Marquette University - Hilltop Yearbook (Milwaukee, WI)

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iff, Brien Lee 'Editors note- Throughout this book we have tried to show you where we are and how we are, now, at Marquette. We thought you would en'oy seeing where you can go from liere. We interviewed a couple of relatively recent Marquette grads to find out what they did with their education - and how they remember their Marquette years. Brien Lee describes involvement at Marquette in the sixties as cosmetic radicalism and a reason to go out with girls. Rob Riordan says 'tit was a Catholic school and you had to feel guilt. Ric Sorgel just laughs. The three are reminiscing about their years at Marquette. Memories come easily because they are fresh - only seven years old. When Lee and Sorgel were students at Marquette they began putting together slide presentations. Both were impressed with the effect the shows had on people. They enjoyed the viewer's reactions. Shortly after their graduation in 1971, the two decided to market their talent. They added Rob Riordan and created Sorgel-Lee-Riordan, Inc., a multi-media company. Roughly seven years later, the firm has 16 full-time employes and is gaining a solid reputation for excellence. As the three sit together around a large table in a modishly decorated conference room, their casual friendlines belies their Ric Sorgel three-piece-suit apparel. They are sharing their memories and feelings of Marquette. Rob Riordan begins by asking if Father Raynor exists. In his time, he explains, Raynor was rarely, if ever, seen on campus and it became fashionable for students to theorize on the existence of the university president. They remember the year a dog named Julius T. Seale ran for the ASMU presidency as a write-in candidate, the initiation of inter-visitation lounges. It was unbelievable, 60 bodies sweating, sprawled all over the room. People did not even know who they were kissing, Riordan says. Bob Riordcm - Sorgel- Lee described an apartment at 906 N. 14th. lt was great, it was a prestige apartment and was passed on' from pubication editor to publication editor. Sorgel and Riordan laugh as they remember. You could do anything you wanted because the guy downstairs was deaf, Riordan says. Amidst the fun is the serious side of what Marquette gave the men. Riordan lools back at Marquette and mentions it couldn't help but have strong influence on a personality. lt's plunked dovm right in the middle of the city and you can't help but be affected by the environment, he said. Lee remembers it as a sixties school. lt was very emotional, involvement was really important. The sixties were a time when people were looking at their boundaries and trying to expand them, Lee said. As part of the expanding borders philosophy, the three are going to return to Marquette for one semester and team teach an introductory film course. 'KWe want to show the students what is happening out here. We want to make them aware of all the possibilities in non-print media, not just in film, says Lee. This type of course should open doors, not close them, says Sorgel. One of the main reasons the three are retuming to Marquette is to meet the new generation that is in college now. We want to know what the young creative people are thinking. We don't want to be thought of as old fogeysf' Leesaid. Ull IIIC. Media People. Alumni . . . 27

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