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

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• . • • . » • - ' SIDELINES SfSf H POLITICS The lawn by Golden 71 T TIJ T ip Since this youngster can ' t Pond provides a van- l f ll I I ll k vote, he supports candid- tage point for two i wJul 1 1 wt ates the best way he knows maintenance workers to view the Homecoming ' how by carrying a sign along the Homecoming Pa- Parade. They spent the week before preparing the . rade route. Parents often played a part in their campus for visitors. Photo by Jeff Martin - children ' s political beliefs. Photo by Debby Kerr vvWS ' uPLimm Student leaders wait for their cue to release balloons. They spent more than three hours inflating, tying and stuff- ing balloons in a net for Advantage ' 88. Photo by Debby Kerr . » . Qfjerting 1 3 [

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to be jO - ' Hfe were ail talking about it. Over 1,400 frestimen • ' elbowed their way onto campus to . boost enrollment to an all-time high. , But with the leap in enrollment came overcrowd- ing. It seemed we all were affected: - there weren ' t enough textbooks to go around, cafeteria lines were endless, parking places were scarce and resi- . - .dence halls were filled to capacity. ' ' To compound matters, temperatures soared into the 100s. Precipitation became wishful ' ' • thinking, and Maryville entered Phase ' .II of its water conservation plan. i The dry spell did bring a sunny Homecoming, however. While we had nothing but ' praise for the weatherman, reviews for • ' the scheduling were mixed when it was ■ ' ■ ' pushed up to Sept. 24. . . • Just as we started to adjust to all the changes, a - ' . more pressing issue was being debat- ed: racism. When unpleasant ex- changes between black and white stu- dents were followed by the appearance • ' of Ku Klux Klan brochures in the ' library, racism became an issue we - couldn ' t ignore. • . . ' . . • • • ( • 4 . 2 I Opening . ' • ' ' . . ' f

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• to be It was a tough year, and administrators didn ' t ■ ' escape complications. In April, faculty ■ • • members spoke out against President ' Dean Hubbard and Vice President ' Richard Dumont with a ' ' no confi- dence vote. . . ' ' « The administrative shake-up continued when ■ Dumont and Vice President John Mees resigned. ■ ' And just when we thought we were out of the ' ■ news, Shaila Aery, commissioner of, higher education, suggested closing . ■ Northwest to enhance state appropria- tions. Although legislators opposed the ' . scenario, it threatened recruitment. Though the year started off as a challenging one, we remained hopeful. While the Keep- . ing the Promise national conference on ' ' . education brought the University into the spotlight, individual programs con- tinued to excel. The CARE program , received a $92,000 grant to increase al- cohol and drug awareness on campus, ' and the Tower yearbook was named one of six Pacemaker publications—- ' putting it in the top 1 percent of all year- ' books in the United States. % J 4 I dpentng