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

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Tower 1998 Volume 77 Northwest Missouri State University 800 University Drive Maryville, mo 64468 (660)562-1212 Enrollment: 6,280 Different views of the Administration Building signify the adaptations that ran rampant throughout campus. With the high expectations Northwest strived to uphold, students, faculty and staff attempted to maintain order in their world of chaos. To many students, construction seemed to be a never-ending obstacle as they walked to their classes surrounded by steam tunnels and orange fences. Photos by Sarah Phipps

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Opening 3 STRUCTURE SEEMED TO BE LACKING WHEN WE ARRIVED FOR OUR FIRST DAY OF CLASSES. DESPITE PASSED CONSTRUCTION DEADLINES, CAMPUS STILL LOOKED CHAOTIC UNDER A SEA OF ORANGE FENCING. THROUGH THE MESS, MOST OF US WERE STILL ABLE TO REMEMBER ONE THING: From ChaT Comes Order TOWARD THE END OF THE FALL SEMESTER THINGS BEGAN TO LOOK PROMISING. ONE -BY-ONE, OPEN TRENCHES DISAPPEARED AS THE STEAM LINE PROJECT REACHED COMPLETION. CONSTRUC- TION WAS NOT THE ONLY CHANGE MADE ON CAMPUS. IN ORDER FOR US TO MAINTAIN OUR REPUTATION AS THE ELECTRONIC CAMPUS, NEW PERSONAL COMPUTERS REPLACED VAX TERMI- NALS IN RESIDENCE HALL ROOMS AND COMPUT- ER LABS TO ALLOW EASIER ACCESS TO THE INTER- NET. --- IN JANUARY, GOLDEN HALL ' S DOORS WERE FINALLY OPENED. NO LONGER WOULD WE HAVE CLASSES IN STRANGE BUILDINGS AT ODD HOURS. INSTRUCTORS PACKED UP AND LEFT THEIR RESIDENCE HALL OFFICES TO SETTLE INTO THEIR NEW ACCOMMODATIONS. GOLDEN NEVER LOOKED BETTER WITH ITS TECHNOLOGICALLY- DESIGNED CLASSROOMS AND NEW OPEN ENTRY- WAY. THE FOURTH TIME PROVED TO BE A WINNER FOR US AS WE WON THE MISSOURI QUAL- ITY AWARD. PRESIDENT DEAN HUBBARD SAID THE AWARD AND THE QUALITY OF NORTHWEST WAS INDEED A TEAM EFFORT, rx IT WAS THE BEARCAT FOOTBALL TEAM, HOWEVER, THAT GOT OUR AT- TENTION AS THE ' CATS FINISHED THE SEASON UNDEFEATED. WE CLAIMED THE MIAA CHAMPI- ONSHIP, ANOTHER HOMECOMING VICTORY AND KEPT THE HICKORY STICK AT HOME. ' Throughout campus, chaos took its form in many ways. When the Bearcat spirit ripped through Rickenbrode Stadium on Homecoming, it wreaked havoc on Southwest Baptist University. Homecoming itself displayed many forms of chaos. Between late nights of pomping and tedious dress rehearsals for the Variety Show, students found themselves in a worn-out daze. In everyday life chaos also took its toll on the students, whetherthey were trying to balance their schedules be- tween their social and academic lives or just trying to get to class while winding their way through a maze of orange fencing because of the construction across cam- pus. Photos by Sarah Phipps