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

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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

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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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REMEMBER It was fun having my first start on Homecoming, even though it was in a bad situation, Teale said. The game concluded in Northwest ' s sixth consecutive loss on Homecoming Day with a score of 21-17. Southwest Baptist made the winning touchdown in the final minute of the game causing a great let down for Northwest fans. Despite minor setbacks that arose in planning, the Home- coming festivities were executed without problems on Satur- day. Everything went very smooth, Leilani Greenfield, Home- coming co-chair, said. I ' d say the biggest problem was that representatives didn ' t take the information back to their orga- nizations, but that was easily remedied. Northwest sponsored activities were not the only ones en- joyed by students at Homecoming. The bar scene was another popular outing that received overwhelming crowds over the weekend. Lie Awake, an alternative music group, made a return appear- ance to The World Famous Outback on Friday and Saturday nights. The band brought in a packed house on both nights with their renditions of songs such as Tainted Love by the Cure and Hey Jealousy by The Gin Blossoms. They were awesome, Lucretia Winemiller said. They played new music that was on the cutting edge. Even with the problems that arose during the week, it was a time that would instill memories in all who participated in The Wonderful World of Northwest. The Phi Sigma Kappii float makes its way down College Avenue during the Homecoming parade. The Phi Sig ' s hard work paid off when they received first place in the tloat com- petition. Photo by Jon Britton. HOMECOMING AWARDS BEST FLOAT Phi Sigma Kappa Aladdin VARIETY SHOW SKITS I NDE PEN DENT- Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, Bobby Does Opera SORORITY - Delta Zeta, Who Framed Bobby Bearcat FRATERNITY - Sigma Phi Epsilon, Bobby Bearcat Meets the Weird World of Waif BEST OVERALL SKIT Phi Mu Alpha Sintonia. Bobby Does Opera PEOPLES CHOICE AWARD FOR BEST ACT Phi Mu Alpha Sintonia, Bobby Does Opera OLIO ACTS Three Men and a Melody BEST ACTOR Brian Bellof in Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia ' s, Bobby Does Opera BEST ACTRESS Kelly Burger in Alpha Sigma Alpha ' s, The Won- derful World of Woody BEST FLOAT Phi Sigma Kappa, Aladdin HICHLY COMPETITIVE Phi Sigma Kappa, Aladdin COMPETITIVE Support Staff Council, Beauty and the Beast 28 Homecoming BEST OVERALL HOUSE DECORATION Alpha Sigma Alpha Alpha Kappa Lambda, Aladdin BEST HOUSE DECORATIONS CREEK - Alpha Sigma Alpha Alpha Kappa Lamda, Aladdin INDEPENDENT - Sigma Society, Ifs a Small World PARADE SUPREMACY Support Services, Phi Sigma Kappa, Phi Mu JALOPIES GALTAN, Little Mermaids Ursula SMS-AHEA, Costume 101 Dalmations CLOWNS Phi Sigma Kappa Phi Mu Alpha, Herbie the Love Bug PAPER MACHE Phi Sigma Kappa, Fantasia Delta Zeta, Snow White Sigma Sigma Sigma, Poohs Corner COSTUME Phi Sigma Kappa, Mighty Ducks Delta Zeta, Peter Pan and Friends POMP Tau Phi Epsilon, Alice in Wonderland Phi Sigma Kappa, Cool Runnings Jamaican Bobsled Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, Herbie the Love Bug ■■ ( J I. i