Northwest Missouri State University - Tower Yearbook (Maryville, MO)

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BELOW: Staff members make good use of a Wednesday work night to finish pages before their deadline. RIGHT; A work weekend takes its toll on Copy Editor Laura Widmer. FAR RIGHT: Layout Editor Bob Farris and Activities Editor Beth Binney liven things up dur- ing an all-nighter. C ■p if V 00 Changes open staff ' s awareness Posted on the wall in the TOWER office was a sign which summed it all up— A yearbook is an awful lot of trouble. Despite the all-nighters and work weekends to meet deadlines, the staff worked well together under pressure. The thing which set this yearbook apart from any other TOWER was the staff, said Linda Smith, adviser. Few staffs can boast that they didn ' t miss a deadline, that they still liked each other when the final pages were sent to the plant and that they sincerely tried to report the year the way it was, not as they would have lik- ed for it to be. Expanded coverage and feature reporting were the biggest changes in the publication. The book increased 32 pages to allow for the broader coverage of the year. An effort was made to make the book more personal. We think we made a lot of improvements by trying to center the book on the individual, said Sports Editor Linda Brockman. The copy was much better and the biggest change was ad- ding the student faculty features. Another change was having two editors for the book. During semester break Editor Larry Helm was hired as a policeman by the Maryville Public Safety Department. Assistant Editor Ann Mutti took over as the editor in January. I thought the staff reacted favorably to the change, said Mutti. There were a lot of hard workers who worked well together all year. They made the book happen. Along with the changes, improvements and hard work were the good times. In addition to picnics, spaghetti and Chinese pork chop suppers, there was the great lobster feast. Twelve lobsters were sent to the staff com- pliments of Stevens Studio in Bangor, Maine. For those on the TOWER staff the 1978 edi- tion became more than a memory book, more than a job to be completed, from September to March it became a way of life. 22 TOWER

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STUDENT SENATE. FRONT ROW: Karen VanSickle, Paula Dunn, Dean Gillespie, Kathy Adkins, Debbie Spencer, sec- treas.; Gaichylle O ' Dell, Anthony Hendricl son. ROW 2: Irene Huk, sponsor; Debbie Vaudrin, Steven Long, Ben Westman, Frank Offutt, senior pres.; Stephen Yost, Cindy Finan. ROW 3; John Moore, pari, and 2nd sem. pres.; Deb Mullen, Marty Garter, Brian Grawford, JeAnn Soren, Steve Cipolla, freshman pres; Dr. John Hopper, sponsor. BAGK ROW; Stephen Holle, Greg Hatten, sophomore pres.; Darrell Zellers, vice-pres.; Mic Jones, junior pres.; Rex Gw inn, pres.; Tom Lancaster, Brady Snyder. Senate pursues student opinion Rex Gwinn resigned as Student Senate president in January because of an attractive business opportunity. IVIy decision to leave was made with firm belief tliat the bulk of our goals and objectives for this calendar year have either been com- pleted or at least started, said Gwinn. Gwinn ' s resignation resulted in a controver- sial discussion among senators. They decided to call his resignation temporary instead of per- manent and unanimously elected Senior Senator John Moore as Gwinn ' s replacement. During Gwinn ' s term, Student Senate made numerous accomplishments. These included housing for foreign students during vacation periods, naming a full-time intramural director, 24 STUDENT SENATE increased gymnasium and pool hours and in- stallation of telephones for the fall semester in the high rise dorms. These changes came about because of the Senate ' s platform to serve as the bridge between students and administration. Senate was responsive to any complaint or issue that came before us, said Gwinn. We took every suggestion and criticism seriously. That ' s a major part of being a student leader. There was a variety of students making up the Senate this year, More than in the past, Senate was a melting pot this year, said Mic Jones, junior president. We had a wide representation of the students and hardly anyone wasn ' t represented.