Word: rga
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Proposal Part IB would replace RGA with the Radcliffe Undergraduate Association. RUA would differ from RGA in that no member of the Administration would participate. RUA would also establish a bi-cameral student government. The Association itself would include all Radcliffe undergraduates, who would elect five officers...
...third proposal, the Radcliffe Union of Students, would not differ from RUA in its basic structure. However, it includes a clause which would provide for sole jurisdiction over changes in the student government. According to the constitution of both RGA and RUA, the College Council has a veto over a change in the constitution. The Union also provides for four Radcliffe students to sit on the Radcliffe College Council, Radcliffe's equivalent to the Harvard Corporation. The students vote automatically "only on matters affecting students directly." On other matters they would vote only by majority approval of the Radcliffe College...
...urge that students vote for alternative A in Part I, which would retain RGA, that they vote in favor of Part II, to establish a Joint Committee, and that they vote against Part III, which asks for student representation on the College Council...
Radcliffe student government has never had a reputation as a vital and interesting body. But this was as true of RGA's precursors as it is of RGA. It cannot be argued that student apathy is purely due to defects in RGA's constitution. A far more likely explanation is that student government is not of overriding interest to most students. This is not necessarily a bad thing. One cannot blame students for feeling that it is more valuable to spend their time and thoughts on academic and curricular activities. The role of student government then becomes to ensure that...
...student government must take care of the chores most students do not want to bother with. It must also provide a way in which intelligent discussion and effective action can be taken by large numbers of students on important issues. The RGA, though by no means perfect, fulfills these requirements better than any of the other proposals...