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

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Jiin Slill of Phi Sigma Kappa puis ihi; finishing loucheson ihcir Aladdin Homecoming tliial. Two nights before Homecoming the Phi Sigs were working to pertect their lloat. Photo by Russ Weydert. Homecoming King and Queen, Byron Willis and Leslie Hagan take the traditional ride down College A enue during the parade. There were approximately 100 entries in the parade. Photo by Tonv Miceli. Student Life 25

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SOMETHINCi TO REMEMBER DISNEY THEME CREATES CONTROVERSY BY SARA MEYERS he Wonderful World of Northwest brought Disney charac- ters, crowds and controversy to campus for the annual Home- coming weekend. However, this was not the original theme that was decided upon. The Walt Disney Corp. was concerned w ith the original Northwest theme, The Wonderful World of Disney, claiming it was a breach of copyright laws. A Federal Express letter was sent by Disney officials to the University administrators asking for the theme to be reconsidered. The request made by Disney only affected the promotions that Northwest was using for the event. Northwest immediately took control of the situation by altering the theme to meet the requests made by Disney to avoid a possible confrontatit)n v. ith attorneys. According to Dave Gie.seke, director of News and Informa- tion, the problem was solved by changing the theme to The Wonderful World of Northwest. After the initial problem was repaired, the tensions of prepar- ing skits for the Variety Show, the floats and jalopies for the parade were taken under consideration. Because of the conflict with Disney, the original names of the characters had to be omitted from any performance or parade entry. Some skits such as The Wonderful World of Pinocchio had to be switched to The Wonderful World of Woody. The annual Variety Show, held Wednesday through Friday of Homecoming week in the Mary Linn Performing Arts Center, contained various Greek and independent orga- nizations who were perform- ing skits and olio acts. The Variety Show contained seven skits, seven olio acts and it was the first time the Variety Show was not held through Saturday of Homecoming week. Students that performed in the annual Variety Show skits spent an abundance of time practicing and preparing for their debut. Kelly Burger of Alpha Sigma Alpha won Best Actress for her performance as Woody. We put in about 25 hours a week, Burger said. It (the award) was given out at the football game and there was a lot of people there. It was a great honor. I had never been in any theater type production before so it was a lot of fun. On Wednesday night of the Variety Show the Homecoming King and Queen were presented and crowned in front of a full house. Byron Willis sponsored by Delta Zeta and Leslie Hagan sponsored by Sigma Sigma Sigma were elected by the student body as King and Queen. Another highlight of the Homecoming festivities was the annual parade held on Saturday morning. For the first time in several years the weather held warmer temperatures, sunshine and blue skies for the days activ ities. During the week however, weather dampened spirits as rain caused a delay in tToat preparation. Wet weather caused many floats to be draped in plastic to protect the pomp decorations from becoming ruined. Finally, Northwest students, alumni, family and friends lined — continued The Bearcat Tales portrayed by Alpha Sigma Alpha members, Becky Hassig and Am Lo ell, march down College Avenue in front of the Alumni House. Because of the conflict in theme the title of the clowns had to be changed from Ducktales to Bearcat Tales. Photo by Russ Weydert. i 24 Ho.MECOMING

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REMEMBER the streets from the Fine Arts Building to the downtown area to watch the floats and listen to the various marching bands. However, the parade was shorter than past years. We were very happy with the number of entries, but we would have liked more. Kristin Thompson, graduate assistant in charge of Homecoming, said. Along with floats, clowns and jalopies in the parade, there were high school marching hands from across the region that traveled to Northwest to join in the celebration. However, there were not as many high school bands entered in the parade as in years past. The parade was a bit shorter this year. Thompson said. Missouri Western had their Homecoming the same day as ours and some bands went there, because it was closer. The community of Mary ville also helped out with the Home- coming parade. Several businesses and individuals, including Chip Strong and Joe Zahnd, donated money to a parade fund which was established to help cover the high costs organiza- tions encountered when producing a float. The average price tag for the cost of producing a float was approximately $3,000 for each organization. We established a fund this year, called the Community Parade Fund. Thompson said. Everyone who entered a float in the parade got an equal amount to give more of an incentive. It wasn ' t much but we wanted to help them out. The residence halls also joined in the Homecoming spirit by decorating in accordance to the theme. Franken Hall had the characters in Disney ' s Jungle Book on display in front of the hall. Hudson Hall held a contest for best floor decoration that was judged by the custodians and several hall directors. Center Second Hudson entered the contest with their rendi- tion of the Cinderella fairy tale. The floor decorated the hall by hanging blue curtains made with toilet paper for the entrance, hand sketched paper on the walls and a talking goose at the entryway. Three hostesses lead people down the hall narrating the Walt Disney version of the story and at the end guests were served lemonade in the part of the hallway that was called the palace. We spent a lot of time putting it all up. Jennifer Beekman said. The first part of the hall was lined with hand-drawn illustrations of the story and the second half was the palace. We covered the water fountain with a blue aluminum foil type paper and put a glass slipper on top of it. The tloor won the contest with this performance and decora- tion portraying the famous tale of Cinderella and her wicked step sisters. After the parade on Saturday morning, the afternoon held the annual Homecoming football game in a packed Rickenbrode Stadium. Northwest ' s starting quarterback Lawrence Luster was sus- pended from the Homecoming game due to a violation of team policy after being arrested for suspicion of shoplifting. According to the police report. Luster was arrested for larceny following an incident at a local business, in which a bottle of gin was taken without being paid for. Luster ' s arrest led to a one game suspension and quarterback Greg Teale started in his first collegiate game against South- west Baptist University. — continued Dressed as a groundskeeper. Jean Jones returns as a guest emcee in a cameo appearance in the Variety Show . Photo by Jon Britton. 26 Homecoming