Word: rus
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...minority groups at Harvard consider tactics they inevitably revert to this archetypal view of the Harvard man. "Male," says the Radcliffe Union of Students (RUS). "White," say the Black Students Association (BSA) and La Raza, the Chicago students group. "Upper class," says the William J. Seymour Society, a Black fundamentalist Christian group concerned with issues of economic equality. "Heterosexual," says the Gay Students Association (GSA). What these groups have in common, says RUS President Sharon J. Orr '83, is that "Harvard doesn't understand...
...Radcliffe Union of Students (RUS) yesterday called upon the Faculty to explicitly define sexual harassment and to publicize a grievance procedure, saying that their continuing failure to do so "denies students an equal access to education because of their gender...
...RUS statement--already endorsed by 18 undergraduate organizations, including four House committees--charges "discrimination in education," because women who believe they are being harassed in a classroom situation have no idea of what Harvard considers sexual harassment, and Faculty and staff are never told explicitly what kinds of actions are prohibited...
Sharon J. Orr '83, President of RUS, said yesterday that her group will request a formal definition of harassment from the Faculty Council, formation of an ad hoc committee to review grievance procedures, and eventually an open letter on the subject by President...
...RUS also criticized the College for not making public its grievance procedure in a case of sexual harassment. Because a student is told only to discuss the situation with her senior tutor, Orr said, many victims of harassment probably do not pursue their complaints further Lewis has said that four or five complaints of sexual harassment made to Senior Tutors every month are never reported to her office, Orr said...