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

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Some like it hot the meetings and discuss what can be done about them, Terry said. Since the committee has been formed, the food has improved as far as I ' m concerned, said Terrie Miller, president of the student committee. We mentioned that the salad bar had more of a selection before and it was taken care of the next day. In addition to the changes taking place on campus, some students were affected by a change in national policy. For the first time in five years, men had to register for the draft. During the summer, male stu- dents born in 1960 and 1961 made the trip to the Maryville Post Office to register, filling out cards giving their names, sex, dates of birth, current addresses, permanent ad- dresses and Social Security num- bers. Ninety-four men registered in Maryville during the first three days, according to Maryville Postmaster Bill Adams. The draft was an issue in the 1980 elections, and campaigning went on during the summer. During a campaign stop in Maryville at an ice cream social in Beal Park, Senator Thomas Eagleton stated that he was against draft registra- tion. I voted against the registration, Eagleton said. The problem with the military is not a lack of bodies, but a lack of skill. Where our military is hurting is in skills-speci- fically helicopter mechanics. Eagleton also discussed voter apathy among young voters. -Davt ' Gioseke ' ' The lowest voter turnout is the 18 to 25-year-olds and the highest is the 60 to 65 crowd, ' ' Eagleton said. This is a source of deep disappointment to those of us who worked on the amendment to lower the voting age to 18. I really don ' t know what turns them off. Maybe we ' ve failed to turn them on to the political system. For most students, however, 1980 won ' t be remembered as the summer of election campaigns, draft registration or University construction. It will always be remembered as the summer of the heat wave. For students who attended sum- mer school in 90 to 100-degree temperatures, finding some way to keep cool was a number one priority. It was really bad here during summer school, said Gary Christ- ensen. Early in July the air conditioning units were on the blink and we suffered. On occasional days I would take three or four showers to keep cool. Temperatures for the first two weeks of July averaged 95 degrees and boiled up to over 100 for the third week. Few actual heat records were broken, but the combination of unseasonably hot temperatures and the three-week duration of the heat spell made for sweltering school days. A new addition to the Northwest campus is the Alumni House that will be used to house alumni when they visit the campus.

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tages for Northwest alumni that have never been offered before, Henry said. It will be the permanent office for the Alumni Association as well as accom- modate visiting alumni. A new atmosphere for campus activities such as receptions, student recruit- ment, conferences and seminars is also part of the plan for the house. This will give the alumni a tangible place to gather on Homecoming or any other time they come back to visit the csmipus, Henry said. Several alumni retu rned to Mary- ville August 6 for a parade commemorating Northwest ' s 75th anniversary. The parade, spon- sored by the Ambassadors Club of the Maryville Chamber of Com- merce, included a community band, saddle clubs, 4-H clubs, community betterment groups, Scout Troops, antique cars, constumed children and unique floats. We had a terrific parade. The crowd received it well and we were surprised with the tremendous turn-out, said Carl Kissenger, p£u-ade committee chairman. We had excellent participation from everyone involved, participants and spectators. The community really got behind it, and we ' re sure the University was pleased with the outcome. For students who lived on campus an importemt development was the change in food services from SAGA to ARA. Marvin Silliman, director of student affairs and intramurals, believed that students would be better satisfied with ARA. The standards of ARA are at least equal to if not better than that of SAGA. We haven ' t deleted anything, but added more, Silliman said. ARA encouraged the development of a student food service commit- tee, which met weekly to give ARA an idea of students ' likes and dislikes. The hall director made an all call in the dorm asking for volunteers who were interested in the food to come to a meeting, so I went, said committee member Cindy Terry. We bring student complaints and our feelings about the food to continued --Udvc Liirsekc A member of a construction crew tries to hook a cable around the theater walls in an attempt to tear down sections of the Admin- istration Building. SUMMER SCHOOL 23

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outistke liiglieais itonsaid, of deep ifustlio tlo lower :aiydoii ' i I Maybe on to tie w, 1980 as the npaigns. niversitT Iways be lerofthe led sum- Id-degree lewayto ber one yCkrist- the air on the d. On ike three Ml, first two I degrees ) for the lal heat but the ably hot ree-week -Dave Cieseke -Dave Ceiseke orthwest luse that ffliwhen To combat the heat, Owens re-emphasized energy conservation practices and loosened the dress code for employees and faculty who were suffering due to the heat. Some University buildings had their air conditioning units turned off then classes were over. Summer graduation was cut short August 8 because of the heat. I think it was the hottest commencement I had ever atten- ded, said Owens. There are a lot of grandparents and elderly people who come to these events, and if we would have kept the ceremonies their usual length, I think there could have been some problems, Owens said. To my knowledge, there was no one who passed out or had any major problems from the heat in the gym- To sum the summer up in three words, the summer was inter- esting, busy and hot. Senator Thomas Eagleton stops to refresh himself with an ice cream cone at the ice cream social held in Maryville. Brad Orr registers for the draft at the Maryville Post Office. SUMMER SCHOOL 25