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...careful work by the officers of the new Radcliffe student government--the Radcliffe Union of Students. Born of many years of boredom and dissatisfaction with student government, where a few devoted student-government types had traditionally limited their concerns to the next jolly-up or strawberry breakfast, the RUS constitution was meant to give students a more responsible and creative role in the University...
...demonstration crystallized much of the dissatisfaction at Radcliffe and gave it a direction: to change student government and make it more responsive to student concerns. Three alternative constitutions were drawn up, and the most radical of these, RUS, won by a slim majority...
...midst of the violent protests that have focused national attention on student power in the University, the most encouraging victory for student rights took place quietly at Radcliffe. After five months of seemingly hopeless negotiations, the Radcliffe College Council finally approved a RUS constitution...
...constitution is far from a blanket approval of RUS demands. While the Council was at last willing to grant students impressive legislative power, it was still not ready to accept permanent student representation on the Council. More significantly, however, the Council did not force RUS to compromise any of its demands. When an impending deadlock over Council representation became evident, the two parties wisely decided to set up a working government by agreeing on the points they could agree on and leaving the rest for future negotiation...
...RUS will hold a special meeting this Friday to determine the details of the student referendum. "We've made a good start," Miss Batts said, "but we need student support in the referendum to keep RUS going...