Laurel (Geurkink) Carignan (Class of 1985)

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The above quote is from Laurel Geurkink Carignan (Class of 1985). Read the full memory below:

Well, the Rock nearly derailed my Friday night date with my future husband!! I am Laurel Carignan (then Geurkink), Class of ’85. Diligently, I was studying at the Rock on an autumn Friday evening, having promised Bob Carignan (Class of ’84) I would meet him at Phi Delt later. Exhausted from a long week, I managed to fall asleep in a carrell, right through those chimes or whatever they played to tell you to leave. I woke up to find myself nearly one and half hours late for my first date with Bob, panicked because I was locked in. Security finally let me out, and once I got to the Phi Delt bar breathless, I found Bob scowling, sitting on top of the bar, ready to write me off. It was only after explaining my dorkiness (who studies Friday night?) that he calmed down enough to figure I was worth the wait. Thirty happy years later, I think it has all worked out!