Conduit rust and split the wall? I was going to say "C'mon, this is Houston--they'll tear it down and build it new before that ever happens" but then I remembered it was on a university campus and might be an old building with some historical or sentimental value (read "alumni" and "fund raising") so maybe it will be around long enough for the conduit to rust. 
 
Bruce

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Jim,
I'm afraid that if you don't cut the conduit beyond the line of the wall, it will continue to serve as a conduit (for water) into the wall and room, and that the portions of conduit that are left inside the wall will continue to rust, which will crack the concrete (and rust rebar in the wall, too), and it will all have to be redone. 
CYCA [the second C is for Customer's]
Ralph