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

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i I ' PER AH Bearcat Superfan Guey Beane prepares to help the crocodile hunter Calder Young by sucking poisonous snake venom from his body. The Bearcat Superfans.a tradition in Phi Sigma Kappa ' s variety show skits, earned Beane the best actor award. Photo bf Chratint Ahrem For her portrayal of an Australian crocodile hunter in the variety show, Sigma Kappa Amy Beaver won the best actress award. The first place award for best s kit went to Alpha Sigma Alpha and Sigma Phi Epsllon. Photo by Amy Roh of the bv-Sara Sitzman , I nc sccunu annual raising wl the flags cook place at the Harvey and Joyce White Iniernational Plaza Friday, Oct. 1 5. The ceremony had become a pan of (he University t Homecoming festivities since the dedication of the Plaza in 1998. There were 54 poles in the Plaza, with flags representing the countries of the difl ercnt students attending Northwest. If there were not 54 studenu from 54 countries attending Northwest, past students flags were used. Joyce Botacio, a graduate student from Panama, raised her country ' s flag during the ceremony. When you are away you miss your country, so it is very important to be recognized, Botacio said. It makes me feel good to raise my flag. Seven countries were added to the Plaza during the ceremony: Haiti, Hong Kong, Morocco, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand and Zambia. Ivo Ruitcrs from Holland displayed the Netherlands ' flag. I ' m proud to show people something from my country. Ruiters said. The flags were in alphabetical order, staning from the north end of the Plaza. The flags were replaced because of the deterioration they sustained from the wind and the rain. The ceremony was changed to a less formal atmosphere, and the coordinator worked to incorporate the international students by allowing them to raise their country ' s flag. lt brought the students w much closer together, Dr. Negar Davis, director of international programs and multicultural afhin, said. It was very emotional, moving, touching aitd great honor for the students. 7 H(imecommg

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We do the e as a special thing, Evonne White, Chris Cakes caterer, said. We normally only do pancakes and sausage, but since the event is local we do the gs, too. Also on the menu that morning was, of course, beer. There were approximately 20 kegs for the event, which attraaed about 450 people. Smdents were not the only ones who went for breakfast. Parents and alumni also went for the early meal. It was a fun, crazy place, Judy Fei ;uson, mother of Elizabeth Ferguson, said. We were supposed to meet Elizabeth there, but she never showed up so we left. We had a lot of ftin, but we kind of stuck out because there were a few other parents there, but not very many. While parents and smdents were enjoying the catered services inside, others were preparing for the parade outside. After a night of strong winds and rain, Nancy Hardee, International Smdent Oiganization sponsor, started her morning by repairing the organizations house decoration. On the fix)nt lawn of the Lutheran Campus House, Bobby Bearcat was vacationing in the Caribbean for Christmas. He was swinging in a makeshift hammock next to an ocean of balloons and e cartons. Well, that ' s what it used to be before the winds came along and took it away, Hardee said. ISO used items found around the house, because of the small amount of fiinds they had available; they spent a mere $200 on supplies. We thought a Christmas vacation would be an easy thing to do because we had two trees and since we don ' t have a lot of money like the fiatemities and all, Hardee said. It does cost a litde bit to do this, but since we ' re not in competition with big organizations there ' s a chance that we could win a prize. We could even win our money back, plus some. ISO ' s hard work paid off when they were awarded first place, $450 and a trophy for their house decoration. Because the ISO house is located on Fbtirth Street, their house decoration was displayed among the floats, mini-floats, jalopies and clowns created by fi:atemities, sororities and other independent oig nizations. The members of these organizations spent coundess hours preparing for one of the largest campus activities of the year. Some students started constmction of their floats, clowns and house decorations weeks before the parade, while others procrastinated until five days before the event. The Sigma Tau Gamma fiatemity waited until Monday before Homecoming weekend to create a lai Bobby Bearcat sphinx for the float compedtion. The fiatemity had not constmaed a float in 12 years, but they were offered money fix)m their alumni to compete in the Homecoming parade. We never built a float because of a lack of interest and ftmds, but we build a wall every year as a house dec, Jim Wiederholt said. It ' s kind of a thing we like to do. It ' s a concealment basically. We always put a couch up and sit back here and drink. That plywood is supposed to gp on our roof As soon as we tear this • Continued Horace Mann students watch as the American flag is fastened to the rope that would take it to the top. Each of the children had the opportunity to help raise the flag. Photo by Amy Roh u dentLife

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r m ' -M.W ( ■. •■ %f. te«rf|l ir»Wi» ' . ii Forward safety Ryan Miller puts Missouri Southern State College on the run as he tries to get close enough for a tackle. Missouri Southern didn ' t have a chance apinst the Bearcats and lost the game 52- 1 3. Photo by Amy Roh As a high school marching band parades by, Dave McAfee taunts them and dances to their song. Later on in the parade, Maryville Public Safety warned some parade, goers to settle down. Photo by Amy Roh dentLife i i