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

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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

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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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As Ursula, from Disney ' s The Little Mermaid. Graham Sisco represents Gays And Lesbians Together At Northwest. GALTAN placed first in ihejalopy division ot ' the parade. Photo by Fay DahU|iiist. Brad Stephens as Bobby Bearcat and Brian Bclloffas Linda Girard give their rendition of Bobby Does Opera. Phi Mii .Alpha Sinfonia returned flair alter a year of absence and went on to win 1st place in the independent skit competition. Photo by Russ Weydert. Student Life 27