Northwest Missourian Sept. 22, 2022

Family Weekend returns with a maskless lineup of events

Families from far and close gathered on campus Sept 1618 to spend time with students and gain the Bearcat Nation experience since COVID-19.

Northwest has many traditions, such as being home to the Missouri’s Arboretum, Walk-Out day and homecoming, but Family Weekend focuses on bringing families together. There were many challenges across campus, such as COVID-19 that brought many changes to the beloved Family Weekend. However, this year, families were delighted to be back on campus that their students love so much — regardless

of the rain.

The weekend was filled with free entertainment for families across campus. Friday night kicked off Family Weekend with Caribbean Night sponsored by the Students Activities Council. At the Memorial Bell Tower, families could play games and listen to live music by 1st Klass, a duo from Barbados. This duo brought a steel drum and shared freestyling capabilities. In an email to the Missourian, Student Involvement Coordinator Isabelle Talkington mentioned how 1st Klass was frst discovered by SAC at National Association of Campus Activities conference

“This was my second year in this position for a Family Weekend, so I cannot speak to 2020. I feel that this year

had so much excitement, and people were eager to participate. Last year was also a very fun year especially coming out of COVID,” Talkington said in an email. Saturday was a busy day with many options of events for families to participate in. For the early risers, there was a 5K run sponsored by Northwest’s athletic trainers. This was followed by an all-youcan-eat breakfast from Chris Cakes, where a record number of families were served a hot breakfast. This breakfast was free to families and sponsored by the Ofce of Student Involvement. SAC sponsored a street sign making station before the game started.

Maggie Calfee is a junior this year and doesn’t remember much about family weekend

her freshman year. As Maryville locals, her parents, also Bearcat Alumni, have always made it a priority to go to the football games. Calfee mentioned she could even spot her mom in her seat from across the football field. This weekend, the Bearcats won 24-7 against the Central Missouri Mules.

“It was fun spending time with my family, and it was a really good game,” Calfee said.

Also at the football game, The Swink family was named Family of the Year, during halftime. Henry Swink, a sophomore international business major, nominated his family. Swink was awarded a $750 scholarship sponsored by Campus Dining.

Graduate students help set record-breaking enrollment

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After students have settled into their fall classes, Northwest census reports another record-breaking overall headcount for the University thanks to increasing graduate enrollment numbers along with international student enrollment.

The University outlined in a press release that the headcount for this semester is 8,505 students, increasing just over 8% from last fall, making the the fifth consecutive fall semester where Northwest has seen an overall increase in enrollment.

Director of Academic Success and Retention Allison Hof-

mann said she gives credit to the increase in online graduate enrollment to being able to meet students where they’re at.

“I think, you know, when we’re looking at students who are wanting to go on to pursue a master’s degree, many of them are what we would call place bound, which means they’re going to be in the place where they’re working and living or have a family or something like that,” she said. “So the online and the fexible route is an important component for them.”

Online graduate students make up 82.6% of the University’s overall online headcount. With dominating online enrollment, Northwest’s graduate program,

including Online Professional graduate students, has seen enrollment grow by nearly 2,000 students since fall 2018.

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of the University’s overall online headcount is made up of online graduate students.

The Online Professional programs were frst introduced in fall 2017, and graduate students now make up nearly 37.6% of the University’s overall enrollment.

Associate Provost of Graduate and Professional Studies Gregory Haddock said the growth of the Online Professional program comes from working not only with Academic Partnerships, the University’s online program manager for Online Professional, but also working with other departments throughout Northwest.

“Earlier last year, it was a total of over 200 people that made this successful,” he said. “So the point is, this was not the graduate

school, it was not Northwest online, it was not one leader … it was 37 staf in about 14 ofces, 122 faculty, 47 adjunct faculty were directly related to this growth.”

International student enrollment has continued to grow since the halt of international travel due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with an increase of almost 18% to 855 students.

International students now make up 10% of the student body, with students coming from 36 countries — majority from India, Nepal and Nigeria.

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Northwest student and family fll out form for the free street sign while protecting themselves from the rain. The street sign making station was one of six events SAC put on for families.

