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

Page 7 text:

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

Page 6 text:

Opening • 2

Page 8 text:

Adaptations • 4 WITH CHAOS RAGING, ONE IN ITS MIDST FACED TWO CHOICES: IGNORE CHANGE AND DENY THE RESOLUTION OF CHAOS, OR DO WHAT IT TOOK TO BRING CHAOS TO HEEL — MAKE Adaptatl H THE UNIVERSITY FOUND ITSELF AT- TEMPTING TO ADAPT TO ITS OWN EVO- LUTION. VICE PRESIDENT OF STUDENT AFFAIRS DENISE OTTINGER LEFT IN OC- TOBER, LEAVING AN OPEN SEAT IN THE PRESIDENT ' S CABINET. THE BOARD OF REGENTS WAS SET TO APPROVE TRIMES- TERS, AND STUDENT SENATE HELPED EDUCATE STUDENTS ON THE ISSUE THROUGH OPEN FORUMS. NEW STU- DENTS PONDERED THEIR VALUES AS THEY CAME TO NORTHWEST DURING ADVANTAGE WEEK. ON SOME SCALE, ALL OF US DEALT WITH VALUE CON- CERNS AS WE LOOKED TO THE HEAD- LINES AT EVENTS THAT TOOK PLACE IN THE WORLD AROUND US. MONEY WAS A CONCERN FOR MANY AS WE STRUGGLED TO BALANCE OUR UNIVER- SITY BILLS WITH OUR ENTERTAINMENT NEEDS. MEETING NEEDS REQUIRED CONSTANT CHANGES, AND NORTH- WEST ' S CONTINUED DRIVE FOR ACHIEVEMENT WAS BUILT ON THE FOUNDATION OF THESE ADAPTATIONS. as - ■ As they sift through what used to be the Sigma Phi Epsilon house, Sig Eps Andy Vanness and IVlark Pederson salvage what they can. The fraternity was forced to adapt to life without a house after their alumni board decided to tear it down because of its poor condition. Photo by Jason Hoke