RUS Proposes New Constitution

The Radcliffe Union of Students' (RUS) Legislative Committee--consisting of some twenty representatives from all Harvard-Radcliffe Houses--reviewed the proposed new constitution during an open meeting held last night at the recently-opened Women's Center.

The new constitution updates both the focus and the organization of the union to account for such innovations as co-residential living and the migration of women from the relative isolation of the Quad to the Harvard Houses, Janet Edwards '72 RUS president said last night.

Under what Edwards termed "the re-defining" of RUS, the new constitution will "emphasize the representation of women to the Radcliffe and Harvard administrations," Edwards said.

Permanent representation on both the CHUL and the Radcliffe Board of Trustees are among innovations proposed in the new constitution.

The constitution in addition proposes "an active and continuing (undergraduate) role in making (Radcliffe) College policy" as the new purpose of RUS, which considers every Radcliffe undergraduate a member.

The constitution will return to committee for final adjustment, and will be presented to the entire College in early December. At least half the Radcliffe student body must vote in order for the ratification procedure to take effect, Edwards said.