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Northwest students smile for the Hy-Vee Smile cam during the Bearcats versus Central Missouri game Sept. 16. This is one of the frst Family Weekends since COVID-19.

Northwest students and families brave the rain while tailgating in the grass lot before the football game.

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Northwest students and families fll up on all-you-can-eat pancakes by Chris Cakes in celebration of Family Weekend. The rain did not stop families from coming out to enjoy activities put on by the Student Activities Council.

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around the world:

Samuel Westbrook, better known as “Geno” by friends, is the coordinator of counseling in the University’s Upward Bound program. Westbrook has lived in 12 different states and four different countries, and he has traveled to many more.

Westbrook was born in Germany, and soon after, his family moved back to the States. From there, his family moved across the country while he was very young, from Georgia, Florida, Illinois, South Dakota, and all across Missouri, including St Louis, St. Charles and Hannibal. Westbrook and his family moved around a lot because his father was a preacher in the Salvation Army, and they could not live in one place for more than three years.

“It made it so that you had to step out of your comfort zone a little bit to meet people,” Westbrook said. “I wouldn’t be the person I am today if I hadn’t traversed like I did, and I don’t know if I would’ve caught the traveling bug, if you will.”

Westbrook graduated high school in 1983 in Aberdeen, South Dakota and was all set to attend the college there at Northern State University, but had some friends who were going to Minot State University in North Dakota, he opted to join them.

“I applied probably two weeks before I got in, never been to North Dakota before, never seen the school, didn’t realize how cold it got in winter, and still ended up staying there for four years,” Westbrook said.

Westbrook admitted that in college, he didn’t focus on his grades and classes as much as he should have and ended up taking a year off, which turned into 10 years. After a few years of working various jobs across the Midwest, he finished his master’s degree in teaching at Northwest and in less than five months, was out of the country and traveled the world, only returning to the U.S. for events like weddings and funerals, for over a decade of teaching and traveling abroad.

While attending Northwest, Westbrook studied abroad in the east coast of Australia. He studied at Southern Cross University and lived in Byron Bay, where he learned to surf. While there, he bought a car and traveled across the country, calling it a two-day drive with nothing in between the east and west Australian coasts,

and compared the kangaroo road crossings to deer in the States.

He later lived in Perth, a major city on Australia’s west coast, before traveling all over Southeast Asia, including Thailand, Myanmar, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam.

Westbrook admitted that Vietnam is not a place he would hurry back too. He said he enjoyed the southern half of the country and met some friendly people, but the further north he got, the less open people were.

“I went to the American War Museum there, which is what they call the Vietnam War,” Westbrook said. “One thing that struck me was kids drawing pictures of our planes dropping bombs and all that stuff. That kind of stuck with me.”

While in Southeast Asia, Westbrook visited India, seeing the Taj Mahal and Mt. Everest from a distance. He also went further north and was in Beijing right before the 2008 Summer Olympics. He had originally taken a train into southern China from Laos and made his way east over three months.

“The closer you get towards

Beijing and that area, the more people you see, and the dirtier and nosier it gets,” Westbrook said. “I can remember going through a coal mining town, and everywhere you touched was just coal dust.”

Westbrook said prior to the Beijing Summer Olympics, the Chinese government cleaned up a select few blocks where tourists would be and shut down factories to improve the air quality.

“Suddenly the air quality was magnificent. It turned blue again. This was a short time after they stopped burning coal within a certain radius,” Westbrook said. “It’s almost like man caused the climate to change.”

Westbrook went further north into Mongolia, spending some nights in a rural hut far away from civilization. While there, he was almost attacked by some locals asking for cigarettes and spare change.

“Life in a lot of countries is very cheap. I’ve heard more than a few stories of people being killed for less than one dollar,” Westbrook said. “Just senseless stupidity, and that’s kind of a scary thing.”

After Mongolia, Westbrook

traveled through Russia on the Trans-Siberian Railroad, a 14day journey, and he ended up developing pneumonia from the cold. He shared a ride with some Russian soldiers, the captain of them asking Westbrook if he was in the FBI, since most tourists visit Russia’s industrial east in Moscow or St. Petersburg.

