Chao's organization, WISHR, receives most ofits funding from non-Radcliffe sources includingthe Undergraduate Council and the HarvardFoundation, she said.

But other organizations, such as RUS, may findthemselves strapped for cash if Radcliffe becomesless involved in undergraduate programs.

Clancy said Radcliffe Dean of EducationalPrograms Tamar March told her that starting withthe 2000-01 school year, RUS can no longer raiseit $30,000 budget through the term-bill fees ofRadcliffe-affiliated undergraduates becauseRadcliffe College will not exist.

"We're basically going to have to completelyrevamp what RUS is," said Clancy, who said shemight try to raise funds from alumnae or seekgrants from the University.

Since much of RUS's budget is given out ingrants to undergraduate programs, RUS leaders saidcuts to its budget would probably mean less moneyfor other women's groups as well.

"Any groups that has women's issues as theircentral focus has to be affected by this whetherthey want to be or not," said RUS co-presidentCourtney E. Ellis '00.

And while RUS members have not taken action toprotest the merger thus far, they said they mightdo so in the future.

"There will be a stronger reaction laterbecause RUS is going to make this happen," Clancysaid.

Some women have also discussed planning aRadcliffe vigil to protest the merger, accordingto Undergraduate Council Vice President Kamil E.Redmond '00, who said she opposes the merger.

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But while some student are planning protestothers are celebrating the decision.

"I see this a victory for women in highereducation," said former Council President LamelleD. Rawline '99. "This represents the completion ofthe project that was begun by the women who fundedthe Harvard Annex in order to give women access toa Harvard education."

Even some who said they are upset about themerger said they see a silver lining in theresponsibility it gives the University forundergraduate women's well-being.

"Nobody has the excuse of saying we don't needa women's center because we've got Radcliffe,because we don't have Radcliffe anymore," Clancysaid