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Absolutely painful" was how JetBlue CEO David Neeleman described seeing hundreds of his customers sitting on unmoving planes for as long as 10 hours during the Valentine's Day snow. As flyer frustration mounts--just ask the United passengers who in December were diverted from Denver to a Wyoming airport and sat there as their emptied planes left to pick up people elsewhere--calls for a Passenger Bill of Rights are getting louder. The Senate introduced such a bill on Feb. 20, and a House version is coming soon. Here's how they stack up to JetBlue's new policy...
...disc ends on a more mainstream note. As enjoyable as “Dancers in the Dust” is, it rises up like Shrek at movie’s end: triumphant, bursting with light, but never really changed. Calla’s a band that sounds like Snow Patrol after being mauled by Minus the Bear. Their Dinosaur Rock may occasionally feel tried and archaic, but at least it’s a different beast...
...find yourself in unseasonable warmth. The air in the bubble, kept between 56 and 62 degrees Fahrenheit, smells distinctly of plastic and sweat. Plus, it’s kind of thrilling entering a giant dome made of vinyl that could potentially deflate because of anything from wind, to snow, to someone opening too many of those pressurized doors. But don’t lose too much sleep. “Snow should in theory fall off of it,” Director of Athletic Communications Chuck V. Sullivan assures us. And even if too many of the deadly doors were...
After a wintry mix of snow, slush and rain froze over on the night of Valentine’s Day, Harvard students faced the dangerous challenge of walking to and from class on roads and sidewalks covered in ice. Harvard’s Facilities Maintenance Organization (FMO) was prepared for the dangers the weather would bring—stockpiling salt, sand, and ice-melt, as well as activating all on-hand personnel and hiring emergency contract workers from outside its ranks. According to Yard Operations Associate Director of Residential Operations Zachary M. Gingo ’98, 65 people worked...
...winning its fifth straight carnival with a final tally of 898.0. The University of Vermont and Middlebury finished second and third with 843.0 and 806.5 points, respectively. In the alpine events, winds of upto 50 MPH and poor visibility provided tough conditions for the teams. Combined with soft snow, navigating the slopes proved to be a challenging endeavor. “It was like a minefield trying to make it down,” senior Katie Connors said. “It was pretty intense, but everyone made it down pretty fast.” Junior Alexandra Teng placed highest...