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

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lOSON HALL MALE AND FEMALE students return to Hudson Hall after their 10 am. classes Hudson had to be opened up to males because of lack of space due 10 construction in South Complex. Photo by Sarah Phipps RESIDENT ASSISTANTS CHECK In male and f emale students in the t)asement of Hudson Hall. This was the first time in the halls 32-year history that men were permitted to reside ttiere. Photo by Amy Roh JAMIE GASTON , 4TH floor resident assistant of North Complex, walks the halls listening for loud residents. This responsibility was a usual ritual for weekend RAs. Photo by Jason Myers f r€ I

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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

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Renovation projects LI I y by Matthew Pearl The perpetual campus construction projects prompted students and faculty to redirect their footsteps to avoid piles of metal and concrete surrounded by familiar orange fencing. Following the completion of Colden Hall and the steam lines. Northwest began a new set of projects in the summer of 1998 involving the J.W. Jones Student Union and South Complex. The Union was the more difficult of the two projects, according to Cost Plarming Management Intemahonal, Inc., the firm which oversaw the construction of both facilities. According to CPMI project manager Randy Sharp, the Union renovation was so complex that CPMI oversaw the project in two phases. The first was the food service area. Eating would have been convenient and accessible for students and faculty at its completion in August 1999. Phase one had already dealt us some structural problems, which set us back a little, but the plan to finish in August never had changed, Sharp said. Phase two, including the renovation of offices and meeting areas was scheduled to y g REMODELING OF the J.W. Jones Student Union is the latest construction project on campus. Construction began in the summer of 1998 and was projected to be completed by begin in May 1 999 and was to be the fall of 1 999. Photo by Amy Roh 024 STUDENT LIFK finished by August 2000. Renovation of South Complex began in August 1998. According to Residential Life Coordinator Mark Hetzler, the plan to finish South in November or December 1999 was on time. Throughout the year, we had individual deadlines set for the completion of certain phases of the project, Hetzler said. We had met those critical times and had continued to plan on the reopening of South in the spring of 2000. South was chosen for remodeling because of its age and declining structural condition. The changes to the Union and South Complex caused inconvenience for everyone interacting with the Northwest campus, but most agreed the mess was worth the luxury of improved facilities. iMteuiOill p- V