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I SPOTTED A
BUMPER STICKER
Bill Harben (ECE’79) and
Denise (Ruttenberg) Harben (IE’81)
I was always looking for a ride back home, 300 miles away.
Over summer break, I saw a Purdue bumper sticker on a car a
mile from my home. I stopped and knocked on the front door
of the house to introduce myself. The Purdue student was at
summer school, and I met his dad. The family had recently
relocated from Colorado, which is why I never noticed that
Purdue sticker before. As soon as Bill got home from summer
school, his dad told him to go meet me—like, “No, you can’t
wait until tomorrow. Go now!” The rest is history. —DENISE HARBEN
WE SURVIVED
THE BLIZZARD
OF ’78
Gregory Deeds (CE’78)
and Vickie (Reuter) Deeds (NRS’79)
During the first few weeks of my freshman year
at Purdue, a high school friend introduced me
to a very cute sophomore she knew from 4-H
who had attended another nearby high school.
My friend gave me rides home on weekends.
One weekend, she supposedly couldn’t give me
a ride home, and she suggested I ask that very
cute guy for a ride home. On the drive home, he
asked me for a date for that weekend. We saw
the movie Rooster Cogburn. We both survived the
blizzard of ’78. I had gone to his apartment that
evening, and we had no idea an epic snowfall
was approaching. Needless to say, I was unable
to get back to my dorm that night! —VICKIE DEEDS
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