RUS Elects New Officers To Board

Anne Maccoby '82, who was yesterday elected president of the Radcliffe Union of Students (RUS) said she would work to insure that more undergraduates would participate in RUS activities.

"It is important to reach out to those alienated by RUS' radical image," Maccoby said, adding, however, it was also important to maintain ties with campus feminist organizations like the Women's Clearinghouse.

Alison Dundes '81, the current RUS president yesterday announced the election of Maccoby and seven other officers to the RUS board.

The incoming executive board will take office in February, Dundes said, adding she expected the new board to be "especially active on campus."

Image Problem

Most of the newly elected officers interviewed yesterday echoed Maccoby's concerns about the RUS "image problem."

"We have to reach out to these people who think RUS is a group of radical feminists," Elizabeth Einaudi '83, the vice-president elect said yesterday.

While in the past RUS has concentrated on political issues such as lobbying for more tenured women faculty, next year's agenda must reflect a reordering of priorities, Einaudi said. "This year our main concern is to become a broader-based organization," she added.

All RUS members interviewed yesterday expressed particular concern about what they see as a lack of minority participation in the organization.

Although the incoming executive board contains one Black, one Hispanic, and two Asians, RUS members maintained that more minority representation was needed.

"RUS has been unsympathetic to minorities in the past and I know of several Blacks who feel excluded from the group," Madeline Carter '83, Maccoby's opponent, said yesterday.

"The problem is that there are a lot of women Wasps at Harvard who don't understand the needs of the Black feminist," Carter added.

Minority Appeal

Maccoby agreed, saying one of her first acts as president would be to meet with leaders of Third World organizations to talk about the special needs of minority women