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

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Dancing Lessons Show Biz Pizza ' s Billy Bob teams up with Asa Young to entertain the Horace Mann students. -Photo by Nancy Meyer Slime Pit Preparing for a take down, Jamie Snook puts a head lock on Mary Beth Talmadge. Jello wrestling was sponsored by the AKLIs. - Photo by Scott Trunkhill

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I Serious Talk Kssistant Coach Brad Sullivan dis- :usses defensive strategy. The Cats lost to Southeast Missouri tate 20-7. -Photo by Scott runkhill High Spirits 3 ouring rain throughout the Homecoming game didn ' t keep he cheerleaders under cover. The crowd helped keep the ' Cats in the game. The ' Cats lost in the final quarter against the Rolla Miners. ■Photo by Steve Thomas I m a g i n 1 10 imagine was everything. At Northwest some things took more imagination than others. Some events we never dreamed could happen — did happen. Funding was ap- proved for Northwest, so we became the first electronic campus in Missouri. Ber- lin and The Rainmakers were scheduled for the concerts and who would have ever dreamed the Good Sex Doctor, Dr. Ruth Westheimer, would appear in Maryville, now imagine that. Other events shook the imaginations of students and the nation. Drugs, especial- ly cocaine, became household words. The cocaine bust in Maryville and the deaths of Len Bias and Don Rogers caused us to realize drugs were a major problem, even in Maryville. a t Opening 3

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Cruising Along Many students ride bicycles for en- joyment. Scott Behrens also uses his for transportation to class. -Photo by Nancy Meyer Double Image Twins Chris and John Nelson pre- pare the library for winter by caulk- ing the front windows. -Photo by Kevin Fullerton T mages of change entered our world. Once again there was academic reorganization as the schools and colleges were whittled to four. The dream of a computer in every dorm room finally became reali- ty but work crew had to tear up Missou- ri ' s Most Beautiful Campus to lay wires. Change also took place in Maryville with the re-opening of The Hitching Post and the opening of the Charter Oaks Restau- rant alongside the new Best Western University Inn. Yesterdays converted to a country-western bar, so the college crowd moved to The Power Station and The Palms. Some unimaginable dreams may have seemed like bad dreams to some of us. The drinking age in Iowa was changed, cutting down on roadtrips to Clarinda. Dorms received new washers and dryers but we had to have tokens to use them and the front desk never seemed to have enough. Parking was increased on cam- pus but on the wrong side, imagine that. A new lot was built on the west side of Col- lege Park but parking problems persisted on the east side of campus. Opening 5