In an interview with the Crimson, Wilson would not say flat out whether she supported or opposed the creation of a women's center. Wilson would only go so far as to say that the issues behind the students' proposals--mainly the need for a stronger women's community--are significant.

"I think they are too important to give an immediate, off-the-cuff, superficial response to," says Wilson.

The Proposal

The women's center that student activists are now proposing would be a multi-room facility, preferably located in or near Harvard Yard, and staffed by a professional. They say such a center could provided a new forum for discussing issues of gender and society, as well as centralize informational and support services for women.

"It would pull the women's community here together," said Serena Y. Volpp '92, co-president of RUS, "It would create a larger women's community." But Volpp stressed that a center would be more than just "a supportive social environment."

"It would perform a broad-based educational service, and a base for advocacy and social change," Volpp said.