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

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Smiles are contagious whenever Booby Bearcat is busy . at work. Bobby stopped and said hello to many children during the Homecoming parade route. Photo t Heather Epperly riS their football cheers. We went to 10 stores and finally we went to some farm store, Saunders said. The store didn ' t have the bell, b ut a farmer had one on the back of his tmck. He just gave it to us. On the field, the Bearcats defeated Missouri Southem State Coll , 52-17. Afi:er catching seven passes for 93 yards and scoring two touchdowns, wide receiver Tony Miles was honored with the Don Black Trophy. Off the field, guarding a back entrance to the stadium, campus security officer Roy Gibbs concentrated on crowd control while watching the Bearcats in action. I ' m always pumped for Homecoming, rooting for the home team, Gibbs said. Across the street from Rickenbrode Stadium at the Phi Sigma Kappa house, Casey McConkey and his fraternity brothers took turns shooting a cannon. This is fun and I just wanted to do it, McConkey said. I ' m pretty piunped, but Homecoming is a lot of stress. The cannon was a 25-year-old tradition for the fraternity. With each Bearcat touchdown they loaded powder in a ram rod and put it in the cannon barrel to make a louder boom. As Saturday came to an end, smdents parked their floats and abandoned their clown costumes to b in a night fiee of stress. According to Homecoming r ;ularions, the floats and house decorations had to be destroyed before Sunday night. At the Delta Chi house, members and alumni planned to do just that. There was an unspoken Delta Chi tradition that some time during its annual Homecoming party with the Sigma Sigma Sigma sorority, the house decoration would be destroyed. An entire month of building, pomping and preparation would all collapse in a matter of minutes. It seems kind of odd that you work that long on something just to knock it down, Joel Dickes, Delta Chi president, said. It obviously can ' t stay up, and it ' d be nice to keep parts of it, but there ' d be no where to keep it and we have no use for it. Late Saturday night. Delta Chi and theTri-Sigmas destroyed $2,000 of work, time and patience. However, this was not dissatisfying for the members. Homecoming was merely a time for them to build a sense of unity and continue tradition. I guess the entire thing about Homecoming is slipping around and seeing what ' s going on, Dickes said. It re-emphasizes why I wanted to become a Greek. It ' s just one big weekend out of the year where everybody ' s around, and that makes the Greek community really tight. The closeness of the Greek community and the campus was most apparent Sunday afternoon when the parade participants gathered at Rickenbrode for the awards presentation. After Phi Mu and Sigma Phi Epsilon were awarded best overall for their float, members screamed, cried and hugged each other. This is the greatest feeling in the world, Shannon Flinn said as she wrapped her arms around a sorority sister. It takes so much time to do all of this, but it is so worth it. It is the most exciting feeling in the world. dentLife

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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

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Awards At the Alpha Kappa Lambda house, Kieli Berding fills gaps in their jalopy with more pomps. Fraternities and sororities usually work together on floats, house decorations and jalopies so more funds are available. Photo by Amy Roh Wide receiver Tony Miles holds his Don Black Trophy high. Miles received the award for his spectacular performance in the Homecoming football game. He caught seven passes for 93 yards, returned three punts for 81 yards and blocked an extra point attempt. Photo by Amy Roh Sorority 1 . Sigma Sigma Sigma. ' Eigth Wonder of the World 2 Alpha Sigma Alpha, ' Olympic Rings and Flags ' 3. Phi Mu, Bobby ' s Gondola of Love Frattmily 1 . Delta Chi. Chinese Parade Dragon ' 2 Tau Kappa Epsilon, Bobby Around the World Variety SIiqm; Greek 1 Sigma Phi Epsilon and Alpha Sigma Alpha, Hey, You Didnt Know Bobby was from Africa? ' 2 Delta Chi and Sigma Sigma Sigma, Revenge of the Northwest Nerds ' 3. Phi Mu and Phi Sigma Kappa, Bobby.. North west tor Bearcat Independenl 1 Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia and Sigma Alpha lota. Secret Agent Bobby PftOjIlt ' ] Best Skit: Alpha Sigma Alpha and Sigma Phi Epsilon Best Olio: Millennium Quartet Best Actor: WhosyourdaddyowsM, Casey Beane Best Actress: The Crocodile Hunter, Amy Beaver Hof DicfliitiaM: Highty CompettOvt 1 . Delta Chi and Sigma Sigma Sigma. Bobby ' s New View of the World 2. Alpha Sigma Alpha and Sigma Phi Epsilon. Pyramids o( Egypt 3. Phi Mu. Kappa Sigm a and Delta Sigma Phi. Bobby Gets an International Rail Pass ' Competitive 1 . International Student Organization. Bobby ' s Caribbean Christmas 2. Alpha Tau Alpha, Bobby Goes on a World Safari 3. Residence Hall Council, Seven Wonder of the World Highly Competitive 1 . Phi Mu and Sigma Phi Epsilon. It ' s a Small World 2. Sigma Sigma Sigma and Alpha Gamma Rho, Bobby Down Under 3. Tau Kappa Epsilon and Alpha Sigma Alpha, Roman Times Competitive 1. Sigma Society. Bobby ' s Arctic Adventure 2. International Student Organization. Bobby ' s Chinese New Year 3 Horace Mann Labratory School Parade Supremux Sorority Phi Mu Fraternity: Delta Ctii Independent: Sigma Society HoM: PM Mu and Sigma Phi EpsMon House Decoration: Sigma Sigma Sigma and Delta Chi Vkrtety SDow Skit: Alpha Stgma Alpha and Sigma Ptii Epsilon Ht)mecomhi