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

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Comfy on their beanbag chairs. Darl Brickhousc and Stephanie Raymond watch Days of our Lives in their room. The traffic cone, stophght and menu board were just a few of the items they used to spice up their room. 16 Student Life

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A bulldozer takes down the walls next to A G Steakhouse alter the budding was destroyed b fire. Owners of A G decided not to reopen the business after the c tensive loss. olunteer firefighter prepares to remove his oxygen mask after fighting the fire at Accent Printing. The fire L .luved c tcnM e damage to D S VV estern Wear and Paradise Donuts and forced Accent Printing to move to a new location. •A i Fires 15

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Mirrored balls, Winnie the Pooh and unique styles accent creative living spaces IN STYLE W iilking into a residence hall al the beginning of a year could have been depressing, but a little creativity and the smallest splash of craziness turned a room into a daily party. Jason Duran and Jeremy Farrow did Just that. Wanting to be different, they decorated their Perrin Hall room after two days of procrastination by throwing glow-in-the-dark posters on the walls. When people walked by, they always stopped to take a look. Duran said. The two said everyone thought their room was great and that it was an easy way for them to meet people. Roommates Brian Diamond and Kyle .Scholz agreed. Diamond, who works as a DJ on weekends in Omaha, Neb., brought his stereo equipment with him in hopes of doing a show in Maryville. Since his equipment was already here, he added it to his room for decoration. The Perrin Hall room men were not the only creative residents, however. Stephanie Raymond and Darl Brickhouse spent a lot of time in their Phillips Hall room as well. A gigantic Pepsi sign covered with private jokes dominated the room. While Farrow and Duran took the lime to decorate. Raymond and Brickhouse created replicas of their rooms back home. Pictures of their friends covered the room and the matching Winnie the Pooh bedspreads reflected their personalities. B Beckx Mellon Other people thought our room was creative and had a homey feel to it. Brickhouse said. A lot of money went into these rooms to make them appear home-like. Diamond estimated a total of $2,000 spent on stereo and lighting equipment, while Duran and Farrow figured around SI, 000 was spent on their room, including television. Nintendo, stereo and couch. It was something that made them individuals, Resident Assistant Greg Cole said. It also established a community on the floor. Most of Duran and Farrow s friends enjoyed hanging out and relaxing in the bright neon lights. Black lights hung from each of their lofts along with cactus lights strung from one end of the bed to the other. Orange, yellow and green fluorescent paint splattered on the base of their loft gave the room its own twist. Raymond had glow-in-the-dark pullv paint on her side of the wall, and Brickhouse hung empty beef jerky packages on hers. The two stN les met in the middle with tropical fish hanging tfoni the ceiling and orange cones everywhere. In Scholz and Diamond ' s room, or mood room as their neighbors called it. a mirror ball, strobe lights and multicolored laser lights allowed Diamond to set any mood. The Perrin residents thought Diamond and Scholz s room was pretty wild, neighbor Charles Bass said. Personalizing rooms made them seem more homelike and a better place for students to return to when the needed to rela.x. Creativity and craziness helped create a home. Residence Halls 17