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

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Academic acceleration ify TieVOl HdyHo Most high school students didn ' t think about supporting themseK-es, but 1 7-year-old academy student Michael Troxel learned early. Troxel left high school after running out of classes the end of sophomore year. He applied to the Missouri Academy after hearing about it from another student at school. He learned the academy gave advanced high school students a place to finish their high school diploma and dually receive an associate ' s degree from the university. I had exhausted the academic resources of my high school, Troxel said. There was basically nothing left there. It provided a new avenue for new challenges. Due to family problems, Troxel moved out of his parent ' s home just south of St. Louis after spending his junior year at the academy. He became independent and got a job to support himself through the summer With money saved at the end of summer, he took a bus and visited six cities including Princeton, N.J. Since seventh grade, Troxel hoped to attend Princeton University and study astrophysics or psychology after graduating from the Missouri Academy. I wanted to experience a culture that wasn ' t here, Troxel said. I really just wanted to get somewhere else and see how life was like there. I wanted to go to the places I ' ve always read about but never seen. Troxel traveled along the East Coast for six days leaving behind everything and everyone he had ever known. It was very exhilarating, Troxel said. It ' s an interesting thing to leave and have no goals, no restrictions, just to go and experience a way of life that you ' re not used to. You learn a lot about yourself. Even though he lived alone for a summer, Troxel learned he didn ' t want to be as independent as he thought. Being constantly surrounded by other students at the academy made him want to get away from all the people, but he felt a void when miles separated him from his friends. Being alone in a foreign place really reminded me how much that, even though I dislike being surrounded by people constantly, I really don ' t want to be alone in life, Troxel said. Even though he moved out of his own home, Troxel didn ' t always feel alone in the world. His grandmother ' s couch served as a place to crash during breaks from school, and he found his true home at the academy. I ' ve got a great family here, Troxel said. After living for a year with a group of people very much like yourself, you can ' t help but love them. Because of the academy ' s 8 p.m. weekday and 10:30 p.m. weekend curfews, students spent long hours together in close quarters. It ' s pretty close to a marriage, he said. We love each other, and we ' d do anything for each other, but sometimes, after being cooped up with each other for a long time, you just want to get away from each other. Troxel ' s travels enabled him to do that. He got away from everything he knew. He saw a new culture and took a step toward new challenges and opportunities at Princeton, where he planned on earning his doctorate before setting up a private practice, researching or teaching. If I could stay in school tor the rest of my life and continue learning, that would be great, but obviously, that ' s not financially possible, he said. I want to learn as much as possible, go through life, meet as many people as possible, live with as many different types of people, just experience life in general. ■f ' i 4 -

