Ring out Ahoya for me and my boy-a!

Our college years seemed frozen in time yesterday (and so were we) as we strolled through the Marquette campus ahead of the big Seton Hall game.

Through watery eyes slit shut against the icy air, we hightailed it past some of our favorite haunts.

We poked our heads into the St. Joan of Arc chapel (awkwardly, just as 4:30 mass was about to commence), swung through the new rec center and had dinner at Miss Katie’s Diner.

Just like our college years, though, the best parts of last night were the people we got to see.

We had dinner with the Finleys — my sister Kathy, her husband Keith and Traveain. Our niece Erin and our nephew Sam, who are both freshmen at Marquette, also joined us.

Then, we saw our college friend Robbie and his daughter Elizabeth at the game.

And, we got to chat with my childhood friend Freddy and her mom Nancy.

Freddy’s son Gus plays for Seton Hall so it was fun to watch him as well.

A lot has changed at Marquette in the nearly 40 years since we were students there. The arena our team played in doesn’t even exist anymore.

But the game’s the same and the young athletes who play it are just as earnest now as they were back then.

The cheers are the same too.

We felt lucky to Ring Out Ahoya with an MU rah rah again and to cheer on Marquette with a whole new generation of fans