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...Simon ’06 is a social studies concentrator in Eliot House. His column appears on alternate Wednesdays...
Harvard entered the final set up two points on the Bulldogs, but beat them in both divisions for the win. Sophomore Emily Simon and junior Jessica Baker split time crewing for Tulloch, who set a course for first in the A-division. Tulloch, Simon, and Baker won their division by a wide margin, with 41 points to Yale’s 51. The A-division won four of 10 races and finished second in three more...
...division, senior skipper Genny Tulloch and sophomore crew Emily Simon took third...
That vivid eyewitness account could be a description of last week's furious eruption of the Nevado del Ruiz in Colombia. Yet it was written by a Spanish monk, Father Pedro Simon, who observed on March 12, 1595, the 17,716-ft. volcano's previous major convulsion. The similarities between the two events point up both the always present menace of an active volcano and its lethal unpredictability. Although scientists were convinced that Nevado del Ruiz was due for a major burst, they could not pinpoint the time with sufficient accuracy to allow large-scale evacuation of the surrounding towns...
...critics. One concern: the questionnaire soliciting the reports from national bishops' conferences asked about "errors or abuses" in applying the teachings of Vatican II. Peter Steinfels, editor of the U.S. journal Commonweal, says that among his colleagues "damage control is the most pertinent phrase" in synod talk. Father Simon E. Smith, former executive secretary of U.S. Jesuit Missions who is now working in Kenya, sees a Vatican scheme to "box in the spirit" of the council. This can be "thwarted only if the assembled bishops take their own agenda in hand," he says...