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

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TROUPE by Lisa Huse ' Tve told Chelsea not to bring her roommate home from Stanford in fear that you will straddle her - A skit depicting Bill and Hillary Clinton company in Chicago. Acts during the performance ranged from popular acts from The Second City ' s mainstage productions in Chicago, Detroit and Toronto, to skits Invented by the troupe. The audience got many samples of what The Second City was known for: The Second City presented a night of both rehearsed and improvisational comedy skits at the Mary Linn Performing Arts Center. The troupe was based from the main Second City LIBSCOMEDY sp ecial treat when the cast improvised and sang a song about Should or him. shouldn t tasty cast ' nublans ovulate? ' ' - The asked hi m what he used ' ' We make shit to want to be Topic sugQCsted whenhegrew by thc audiencc p- and debated by I could not g really think of what to say, so I just said, ' fireman, ' McDaniels said. So they just started going on about me being a fireman. The song impressed McDaniels, since they came up with it right after he answered their question. Although cast member Samantha Mednick did not know much about improvisational comedy when she got involved with The Second City, she soon realized that improvisational comedy was as improvisational comedy. During a Jeopardy game, a cast Up KinO Ol I I KG fun to perform as it was to watch, member dressed as Alex Trebec What yOU QUyS It was so much fun, Mednick prompted the audience for categories and Q jf ClaSS. ' ' — said. It felt almost wrong to answers while cast members dressed as Improvisational ' ' ' ' • ' ° ' Johnny Appleseed, Carol Channing and ♦- h o z» f-o r Ginger Spice improvised questions. job. Tr oy McDaniels participated by shouting out suggestions and later got a explained by Greg Mills The evening ' s entertainment « )fo was enjoyable for the audience and the traveling performers. )Sm Second City oai

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MEMBERS OF THE Second City discuss how they got their start in comedy and their future plans. The Second City had theatres in Chicago, Detroit and Toronto. Photo by Amy Roh GREG MILLS LISTENS to his fellow actors ' responses during a press conference following their performance. Members of The Second City rewarded the audience with an encore performance. Photo by Sarah Phipps AFTER THE SHOW, Martin Garcia jokes with his Second City castmates. The comedy troupe had rehearsed skits as well as improvisational skits based on audience input. Photo by Amy Roh 020 ENTCRTAINMKNT

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iffher student ratio induces igne: 3.11 by Debbie Bacon Confusion was the scene across campus as reno- vations and a high female to male ratio sparked changes in residence halls. Dieterich, Perrin and Hudson all received resident makeovers. Dieterich, formally an all-male residence hall, was made coed in the fall when the top two floors were changed to female. Mary Jane Miller of Residential Life had a large role in determining student placement. I had over 50 female contracts sitting here I could not place anywhere, Miller said. Dieterich was going to be coed in a few years; it just ha ppened sooner than we expected. Dieterich was chosen to help house some of the extra women after Miller noticed the small number of males already placed on the sixth and seventh floors and moved them to other locations on campus. Because of this change, the campus no longer hosted any all-male halls. Marisa Magafia said some of the girls had prob- lems living in a building equipped for males, and some of the girls had asked if they could put plants in the urinals so they would not feel so uncomfort- able. A planned reopening of Perrin occurred in fall 1998. Three out of the four floors ' ' ' ' %, were opened to female residents b22 Student Lifk owe cpwj ' )» Hudson, formally an all-female OH o residence hall, turned coed. This change, unlike Dieterich, was planned in advance. Jim Meyer was happy with his stay in Hudson, yet admitted that he had mixed feelings at first. My room was not too bad, but the thing that scared me was that the sanitary dispensers were in our bathroom for a month, Meyer said. I was really happy to see them taken down. It made me uncomfortable to look at them everyday. After the initial shock of different living arrangements wore off, students appeared content and ready for their next residence hall adventure. Humorous Floor Rules 1923: (Rules for the women ' s dormitory) • Money and jewelry should be left in the care of the Housemother and should not be kept in bedrooms. • Men and boys are not allowed above the basement floor, elsewhere than the parlors, unless accompanied by the Housemother. • Students leaving the hall in the evening or for home must register at the desk. • Students must keep their rooms in good order and ready for inspection from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. • Students must respond promptly to the bell for dinner. 1949: (Rules for the women ' s dormitory) • Quiet hours begin at 8 p.m. except on Friday and Saturday nights, when the hours begin at 1 1 p.m. All typing should cease after 10:30 p.m. • Showers are not to be taken before 6:30 a.m. and after 1 1 p.m., except on Friday and Saturday night when the latter hour is extended until 11 :30 p.m. On Sunday morning, showers should be taken after 8:30 a.m. only. • There is a room inspection at intervals, and if the rooms are in a chronic state of disorder, a fine will be deducted from the room deposit. • Beds should be made by 8 a.m. and must be made by 1 p.m. • The house closes at 10:30 p.m. each night except Friday and Saturday, when the closing hour is 1 1 p.m. (Remember, at this time, the students did not have keys to the halls.) • Women students must not go to men ' s rooming houses or to fraternity houses unless chaperoned by a person acceptable to the Dean of Women. • A gong is rang to signify meals. A .seating chart is made up each two weeks by the Night Chaperone and residents are expected to sit in their assigned places except over the weekend. Found in ihc archives of the B.I). Owens Library in old University pamphlets