One week ago, the Board of Management of theRadcliffe College Alumnae Association (RCAA)discussed the results of a year-long study of itsown future. RCAA leaders said then that their ownfuture was contingent on the decisions made by thecollege's trustees about the future of Radcliffe.They said they could only hope that the trusteeswere keeping the interests of Radcliffe's 27,000alumnae in mind.

The RCAA currently receives all of its fundingfrom Radcliffe College. It is not yet clear howthe organization might be funded under anynewly-formed Radcliffe Institute.

Another organization whose future hangs in thebalance of this week's announcement is theRadcliffe Union of Students (RUS). Originallyfounded as the student government of Radcliffe,RUS now serves as an advocate for female studentsand an umbrella organization for women's groups oncampus.

The group, which is run out of Radcliffe'sLyman Common Room, distributes up to $10,000 ayear to various student organizations from a $5term bill fee assessed on all Radcliffe students.

If Radcliffe College disappears, so might RUS'student-based funding. However, RUS PresidentKathryn B. Clancy '01 has said that she has beenassured that while RUS may change, it willprobably not disappear.

In the meantime, Radcliffe affiliates anxiouslywait word of what is to come.

"I keep waiting for there to be some closure,"said Marcy W. Plunkett '71, RCAA regionalrepresentative