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

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Public relations m or Julie DeLong speaks with Tina Hart, a visitor at the Kan- sas City Zoo. DeLong worked for the ' ' Friends of the Zoo ' ' foundation by promot- ing their programs and activities, which in- cluded fund raising for the zoo. Photo by Debby Kerr Working at Ak-sar-ben in Omaha is satisfying to Terry Petersen because he can spend his time outdoors. Some of Petersen ' s responsibilities included landscaping, trim- n ing trees, cutting wood and mowing. Pho- to by Debby Kerr s J 1 L 1 k E I I 1 Ui K The physically demanding job of delivering mail provides Sara Leib a break from the books. Leib carried a 50- to 70- pound mail bag five miles each day in record- high temperatures. Photo by Debby Kerr IVie3lS for county prisoners are pre- pared and served by Dulcie Hanson. Hanson, an elementary education major, also worked as a dispatcher at the jail during the sum- mer Photo by Sarah Frerking Summer Jobs ll

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Working out school year stress Summer jobs mean a change of pace by Debby Kerr I wanted a mindless job because I was so burned out on school. It gave me a chance to find myself again. It was the last week of classes, and students stalked the cam- pus like zombies. Stress had set in as they made their last-minute attempts to boost grades. It was difficult to concentrate on finals when bronze bodies, bikinis and beaches were so close. But for many students, the arrival of summer didn ' t mean a break. Instead, it was a season to continue working. Sara Leib walked five miles a day carrying a 50- to 70-pound mail bag for the United States Post Office. Working for the post office gave Leib the chance to meet peo- ple, and her time with the elderly made her job worth the hard o I u work. -Sara Leib OW people wouW talk to me and give me tea, Leib said. One lady couldn ' t get her mail, so I had to take it to her door. I was her only outlet to the world. While delivering mail gave Leib the chance to bring the world to shut-ins, it also gave her the opportunity to tune out the world and think about her life. ' ' I wanted a mindless job because I was so burned out on school, ' ' Leib said. It gave me a chance to find myself again. Julie DeLong ' s job working at the Kansas City Zoo selling Friends of the Zoo packets was similar to Leib ' s in that she worked outside in the extreme heat and met many different peo- ple. The job gave her good experience to apply to her public rela- tions major Just as beneficial as learning how to deal with people was learn- ing to deal with certain situations. While DeLong was working one day, Molly, the zoo ' s ape, escaped and chased two women to the front gate. Although DeLong calmed the women and dealt with the situation as professionally as she knew how, she admitted, It was the funniest thing I had ever seen. Terry Petersen also worked around animals, but instead of zoo animals, he worked around race horses all summer Petersen helped beautify Ak-sar-ben ' s grounds by landscaping, spraying, mowing, trimming trees and cutting wood. I enjoyed working outside, Petersen said. It was satisfying to know I had made Ak-sar-ben more attractive. During the summer, Petersen also worked at a grocery store, at Golden Corral and finished 12 hours of college credit. ' T wouldn ' t have been satisfied working at something that wasn ' t challenging, Petersen said. For Dulcie Hanson, working at Grundy County Jail was not only challenging, it was also unusual. Besides helping the pohce by dis- patching, Hanson served the convicts their meals. Summer rescued some students ' sanity, but for many it was a time to earn money to return to another year of books and bills. By the time students earned a degree, they had also become jacks- of-all-trades. totalI 0 T ; JBiL . .- ' si :t lA 10 Summer Jobs

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strictly Personal Belongings reveal stereotypical traits by Teresa Mattson Lots of theater majors had ceramic masks that hung on the wall and pictures of them- selves in plays. And I thought that every one of them had a poster of their favorite actor of all time. -Jon Ellis It was said you could tell a lot about people by the company they kept, but checking out the belongings they hauled back for the fall semester proved even more revealing. Greeks, study dweebs, jocks and members of all the stereotypi- cal groups came back to school in basically the same way. They even brought back a few similar items: compact refrigerators, stereos, posters and purloined milk crates. But there the similarities stopped. The other belongings that accumulated in a student ' s room provided clues to the individual ' s tastes and interests. And whether they liked it or not, their possessions often categorized them into stereotyped groups. Tkke, for instance, the guy who carried in the box of red and blue ribbons along with a framed picture of his prized Daisy. While many students wore boots, his were like a true cowboys ' . But not just everyone had a prize-winning heifer like Daisy. It was easy to guess his major Women seemed to take everything they owned when they moved into Roberta HaU, including cases of hairspray and an endless spec- trum of nail polishes. But then came each woman ' s sorority paraphernalia: her 20 or 30 sweatshirts, her stadium cups, her wall hangings, stationery and ink pens. No one could doubt her loyalty to her sorority. Loyalty to a major could be seen in lots of stereotypical groups. Just as art majors were loyal to their artistic needs, theater majors strived to be dramatic. This was reflected in the mementos they brought to school with them. ' ' Lots of theater majors had ceramic masks that hung on the wall and pictures of themselves in plays, Jon EUis said. And I thought that every one of them had a poster of their favorite actor of all time. ' ' Although most hated to be stereotyped, it seemed everyone was guilty of it. Most students could tell you what they expected to find in the rooms of various group members. Jocks? Well, the typical jock, of course, had running shoes- more pairs than most of us— and lots of sweats and sweatsocks, ' ' Kristen Anderson said. Also, posters with athletes on them that said things like ' No Pain, No Gain ' . While some of the students had planned for weeks what to do to give their rooms that personal touch, others just packed up whatever they could get out of the house on the morning they left home. Planned or not, every student ' s personality could be reflected in his possessions. Some of it was stereotypical, but the signs of students ' individuality couldn ' t be overlooked, adding a special variety to campus life. : -7 l2 Moving In