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

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In A Tribute to Jim Henson, Delta Zeta ' s Wendi Ides, Fozzie Bear, and Jen Heng, Gonzo, wave at the parade crowd. The Delta Zetas won Best Clown for their entry. Photo by Don Carrick. Working diligently to finish the float, the U.S.S. Mis- souri, Jennifer Schlamp and Delta Chi ' s Dan Olvera and Jeremy Radford brave the cold weather. The Delta Chis placed third in the float category. Photo by Tony Miceli. Laveme, Jen Otto, and Shirley, Jen Blair, reminisce about Northwest. The skit, performed by Alpha Sigma Alpha, won the Sorority division at the Variety Show. Photo by Jon Britton. Complete with sailing hats. Phi Sigma Kappa ' s Jon Bremer, Mike Haley, and Tony George follow the faternitys ' float. The pomp clown was designed as an accompaniment for the Explorers float. Photo by Tony Miceli. 22 Homecoming

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•« Doing some last minute pomping before the parade, Brett Nation works on tlie Phi Sigma Kappa float The fratemit) ' s eff ' orts helped them win first place. Photo by Jon Britton. Alpha Sigma Alpha ' s Lx)ri Clingman and Kim Waller portray Rag- gedy Ann and Andy. The two carried a sign showing the amount donated to Hurricane relief. Photo b ron Miceli. Working late into the night. Phi Sigma Kappa ' s, Scott Claude, puts final touches on the float. The Phi Sigs dedicated their float to the memory of brother Greg Coffer. Photo by Scott Jenson. Homecoming 21

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Back in Time i IT -continued Students welcomed the day off from classes. It was nice to have a day off, Lydia Chapin said. It gave us time to finish our costumes. Friday night, however, was the night for Homecoming participants to get ready for the big event — the parade. Friday night we stayed up all night at the float, Kate Walthall, Delta Zeta, said. We did quite a bit of last-minute pomping. I got home at 3 a.m. and I had to be up at 5 a.m. to get ready for the parade. Anne Roseman, in a pomp costume designed to be a cherry tree, and Walthall, dressed as George Washing- ton, both who represented Delta Zeta, won Best Sorority Pomp Clown award for George Washington. For many, clowns were the most vivid memory of the parade. Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy, dinosaurs, Mickey Mouse and even Christopher Columbuses Dis- cover card were found parading around the Ville. We chose to do dinosaurs because we knew they would be really fun and crazy in the parade, Janine Biga, Sigma Sigma Sigma, said. The best part of being in- volved in the parade was seeing the fin- ished result. We put in a total of about 50 hours each. Drastically reduced in the parade were the number of floats. Delta Zetas, Phi Mus, Delta Chis and Phi Sigma Kappas were the only Greek organizations to build floats. Many students commented about the lack of floats in the parade. ■ I thought that many of the Greeks and the independents who didn ' t participate in creating floats were missing out, Deina Menke said. They were lacking a lot of the school spirit that was essential to Homecoming. I knew that the Alphas contributed $3,000, the money they had allocated for the float, to the Florida Hurricane Andrew victims. I thought that was really great. The Alphas also raised $420 in door- to-door donations. Some had a different viewpoint on the float situation. We did a float because Homecoming had always been very important to Phi Mu, Pam Dunlap said. We wanted to help support the community. The people really seemed to enjoy the floats and it was great for alumni to come back and see us represented in the parade. It [the float] took us about four weeks to build, and I lost quite a bit of sleep, especially on Thursday and Friday night. But it was definitely worth it. The Phi Sigma Kappas, like most groups who built floats, worked long hours. We started working on the float the third week of school, and we finished Saturday morning, Scott Sloan, Phi Sigma Kappa, said. It was definitely worth it, though. There were a lot of Greeks not doing floats, and it both- ered me to see that. Maryville was supposed to be known for floats. Some alumni had different opin- ions on the lack of floats. I loved the floats, but I thought it was a good idea that — - ■ — there weren ' t as many of them in the parade. It saved the organizations a great deal of money, Mary Whan, class of 38. said. -continued We are holc ig on to yestertlay, reach- ing for tomorrow hikI piiDhig tlieiii botli logetlier to make a connection to acliieve today, Jonatlian PliilKjis saitl. Homecoming 23