Radcliffe Forum Organizes Student Advisory Committee

In an effort to increase communications between the Radcliffe administration and undergraduates, the Radcliffe Forum and women representatives of several undergraduate organizations last night formed a Radcliffe Forum Advisory Board.

"Communication is always central and given this institution, communication is designed to be confusing," Simone Reagor, director of the Forum said last night. The Forum serves to maintain a sense of the Radcliffe community through University-wide activities.

Although the 1977 Agreement chartered the Forum two years ago, Reagor said the administrators did not feel students then "had enough interest in the Forum to warrant an advisory board.

"Part of the reason for it now is that there are four classes at Harvard that have been admitted on equal access so there are more women at Harvard than ever before, and in a sense women realize that even with equal access, all the problems are not solved," she added.

The Forum donated $500 worth of grants for the board to distribute to individuals who wish to present women's activities in their houses. The grants differ from Radcliffe Union of Students (RUS) grants because RUS grants usually go to individuals in need of funds for research work or travel for school-oriented projects.

The board will accept grant proposals from anyone, Reagor said, adding, "I would hope that all the proposals would not come from this committee."

The group proposed an open meeting with students later in the fall to discuss rape, sexual harrassment and security.

Although the Forum's list of undergraduate organizations include groups which set up tables at registrations and women's organization, Reagor said she hopes in the future the group will include women unaffiliated with any particular organization.