Word: rus
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...DEBBIE Batts can't be beaten,' says the Marquis de Sade." Thus read a Cabot Hall campaign poster displayed by one of the two presidential candidates for the stillborn Radcliffe Union of Students (RUS). The poster was something of a shock, though not because of its contents...
Supporters of the Radcliffe Union of Students believe that it should and will change the climate of indifference. After all, they argue, RUS is the product of meetings of the Radcliffe Government Association that were long, heated, and tumultuous--adjectives rarely applied to Radcliffe student government. And the meetings were well-attended, probably better attended than any in the life of RGA (which RUS is designed to replace...
...Cliffies' chronic lack of interest in student government is already hobbling RUS. Like all its predecessors, it is having trouble recruiting people to run as representatives. "Most of the students who come here were very active in high school," explains Judy Mumma '69, the former president of East House. "When they come here they just aren't interested in this stuff any more. Cliffies feel it's high-schoolish...
...though only 47 per cent of the College turned out to vote in the final elections for the new student government, no one denies that RUS is different. When students did bother to think about RGA it was with very little respect. They looked on it as a glorified social committee, which met only to hear reports on such inherently dull topics as NSA conventions, or to coordinate freshman week, or to plan junior parents' weekend...
...original RUS Constitution has not been discarded in favor of a new Constitution. The RUS officers have not drawn up a new draft nor have they eliminated any provisions of the original Constitution. One of the purposes of this Conference is to discuss the original Constitution and to make any necessary amendments to it as a result of suggestions proffered by this Conference. This Friday and Saturday will afford students the opportunity to explain the purported Constitutional "inconsistencies," many of which are of a stylistic rather than of a substantive nature, to the Trustees and Administration directly. Debbie Batts RUS...