Word: rus
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...Radcliffe Union of Students (RUS) believes that the University's handling of the recent sexual harassment case involving Professor Jorge Dominguez points out a number of serious flaws in the University's policy and grievance procedure on sexual harassment. Professor Dominguez' behavior was disgraceful. Yet even more disgraceful is Harvard's continued refusal to address this problem with the seriousness it deserves. This refusal has been costly both to individuals and to the community as a whole. For this reason, we feel it is important to shift the focus of public attention from Professor Dominguez to the issue of Harvard...
Harvard's grievance procedure reflects a similar lack of understanding of the nature and extent of sexual harassment. RUS shares the University's concern with due process, and with protecting the rights of all parties in a formal complaint. However, we believe that the present procedure is heavily biased in favor of the harasser...
...Last year was setting the policy, this year will be enacting and enforcing it," said Thomas C. Cronin '86, an Eliot House representative. Victor G. Freeman '84, a returning representative from Winthrop, said he hopes to work with the Radcliffe Union of Students (RUS) on the issue. "In general, we'll be consolidating all the networks of student organization," he added...
...students wrote the pamphlets last year, with co-sponsorship by UHS and the Harvard Police Department. The project began after the Radcliffe Union of Students (RUS) expressed concern that a brochure on rape UHS had published since 1978 was "inadequate," co-authors Michele J. Orza '84 and Robert D. Slate '83, said...
...University last year reviewed its sexual harassment policy. After a year of debate in the Faculty Council, Dean of the Faculty Henry Rosovsky issued an open letter defining harassment and outlining "unacceptable" faculty conduct. While pleased with the University's first major acknowledgement of the seriousness of the issue, RUS leaders say the College must still outline specific penalties for harassers, and stream-line the complaint process for victims...