Word: rus
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...demonstration crystallized much of the dissatisfaction at Radcliffe and gave it a direction: to change student government and make it more responsive to student concerns. Three alternative constitutions were drawn up, and the most radical of these, RUS, won by a slim majority...
...short, RUS meant student power. It called for student representation on the Council and autonomy in ruling its own house--in the past the Council has had to approve any change to the student government's constitution...
...then there was Columbia. A few days later, RUS president Debbie Batts wrote the administration a finely-worded letter. In effect, she warned that it would now be difficult to dissuade Radcliffe students from feeling that the only way to change things was by such drastic measures...
From rhododendron-ringed Fav House, the administration announced after the next Council meeting that it would accept the RUS constitution and that Mrs. Bunting would invite students to future Council meetings...
...quiet, and why was it successful? Radcliffe students have never really been interested in student government. This year there were so many more important things going on. Fewer than half the students voted for any kind of student government in the December election and interest in the future of RUS was at best sporadic. But in a sense this helped. Throughout the long negotiations, Miss Batts, with the skill of a seasoned diplomat, was very careful not to push the administration not a corner, not to precipitate a "confrontation," not to heat emotions. And when the ultimatum came, it came...