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

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Unloading Getting involved in the move, parents lend a hand by unloading crates from the van. Students and parents made numerous trips to complete the move from home to the dorm. -Photo by E. Bar- re ra It takes two Dorm rooms lack the homey touch un- til students move in. Richard Chase and a friend take a couch from home to Chase ' s room. Movable furniture in the high rise dorms allow students more freedom to decorate. -Photo by E. Barrera Moving in Moving entails several trips with heavy loads from the car to the dorm room. Students found packing and unpacking to be a continuous cycle in their college life. -Photo by E. Barrera Moving in 15

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U-Haul Students flock back to the Yille 0„ n or off campus, it was a decision made by seniors, juniors and sophomores each year. Which was better and why? Was it unfair that freshmen were required to live on campus? Or was it just part of the college game? Whatever the answers, students lived in various en- vironments. Some lived in frater- nity houses, apartments or renovated houses-converted in- to apartments or duplexes. Then there were the good old faithful dorms, correction, residence halls! What was attractive about the dorms? After all, weren ' t they mostly for freshmen? That seemed to be far from the truth. Dorms did have their ad- vantages. Students could get to know each other better through dorm life. Dorms were good, especially for freshmen, Lisa Blair said. It helped them get to know people and get involved with campus activities. Living in the dorms was a lear- ning experience as well. Living together, students learned to Dropping in Each fall the trials and tribulations of moving in plague students. Patti Under- wood moves into Hudson Hall with help from a friend. Students living in the dorms were required to have a meal contract. -Photo by E. Barrera cope and became more con- siderate of each other. But if the blues set in, a friend was never far away-down a floor, a hall or just next door. There was always someone around. As an officer of a sorority, I was required to live on campus, Margie Retter said. But living in the dorms was a good ex- perience for me in that I met so many more people living on campus. I was more familiar with campus events. Dorm living also gave students an opportunity to get to know people and socialize with those from different lifestyles and en- vironments. Dorm living gave students easier access to the campus. Getting to class on time was sometimes an impossibility for someone off-campus with two feet of snow or in the inevitable rain that came down in buckets 10 minutes before classes. Adverse weather conditions had a way of destroying even the most worthy intentions. Some students lived on cam- pus because it was more conve- nient than living off-campus. Gas was expensive and walking was harder and more difficult to deal with each day. Another cost factor to consider was food. Along with the dorm contract was the required meal contract. But even the good, the bad and the ugly had a spark of hope. With a meal contract, the prepare-a-meal doldrums were over. It was a no-fuss, no-clean- up paradise. The food maybe wasn ' t as good as Mom ' s, but it was usually edible. The tomato soup and cold cut days were over with the implementation of ARA food services. Other conveniences of on- campus living were furnished rooms and paid utilities. Furniture and utility bills were problems of the past with dorm life. Beds, desks and dressers were all provided in the dorm. The moving van didn ' t have to be rented out to live comfor- tably. Just a large car. Students weighed the pros and cons and decided which was bet- ter and why? On campus or off- campus living? -Ann Whitlow 14 Moving in

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Beware Rock n ' roll places campus in kind of Jeopardy R ' y the time the Greg Kihn Band invaded Lamkin Gym for the spring concert, ticket buyers had been warned by various posters on campus it was a Kihnspiracy and Northwest was in Jeopardy. Kihnspiracy blasted their sound so loud, the audience ears were in Jeopardy. Granted, ear-splitting music is as much a part of a concert as hand clapping and feet stomp- ing, but the audience did not seem impressed with the in- distinguishable vocals. Opening the set with Talking to Myself, Kihn told the crowd the song was one of his favorites. The audience reacted lukewarm- ly to the music, but Kihn played with wild abandon. After Confrontation Music, he told the crowd, Every song. Three in a row Members of the band join their talents to entertain students at the spring concert. -Photo by E. Barrera one way or the other, is about sex. With that, he launched in- to Work, Work, Work, which he promised, was not about sex. Again the crowd failed to applaud or yell approval. In Stand Up For Your Rights, Kihn and the members of his band jammed and ad-libbed lyrics, before seguing into Hap- py Man, a definite crowd pleaser. Kihn put a lot of energy into his riffs and the number moved right along. After a couple roots rock and roll tunes, the group jumped in- to the long-awaited Jeopardy. The audience finally came to life, singing along with Kihn. Jeopardy blended into a reprise-like I ' m Losing You. Kihn then took the microphone and said, This next song is what happens after I drive off in an MG with the girl in the ' Jeopardy ' video. The band broke into Reunited and then The Breakup Song. This was another popular Kihn tune, one of few to evoke crowd reaction. The band was called back for an encore. Kihn ' s energy never wavered. Shannon Roy enjoyed the group ' s performance. I thought it was pretty good. He had a lot of energy and he made you want to get up and dance, she said. Lesley Blank was less en- thusiastic. I liked the last song, but the other songs were drawn out and played too long. It was monotonous. However, Beth Gamblin had the opposite reaction. I loved it. I thought it was great. Greg Kihn got involved with the audience. -Bonnie Corrice 16 Kihn Concert