He also traveled to Egypt at an interesting time. Westbrook stayed in Cairo during the 2011 Egyptian Revolution, seeing the chaos from the protestors, police, tanks and soldiers from his 12-floor hotel room, which he was the only resident in the hotel during his stay. Government and police buildings were burned down, but what he recalled the most was when the revolution ended the night that President Hosni Mubarak resigned.

“Everybody just went crazy because they had been oppressed for so many years. The girls were all uluating, and that was probably the wildest all-night party I’ve ever seen where there was no alcohol or drugs,” Westbrook said. “I didn’t really see the population of the town, but when Mubarak

stepped down, there were people as far as you could see in the square, the city just opened up. The entire city was out in the streets going nuts.”

Westbrook left Egypt and hitchhiked across the Sinai Peninsula and visited Israel and Palestine, walking across the desert and grabbing rides whenever and wherever he could.

“It was really wild, especially having a dad that was a preacher and going to all these places I’ve heard about all my life as a kid,” Westbrook said. “I’m suddenly at the Sea of Galilee, walking around Nazareth and going through the gates of Jerusalem.”

Westbrook taught English in a public high school in Thailand for five years and another year in a private high school. While there, he had family check up on him because of the 2014 military coup. Westbrook said that in reality, all the chaos was specific to a few square blocks in Bangkok. He called Thailand a country of organized chaos, full of wonderful people and nature. He commuted to work everyday on his moped in the crowded streets.

“Sometimes, you may have to stop for elephants. I remember one time I was walking home, and I had to pause for a moment because there was a cobra slithering across my path,” Westbrook said. “The neighbors, who were from Burma, caught that cobra a few days later and made dinner out of it. Not bad. I wouldn’t eat it everyday, but it was alright.”

Westbrook also taught in South Korea later on, which he also enjoyed. There were beautiful beaches, nice people and very large and modern cities. He said it was a very internally-focused country, with very focused and hard working students, whom he also taught English to.

“It always amazed me that a lot of the students could sit down and read English perfectly, but they can’t speak it,” Westbrook said. “I had students that can write amazing stories in English but couldn’t speak any English, just little variances here and there.”

Westbrook came back to Northwest and got his masters in school counseling in 2018. His most recent trips included several trips to Mexico, as well as Belize and Colombia. COVID-19 put a delay in his traveling, and he soon plans to visit more of South America, specifically Brazil, Argentina and Chile.

Westbrook rides a camel with Farida, whose father owned the camel. Westbrooks said he felt bad for them because there were little tourists there that day and they needed money to feed their livestock.

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911 dispatchers to see pay raise

As a result of COVID-19, employers have struggled to recruit and maintain quality staff due to the inflation in the economy, this is no exception for Maryville Police Department

The Communications Division of MPD has suffered from this and has decided to take a step forward and request the city for higher wages for 911 dispatchers in hopes of peeking more employees.

Police Chief Ron Christian proposed a pay raise for NRC employees during the quarterly meeting of the consolidation Sept. 6. The wage for dispatchers was previously $15.60, but as of Sept. 8 the Nodaway County Commissioners accepted raising the wage after training to $18.70, but depending on their expertise they can make up to $24.75.

Included in this accepted proposal, other segments of MPD have received raises as well. Certified officers pay went from $16.75 to $18.27 and depending on the experience ,they can make up to $24.72. Training supervisors before made $17.86 and now can start at $20.95 and can make up to $28.37. Dispatch supervisors were making $23.72 after pay was raised to $30.34 but can range to $41.24.

In comparison to other counties, like St. Louis, which has a little more than 1,000 more people than Nodaway County and Worth County combined, has dispatchers at a starting pay range of $21.55 to $26.18.

NRC was sitting at the low end of wages in comparison to other counties throughout Missouri but has now moved in the middle range after the proposal.

With the addition of dispatching to Worth County, the NRC has a net revenue of $54,000 per year as of June 2022, which helped fund the cost for all these salary adjustments of $56,639.

Since moving to the new R. Keith Wood Public Safety Facility in the middle of the pandemic, MPD has faced

a decrease in employees.

Christian said the department used to get quite a few people in for interviews, but now they barely get two people to come in for a position.

