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New Safety Rules Endorsed By PBHA Board

"During these past couple of weeks everybody's been involved," she said. "I've seen various drafts all along."

Annemarie Thomas, the University's director of insurance, confirmed that her office approved a draft of the regulations, but declined to comment further.

"We were involved," she said. "We made sure everything was O.K."

Katz said that Thomas' input "was incredibly intelligent and insightful."

Bahat said the motivation to develop a safety policy came from PBHA leadership.

"It was student-led and student-initiated and wasn't imposed on us," he said.

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But PBHA officers said they were grateful for assistance from the University.

"They were a great help in putting it together," Spector said. "Although the safety policy was student-initiated, we never thought we could do it without professional advice and support.

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