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

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■■ n .V, Nich Bodcii and other ivsidciicc hall employees distribute bottled water diiriii the August boil order. In addition to snpplyin residents with bottled water, the university brought in two milk trucks filled with water, photo by Matt Frye A construction worker installs wire piping while renomting Rickenbrode Stadium . The stadium ' s renovation was ahead of schedule due to mild winter weather . photo by Matt Frye 02:msssmm It was a year regarding you and your convictions. Reflect on the positive and negative experiences that created your character. You clipped coupons as the statewide $284 million higher education budget cut struck home. While the university added a $5 per credit hour surcharge, enroUment went down 5 percent. Northwest was forced to cut $19 million from its annual operations budget. The Capital Campaign for Northwest offered one way to offset state cuts, attempting to raise $21 million for the 21 Century. In August a boil order interrupted the first week j of classes after a major water line broke east of Maryville. Campus water fountains were turned off in buildings to protect you from getting ill. Trucks distributed 9,000 bottles of water on campus while a few residence halls locked bathroom doors due to sanitation concerns. Campus Safety patrolled the university freshly outfitted with firearms. While guns were an issue at the university, but you watched the topic invade the news. Men s cross country runner Matt Nipperf gazes out the bus u ' indow en route to the Wildcat Invitational in Baldwin, Kan. Nippert placed 15th overall at the meet, photo by Matt Frye

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In June you saw northwest Missouri brought into the national spotlight as CNN reported that Lloyd Jeffress of Kearney shot four monks in Conception. The country was on the brink of war with Iraq; meanwhile, snipers John Allen Muhammad, 41, and John Lee Malvo, 17, were convicted of 13 shootings, 10 fatal, in the Washington D.C. area. Visions of professional football entertained you at Arrowhead Stadium, home of the Kansas City Chiefs, Oct. 17. Chances are you or your friends attended the Clash of the Champions Provost Taylor Barnes and Abbot Gregory dedicate a newly planted chinquapin oak tree near Golden Pond. The ceremony was held Oct. 11 in remembrance of the Goncep- tion Abbey shootings on JunelO. photo by Bill Knust The Bearcat Marching Band createsformauom during half-time on the piayitigfield if Arrowhead Stadium. It makes it exciting lu ' cause it ' s a night football game, not only to say it ' s in this major complex, band director Al Sergei said, photo hy Matt Fiye as it broke the NCAA Division II attendance record with 26,695 fans. You gathered to address J controversy that faced Northwest. Bearcat Voice was implemented as a new organization on campus with the main purpose of discussing current problems and ways to address them. The people you interacted with everyday, the classes you attended and the lifestyle you chose made a difference to you. Regarding you and your life at Northwest, it was a year to react. Satoshi Tanihata andjaehee Kim discuss photography over an afternoon coffee. Students gathered at Java ' City, in the J. W. Jones Student Union, between classes to work on homework, relax and socialize, vhoto by Matt Frye