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Official stance aside, there is more diversity of goals behind the scenes of WAC. Organizers have tried to formulate a stance that will be both acceptable to a broad spectrum of women on campus and palatable to final club members...
Walton stresses that WAC's movement may be seen as a first step by women with concerns about other types of elitism in the final club selection process. "I don't think this is about us wanting to play in beer pong tournaments. It's about wanting the choice to join," Walton said...
Perhaps in an effort to avoid being seen as a fringe, political group, RUS has chosen to downplay its disapproval of the final clubs, leaving leadership in that area to WAC. RUS leaders have made a deliberate effort to tone down some of the group's activities in line with the Radcliffe College administration's less confrontational philosophy. "I think it's possible to be both collaborative and take stands and discuss disagreements openly," says Dean of Radcliffe College Philippa A. Bovet...
...majority of WAC's supporters have signed a letter identifying themselves as "friends of final club members," and WAC organizer Francie B. Walton '94 says the boycott is not a hostile effort to force the clubs to go coed, but is an effort to encourage club members to see that their clubs would be better with women as members...
Though they have put their picket signs and FCS caps aside, RUS hasn't abandoned its stance against all forms of elitism espoused by the clubs. RUS' conditional support of WAC is an attempt to support WAC's efforts while still adhering to the group's more radical stance on the clubs...