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

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IN STEP, Leading the way, Bobby Bearcat and the Northwest Cheerleaders march in behind the ROTC Color Guard to start off the parade. Shawn Wake, who portrayed Bobby Bearcat, was also a Homecoming King finalist. Photo by Todd Weddle ODIE'S CHAIR. Delta Chi’s Garfield and Odie group costume rests against a chair before the parade began. David Shephard wore the costume which was held up by suspenders, keeping Odie’s feet from dragging the ground. Photo by Scott Albright WAY OUT THERE. Delta Zeta float chairman Denise Ibsen walks beside the sorority’s float, “The Jetsons.” They spent nearly three hours the morning of the parade making last-minute preparations. Although they did not receive first for their float entry, the sorority won parade supremacy. Photo by Scott Albright WHAT'S DUCK. Sarah Warren waddles down the parade route as DuckTales character, Uncle Scrooge McDuck. The Delta Zeta entry placed second in the papier-mache clowns sorority division. Photo by Todd Weddle ROYAL COUPLE. Reigning over the Homecoming festivities, King and Queen Mark Gerling and Julie Wilmoth greet the crowd lined up along College Avenue. Wilmoth and Gerling were dating each other when they were crowned. Photo by Todd Weddle HomeEcoMING 25

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-continued better in the clutch,” Ramona cause it was kind of cold,” KDLX Pro- Dillinger said. gram Director Craig Carmichael said. “It Ed Tillison won the Don Black Me- was really good for a day that notevery- morial Trophy, which was awarded to one had to be on campus.” the best player in the game. After catching up on Walkout Day, Tillison thought the loss slightly float line-up began very early on Satur- overshadowed the trophy, but he was day. Groups showed off their master- grateful for the chance the team gave pieces in the annual parade. him to achieve a personal victory. The grand finale, and purpose of all the “We really wanted to win the excitement, was the football game. Hickory Stick,” he said. “You can’t Northwest played their rival Northeast win anything without help from Missouri State for the Hickory Stick. The someone though, and my team was Bearcats buckled under the strain of the behind me.” Bulldogs, losing 37-28. The Northwest family reunion The crowd roared when the Cats took came toa close as everyone said their the lead in the first half, but as pressure good-byes, traveled back to their re- grew, the crowd began to disperse. spective homes and placed Home- “] thought if the crowd had shown coming into their family album of more spirit, the team would have done memories. Homecoming Awards PARADE SUPREMACY Fraternity-Delta Chi Sorority—Delta Zeta Independent-Sigma Society FLOATS Fraternity-1. Tau Kappa Epsilon 2. Delta Chi 3. Phi Sigma Kappa Sorority-1. Alpha Sigma Alpha 2. Phi Mu 3. Sigma Sigma Sigma Independent-1. International Students Org. 2. Sigma Society 3. ABC JALOPIES 1.PRSSA .2.CircleK 3. Perrin Hall GROUP PAPIER-MACHE CLOWNS Fraternity-I. Delta Chi 2. Delta Chi 3. Delta Chi Sorority-1. Delta Zeta 2. Delta Zeta 3. Phi Mu Independent-1. Tau Phi Upsilon 2. Chi PhiChi 3. ROTC GROUP COSTUME CLOWNS Fraternity-1. Delta Chi 2. Alpha Kappa Lambda 3. Phi SigmaKappa Sorority-1. Phi Mu 2. Delta Zeta 3. Delta Zeta Independent-1. University Players 2. University Players 3. Sigma Society VARIETY SHOW OVERALL SKIT PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARD Delta Chi SKITS Fraternity-1. DeltaChi 2. Phi Sigma Kappa 3. Sigma Phi Epsilon Sorority-1. Alpha Sigma Alpha 2. Delta Zeta 3. Phi Mu Independent-1. Phi Mu Alpha OLIO ACTS 1. Amy and Matt Boyce = 2. Wing It 3. Chris Selby and Kyle Gordon BEST ACTOR AND ACTRESS Kyle Gordon, Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia Missie Severino, Alpha Sigma Alpha HOUSE DECORATIONS 1. Alpha Tau Alpha = 2. Student Ambassadors 3. University Players

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“Living off cam- pus didn’t feel like | was going back to my little cell. In a sense, it was more like home.” Students weigh pros and cons when choosing their home away from HOME To live on campus or to live off campus? That was the question many students debated over at least once during their collegiate careers. For freshmen, the answer to that ques- tion was obvious. They were required to live in the residence halls their first year, unless they were 21 years of age or older, lived with parents or peti- tioned to get off campus. But for upper- classmen, living on or off campus was entirely their decision. “I decided to live off campus be- cause I got older and tired of cam- pus life,” Mike Walker said. “I also got tired of putting up with the campus rules.” Students found that living off campus was more like living at home. “Living off campus didn’t feel like I was going back to my little cell,” Sally Sanborn said. “Ina sense it was more like home.” Scott Higgenbothem said living off campus gave him more privacy. “It felt more like home because there were other rooms I could go to besides my bedroom,” he said. “I didn’t have to share the bathroom with 50 other guys.” Most agreed the primary advantages for living off campus were to have more freedom, to have a cheaper cost of living, to eat better and to have pets. “It was a lot quieter than the dorms,” Higgenbothem said. “You didn’t have people screaming their heads off or play- ing golf and other games in the halls.” Walker admitted that living off cam- pus had its drawbacks. He said the condi- tion of many off-campus dwellings was -Sally Sanborn considered poor and dealing with land- lords was, at times, difficult. “If something in the apartment broke down, it took a while to have it fixed,” Walker said. There were other disadvantages, Higgenbothem said. “You didn’t have janitors cleaning up after you like in the residence halls,” he said. “You had to do it yourself.” Students said cooking for themselves, walking or driving to campus, doing laundry and not having access to a com- puter proved to be major disadvantages. “The biggest problem for me was hav- ing monthly bills,” Jennifer Urban said. “Having to come up with the money every month was hard .” According to Residential Life Coordi- nator Wayne Viner, students stayed on campus for reasons of accessibility to campus resources. “The majority of students chose to stay oncampus because of convenience more than anything else,” Viner said. Kevin Houlette was one of these stu- dents who felt on-campus housing was more practical. “Tt was more convenient in the halls because it was easier to get to the library and other academic buildings,” Houlette said. “You had more access to everything on campus.” Anita Fischer said the main reason she lived on campus was not having to cook. “| didn’t ever have to worry about cooking,” she said. “If 1 was hungry, I just ran over to the Union and got some- thing.” Although students chose whether to live on or off campus due to specific advantages and disadvantages, they made their final decison on where to live based on the way they wanted to live. I BY ANGELA TACKETT