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While varsity athletes were enjoying Briggs and the other new facilities at the Soldiers Field complex, structural problems forced the temporary closure of a recently built facility near the Radcliffe Quad. Radcliffe President Horner closed the doors of the Quadrangle Recreational Athletic Center (Q-RAC) before students arrived last fall because water leakage was causing buckling floors in squash courts and bubbles on the epoxy-coated floor of an exercise area. Horner commissioned an extensive study of the problems plaguing the $2.4 million facility which was built in 1978, and kept the Q-RAC closed through the fall. Weather problems...
...meantime, the 1050 residents of Quad Houses were left without an athletic center nearby, until December 1, when Horner agreed to open the large gym, and established weight rooms in the Houses. Questions of legal liability for the water-caused damage have yet to be solved, and repairs will continue into the summer. "We're still holding our breath about the weather." Horner says, "but things should be ready by the fall. I think there's obvious disappointment, but there should be some sense of relief that the building will be forthcoming in a matter of months...
...statement released last week. Radcliffe President Matina Horner praised Cronkhite as "a courageous and visionary pioneer who dared to act on her firm belief that women had the right as well as the responsibility to develop and contribute their intellectual talents for the betterment of society...
...more than $1 million per year using an inventory-control system designed with the cooperation of the American Hospital Supply Corp. Maimonides saved $360,000 last year, for instance, by using A.H.S.C.'s house brand of supplies instead of buying in the open market. Says Maimonides Administrator William Horner: "I gave our medical staff a choice. I told our chief of surgery that if we used the non-name products, we could put the money we saved toward providing more surgery." The staff enthusiastically endorsed the switch...
...Ditto for Matina Horner...