The company that manufactures Extra Strength Tylenol may be among the victims of the mysterious cyanide poisonings that have so far killed seven Tylenol consumers. Business School professors said this week.
A majority of the 14 Business School Professors interviewed predicted serious financial damage unless investigators are able to locate the source of the cyanide poisoning.
"People should have sympathy for a company put in this position." Howard Raiffa, Ramsey Professor of Managerial Economics, said. "The public should not see the Tylenol Company as that big, bad company out there, but should see it as the victim," he added.
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Two teenagers carrying small knives robbed two undergraduates in separate incidents last Saturday night. Neither student was injured.
The two robberies, which took place in the St. Paul's Church courtyard and Pennypacker Hall, occurred about 10 minutes apart, and the assailants appeared to be the same people, according to descriptions given by the students.
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While unsolved water seepage problems continue to keep the Radcliffe Quadrangle Recreational Athletic Center (Q-RAC) closed. Quad residents are not letting themselves get flabby. As partial compensation for the loss of their nearby gym, students in Currie: North, and South Houses this week moved the Q-RAC's exercise equipment to House basements and set up temporary weight rooms. As for the fate of the three-year-old. $2.4 million facility. President Horner said she is still waiting for a consultant's report on the damage, which she wants in hand before deciding when--or whether--to reopen the leaking building.
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University Health Services (UHS) director Dr. Warren E.C. Wacker formally stated that he felt the grievance filed against a UHS gynecologist last spring had no validity. But Harvard attributed Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, where UHS's only two gynecologists practice, is increasing its scrutiny of practices questioned in the complaint.
Wacker stated this week that the practice cited in the complaint "does not differ significantly" fromthat of his colleagues at the hospital However Wacker did not rule out the possibility of further investigations.
Meanwhile another women has filed a grievance against the same doctor. Paul I. Wining '62, for his gynecologic treatment of her.