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

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leady for take off, Alpha Sigma Ipha Courtney Allison and Phi lu Shelly Brabec help kick off reek Week with the release of le Greek balloons. Photo by arah Frerking iey Babe, Take a Walk on the Greek Side magine wearing your underwear outside L your clothing while racing a tricycle, fully quipped with goggles, helmet and flippers, while undreds of friends and acquaintances watched. Could this have been part of your worst adoles- 3nt nightmare? For the tricycle race and other games, individu- Is lined up to make total fools of themselves, all I the name of fun. Greek Week was a time for fraternity and sorori- ! members to have fun and feel good about them- Ives thr ough philanthropies and Greek Games. Students gathered at the Bell Tower before the reek Sing began, sporting their colors and letters. vent co-chairs Ann Reichert and Justin Schaef- ■ welcomed everyone and introduced the organi- itions, who then serenaded the crowd with songs ley had written especially for the occasion. Greek banners hung from the Student Union. ' inners in that competition were announced at le end of the week. First-place honors went to elta Chi and Sigma Sigma Sigma. Despite unusual heat, the chariot race was well tended. Each fraternity pulled a chariot carry- g a sorority passenger. The race ended in a tie tween Phi Sigma Kappa and Sigma Phi Epsilon. I rematch on Friday resulted in another tie, so the |v() shared first-place honors. The Delta Zetas emerged as victors in the tricy- f races. During one leg of the relay, a team mem- 1 had to find a piece of gum in a pie pan filled ith whipped cream — without using their hands. iiectators at the relay found themselves in danger ' ' being sprayed with the sticky stuff. it was embarrassing, Shawna McKeown said. The whipped cream was warm because it was so ' t out, and that was really gross. Everyone was mess, but it was funny. During the week Greeks raised money for Unit- ed Way by taking two-hour shifts in a giant rock- ing chair built by the fraternities. Volunteers rocked on the courthouse lawn from 7 a.m. to mid- night, Tuesday through Thursday to raise $400. Other events during the week included a skat- ing party for Headstart children at Skate Country and a softball tournament and picnic at Sunrise Park. Tournament play had a new twist this season. In past years there was more competition be- tween fraternities and sororities, Jason Ripple said. This year they divided us into mixed teams so it was more fun. Greek Games began on Friday, ending the week with excitement. Some of the games included tra- ditions such as volleyball, tug of war, greased chicken toss and the orange race. Simon Says and co-ed pyramid building were new additions to the roster. During the bat race, participants raced to a base- ball bat, spun around it 10 times with their noses on the end of the bat, then attempted to run back to their team members. It was like being drunk, only worse, David Starich said. 1 can stand up when I ' m drunk. At the conclusion of the week ' s activities mem- bers of the Greek community were recognized for their participation in the events. Dr. Ann Rowlette received the title of outstanding Greek sponsor and Sigma Phi Epsilon and Sigma Sigma Sigma were named the Outstanding Greek Organizations. Tdu Kappa Epsilon fraternity and Delta Zeta sorori- ty were the winners of the Greek Games while Phi Sigma Kappa ' s Eric Peterson and Alpha Sigma Al- pha ' s Amanda Blecha were honored as outstand- ing Greek Man and Woman. After a week of fundraising, zany games and fun times, Greeks were thankful they had chosen to Tkke a Walk on the Greek Side. Greek Week tradition as old and re- vered as the hills by Stephanie Frey Greek Week 11

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Tricycle races seem child- ish for college students, but Delta Zeta Eileen Da- vis doesn ' t mind. After winning the tricycle race during Greek Week, Davis was tossed into Golden Pond for her victory. Pho- to by Kevin Sharps AKLs, who placed second overall in Greek Games, ham it up to Under the Boardwalk during the Greek Sing at the Bell Tbw- er. Photo by Don Carrick 10 Greek Week

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Patricia Edwards Cafferata, a 1969 Northwest graduate and head of the Chicago arm of the world ' s lar- gest advertising agency, delivers the commencement address. Pho- to by Chuck Holley Graduates ' Memoirs: The Final Cliapter How sweet it must have been for the 568 candidates who filed into Lamkin Gymnasium to receive the reward for their years of hard work. It was standing room only inside Lamkin where friends and family awaited the opening notes of Pomp and Circumstance. Heat from the crowd greeted the aspiring graduates as they entered one by one and awaited their turn to shake President Dean Hubbard ' s hand. Meanwhile, with notebooks in hand, two candidates assumed their places in the graduation line-up and recorded feelings that accompanied this milestone. Two seniors record anxi- eties during graduation ceremonies Graduation has a way of sneaking up on you. Through the hubbub of job hunting, moving, stu- dent teaching, driving back and forth for night class and all of the other insanity, it stays in the back of your mind. Then on a dazzling spring day, standing in a funny black dress in Wells ' parking lot, it hits you. It makes you take a long, deep breath and linger a moment. The sense of finality that graduation brings sets in. —Mike Dunlap don ' t think it ' U ever hit me. It seems so unreal. I ' ll probably wake up tomorrow and discover it was all a dream. But as Phil baby yells in my ear with his bull horn, I know it ' s reality. —Debby Kerr Reality also comes through in the statements you hear in the waiting line. Do you feel proud? . I feel silly. My hat okay? Whatcha want to do, glue it on? —Mike God I hope my hat doesn ' t fall off when I accept my diploma cover My hair already looks stupid. Jen and I got our picture taken by a Gazette report- er, so I guess I can ' t look too stupid. Maybe that ' s why he took it. It could have had something to do with my braiding her tassle. —Debby Thousands of cameras and searching faces greet us as we make our way into the gym. Graduation is always the same, but it ' s an unusual thrill actually being the ones going through it. There ' s a strange, uncertain chill that falls on you as you come into the gym, take your seat and hear in the invocation that we may be rewarded for a job well done. —Mike Speaking of jobs, I hope I find one. Nothing is more exhausting than the Job search. As I listen to Pat Cafferata tell how she grew up in a small Midwestern town and later graduated from North- west, I can see there ' s hope. I feel proud. Small town people can make it big if they want. That tear during the Star Spangled Banner was genuine. -Debby Through Pat Cafferata ' s speech and manner, she showed us that it was possible to take our roots from the heartland, be successful and still have heart. It helped me realize how lucky we ' ve been to take our start in the friendly, growing environ- ment we have here. —Mike It has been great at Northwest. Many times I hat- ed it, but more times I loved it. I made many spe- cial friends here and can honestly say the profes- sors at this university care about our futures. I would never have had the opportunity to be writ- ing this story if it wasn ' t for the friends and many teachers who believed in me. —Debby Even though it took Deb and I longer to get through Northwest than it did most people, it was 12 Graduation