Meanwhile, Seru was looking into forming a women's group with the help of Tamar March, a Radcliffe administrator.
Chance brought the two groups together.
"A friend of mine in the Delphic said he heard of this other group going the Radcliffe route," Butler says. "We met and decided we wanted to create a group. We brainstormed about people we knew--smart, strong and committed--and we gave them a call."
When the Radcliffe College Alumna Association (RCAA) declined to give the group financial support, Seneca members forged out on their own.
They invited the whole campus to a barbecue in the Lowell House courtyard and collected the names of nearly 80 women who were interested in the fledgling group.
They took their first smiley picture, split up for summer break and vowed to start up afresh--and strong--in the fall.
And almost a year later--a year in which RUS has seen its membership shrink--the Seneca's strength has only grown.
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