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...students raised the loudest outcry, especially groups like the Radcliffe Union of Students (RUS) and Students Organized for Safety (SOS). They criticized not only the lack of security on campus but a culture that they alleged had allowed the incident to happen in the first place...
...editor.“The statements were alarming to people,” Klitgaard now says. “That’s the way news works. They see a couple of points.”Alison Dundes Renteln ’81, the president of the Radcliffe Union of Students that year, recalls fighting for greater minority representation during her time on campus.“We were expressing support for affirmative action at a time when that was controversial,” Renteln says. She recalls advocating for more female and minority tenured faculty. Renteln adds that...
...running on fiscal discipline, many Democrats continue to support the President's deficit spending. Democrats were so split over Iraq that House minority leader Nancy Pelosi couldn't settle on any national leader to give the party's response to President George W. Bush's State of the Union address last winter. She instead turned to a brand-new Governor, Tim Kaine of Virginia, who was better known for his views on traffic and suburban sprawl than on national security...
Frustrated foster parents in Washington State are seeking strength in numbers. The 600 families of the Foster Parent Association of Washington State have formed an unprecedented alliance with the state's largest union. They hope the power of the union, the Washington Federation of State Employees, will spur the Children's Administration to improve oversight and provide better training for foster parents. (State officials declined to comment.) The whole system is "in crisis," says Mary McGauhey, foster mom to two children with special needs. "Families are asked to care for children they just aren't trained to handle...
...lack of that bargaining chip doesn't seem to daunt the new union members, given the toughness of their everyday task. They're ready to do whatever it takes, says executive director Greg Devereux, "to get better care for these kids...