Throughout my four years at Valparaiso University, I have learned a lot about school and also myself. It has been a great learning experience and one place where I have been able to apply my skills as a leader and mentor a lot, has been at my fraternity on 801 Mound St. Here I have lived for three out of the four years and I have so many fond memories of this house. The rooms may have all been so small, the halls were narrow, the food was horrible and the whole place smelled funky, but it was my college home. Here is where I was able to study and have fun on the weekends. Here is where I lived with 50 of my closest friends and we were able to create ever lasting friendships and memories together. This small house is certainly not the Ritz and I would not want to live here forever, but it gave me the opportunity to meet more people than I could ever imagine and it allowed for so many experiences such as traveling all over the Midwest, going to leadership conferences in Indianapolis, and even going down to Cabo San Lucas for fun and leadership work. This house may be average to some, but to me it is extraordinary and has taught me that if you want something bad enough or think something needs to be done, you should be the catalyst and lead the way for others to follow. There were so many boys that joined this house, that left as men, each took their own path and each is hopefully following their dreams. It was a great place to develop as a person and was also a great place to take chances and hone each persons skills and especially people skills. Phi Kappa Psi will always be a part of me and if it weren't for this house and the people associated with it, I probably would have not stayed at Valpo.