As for educational services, Duke's women's center hosts book and film discussions, sessions on car repair and career workshops, among other programs. The center also invites women scholars and politicians to speak and lead discussions on issues facing women.

At Stanford, the center provides a broad array of intellectual programs such as roundtable discussions, brown bag lunches with professors, and lectures.

Every year, the center runs a three-week-long celebration of women called "Herstory" where famous women are invited to speak, film festivals are held and female artists can exhibit their works.

Both Duke and Stanford, as well as other Ivy schools, provide space for womens' student groups to meet in their women's center. Other space is simply left open for socializing, studying and hanging out.

Harvard's Resources

But, though its services are not centralized in one building, Harvard's offerings for female undergraduates are often comparable to those at other schools.

Some educational services specific to women are provided by the Bureau of Study Counsel. These services include workshops on speaking up more in class and on dealing with eating disorders.

Some educational programs for women are also run by academic departments, such as Women in Philosophy. Others span disciplines, such as Women in Science at Harvard and Radcliffe (WISHR) and Women in Economics and Government.

Beyond meeting to discuss gender-related problems that women encounter in specific fields, these groups host roundtables and discussions with professors.

On a social level, various ethnic and racial organizations focused on women receive University support. The Association of Black Radcliffe Women (ABRW), Latinas Unidas, the South Asian Women's Collective, and the Hillel Women's Group provide smaller communities for women to discuss academic experiences.

On the medical front, Harvard offers a number of programs aimed at preventing and dealing with sexual assault.

The Rape Aggression Defense (RAD) program is a training program administered by the Harvard University Police Department. It highlights awareness and risk reduction along with basic lessons in hands-on defense training.

The Sexual Assault/Sexual Harassment Advising (SASH) system is a House-based system, with tutors in each of the four Yard divisions and in every upperclass House. These tutors are meant to be individuals students can turn to for basic counseling and direction to medical resources.

In addition, the peer-counseling group Response group deals with rape, date rape, incest, abuse and sexual harassment.

Perhaps the area where Harvard falls most short is in its response to sexual assault. Most other schools to which coalition members point have a clinic actually inside the women's center or elsewhere on campus where rape victims can be treated.