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...office's session last month on crimes against women will be followed up next year with House-by-House meetings. Through its news letter, "'Cliffe Notes," the OWE has sought contact with women undergraduates; this summer, one of its priorities will be to complete "A Woman's Guide to Harvard" before registration next fall...
...other instances, Walzer says she feels that the OWE should not assume direct responsibility for projects--a course on human sexuality, for example--but should simply facilitate the work of people who are interested in starting them. As it is, a large part of the office's objects are done in conjunction with such diverse agencies as the academic departments, the University Health Services, the OGCP, the Radcliffe Institute and the Committee on Undergraduate Education...
Arthurs, who says she is pleased with the OWE's progress this year, says that the administrative details the office faces on particular projects are usually solvable. But while the community's reception to the new Radcliffe office has been cooperative and even enthusiastic, Arthurs says, the broader issue of Harvard's commitment to women undergraduates is still in abeyance. She describes the current stage in the Harvard-Radcliffe relationship as an "educational phase," with an "achievement phase" yet to come...
...despite the fact that, as Walzer puts it, "people generally understand what you mean when you say that Harvard is a male institution," the underlying assumption at the OWE is that its chief purpose is to disappear eventually. "It serves to give strength, unity and focus to the minority group of women in this community," Arthurs says. "Once women are, feel like less of a minority, there will be less of a need...
...meantime, Arthurs sees the OWE as fulfilling in a different way Radcliffe's time-honored function for women at Harvard: "Radcliffe's traditional role has been to provide women with a place at Harvard. That is still its role, but today it means more than giving women dorm space or access to classrooms...