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...meantime, Harvard has to fill what was left of the role Radcliffe played in the lives of undergraduate women. This means, more than anything else, funding groups that specialize in addressing the concerns of women on campus. The $5 Radcliffe Union of Students (RUS) fee supported dozens of student groups on campus, but will be discontinued next year as part of the merger agreement. The groups that depended on RUS funding will now look to the College to fill its place...
...College Karen E. Avery '87, is being set up to fund student groups as part of the Harvard College Women's Initiative. But the details of the trust have not been worked out, and it is unclear exactly who will be reviewing grant requests. It is important that RUS or some other group with substantial student input has control over how the money in the Radcliffe Trust is distributed; otherwise, the trust will be a step backwards from the way the student groups that depend on RUS are currently funded...
Clancy says she is optimistic that the trust will fund the kinds of programs and groups that RUS has supported for more than 20 years...
Student groups that have received funding from RUS say they too would be more comfortable knowing students have had a hand in their grant...
Chao says the merger will hit WISHR's finances particularly hard because the group has traditionally received a $600 grant from Radcliffe College, in addition to its RUS funds...