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

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BEFORE SCHOOL STARTS resident assistant Jay Morrison, hall director Kristine Pfeffer and RA Meena Ewing stage possible situations they might encounter thoughout the year. In this situation Morrison was drinl ing in his room and hiding Pfeffer in his closet. Photo by Amy Roh TO LEND A hand to the community, Dan Beyer and Jamie Gaston spend the day painting the Nodaway Humane Society building. This was just one of the projects that the new resident assistants did to promote community service. Photo by Jason Hoke AS PART OF Advantage Week, resident assistant trainee Jamie Britz participates in leadership building activities. The resident assistants used teamwork i n order to get one group from one side of the rope to the other without touching the rope. Photo by Sarah Phipps 01 a STUDENT Lire

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FRESHMEN JEREMY HENDERSON and his dad. Mike, work to buikJ a k tt tn his North Complex room. Jeremy arrived earty to move in and adjust to college life. Phofo by Sarah Phipps IN THE RRST stages ol prepanng for verification Chad Oressen, Mike Greiner and Gustavo Lazarte move packaged t ooks into the University Conference Center It took a tot ol preparation lor the University to get ready for the arnval of students. Photo by Sarah Phipps AT A DAY of cleaning at the Headstart building. Marisa Magai a works on cleaning one of the many Headstart vans. The resident assistants spent a day doing community service around Maryville as part ol tf eir training. Pholo by Jason Hoke

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Yean star extra S •continuetlfrom page 010 One of the faculty members who participated was Dave McLaughlin. McLaughlin was a member of Maryville Citizens for Community Actions, the community organization that Residence Hall Association worked with. I was quite pleased with the students, McLaughlin said. The hardest part was keeping people busy. We had more people than work. They did a wonderful job. With the construction on campus, some of the people who usually worked on clean up and repair in the halls were busy in other areas. That meant RAs had to help more to get their halls ready. We had areas that we had not used that we had rts smoothly with to get ready, Dye said. The RAs really pulled together and did things that would be considered above and beyond. The freshmen attended events like hypnotist Dr. Jim Wand, speaker Dr. Bertice Berry, comedian Buzz Sutherland and a pancake breakfast. Textbook services was another area at Northwest that played an important part in getting freshmen and returning students ready for classes. Five days before verification, they began to pack up books that the students would pick up. They had to pack up books for about 3,600 schedules. With RAs ready, textbooks bagged and students moved into their halls, the preparations that took months payed off as a new academic year began. Dr, Bertice Berry by Kiinb« rly Mansfield Freshmen filed into Bearcat Arena not knowing what to expect from Dr. Bertice Berry ' s presentaion. Berry was a motivational speaker who also entertained her audience with a sense of humor. This was Beny ' s second performance at Northwest. The staff wanted her to speak to the school. Counseling Center Director Liz Wood said. She was definitely worth hearing again. She had a serious message, twi she was also funny. Her mes.sage to students was to make college a good experience. Berry challenged the crowd to find experiences other than drinking in college. She urged ttie crowd to attend cultural events and other events in college life and to examine them. An unexamined life is not worth living, Berry .said. Berry asked questions that made the students examine their lives. She posed questions to the audience, then allowed the students to question her. As Berry finished, many students stood to applaud her. Sarah McFarland appreciated the message behind Berry ' s presentation. It was exactly what I needed to hear. McFarland said. I was glad she came. Many of the students who did not know what to expect walked out of the auditorium smiling. She was very insightful. Brad Smith said. She turned bad things annind and saw them differently. I would probably see her again if she came back. Staff members confirmed what they knew from Berry ' s previous visit. She was a wonderful speaker. Wood said. ON THE THIRD night of Advantage Week, freshmen anended Or. Baittoa Berry ' s lecture. BenytaMwd about ft importance of staying m school. PTwft) byAmyRoh PNKPAMATIONS for SCMOOl. OI3