swell caused an anchor to tear a 3-ft. gash in the ship's forward compartment. Working by night, the crew plugged the hole within four hours, but an estimated 300,000 gal. of crude poured into the Pacific. At week's end the oil slick covered a 30-sq.-mi. area and was starting to foul beaches and wildlife refuges...
...jittery, experts say the odds of a similar accident happening are not great. A flow-control system tightened after the 1981 air controllers' strike has reduced circling time near U.S. airports by requiring more weather delays to be spent on the ground. Fuel shortages turn to catastrophe only if crews do not notice or clearly declare their predicament. Said C.O. Miller, former chief aviation-accident investigator at the National Transportation Safety Board: "The Avianca crew apparently failed to recognize or perceive the immensity of the problem." In the aftermath, that error is not likely to be repeated by other airline...
...officially to 89 countries and watched by many world leaders) has made CNN a conduit for governments and individuals who want to spread news -- or plant leaks. When the U.S. invaded Panama in December, the first Soviet protest was delivered not to the U.S. embassy but to a CNN crew. This role makes it essential that CNN be especially alert to the possibility of being manipulated. "We are well aware of our responsibilities," says Turner, "and we became more aware of it this week in a negative sense...