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

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Celebrating a Bearcat touchdown, the yell leaders hold Bobby Bearcat above the crowd as he starts into another series of push-ups. Bobby started a new tradition of doing push-ups alter every Northwest point to reflect the score of the game. Photo by Sarah , Phipps The familiar interior of the Administration Buil ding is reduced to a skeleton during the demolition phase of construction. Many campus renovations found students and professors alike struggling to adapt to scatiered offices and off-schedule classes. Photo by Greg Dairymple Phi Mus Gina Davis, Stacey Dowling and Mercedes Ramirez, along with Tina Szlanda of Alpha Sigma Alpha, share a group hug as they welcome each other back. Emotions ran high on Bid Day as new members, Rho Chis and active members united as a chapter for the first time. Photo by Susan Porterfield 4 Opening Stages

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Entertainment 66-105 Tracy Byrd 66-67 REO Speedwagon 70-71 “Grease” 78-79 George Carlin 80-81 Dave Barry 100-101 Sports 106-139 Women’s Tennis 106-107 Softball 114-115 : Football 118-121 Jonathan McAfee and Jamie Riddle of the track team run along College Avenue during practice. The team practiced Men’s Basketball 130-133 an average of 14 hours each week during the off season. Photo by Chris Tucker : Intramurals 136-139 ir Michael Hobbs tries on traditional ) di during the Chinese Student Organizations 140-201 ss0Ciation’s Mooncake Festival. The ini es looncake Festival took as in mid- Mini Mag 202 225 | 1 - OC U S poe in ‘3 celabrate the moon at its : sarah Phipps P Student Life 228-255 Greek Week 240-243 Homecoming 230-237 College Cars 254-255 Academics 256-271 President’s Cabinet 262-265 Culinary Cooking Class 258-259 Angela Larkins pomps the Delta Chi Alpha Sigrna Alpha float, “Northwest Story Book.” Germany Mexico Trips 268-269 Storybooks and fairy tales came to life after hours of hard work preparing to “Read All Sports Features 2 2-279 About It.” Photo by Scott Phelps Fitness Boom 278-279 Soccer Team 276-277 People 280-315 Greg Teale 284-285 Bar Statistics 290-291 Mercedes Ramirez 314-315 HON enter The Index 326-331 Ye e — e peng in September. The Pub nas packed Closing 334-336 Ute De ‘ay Students and residents during Ont. Photo by Chris Tucker Table of Contents ¢ 3 DMO

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Cae life brought with it constant change — a series of Stages. Northwest underwent the growing pains of transitions while it kept in motion on its way to coming into an educational focus. Renovations and parking problems plagued the University as it made the transition into the next century. Colden Hall and the Administration Building were the focus of the bulk of renovations, resulting in Colden closing for the entire year while it was revamped for the multimedia future of education. Some faculty displaced from Colden found themselves sharing living and office spaces with residents in Douglas Hall. The closing of Colden, the home of many general education classes, also meant students had to learn to deal with the inconvenience of attending classes in different buildings, at odd times and even late into the evening. Construction also caused parking problems. Parking lots by residence halls and the Administration Building were used for faculty parking and construction, leaving fewer spots for resident In Focus and commuter use. More than 3,942 parking permits were sold for only 2,907 spots for student use. Also in transition were trimesters, a hotly debated topic as the Board of Regents weighed the options of changing the University’s educational calendar. The Regents decided to per- form a two-year study looking into trimesters before implementing ¢ wef wh y¥ sa : any change %,,. 7. Vat in the y B a ce ae Fie Kay heethy | er Opening ° 5 gag