In the proposal, it outlined that this summer 2022 MPD has lost several part-time employees and one full-time. This caused other staff members, even including a firefighter, to take

over those missing shifts.

Christian said he hopes the pay increase will help attract more applicants to those positions.

911 professionals' pay has been compared to less stressful

jobs that have more familyfriendly hours, which has made it difficult to keep employees. It has been observed by Christian that, due to experience levels, dispatchers are towards the lower end of the pay range.

“Our dispatchers are much more akin to first responders. They are extremely well-trained. They have to be able to give lifesaving CPR over the phone, have to be able to ask a lot of medical questions over the phone,” Christian said. “There is a lot of training that goes into them. They really need to be viewed in a little more of a professional setting. So, to me, that merits corresponding wage adjustments.”

Traditional dispatchers are now training to become emergency medical dispatchers, which are medically certified. With that, there is a higher level of certification, training, stress and responsibility that comes with the job.

There is no education but a high school diploma needed to become a dispatcher. They are to become skilled in critical thinking, problemsolving, communication and multitasking, in order, Christian explained.

Christian said dispatchers are required to take several free training classes for sexual harassment, medical, technicals and many more. This training takes about six to eight weeks, depending on the employee's availability, then three to four months where supervisors can trust dispatchers on the radio by themselves.

He described that each call is uniquely different, it can go from someone being in serious danger to the next being a complaint. He said the department needs people who can stay calm and collected in these situations.

“We are teaching you the skills that real-world wants you to know, how to think critically, how to be able to relate to people, work with people that are difficult sometimes. So, all those human interaction skills really are valuable,” Christian said.

Northwest students receive education scholarship

The Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education gave a $40,000 grant to the Northwest School of Education. The University announced that it will use the grant to launch the teacher recruitment and retention program.

The teacher recruitment and retention program is aimed at providing eight undergraduate students from Missouri who are majoring in an educationrelated field with helping local school districts and mentorship for the 2022-23 academic school year. The students selected have accumulated up to 60 credit hours.

Some of the selected students include Miles Jaques, a junior instrumental music major, Wilmer Ramos, a sophomore elementary education major, Michail Todd, a sophomore

social studies and history education major, and Adrian Keller, a sophomore middle school education major. Keller, who grew up on a farm outside of Slater, Missouri, was surprised when she got an email in April informing her about the scholarship.

Northwest also collaborated with the Maryville R-II school district and the Savannah R-III school district in hopes to recruit and retain future educators via new approaches aimed at potential teacher candidates which have been historically underrepresented.

“I was super surprised. I don’t come from a rich background, and anything helps,” Keller said. “So the first thing I did when I heard that news, I called my mom, like ‘Mom, we have money.’”

Keller said she wishes to be a middle school social studies teacher and hopefully a cheer

coach while she’s there.

“I’ve just really always been good at social studies. I had a really impactful middle school teacher who was always pushing me to do my best in that class,” Keller said. “It always just stuck with me. I always liked learning about history, geography and all those different things.”

There is currently a teacher shortage in the state of Missouri, with the main cause being low salaries. Missouri’s state constitution puts the starting salary of a teacher at $25,000, the lowest teacher starting salary in the entire nation. Missouri’s teacher resignation rate is at 11% over the past six years, with the national average sitting at eight percent.

In the last decade, teacher education programs in the state have dropped 30% by enrollment. Countermeasures to the shrinking number

of teachers have seen many Missouri school districts adopt four-day weeks to attract and keep faculty and staff, including local school districts NodawayHolt and West Nodaway.

Each of the eight students selected received a $3,000 scholarship for the current academic year. According to the University, recruitment efforts also focused on selecting students from underrepresented fields in teaching, such as male students, students of color and students with a lower socioeconomic status.

Junior Nick Bolton, sophomore Grantland Brightwell, freshman Brodie DeSchepper and freshman Carter Edwards, all of whom are physical education majors, received the scholarship.

Bolton said they fi rst received news of their scholarships last semester, and they went over

the details of the scholarship and what they would do with the grant and called it an “amazing opportunity.”

“I like helping students grow, I like seeing their success,” Bolton said. “I also want to be a coach, too, so physical education was the right path for me and being inside the gym, in that setting with other students, is just a really great opportunity.”

