Every year, the incoming freshman class is urged to attend the infamous square dance during Orientation Week with the possibility of meeting their future spouse. Unfortunately, none of the couples below met square dancing, but they do prove that your future husband or wife could be roaming the streets of campus—just like you.

Tim and Molly Berghuis, Class of 1986

Tim and Molly Berghuis first met as sophomores while both living in Schroeder Hall. However, they did not start dating until second semester of their senior year. Their first date was at The Chancery Family Pub in Wauwatosa.

“Whenever we come back to Marquette to visit with the kids, we always go back there (The Chancery) and excitedly show them where we had our first date,” Molly Berghuis said.

While at Marquette, Tim studied mechanical engineering and Molly majored in dental hygiene. Some places they enjoyed visiting on campus were The Gym Bar (now Murphy’s), Real Chili and The Avalanche Super Bar (now Campus Town East). Marquette’s campus was home to about a dozen bars until 1991 when the Campus Circle took over. The nonprofit group formed by the university created a multi-million dollar neighborhood improvement plan, transforming Marquette into a semi-dry campus.

Berghuis said they also enjoyed going to the basketball games and large campus events like the Senior Ball.

“When we were students, no one really went out on dates,” Molly Berghuis said. “Instead, we just all hung out as a group of friends.”

After graduation, Molly moved to Chicago while Tim went to Michigan to pursue their own careers. They maintained their long-distance relationship until 1988 when Tim moved to Chicago as well. Shortly after that, they got engaged and were married in 1989. They now live outside of Philadelphia with their kids. Their daughter Amanda is a junior in the College of Business Administration at Marquette, while their son Jake is a freshman at Cabrini College in Radnor, Pennsylvania, and youngest son Jordon is a senior in high school.

“We were thrilled when Amanda chose Marquette, but wish it wasn’t so far,” Berghuis said. “We still go back to Real Chili every time we visit, Tim loves it.”

Alan and Carolyn Musholt, Class of 1986

Alan and Carolyn Musholt did not meet until their senior year at Marquette in Mashuda Hall. He worked as a resident assistant and she was a desk receptionist.

Carolyn, like Berghuis, said she and Alan did not go on many formal dates, but spent most of their time hanging out with their large group of friends.

“Our first real date was raking leaves,” Musholt said. “Our friend Scott Gross’s parents had a huge backyard, so we often helped them out with it.”

The couple also frequented the many campus bars during their years on campus, as well as “The Safe House,” a spy themed restaurant on 779 N. Front St. The establishment is still popular today for requiring guests to give a password upon entrance, or making them perform embarrassing antics if they do not know it. The restaurant relies on word of mouth to draw in customers instead of advertisements, sticking to the theme of a spy’s oath of secrecy.

Another favorite memory of Marquette the couple shared together was the block parties the campus used to host for students once per semester in Central Mall.

“(Marquette) always set up three stages and handed out tickets for free beer to the students,” Musholt said. “It was a whole day of fun.”

After graduation, the couple moved to Chicago and got married three years later. Their daughter Abi carried on the Marquette tradition and is currently a junior in the College of Health Sciences. The Musholts also have two sons at The United States Military Academy at West Point.

Rick and Joan Orr, Class of 1989 and 1990

Rick Orr met Joan his sophomore year, which was her freshman year, when they were Schroeder Hall residents. The dormitory was not strictly for sophomores then like it is now. Rick’s roommate was dating a girl on Joan’s floor, so they quickly became part of the same social circle.

The couple didn’t officially go on a date until they were upperclassmen.

“A whole bunch of his friends and my friends decided to go to Bryant’s on the Southside,” Joan Orr said. “Everyone went with a date, so he asked me to be his.”

Sticking to the theme of our previous alumni, the Orrs loved the bar scene on Marquette’s campus. Although they never spent too much time in Milwaukee over the summer, they enjoyed making trips back to campus for Summerfest and attended Milwaukee Brewers games in the spring.

“Our best memories at Marquette center around the friendships we made,” Orr said. “A funny concept that will always stick out to me is attending mass in the basement of Schroeder Hall.”

Orr said the priests who lived in Schroeder at the time would lead the mass, and residents would often show up in sweatpants since it was such as casual setting.

Like Tim and Molly Berghuis, Rick and Joan also upheld a long distance relationship for two years after graduation. Joan is originally from Minnesota and decided to go back there for graduate school. Joan pursued a major in psychology at Marquette, while Rick studied electrical engineering. He lived and worked in Chicago while she was in grad school, and they got married after she completed her classes.

Rick and Joan have four kids: Becca, a sophomore at Butler University, Emily, a high school senior, Charlie, a freshman in high school and 11-year-old Nick.

Joan said she hopes one of her three youngest kids also attends Marquette and enjoys the Golden Eagle experience like she and her husband did.