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

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Traditions withstand ' T with St I lime Local bar plays host to 1 1th annual by Burton Taylor As usual, the kegs were more popular than the eggs at The World Famous Outback Homecoming Kegs and Eggs event. Students were more than willing to begin their celebration in the early morn- ing hours to show their school spirit with this unique breakfast. 1 came for the kegs, skipped the eggs and went back for the kegs, Alumnus Ethan Brown said. Brown traveled with his wife, alumna Mandy Brown, from Nebraska to take part in the Homecoming festivities, which started with the 8 a.m. beer and breakfast special. Both graduates said Kegs and Eggs was a great start to Homecoming, but they went to the event mostly to meet with old friends. That was the exciting part, Mandy said. I knew all of my sorority sisters that I hadn ' t seen in a long time would be here. Although a lot of students attended Kegs and Eggs for socialization and to pre-party until Homecoming, there were also other incentives for participating in the event. Brian Ross had seen three Homecomings at Northwest and before this year, had never taken part in Kegs and Eggs. He said that was what motivated him to wake up at 7 a.m. I went because I had never been and I wanted to see what it was all about, Ross said. It turned out being a great time. breakfast of champions. Chris Cakes ' owner Evonne White said her catering business was always eager to see what new faces would be at Kegs and Eggs. Serving more than 300 plates of eggs, pancakes and sausage. White said the Homecoming event was a good time for the community. We do a lot of fun things, but it ' s always neat to be something in the community that is always fun, White said. I think it went very well, it was a beautiful day, there was a great turnout and it was a great Homecoming. Jon Peters said there was no way he could have started off the event-filled day bet- ter than with a stomach full of pancakes and beer. 1 thought it was a good way to start the day, Peters said. It just got me in the mood for the football game. This pre-party Homecoming scene brought together students and alumni in an atmosphere buzzing with school spirit. I ' ull from the morning breakfast mixture of beer and eggs, students were ready to cheer the Bearcats on to a victorv. Photos I Homecoming 25

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To prepare the food for Kegs and Eggs at The World Famous Outback, Jason Byerley mixes a bucket of pancake batter. Preparations for the 7 a.m. event started as early as 5 a.m.Saturday.phofo by Jason Myers. Chris Cakes ' helper Jason Byerley serves a plateful of pancakes to Nicole Anderson during Kegs and Eggs at the World Famous Outback on Homecoming morning. Byerley was an employee of Cork ' n Keg who worked with Chris Cakes to host the event, photo by Jason Myers. %( Wi ' m,-

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Traditions nn withstand lime Elaborate decorations exemplify school pride. by Burton Taylor Although organizations did not tow them in tlie parade, house decorations received just as much attention. Thousands of hours were invested in the cre- ation of house decorations, which included four fraternity sorority teams along witli otlier independent organizations. Those involved were hoping for a first place standing, but only one would receive die award. Many admitted it was an extremely close race. I really thought that, overall, tire entire qual- ity of all the house decorations was good, lake Akehurst, Tau Kappa Epsilon Homecoming co- chairman, said. The TKE s and Phi Mu ' s long hours paid off. They claimed first place for their creation of a castle. I was surprised we won, Akehurst said. 1 thought it was kind of up in tire air and that anyone else could have won it. Delta CW, working with Sigma Sigma Sigma, claimed second place. Sigma Plii Epsilon and Alpha Sigma Alpha took diird place and Alpha Kappa Lambda and Sigma Kappa were awarded fourth. The competition was so close that many drought tire outcome would have been differ- ent. Wes McCubbin, Delta Chi float chairman, said he thought the AKLs would have received a better placing than fourtli. The AKLs did a really good job, McCubbin said. They hadn ' t done a house (decoradon) in a long time and they came out of nowhere widi diis one, which was great. lason Moen, AKL Homecoming co-chair- man, also said die competition was extremely close. The time and effort was visible in the completed projects, and the impressive con- striicdons made tlie judging interesting. I thought everyone else ' s house (decora- tions) were extremely good, Moen said. As long as I ' ve been here, I haven ' t seen any this good. Motivation was always a key element dur- ing Homecomin g, and each organization dealt witii it in their own way. This lent to the high level of competition, Akehurst said. The TKEs and Sig Eps worked across the stteet from each other for the first time because the TKEs did not have a house decoration last year. Akehurst said having them so close was a big motivator. On the otiier hand, the AKLs were motivated to work hard because it had been five years since the organization had competed in the event, Moen said. You just have to remind everyone that it ' s a group effort and the more time and effort we put into it the better it, will be in die end, Moen said. Homecomine Award CLOWNS Overall Best Clowns-Individual: Sigma Society Overall Best Clowns-Sorority: PhiMu Overall Best Clowns-Fraternity: Phi Sigma Kappa FLOATS Overall Best Mini Float: Alpha Sigma Alpha Overall Best Float: Alpha Sigma Alpha Delta Chi Overall Supremacy-Fraternity: Phi Sigma Kappa Overall Supremacy- Sorority: Alpha Sigma Alpha HOUSE DECORATION Overall Best House Decoration: Tau Kappa Epsilon Phi Mu g VARIETY SHOW Olio Acts Ist-Craig Buhman and Chad Brown If I had a Million Dollars 2nd-Alpha Phi Omega Cecilia 3rd-Afton Starke Broken Wings Skit-Competitive: Ist-PhiMu Alpha 2nd-Kappa Sigma Sigma Alpha Iota Skit-Highly Competitive: Ist-Phi Mu Alpha Gamma Rho 2nd-Delta Chi Sigma Sigma Sigma 3rd-Alpha Sigma Alpha Sigma Phi Epsilon Best Actress: Amy Beaver Best Actor: Justin Burton People ' s Choice Award: Phi Mu Alpha Bobby Goes Back to the Future Student Life