Word: radcliffee
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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President of Radcliffe Union of Students (RUS) Eileen R. Walsh '88 says she finds part of the Radcliffe stereotype is "being sharp, being in control and being strong." Adding that in many ways this image is intimidating, she says this problem of labelling is not exclusive to the Radcliffe community...
"Not everybody has the attitude of 'Let's fight those men,'" Swett says. For a lot of people "it's just helpful to sit and talk with other women about their common experiences at Radcliffe," she adds.
As for students who actively resist being involved with a women's community because they think it somehow admits to not being a "Harvard person," President of Radcliffe College Matina S. Horner says that Radcliffe makes a real committment to its students, "not as a separatist issue but out of...
Horner equates the attitude of those who feel associating with Radcliffe is a sign of weakness with immigrants who change their names in an effort to assimilate. "It's denying one's identity in order to feel full and equal," she says.
Megliola says she feels students who reject their Radcliffe status are being disloyal. Pointing out that Radcliffe "has worked for over 100 years to give its students equal access to a Harvard education," she says many undergraduates "turn their backs on the instituiton that got them where they are."