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In 1966, seven women moved into French House, a Minneapolis building adjacent to 麻豆区鈥檚 campus that housed the remaining incoming first-year women who could not be accommodated in the residential housing on campus. They called themselves 鈥渢he leftovers鈥� and became fast friends who still get together at least once a year.

The French House Friends traveled twice to Washington, where Linda Larson 鈥�70 lives, and Larson has traveled annually to Minnesota, where the other six women live. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the group has gathered monthly via Zoom videoconferencing, and they are eager to gather in Minnesota this fall.

鈥溌槎骨� fostered quality friendships that have remained with me today,鈥� said Mary (Loken) Veiseth 鈥�70.

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Top image: Pictured in 2018 [front, L to R]: Diane Lempke 鈥�69, Mary (Loken) Veiseth 鈥�70, Linda (Radtke) Karkhoff 鈥�70, Paulette (Olson) Odegaard 鈥�70. [Back, L to R]: Susan (Olson) Williams 鈥�70, Mary Ellen Buss 鈥�70, Linda Larson 鈥�70. (Courtesy photo)