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

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Scrambled beginning Alumni return for annual Homecoming tradition. [ by Kara Swink i By 6:15 a.m., a line of students and alumni snaked i around The World ' s Famous Outback, despite 30 degree temperatures, to wash down watery eggs with sudsy beer and extra bite Bloody Marys. ! The bar served up an all-you-can-eat breakfast and drink special for the 15th annual Kegs and Eggs, Oct. I My brother went to school here and never came, and ' I ' ve been here three years and have been waiting for this, Cole Dreyer said. I recently turned 21, and I always told myself when my birthday hit, I ' d mark my calendar for Kegs and [ Eggs. Students started the Kegs and Eggs tradition out of their house. It moved to the Outback after Maryville police sited warnings six years ago. Outback manager Matt Nalevanko said. Behind the bar, Nalevanko drew a Bud Light pint for $2.50 with his right hand and began mixing a screw driver with his left. The bar might look full, but give it another 30 minutes and the lines up here will be three deep, he said. We ' ll fill this place before it ' s over. Beyond the bar, Darren White, who catered vwth Chris Cakes, guided a metal dispenser of pancake batter along a patented, 8 foot griddle. With a push of a button, batter dispensed four, perfectly formed circles onto the sizzling griddle. On average. White could feed 250 to 300 people an hour. White flung pancakes, a Chris Cakes trademark, while eager patrons worked to steady their drinks and catch flying flapjacks. Pancakes weren ' t meant to sit on a griddle, they were made to fly, White said. But, I just don ' t understand how these college kids can mix eggs and pancakes with alcohol this early in the morning. Student Jamie Swan agreed. While she participated in the annual Kegs and Eggs festivities, she left the drinking to others in attendance. I just can ' t drink this early in the morning, but since this will be my last Homecoming I had to be able to say I made an appearance at least once, she said. It ' s a pretty neat atmosphere to be involved Disappointment, however, lurked for Eric Boyse, 2002 graduate. Sporting a 10th Annual Kegs and Eggs T-shirt. Boyse and co-workers from Kansas City expected This is just different, he said. When I use to come a line used to stretch from the door all the way to Seventh Street with people yelling ' Kegs and Eggs, Kegs and Eggs. ' It was the shits when I was here. I ' m glad to see people stUl participating, but I ' m the only one around here wearing one of the shirts. Alumni once roamed the bar searching for the oldest Kegs and Eggs shirt, Boyse said. I thought I ' d have a chance of winning this year, he said. I guess I did since I ' m the only one wearing a shirt. The festivities ended at 9 a.m. when patrons made their way toward Fourth Street to watch the parade. It might have be en different, but it was still fun, Boyse said. I guess traditions change, but that ' s one event that can always get you in the mood for Homecoming. By 6 a.m., students were drinking beer and eating eggs while socializing at the Outback ' s annual Kegs and Eggs. The event ended at 9 a.m., in time for students to attend the parade, photo by Mike Dye mt 20 homecoming DESIGNED BY | ASHLEE MeJIA nd

