Word: wingerden
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That's how I experienced the accident. However, my account is nothing like what's been reported in The Crimson. The headlines of the stories alone have been irresponsible: Sophia A. van Wingerden's August 4th article, "Passengers Escape; PBH Bus Aflame," and its inside blurb, "PBH Bus Bursts into Flames" are erroneous and sensational. Again, the same writer in August 7's issue wrote another story, entitled "University Has No Leads in PBH Shuttle Bus Fire," whose inside blurb read "PBH Van Explosion," To set the record straight, the bus which caught on fire last Friday was neither...
Apparently the closest Crimson staffers have gotten to the facts of the accident is the Facilities and Maintenance Shuttle garage where J. Carter Vincent took a picture of the bus which looks infinitely more shocking now than when its last passengers left it. Both Ms. van Wingerden's articles, and the editorial piece, "Harvard, Have You Forgotten About PBH?" written by Jeffrey S. Nordhaus (August 7), contain numerous factual errors, which demonstrate the irresponsibility of The Crimson's reporting. In van Wingerden's articles she repeatedly gives the reader the impression that passengers only escaped from the bus seconds before...
...Wingerden writes that I have been unavailable for comment on the accident. Admittedly I went camping with a group of my girls Friday after the accident. But I returned to Boston Sunday morning, and since then I've yet to receive a call from Ms. van Wingerden or Mr. Nordhaus, nor has either left a number where I could reach them for comment...
President: Jessica A. Dorman Business Manager: Robert Q. McManus Editorial Staff: David J. Barron Noam S. Cohen. Casey J. Lartigue Jr. Michael J. Lartigue Jeffrey S. Nordhaus Sophie A. van Wingerden John C. Yoo Photographer: J. Carter Vincent Business Staff: Gary Alexander Resident...
President: Jessica A. Dorman Business Manager: Robert Q. McManus Editorial Staff: David J. Barron Noam S. Cohen Casey J. Lartigue Jr. Michael J. Lartigue Jeffrey S. Nordhaus Sophie A. Van Wingerden John C. Yoo Photographer: J. Carter Vincent Business Staff: Gary Alexander Resident...