Through the Grow your own teaching program, Bolton will get a job in the North Kansas City school district after he graduates, teaching physical education K-12.

“For my future, I’m looking into really taking that physical education major and just really excelling, like being an activities director, maybe moving up there and being an administrator, too,” Bolton said. “It’s a great day to be a Bearcat.”

Maryville Police Chief Ron Christian introduces new officers at the first City Council meeting of 2022 on Jan. 10. After proposing a pay increase on Sept. 6 for the dispatchers, it was approved at Monday's hearing.

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Royce Johns performs in Pocket Park

Downtown Maryville hosted a concert from 5-7:30 p.m. Sept. 17 at the Downtown Pocket Park, with Royce Johns performing a variety of cover songs and original songs.

Johns, an Iowan native, started performing in Ames when he was 19 and began booking solo acoustic shows in January 2016. The next year he went to 190 shows across the Midwest and even performed in Las Vegas and Indianapolis. He’s performed opening acts for Sammy Kershaw, Collin Raye, Aaron Tippin, Eric Paslay, Trick Pony, Walker McGuire and Sunny Sweeny. Executive Director of Downtown Maryville DeAnn Davison called the process a “collaboration of different ideas” when selecting an event for Pocket Park.

“We had always wanted to do something in the Pocket Park,” Davison said. “One of our committee members came up with the Music Off Main idea, the name, and we found someone to play, and it just kind of snowballed, and it worked. It was on Family Weekend, so we thought it was meant to be.”

Johns started the show off with “Drive (For Daddy Gene)” by Alan Jackson and an unnamed and unreleased original song.

“I got a new song coming out in a couple months, it costs more than my house, so I’m terrified,” Johns said. “This feels like little league all over again, my family’s right over here cheering me on.”

Johns had played in Maryville several years ago at The Pub. According to Davison, a Downtown

for the week of Sept. 22 CRIME LOG

Northwest Missouri State University Police Department

Sept. 19

There is a closed investigation for an alcohol violation in Franken Hall.

Sept. 16

There is a closed investigation for a fire alarm in Perrin Hall.

Sept. 15

There is a closed investigation for a fire alarm in South Complex.

Sept. 14

There is a closed investigation for a fire alarm in South Complex.

There is a closed investigation for a fire alarm in Bearcat Stadium.

Sept. 14

There is a closed investigation for a fire alarm in South Complex. There is a closed investigation for a fire alarm in Bearcat Stadium.

Sept. 13

There is an open investigation for stalking at Walmart.

Maryville Department of Public Safety

Sept. 20

There was an accident between Katheryn K.

Belanger, 16, and Jennifer A.

Pitts, 46, on West Thompson Street and South Walnut Street. Belanger was issued a citation for careless and imprudent driving.

Sept. 19

There is an ongoing investigation for larceny on the 1300 block of North Main Street.

A bicycle was recovered on the 500 block of West Fifth Street.

A summons was issued to Ryan W. Vandivert, 28, for driving while revoked and failure to register a motor vehicle on the 1100 block of College Avenue.

Sept. 18

A cellphone was recovered on the 400 block of North Buchanan Street.

A summons was issued to Shivanandha R. Palla, 26, for driving while intoxicated and equipment violation on the 400 block of North Main Street. Road signs were recovered on the 200 block of West Seventh Street.

Maryville committee member is dating the owner of The Pub and got Johns’ contact information, and Johns happened to be available for the weekend.

After playing songs by The Stanley Brothers and Tracy Lawrence, Johns played another unreleased song, talking about his unique writing process.

“I made 90 pounds of beer, and it went through mostly me and my cousin, Conner, who lives next door,” Johns said. He said while drinking with his cousin, he would brainstorm and write down song lyrics. Johns said he recently got the final mixes back, hoping they’ll be released within a couple of weeks.

Later on, Johns played his latest single, “One Last Two Step,” which he began working on in early 2019 and releasing it in November 2020 after several months of delay due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

“I put money into the worst investment you could make,” Johns said. “Go out and play for people when you couldn’t go out and play for people.”

