I think these guys are right. Those steps were rarely used but I did have my wedding reception on that balcony.

Bruce Rukkila ’75

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The Old Union Building wasn’t old when I attended in 63 – 65.  What I remember about the stairs on the back of the Union Building was that one night a bunch of DHH residents took the DHH dorm manager’s (I think his name was Schoepke) car and put it up on the first landing on those stairs.  The car was a smaller imported compact car.  I’m not sure he ever found out who did it.

Jim Bolthouse “65″

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Dennis,

Two of the letters in the 11/19/13 newsletter stated that the writers had never seen the Memorial Union “patio” used. There was a reason for that!

I was a member of the Memorial Union Board in the 62-63 academic year. I recall that one of the items on our agenda for that year was to determine what needed to be done to make the “patio” usable again. Apparently it had been used in the past but leaks developed in the dining room below so its use was discontinued. I don’t recall what our proposed solution was, nor the estimated cost, but the administration rejected our proposal. No corrective action had been taken by the time I graduated in March of 1964.

On a related note, I am sure many alumni recall the Thursday night “mixers” held in the MUB dining room. I was the Alpha Phi Omega person responsible for them for a couple of years during the 60-63 time period. Each Thursday night we would clear the floor, change all the standard light bulbs to colored bulbs, and bring in a disc jockey (I believe it was Norm Koski). After the dance we would change the bulbs back and put the tables and chairs back in place. I believe the “on-campus” male/female student ratio was around 23/1 at the time so we encouraged the local high school girls to attend! In addition, we provided round-trip transportation for any St. Joseph’s student nurses who wished to attend (I even found time to do a little chauffeuring myself!).

Good memories!
Richard C. Rummer