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Look familiar? Northwest student photographer Taylor Allan captured the following images from a unique perspective throughout campus. Test your knowledge of these familiar – or not so familiar – Northwest sites. Answers can be found on Page 15.
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Do you remember these events? 1962 A Bearkitten women’s basketball team, the first since 1926, is started by Dorothy Walker. Al Kyle, a former paratrooper, jumps 1,000 feet from a campus-circling airplane to call attention to Ivan Lyddon’s campaign for Student Senate president. His landing is greeted by a brass band welcome and applauded by many gathering students.
1972 “Open” hours are implemented in the women’s dorms as men are allowed to visit from 8 p.m. to midnight on Fridays and Saturdays, although women under 21 must first receive permission from their parents.
1982 The University’s wood-toenergy plant opens. Northwest students raise more than $6,000 during a Muscular Dystrophy Dance Marathon in Lamkin Gymnasium. ▼
1992 Northwest’s athletics conference changes its name from the Missouri Intercollegiate Athletics Association to the MidAmerica Intercollegiate Athletics Association.
2002 Past and present members of the Alpha Epsilon Chapter of Sigma Sigma Sigma sorority unite to celebrate the chapter’s 75th anniversary. The first “Clash of the Champions,” pitting Northwest vs. Pittsburg State, takes place at Kansas City’s Arrowhead Stadium, bringing in 26,695 fans and setting an NCAA Division II single-game attendance record.
Missouri Gov. Warren Hearnes signs a bill designating the school as Northwest Missouri State University.
Northwest enrollment reaches 2,000 students.
To accommodate overflowing crowds, Northwest’s spring commencement is divided into two ceremonies.
Spring 2012
Northwest Alumni Magazine