Word: rus
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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While in the past RUS has concentrated on political issues such as lobbying for more tenured women faculty, next year's agenda must reflect a reordering of priorities, Einaudi said. "This year our main concern is to become a broader-based organization," she added...
...RUS members interviewed yesterday expressed particular concern about what they see as a lack of minority participation in the organization...
Although the incoming executive board contains one Black, one Hispanic, and two Asians, RUS members maintained that more minority representation was needed...
...RUS has been unsympathetic to minorities in the past and I know of several Blacks who feel excluded from the group," Madeline Carter '83, Maccoby's opponent, said yesterday...
...student organizations, particularly minority groups and new publications, are in desparate need of funds. The University now subsidizes only four groups: the Harvard Dramatic Club, Crimson Key (only for services during freshman week), Room 13, and an "Efficacy Seminar" on minority students. In addition, the Radcliffe Union of Students (RUS) receives several thousand dollars annually from a $5 charge on all women's term bills, dispersing, on the average, grants of $400 to $500--but only to about one-tenth of student groups. The assembly itself has had difficulty raising money; its total reserves are now less than $200, which...