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

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c Float - Highly Competitive 1. Delta Chi and Phi Mu. Rourbon Street Bobby 2. Phi Sigma Kappa and Delta Zeta, Bobby Visits Prehistoric Mardi Gras 3. Alpha Gamma Rho and Sigma Kappa, Road Trip to Mardi Gras Float • Competitive 1. Sigma Society, Mardi Gras Party Pontoon 2. South Complex and Franken and Phillips halls, Balcony on Bourbon Street 3. International Student Organization, Rhapsody of Carnivals Jalopies 1. Residence Hall Association 2. Equestrian Team 3. Amnesty International (Supremacy honoreS Fraternity Phi Sigma Kappa Sorority Alpha Sigma Alpha Competitive Sigma Society Determinati nn prCVailS loaL wiiiiici; backed bv by Theresa Chiodini hard work. A deep sense ot appreciation and accomplishment welled up in members ot L -lta Chi and Phi Mu as judges announced Oct. 19 that the two organizations won the Homecoming float contest. 1 jumped up and down because I was so excited, Phi Mu co-ch ur Amand.i Root said. I was shaking and had tears in my eyes, and at the same time, 1 was kind of in shock that we had actually won. At the beginning, co-chairs Root and Scott Griffin appeared confident. 1 felt we had a lot to prove as a chapter, to the community and to ourselves, Grittin said. SiHin after the construction and pomping began, they found out the projeci would be more involved than anyone thought. When we first started it, we thought we were way ahead of it, but once we got into it, we realized there was so much more to do, Root said. Most of the Greeks working on the float supported it, including Phi Mu Nicole Orrell, calling it a good, creative idea, although Root had a different perspective. The theme ' s not very broad, Root said. I thought we were doing somethini; original, hut then I heard about some of the other float ideas, and 1 realized everyone ' s working with the same things - jesters, beads and dragons. Root believed it was going to boil down to who did the most with the same ideas, and it would have nothing to do with originality. The float chairs ' minds changed during the last week as everything came together. Now we just have small touch-ups to do, minor things, Root said with three workdays left. Since it ' s crunch time we gotta get it done. I ' m not really that stressed out though. In the end, the Greeks involved gained more out of the experience than simplv the honor of being chosen as the best float. All the hard work and determination put into this project finally paid off, Griffin said. To feel the gratitude from members of these two chapters, and that of the community as well, is probably one of the most fulfilling experiences I think 1 could have as a Northwest Missouri State student. Delta Chi and rhi Mu memhers huilJ the skfleton ,.t their float. The two group- -rent ,,K.,it to weeks consrnjcting and pomping the tloast before Homecoming weekend, photu hy TheTem Chiudmi Matt Robb paints the float with the first coat of pnmer the week before Homecoming. Robb, a Delta Chi pledge, spent most . if hi-, time working i n the tl. :U the last few davs before the parade, phr w hy Tht-rc Chi,dm J6- 4 u OB ' WeCOkMlMc j j- g j Tf - ' ,1 f- :fi ' iJT ! T :S r ' ? J ' liiliilf iliil nil ' i ■ r .?ffi sg

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I ' boLball Came Attendance - 8,100 Penalties NWMSU - 10 for 52 yards MSSU - 10 for 115 yards Don Black Award winner-Chad Bostwidc 6 tackles (Isolo. 5 ast) 2 tackles for loss (8 yards) 1 interception (45 yard return) 1 sack (8 yards) Jamaica Rector 6 catches (159 yards, long - 75 yards) 56% of passing yards 1 touchdown (only passing TD) 4 punt returns (33 yards, long - 24 yards) Josh Lamberson 16 completions, 29 attempts, 2 interceptions passed for 249 yards (1 TD, long - 75 yards) 55% completion rate LineHiickcr Ryan Bowers i.itkclL-s ,i Mis« Southern pl.iycT Jurinj; .1 kickott return- Rnvcr reJ-shirted sophomore from Omahii. Neh. ! ivi Mik Dm- In a match against Missouri Southern, wiJe receiver Adam Otte treaks away from the cluster and sprints the ball toward the Bearcat end zone Otte eventually ran out of bounts, not only stopping the clock to buy the team more time, but to gain a first dmvn. fk ' K- M ki Dse JS Shv.Jew rt e