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Leo and I met almost every day at a little restaurant across from the J-School—Henry J's maybe? We developed a strong friendship over coffee and beignets (little New Orleans donuts). That summer, after Leo hitchhiked from Missouri to Washington State to visit me, I realized that he was much more than a friend. We married two years later in 1983 after graduating with journalism degrees. We had 17.5 loving years together and four awesome children. Leo died of a heart attack two years ago, six months before little Leo was born. I'm so glad we met at Mizzou!

—Karen Holsinger Mullen, BJ '83

My husband Tom and I met in 1982. I played volleyball for the University and he was a building supervisor at Hearnes. We met in section B-11 at Hearnes one day before practice and spent many hours studying, walking and talking at Hearnes over the next couple of years.

I lived in Jones Hall and he lived in Cramer Hall. Despite the "no boys or girls" rules in the dorm after 2 a.m., we spent many a night together...and snuck each other out more times than we can count! Fortunately we were never caught by the RAs.
Tom graduated in 1984 and I graduated in 1986. We married the day after my graduation from the J-School. We now live in Columbia and our MU license plate proudly tells where our courtship at MU began…B-11.

—Sandi Strother, BJ '86

Seeing the glow of the Jesse Hall dome at night brings back romantic memories for many MU alumni. Photo by Wayne McDaniel

The Jacobsons met at good old Mizzou in 1966, married shortly thereafter, and we just celebrated our anniversary, two kids and many happy years moving from Mizzou to Pennsylvania, Germany, and now in Nevada since 1975. Thanks particularly to my job with Maynard Slaughter in Geology, and Roger's GA, we met, joined forces as a team and have many a fond memory, not only of Mizzou, but of the many years since.

I'd like to say one of the highlights, though, was returning to Mizzou two years ago to help Walter D. Keller celebrate his centennial birthday and his service to the programs at Mizzou. That was a highlight for us both, professionally and personally, and we thank the Geology folks for making it a reality. Mizzou gave us both a career kickoff and a personal kickoff that will long be remembered and treasured.

I'm now in the College of Engineering at the University of Nevada, Reno, as a program coordinator for outreach programs, and Roger is the Vice President of Academic Affairs at the Desert Research Institute. Did we ever dream we'd end up in the West for over 25 years when we were on the Quad at Mizzou?!

—Ellen and Roger Jacobson
Reno, Nevada

I just remember winning the roommate game in February 1990 at Lathrop Hall. My roommate Heather Blacketer (Kistler) and I answered questions similar to the Newlywed Game. That was the highlight of my Valentine's Day that year.

—Jennifer Bauer (Hopson)

One of the best boy-girl get-togethers happened my sophomore year in 1972. One weeknight it began to rain. Several of the guys on the floor had just gotten back from late classes, and while in the cafeteria for evening meal, it was decided to get some dinner trays and head down to the grassy hill by the old nursing buildings and ROTC location. We called up our sister floor at Johnston-Wolpers to come on up and do a bit of wet grass sledding in September. The heavier it rained, the better and faster we went down the hill on the long blades of grass.

About 11 p.m. everyone was tired and had had enough of the outdoor activities. However, everyone was covered from head-to-toe in mud. We had to go by our floor at Dunklin House in Graham Hall on the way back to Johnston-Wolpers Hall by the Brewer Fieldhouse. The girls decided they weren't going to return to their floor as mud maidens, so they persuaded us to let them use one of the three rest rooms and shower facilities we had on the floor. The guys got towels and extra gym clothes for the girls to wear home after they showered, but we had a minor problem before everyone could get cleaned up. Seemed so much mud and grass came off the girls that the drains stopped up, and after about 20 minutes of showering, the water was coming down the hallway like a tidal wave. As much as we tried to get the girls out of the shower, they refused until the last one had gotten clean of the muck. By that time there was about 2-3 inches of water in the lower section of Dunklin Hall.

Shortly after Midnight the girls departed with our spare gym clothing on and their regular muddy clothing rolled up in black garbage bags. One of the "dormie insiders" opened a back emergency exit door, letting everyone into the dorm without using the front door and running into trouble with the 11 p.m. curfew imposed by the RAs. We spent the balance of the night mopping up the muddy water, plus being pounded on by the fellas with the deepest water in their rooms. Next morning 50 slightly muddy, slightly crumpled dinner trays were found by the food crew when they opened up the cafeteria at 4:30 a.m.

My deepest appreciation to the girls on our sister floor who afforded us such an unforgettable and light-hearted evening with their presence.

—The original "Dunklin Bat"

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