Phi Chi Theta, a co-ed business fraternity, was a big part of my college life at Western Michigan University. Every Sunday evening, we dressed in suits for our professional business meetings. We all had planners to keep track of our schedules. This helped prepare us for the business world. I had a little sister, Beverly Richardson one semester and then Steve Pagorek another semester. Both of them were voted the President of their pledge classes.
Nina Ganesh, Tammy Hubek, Tamara Ohs, Scott Gilbert, Kristi Bush, Robyn List were my closest friends in the group.
We had several fundraisers, parties, and went on trips. I remember when we were coming back from St. Louis. Scott Gilbert and I were taking turns driving my 1985 Ford Tempo. It only went up to 85 mph. Scott wanted to race Rob Dombkowski home, so in the middle of 4 lanes of traffic outside of Chicago, I put the cruise control on and Scott and I switched seats. I know that wasn't one of my brilliant ideas, but you do some stupid things when you are young. Anyway, Scott got the car to go well past 85 and we almost beat Rob back to Kalamazoo.
At the end of the semester, we had a banquet and dressed up in formals. The seniors who were graduating received gifts. We had fun at those parties.
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