Word: rus
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...particularly praised RUS for their diplomatic persistence last spring, even though intransigence on the part of both the administration and the students then threatened to kill the new student government. "We never stopped communicating, and that was good," she said. "At a time when students want communication so much, when they isolate themselves, that...
...cooperation between RUS and the College Council almost ended before it began last spring, when the Council rejected four drafts of the RUS constitution. Cliffies had voted to abolish RGA during the winter, and were left without recognized representation until May, when a fifth version of the constitution was finally approved by both the Council and Radcliffe students...
...obstacle to quick administration approval last spring was RUS's insistence on regular, non-voting membership on the College Council, Radcliffe's highest decision-making body. This would have made communication easier and more direct than in the past, when they were limited to various student-faculty committees. Regularization of student participation in the Council remains one of RUS's top priorities...
...could have had a formal agreement last spring," Debbie Batts said, "but that would have been a compromise." According to Miss Batts, the College Council was "unwilling" to approve a plan for regularization, and RUS was equally unwilling to put anything "softer" than that into a constitution that might be hard to change later...
...described RUS as being in a kind of experimental stage. Its exact role remains uncertain in the administration's view. But Debbie Batts and RUS do not share this cautious attitude. They feel that students should have a voice in all areas of college government. They want to be part of the "input," and part of the decision-making as well. They want more openness and candor, not tokenism and condescension, from the administration, say RUS members...