Tarr disagreed, saying he is happy with HASCSunder Steen.
"It has never been better, at least in the pastthree years," Tarr says.
Steen is certainly adept at handling people andthe media.
Instead of allowing reporters to talk directlyto his employees, Steen insists that they beinterviewed with him in his office.
After he assumed his post last year, sourcestold The Crimson that there was an unofficial gagrule in place on HASCS staff.
Whether Steen is really an adept technician orsimply a skilled manager, the changes he has madeseem to indicate that his ship is moving intocalmer waters.