Wilson replied that she had not designed thepage and was not sure of the reason behind thecolor selection.
"Maybe it was once red and faded to pink,"Wilson quipped.
Students at the Currier House dinner alsoinquired about Radcliffe's efforts to increase thenumber of women on the Faculty.
Wilson asserted that Harvard's resistance topromoting its own junior faculty lowers women'schances of gaining tenure.
According to Wilson, Harvard prefers to lurestar professors from other universities to filltenured posts-a move women are not always willingto make.
"Women are not as movable from institution toinstitution, and [even] men are not as movable asthey used to be," she said. "One of the thingswhich has opened things up is that every timeHarvard clicks their fingers and says 'come,'[professors] don't always come. Their lives aremore complicated than that."
If You Build It?
Members of the Advisory Board said they werenot displeased with the events, despite the lowturnout.
"It was very informal," said Advisory Boardmember Rong Mao '99. "I'm just surprised thatshe's so approachable."
After the Currier House event, Mao said shehopes that more students will attend a dinner chatwith Wilson at Adams House, scheduled for nextWednesday night.
According to Felicity Aulino '00, the advisoryBoard organized the events to gather studentopinion in the midst of recent negotiationsbetween Radcliffe and Harvard regarding theirevolving relationship.
"Radcliffe is in the middle of restructuringand is in a process of growth and change," Aulinosaid. "This was a means of proving that [Wilson]was interested in the student body's input."
Yet many who did not attend the event said theyfelt the events' publicity, which was handled bythe Advisory Board, was inadequate.
"I didn't know about it," said Karen M. Rice'99, a Cabot House resident who did not attend theCurrier gathering. "Big events like that usuallyhave posters everywhere. I didn't see any."
The Advisory Board placed notices in Housenewsletters, tabled in some Houses and hungposters around campus inviting students to "Chowwith the Pres.