Word: finalities
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Crimson reported the creation of a new social organization for women, the Seneca. In a year in which Radcliffe lost its college status and several final clubs closed their doors to female guests, members of the growing organization promised that the Seneca would provide women with increased social and support networks on campus. "Some people feel that Harvard has been developed by men, and that institutions [developed by men] are still around, even if Harvard refuses to recognize that," said member Julia M. Butler...
...also provoked protest from some students byattacking the College's final clubs for theirrefusal to admit women and their loose alcoholpolicies...
...while their proposal for a women's center is not yet final, they say the most important quality of any plan must be its centralizing quality...
...deal hasn't yet been signed, but it seems likely that today will mark the final Commencement at which Radcliffe College will be represented in Tercentenary Theater as a college. In late April, the two schools announced that Radcliffe will relinquish its independence--and college title--and become the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study under the Harvard umbrella. Female undergraduates will no longer be admitted to Radcliffe College and then enrolled at Harvard; all admissions will be directly to Harvard College...
...instead focus on its mission of "studying women, gender and society" and expand its already-famous post-graduate research centers. As part of the restructuring, President Linda S. Wilson, who headed the college during the negotiations that shaped its future, will resign her post as Radcliffe's seventh and final president. On Tuesday night, the Radcliffe Board of Trustees conferred upon her the title of president emerita and named the directorship of the Radcliffe Public Policy Institute in her honor...