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After a series of break-ins and security problems at its old location, the Women's Center, a clearinghouse of various groups addressing women's concerns, has moved this year to a safer, more accessible location in the Radcliffe Yard...
...They're making such a big deal, it makes you wonder if anything's going to happen," said Amy Perry '86. Others were less complacent. Paul Gallagher '86 didn't bother to tape his windows on the 17th floor, but one of his roommates did--before seeking safer refuge at Lowell House...
...Harvard findings have already led the manufacturers of Playtex and Tampax tampons to withdraw products containing polyacrylate rayon from the market and replace them with safer, though somewhat less absorbent versions. Procter & Gamble's Rely tampons, the only type containing polyester foam, were discontinued in 1980, after they had been linked to dozens of cases of TSS (the incidence rate promptly dropped). Kass is hopeful that his research, which was sponsored by Tambrands (the maker of Tampax), will help manufacturers in developing new tampons that are both ultra-absorbent and safe...
...Editors: Bernhard Goetz [NATION, April 8], guilty or innocent, may have taken us to a new horizon by his actions to protect himself. But will our subways be safer in the future if half the passengers are carrying concealed handguns? Steve Laymon Linwood...
...feel sorry for Goetz. And I do not feel any safer knowing that I may be sharing a subway car with a copycat vigilante inspired by Goetz. Marian H. Neudel Chicago...