Word: rus
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...machinations of Radcliffe student politics--generally monotonous and frequently trivial--usually elicit either apathy or ridicule from Harvard and Radcliffe students. But the present RUS constitution fight has taken on an importance far greater than the specific issues involved. The Radcliffe. Trustees, by their unreasonable and seemingly arbitrary inflexibility, have made the dispute symbolic of larger principles of student rights and Administration integrity...
...specific issues at stake have not changed much since the fight began last December. What has changed is the style in which each side has conducted negotiations. RUS, originally conceived as a militant replacement for RGA, has shown an increasing willingness to compromise and cooperate with the Administration. The Trustees, while professing sympathy with the students' cause, have chalked up a record of action that makes their claims sound hollow...
...RUS' major goal is student representation on Radcliffe's College Council. Faculty, administrators and alumnae are all represented on the Council. Students are not. The infusion of student opinion could only help the Council in its governing of the College...
...RUS representation on the College Council--Radcliffe's version of the Harvard Corporation...
Tempers occasionally flared as talk turned to student membership on the Council. RUS had originally requested four voting seats on the Council. After a student-Trustee conference in February, RUS had modified its request to two non-voting seats...