Word: schmidts
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...midst of all this, Harvard quietly went about its business, delcaring an offer to join ranks with a large group of colleges that didn't like the regulations. The University, officials said, already meets Title IX requirements. The new proposals "don't really affect us," says Robin Schmidt, vice president for government and community affairs. So Harvard let the Ivy League do its talking, signing a letter to HEW that asked for "flexibility...
Some people say maybe. Like Robin Schmidt. "We may be killing the goose to help the egg," he says. And Reardon. While Reardon says he's "not thrilled" with the feds telling him how to run his business, he adds that many colleges aren't doing anything at all. Without strict regulations, he fears, nothing will happen. But people at Notre Dame, says Readon, "will go to jail" before they accept the new proposals...
...think about. The last time a similar situation occurred--when Cambridge city officials temporarily blocked recombinant DNA experiments because of potential dangers to the community--town-gown tensions were rubbed raw. "It's not a local problem at this point, but it could be in the future," says Robin Schmidt, vice-president for government and community affairs. Schmidt grouses: "if it gets into the political process six weeks before a local election," he says, it could impair rational consideration of the issues. City Hall observers fear that if City Council candidates get ahold of this, "all hell will break loose...
...people encountering toxic or carcinogenic substances, record-keeping problems are magnified," says Coddington. Harvard's government relations office is lobbying to make the rules more flexible. An EPA spokesman says the agency is now responding to institutional comments on its proposals and has stopped accepting further outside opinions. Schmidt insists, however, Harvard will be heard. "If we have something to say that adds to the debate, I'm sure it will be read and considered," he says confidently...
Harvard's, and the nation's, quandary has only just begun. As we learn more and more, says Schmidt, "things that we thought were really harmless are more harmful than we thought." Up to this point, Coddington says, both the federal government and the University have attacked the hazardous waste issue piecemeal. Coddington believes Harvard's "each tub on its own bottom" philosophy--giving each school policy autonomy--has prevented the formation of a University-wide policy. "We have not attacked the problem in a coordinated way," he says. Federal officials are equally frustrated. While the EPA, NRC and other...