Lighthouse coordinator Jennifer L.Soriano '95 says RUS has not been inclusive. Butshe adds that she has never attended any RUSmeetings.

"I don't see the RUS as a big force on campus,"Soriano says.

The new RUS presidents say they will publicizeRUS heavily and will produce a newsletter sometimethis semester to distributed to all women oncampus.

"We want to spread the word," Guiney says. "RUSwill be more discussion-oriented and more open, aforum for ideas."

The shift in RUS policy, from an activist groupto an umbrella organization, will not detract fromits responsibility to take a stand on importantissues, members of several RUS-fundedorganizations say.

"Being an open forum does not means RUS willnot take a stand," says Taniya N. deSilva '96, amember of the Lighthouse Magazine staff andofficial liasion between Lighthouse and RUS.

"I think RUS has made a smart move," saysRebecca A. Murray '95, director of Calling ItRape.

"It's an effective way of working, becausecollective groups of individuals can best targetproblems and deal with them, more so than a largeorganization,' she says.

WAC Co-chair Sarah E. Winters '95 says RUScould best represent women by "funding all groupsin an objective manner" rather than by striving tobe an active voice for all women on campus.

"How can you come up with a cohesive policy forthe [almost] 3,000 female undergraduates oncampus?" Winters says.

Outgoing RUS secretary Ashwini Sukthankar saysthere is still a need for more feministorganizations on campus, in order for feminism asa movement to develop and move in new directions.

"There is no general feminist activist group oncampus," RUS member Ashwini Sukthankar says. "RUSis less ideologically motivated, and we need tomove beyond white bourgeois heterosexual feminism.Feminism has to become more specific."

Todd F. Braunstein contributed to thereporting this article.