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

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Dressed in her country ' s native clothing, Ruth Malasa raises the Zambian flag with her brother, Richard. Zambia was one of the new countries represented in the Harvey and Joyce White International Plaza this year. Photo by Amy Roh Before the Homecoming awards start, Ben Bruggemann tries to get the crowd dancing. The awards ceremony was a tribute to the hard work put into Homecoming. Photo by Amy Roh u dentLife

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m younger generation ended their evening at a late movie at the Missouri Twin Theatre. We went to see ' American Pie ' and the movie was messed up so much and they started laughing, Megan said. We had to sit there for about 20 minutes waiting for the movie to come back on. I was like, ' Yep, this is the town of Maryville. This is the movie theater. ' It was really funny. Megan and Vanae both enjoyed their weekend with their siblings and with Vanae ' s parents, but wished they had more time. It seemed like we were just doing one thing right after the other and I didn ' t ever get to sit down and have a real conversation with any of them to kind of know what ' s going on back home, Vanae said. It just went really, really fast. The Coopers and Sam left Maryville at about 10 a.m. Sunday, following breakfast at Country Kitchen with Megan and Vanae. As they prepared to leave, it was questionable whether saying goodbye would be as difficult as it was on move-in day. It was kind of sad, but we all knew that we had to say goodbye, Vanae said. It went really well, actually. Nobody broke down and cried or anything. V»nae shows her mother » poster she purchased while at school, however it would not fit in her room so she sent it home with her parents.Vanae ' s parents brought food and newspapers from their hometown for the women. Photo by Amy Rob Family Da -- ,1

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ft MisTifbnyTrokcy and iindy Townsend cel- iliratt after teaming they ind Sigma Phi Epsilon ««n (irtt place for their hxR. The Phi Mus also •caivad third place for iMir house decoration mWi Deka Sifma Phi and ap|» Si|ma and variety ihow skit. Bobby... Monhwtst for Bearcat. byAmyAoh. rvmlKw RAISIN by Sarah Smith and Jadyn Mauc A dull diud and a sharp crack ratded die windows and boggled die minds of Nordiwcst residences as die Bearcat Marching Band dmmline serenaded die campus at 5:30 a.m. Friday, Oa. 1 5. signaling the official start of Homecoming Weekend and Walkout Day. The drumline is my favorite pan of Homecoming, Jenna Rhodes said. It starts the whole weekend on a bud, obnoxious note, which is what Homecoming is. Playing various cadences and warm-ups, the drumline staned the morning in front of Hudson and Perrin residence halls. After numerous calls and complaints, the Maryville public safety arrived to stop the escapade. ftopic usually get really angry, drummer Ian Joyce said. They yell and throw stuff, but its a tradition. After the wake-up call, many smdents closed their eyes and fell back into slumber, but for others, the day started early. At the Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity house, members hurried to finish their house decoration before the 5 p.m. judging. They had been working on the house decoration with the Alpha Sigma Alpha sorority for five weeks. In mere hours, their hard work would be evaluated for the first time in four years. We got a new house so we thought wed do a house dec, Man Owings said. The three dimensional pyramid was daborate, using neariy 20 different colors and $2,500 worth of lumber, chicken wire and pomps. When we get all done it looks rcaUy great, Owong? said. What really sucks, is that we spent five weeks on it to have it up for three days, and then it ' s gpne. After the house decoration judging, organizations breathed a sigh of relief and moved their focus toward completing their floats and clowns. Walkout Day continued long into the nig t, as students across the campus scurried to finish up for the parade. As the sun came up Saturday, everything started to slowly fall into place. Prejudging for the parade started at 8 im., but many organizations met well before dawn to move their floats to the parade route. Phi Mu and Sigma Phi Epsifon staned moving their float at 5:30 a.m. It took over a hour to move from their buildir site, which was two miles away from the parade ' s starting point. We started the day by walking two miles holding down the skirts, Tonya Henr) ' said. We haven ' t been to sleep ycc The sleepless ni t pakl ofl for the organizations when they took first place for their float It ' s a Small World. On the odier side oftown, anodier Homecoming tradition was in full swing. Chris Cakes catered the lOth annual Keg$ and Egg$ breakfast at The Worid Famous Outback. Chris Cakes prepared 55 pounds of eggs abng with pancakes, sausage and coffee for the event. Although the business is located in Maryville, it traveled across the country catcrir to similar events. Since Ke and Egg was in Maryville, the eggs were pr urcd as a favor. • Continued 12 Homecommg