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=A no 102 River WilJhte Clu 4t( rl 24 Aaron, Moira 241, 2 4 Accounting Society 246 Ackerman, Derick 265 Acklin, Kinsey 258 Adams, Dave 226 Adams, Kristina 265 Adlnk 246, 249 Adkins,Joni 251, 298 Ag Ambassadors 246 Agee, Lori 241 Agriculture Club 246 Agronomy Club 246 Ahlnchs, Katy 224 Ahlrichs, Rob 224 Ajmani, Varun 228 Akers, Kara 294 Albee, Edward 66 Albright, Jamie 243 Alcohol Education 42 Alderton, Adam 222 Alderton, Lydia 222, 261. 265 Alexander, David 220 Alexander, Krisi 228 Allen, Deanna 224, 258 Allen, Matt 164 Alliance of Black Collegians 220 Alpha Gamma Rho 26, 236 Alpha Kappa Lambda 19 Alpha Omega 248 Alpha Psi Omega 248 Alpha Sigma Alpha 21, 24, 26, 219, 236, 237 Alpha Tau Alpha 248 Alsup, Richard 182, 184, 200 American Association of Family and Consumer Science 248 American Marketing Association 250 Amnesty International 26, 34, 219, 221 Anderson, Crystal 294 Anderson, Jill 188, 189 Anderson, Joe 215 Anderson, Tiffany 23 1 Andorter, Rachel 252 Andregg, Christopher 246 Andrews, Corey 298 Andrews, Deron 220 Andrews, Emily 18 Angotti, Amy 224, 294 Annan, Kofi 92 Anselmo, Ronnie 182, 201 Anthony, Michael 51, 56, 57 Antisdel, Amanda 220, 265 Applebee ' s 38 Appleberry, Jamie 254 Armstrong, Lance 87 Amdorter, Rachel 228 Arnold, Natalie 256 Arnold, Sara 261 Aronson, Rebecca 298 Arora, Heramb 228 Arthur, Lindsey 246 Arviso, Gavin 85 Ar -a, Puneet 228 Ascheman, Paul 258, 294 Ashbacher, Anna 265 Asian Student Association 222, 223 Askey, Stefani 228 Aspegren, Rick 236, 247 Association for Computer Machin- ery 220 Association of Nontraditonal Students 222 Atkms, Amanda 24, 228, 232 AtteU, Dave 51, 76 Atwell, Madison 74 Aubrey, Mark 182, 183,201 Auxier, Vicki 80 Awtry,Jill 18, 243, 252, 265 Ayala, Dan 44 Ayers, Chris 222 Ayers, Daniel 261 Ayers, Misty 222, 250 Azarkane, Nizar 228,230,294 Babbra, Ramandeep 305 Babbra, Rummi 228 Baerga, April 220 Bagley, Lacey 294 Bagley, Matt 234 Bahram-ahi, Emily 33, 305 Bailey, Lia 197 Bailey, Meghan 294 Baine, Keelin 201 Baird, David 81 Baird, Sarah 149 Baker, Aaron 305 Baker, Amanda 228, 261, 294 Baker, Jamie 36, 37 Baker, Jessica 235 Baker, Matt 9, 42 Baker, Pamela 228, 294 Baker, Susan 300 Baldon, Jennifer 294 Baldon, Kathryn 294 Baldwin, Nathan 246 Ball, Ruchira 228 Balk, Derek 110 Ball, Alan 74, 75 Ballantyne, Justin 81 Ballard, Nicole 228 Ballew, Rosetta 294 Balwanz,Josh 242 Banaszek, Tara 305 Bansal, Utkarsh 228 Baptist Student Union 221, 222 Barbour, Kristin 265 Barfoot, Hannah 69 Barlow, Cassie 244 Barmann, Sarah 235, 241, 244 Barnes, Tliylor 98, 119, 122, 131, 133, 135 Bamett, Jerrod 258 Bamett, Jerry 295 Barr, Rod 264 Barreca, Michelle 241 Barrett, Greta 244 Barrett, John 265 Barrett, Olivia 234, 294 Battel, Andrea 265 Bartels, Shelby 235, 236, 258, 265 Bartelson, Christine 228 Bartholaw, Malinda 261 Bartholomaus, Bethany 305 Bartholow, Malinda 224, 226, 248, 265 Barton, Shera 259 Basinger, Jessica 248, 265 Battisson, Robert 188, 189 Baudoin, Chad 241 Baumgartner, Sarah 248, 294 Baumli, Mary 153 Baur, Tiffany 235, 241, 250 Baxley, Nicole 258, 265 Baxter, Evalyne 228,261,265 Beagley, Joah 180 Bearcat Steppers 222 Beard, Karen 22 Beatty, Aaron 242 Beatty, Marie 224 Beauheu, Natasha 250, 259 Beavers, Robert 265 Becker, Bryan 224, 235 Beckett, Josh 86 Beggs, Sarah 258, 259, 265 Beim, Amanda 246 Bell, Jeff 90 Belton, Katie 265 Bender, Bobi 224 Benedict, Kenny 242 Benedix, Ashley 2 )4 Bengtson, Mandy 294 Benninga, Mike 180 Benson, Christine 295 Benson, Joel 136, 300 Benson, Jordan 228 Bent Left 312 Benton, Crystal 12, 234 Berger, Nicole 213 Berger, Sean 224, 246 Bergmann, Ali 261, 294 Bernhardt, Megan 224, 240 Berry, Elijah 305 Berry, Valerie 246 Bert, Lauren 241 Bertles, Kurt 180 Berwick, Alyssa 5, 294 Bessler, Jenna 224 Beta Beta Beta 250 Biermann, Danelle 253, 265 Biermann, Drew 220 Biermann, Tabitha 244, 294 Bilke, Nathan 249, 253, 259 BiUesbach, Kate 294 BiUesbach, Tom 295 Birdsong, Tiffanie 52, 55 Bisbee, Bonnie 140, 220, 231 Bishop, Barbie 244 Bixinmen, Tracie 147 Bizal, Stephanie 224, 249, 255, 294 Blackburn, Rich 264 Blair, Mike 242 Blair, Richard 288, 289, 307 Blanchard, Amber 241, 254, 255 Blanchard, Natalie 241 Blankenship, Joshua 305 Blay, Meghan 197 Blazek, Cortney 294 Blocher, Amy 265 Blocher, Becky 265 Blount, Ralph 305 Blue Key National Honor Frater- nity 250 Blue Man Group 55 Blum, Michael 305 Blume, Kellie 242, 265 Blumer, Michelle 132 Blunk,Cayla 258, 265 Board of Regents 126, 128, 131, 135 Bobby Bearcat 113, 161, 164, 198 Boden, Nicholas 265 Boedeker, Ricky 265 Boerigter, Bob 113, 171 Boerigter, John 171 Boerigter, Marc 171 Boettcher, Adam 294 Bogley, Matthew 228 k)hann aun lohlm k)les,S All lolm, lonnet losky. loiliol, biliei ioweis iowis .Jfi6- T Tk