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

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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

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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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kl i fe- down, it ' s going up. S Tau members also recycled pieces of prcvioas house decorations to create the ' Berlin Wall. ' Bobby Bearcat was portrayed as knocking the wall down to another national championship. Because the wall was made of used materials, the fraternity saved some money and even made a profit from the aliunni. The total cost for their materials was $350. The alumni gave them $800 for doing the projea. We wanted to try to get our name back on campus, Wiederholt said. The fraternity did just that by taking fifth place in the highly competitive float competition and earned an additional $475. Some oigariizations used the parade to suppon a nationally recognized cause. Sigma Phi Epsilon members took turns teeter-tottering on a decade-old teeter-totter to support their philanthropy. From Wednesday morning until 10 a.m. Saturday, members dedicated 72 consecutive hours to the chiklhood pastime in the name of the Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, commonly known as Lou Gehrig ' s Disease. Sig Ep members built the teeter-rotter approximatdy 10 years ago and traditionally donated money ro ALS because of a member who had a ndative with the disease. Another unique aspea of the Northwest parade was the number of marching bands in participating. The Bearcat Marching Band kd the parade, but between the floats, jalopies and downs, 38 high school matching bands from surrounding cities and towns competed in a separate competition. I saw bands fiom Pbtte Qty and Kansas City — I can ' t believe some of these bands came all this way for a parade, Corrie Heliums said Some of them arc good, but then there arc some of the small ones. I know they arc from this area, but why waste your time? The parade is so small — just up and around the comer. The addition of the marching bands helped fill in the gaps in the parade route, and lengthened the amount of rime. The parade officially ended at 1 1 :30 a.m. when the crowds of spectators depaned the streets and went their separate ways. Fans began arriving for the 2 p.m. football game before 1 p.m. Superfans showed up covered from head to toe in green and white. We ' re true fens, April Saurxlcis said. We ' re wild and crazy and willing ro try anything. Saundcis and friends spent hours searching for a cow bell ro enhance • Continued Dela Chi pledge Brandon Smith impresses the crowd at the Homecoming parade with the Irsh jig. The pledges stopped every few minutes and performed a dance routine for the onlookers. Photo by Htathtr Eppert, 77 Homecomih