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...Crimson reported the creation of a new social organization for women, the Seneca. In a year in which Radcliffe lost its college status and several final clubs closed their doors to female guests, members of the growing organization promised that the Seneca would provide women with increased social and support networks on campus. "Some people feel that Harvard has been developed by men, and that institutions [developed by men] are still around, even if Harvard refuses to recognize that," said member Julia M. Butler...
With the college's status in question since April 1998, the Radcliffe Union of Students (RUS) held a panel on Oct. 25, where group leaders protested that neither Harvard nor Radcliffe did enough to support women. The Coalition Against Sexual Violence (CASV) demanded better services for women, and the Seneca was formed to provide women social opportunities and networking equal to those...
...appropriation of the name Seneca seems a blasphemous move by an organization that not only establishes itself as single sex but also proceeds to whittle its potential female members through an application process, and possibly even through dues, which only further an elitist theme. The Seneca Falls Convention called on all women, rather than a select few, and a full third of attendees and signatories were male. I am left wondering for which lucky women at Harvard the Seneca Club seeks to improve life at the expense of which unlucky women...
...article (News, May 10) reviewing the emergence of the Seneca--a new all-female undergraduate social organization--explores an alternative to filling the gap of a female network. Promising to provide and develop such a support for Harvard females, the Seneca reportedly exists to aid the entire female population, and it is pointed out that the name "signifies women's advancement." The Seneca seems to be a noble idea with positive intentions. However, the resolutions from the Seneca Falls Convention called for equal participation of, and an enlarged sphere of opportunities for women, but did not aim to achieve this...
...appropriation of the name Seneca seems a blasphemous move by an organization that not only establishes itself as single sex but also proceeds to whittle its potential female members through an application process, and possibly even through dues, which only further an elitist theme. The Seneca Falls Convention called on all women, rather than a select few, and a full third of attendees and signatories were male. I am left wondering for which lucky women at Harvard the Seneca Club seeks to improve life at the expense of which unlucky women. CHRIS J. PERRIELLO...