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During that month, those directly responsible for students--Dean of the College L. Fred Jewett '57 and the house masters--never found out about the risks. It took a Crimson editorial to pressure the University into immediately releasing the results of independent tests that showed that the concentration of trihalomethanes had returned to normal...
Unfortunately, the uproar over this incident did virtually nothing to alter the institutional tendency to cover up health risks. One year later, the Environmental Health and Safety Committee is still off-limits to students. The only change is that Jewett says he has been "assured that if there are any problems we'll be notified." He believes that last year's water incident happened because the "environmental people just hadn't considered--as much as they might have--the necessity to inform the community...
With students' health in the balance, Jewett must have a lot of faith in a system that has failed before...
...this just a dream? Will Harvard ever allow a student on a such a committee? Jewett says he would "have no problem" with student participation in the committee's activities. Director of University Health Services David S. Rosenthal, who serves on the Environmental Health and Safety Committee, said he has "no objections" except one--that "sometimes issues need to be kept very confidential...
Dean of the College L. Fred Jewett '57 says that Bok wanted to appoint masters for Currier and Eliot House before stepping down--appointments that were made yesterday. Bok is also taking an interest in seeing that the DeWolfe St. housing complex is completed, says Jewett...