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Down to the wire New parade path ushers in unique additions and stress. by Jessica I lartloy The lc;i cs lind liiU ' cIv I uiiicil as ;i iliill I ' illcd I he air. People ol ' all ix ' vs Mirniiiiuled l he sleadv stream ofeolorrul lloals and daiieiiig eliili peppers. Hol)l v ended lip in a saloon, al llie heaeh and trekkinf;tiirongh snow. Homecoming, tiiemed Bobby (ioes South, was a salnte to the class of 1954. Many alumni doited the path of the parade, clapping and cheering. It was a change from themes in the past, but it was hard to define south. South coidd be Pumpkin Center, south could be St. Joe and south could be Canciin, Mexico, Heidi Shires said. Instead of the usual jaunt down College Avenue, the parade took a different path. It began at 9: 15 a.m., Oct. 2, in front of Roberta Hall. It used to start by the DeLuce Fine Arts Building, but a change was made in order to avoid the construction of the Fire Arts Building. Floats, costumed clowns and jalopies headed south on University Drive, passing Perrin Hall and Hudson Hall and continued east on Fourth and Market streets and north to Sixth Street. Onlookers took their spots along the routes, encouraging the variety of participants. Along with a change in route came a change in numbers. A shortage of home football games forced Homecoming to be scheduled earlier than normal. ' 1 think it forced people to get motivated and take responsibihty. Shires said. But, I think thatyou would have had higher quaUty floats and more entries if they had waited longer. Due to the lack of time. Phi Sigma Kappa, which planned to build a float with Delta Zeta, found themselves unable to contribute. Homecoming co-chair and active Phi Sig member Benjamin York said they focused their attention on member recruitment. Not doing a float was something missed by all of us because it gives us a chance to strengthen our brotherhood through hard work, York said. For taking that risk, we received an incredible pledge class, and even though it was a Homecoming Supremacy 5oroA t Alpha Sigma Alpha Skit Phi Mu Alpha Float - highly competitve Delta Zeta Float - competitive Alpha Tau Alpha Mini-Float Sigma Alpha Paper Mache Clowns Soror;fy Alpha Sigma Alpha Fraternity Phi Sigma Kappa Competitive Sigma Society Pomp Clowns Sorority Sigma Kappa Fraternity Phi Sigma Kappa Competitive Sigma Society tight race we were able to capture Homecoming Supremacy for the fifth year in a row. Without the conlribiilion of Phi Sigma Kappa, the Delta Zctas still won first place in Highly Competitive Float. The float sported a red and white memoriam trimmed in jiink roses to honor(;indy Roberts, an alunnia who passed away durning the summer of 2004 from cancer, a few weeks before she was to be married. As far as the men of Phi Sigma Kappa, our chapter was prepared to enter a float no matter what their final decision was, Delta Zeta President Lindsey Frerkingsaid. We respe ted their decision. They have been very supportive with constant encouragement and now congratulations. The sisters of Alpha Sigma Alpha claimed Overall Supremacy for sororities. An Alpha Sigma Alpha aliunna and a 1949 graduate, Beverly Bird said she remembered the fun and sleepless nights working on tloats. The floats now are larger and more gorgeous then ours were, Bird said. Another change in float participation involvedacollaboration of all residence halls, the Residence HaU Association and the National Residence Hall Honorary to make one competitive float. To incorporate the theme, part of the float resembled the Alamo, and the other part was RHA ' s logo, a house. Along with building a float, which placed second in the competitive float category, residence halls also competed by decorating their lobbies. Millikan Hall received first place for their theme, a collaboration of cacti, pengiuns, jungle vines and koala bears that depicted all of Bobby ' s trips south. Along with all the new additions to Homecoming festivities, old traditions such as fraternity house decorations died away. Present at the Student Senate ' s annual alumni banquet, Helen Mutz, a 1950 graduate, joined in the discussions of recollections. Not one thing from the past to present is better than the other, Mutz said. But, everything changes. Homecoming Supremacy Fraternity Phi Sigma Kappa Jalopies Tau Kappa Epiison Banner - highly competitve Delta Chi Banner - competitive Tau Phi Upsilon Best Overall Float Delta Zeta Costume Clowns Sorority Delta Zeta Fraternity Phi Sigma Kappa Competitive Tau Phi Upsilon Overall Parade Sorority Delta Zeta Fraternity Delta Chi Competitive Sigma Society homecoming Student Life iy

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Pancakes, eggs and sausage lined the north side of the dance floor. To avoid the crowded bar. students ate around the dance floor photo by Mike Dye Flipping pancakes for eight years. Darren White serves students flapjacks at the Outback. Chris Cakes had catered the event for six years, photo by Mike Dye kegs eggs Stijdei.jt Life 2. i