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...Lyman Common Room opened its doors in early October. Formerly a seldom-used ballroom, meager funds transformed the space into a cafe-like area complete with couches, television sets, bulletin boards and books. Staffed from noon until midnight, the Common Room is a place where women can relax, hold meetings and obtain information...
Radcliffe's administration is enthusiastic about the response the Common Room has received and has tentative plans to expand the services offered. "Lyman is changing quite a bit everyday," says Radcliffe Dean Philippa Bovet. "We're getting good feedback from alumni and staff and we hope to add more furniture and art work...
Radcliffe Assistant Dean Rosa Shinagel, who runs the Lyman Common Room, says that there are plans underway for a computer service which will enable staffers to type in a key word and receive a printout of references and counseling services. "If a woman comes in asking about pregnancy, for example," Shinagel says, "We'd like to be able to provide her with a list of quick references and phone numbers...
Shinagel cites students, alumni, staff and women scholars as the beneficiaries of the Lyman Common Room. "The room is multigenerational-for all types of women and for men too." Ironically, the group that Shinagel lists as Lyman's top priority-students-are proving more and more unhappy with the results of the Lyman Room...
Both the Radcliffe Union of Student's (RUS) Women's Center subcommittee and the newly formed Women's Center Resource Group are spear-heading the fight for a genuine women's center. These groups claim that the Lyman Common Room is not an adequate response to their past proposal for a women's center and should not be considered as such despite ambiguous statements made by Radcliffe President Linda Wilson...