“I’m a big proponent for a women’s center, but I’m worried about asking for a women’s center when we don’t have a student center,” Tavel said.

“A woman’s center is completely contradictory to Harvard’s policy of non-discrimination,” she added.

Watson said the RUS committee focusing on the creation of a women’s center will have to explore the issue of funding as well.

RUS’s relationship with Harvard administrators will also be crucial to the future of women’s life at Harvard, according to Sternad.

“It’s important we get Harvard involved because they condone final clubs,” Sternad said.

But Turszkowska said that gaining the University’s support will not be easy.

“We’re going to have a hard time doing anything that’s going to create inner turmoil,” Turszkowska said.

Turszkowksa said RUS will also have a difficult time attracting the attention of administrators because the social life of students is not their prime concern.

“Larry Summers wants to put academics at the center of the College so the deans probably won’t be sympathetic to our concerns about social life,” Vogt said.

The key will be choosing the right administrators to approach, Watson said.

“We need to find out who our dean friends are and find out what avenues we can take,” Watson said.

—Staff writer Anne K. Kofol can be reached at kofol@fas.harvard.edu.