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...were assured by Megan Lewis and Anne Guiney--who, in case you weren't among the 20 women present during their election, are the co-presidents of Radcliffe Union of Students and in charge of its $14,0000 budget and its, 3,200 or so members--that RUS would no longer be some feminist front group for the less stable of our Radcliffe sisters. Among other things, Lewis and Guiney's election suggested that Take Back the Night--the annual recipient of $3,000 from RUS' budget--would have to find another students population to rob in order to fund...
...Guiney said she believes RUS would be "more effective" as a forum exclusively for women...
Still, Guiney acknowledged that the voting members of RUS are "not necessarily a representatives group of Radcliffe women, but a small section," and that a referendum would measure a decidedly different group of students...
Ashwini Sukthankar '95, an RUS member and founder of new women's group Seventh Sense, said Radcliffe's existence as a separate institution in the University structure supports an RUS decision not to offer men voting rights...
...should be allowed to participate in setting the agenda for RUS, but it's important for women to have a place where they can ultimately decide on issues," Sukthankar said...