Johns played a wide range of cover songs in the later half of the show, including “Ring of Fire” by June Carter and Merle Kilgore and sung by Johnny Cash, “Miss You” by the Rolling Stones, “Take Me Home, Country Roads” by John Denver and “Here Comes the Sun” by The Beatles.

Johns also played more of his own original work after a brief intermission, some unnamed and unreleased. Some of his original songs included “Forevermore,” “Fangs” and “Pine Box Boogie.” Johns ended the show with a cover of Willie Nelson’s “On the Road Again.”

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Despite international enrollment being up from the previous year, Haddock said that international graduate enrollment was slightly lower than expected.

“A lot of it, we can’t control,” he said. “How many students will apply? How many visas will they get at a consulate in one of the cities and in another country? I can’t control a lot of those things.”

Haddock said throughout the year his office along with those from the International Involvement Center visit other countries like ones from Central Asia, Serbia and more, now that international travel has been less strict since the pandemic has started to ease. He said the main focus for international students is trying to bring those students to Maryville and have them take in-person classes.

Though there has been an increase in graduate and international enrollment, the last five fall semesters have shown a downward trend of enrollment of undergraduate students.

Numbers from this fall show there are 4,749 undergraduate students, including undergraduate Online Professional, which makes up just over 55.8% of Northwest’s enrollment. Compared to fall 2018, there has been a drop in enrollment of over 500 students.

Hoffmann said the decrease in undergraduate enrollment isn’t unique to Northwest, but rather a trend nationwide.

The National Student Clearinghouse, a nonprofit organization that researches universities across the U.S., reported that enrollment has continued to drop consistently due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Hoffmann said there have been many efforts to continue to recruit undergraduate students, one being the addition of testoptional scholarships.

During the pandemic, there was a limited availability of standardized tests, like the ACT and SAT, in which some students wouldn’t have a score. Northwest’s admission-based

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After the Bearcats won the football game, over 150 family members and students gathered

scholarships previously went off those scores paired with a high school GPA, to adapt to those students who were without a score, Northwest introduced the test-optional scholarship.

“A Nebraska resident that had a 3.95 high school GPA, but didn’t take the ACT, wouldn’t have been eligible for a scholarship during prior years,” she said. “This year, we added that testoptional scholarship where they would then be eligible for some scholarship dollars that way.”

Hoffmann said another sector that saw a decrease this fall was the enrollment of first generation students, where they’re seeing students who choose to wait on college either by taking a gap year or attending a community college before enrolling at a four-year institution.

“We want to make sure that we’re telling our story to first gen-

to play trivia. SAC sponsored Trivia Night with prizes for the winners. Northwest senior Taylor Murnahan hasn’t participated in the Family Weekend since her freshman year in 2019 be-

eration students too, because we know that they may not have the support, not really even so much support, but understanding about what the process is to go through in order to get to college and what all you need to do to prepare for it and to be ready,” Hoffmann said.

Though there has been a drop in that demographic, she said it has caught her attention and is still a focus for the University.

“When I saw those numbers down a little bit, I think that’s an area that I want to continue to work on building and developing partnerships, to ensure that,” Hoffmann said. “I think that can be a difference maker for us and the overall size of our classes, kind of trying to make sure that we’re continuing to move first generation students through the recruitment cycle and pipeline, so that they’re enrolled here as a student.”

The census reported that His-

cause of covid and other obligations. Taylor’s mom made the trip to Northwest to see what being a Bearcat is all about.

“We like to do trivia back home, so she thought it would

panic students now make up the largest part of domestic underrepresented students at Northwest, with 337 students.

When it comes to recruitment of underrepresented groups of students, Hoffmann said they have a recruiter that specifically works with underrepresented students along with keeping existing Northwest partnerships like the Hispanic Development Fund.

“We are hosting a lot of groups on campus, and working and partnering with programs that, you know, represent, or their goal is to try to get as many students as possible to think about college and college access programs,” she said.

While overall headcount at the University is going up, Hoffmann said the main focus for enrollment is the on-campus undergraduate students, and there is still work being done to increase enrollment in that area.

be really cool to do together,” Murnahan said. “It was fun to see everyone with their families, especially since I haven’t had a Family Weekend since Freshman year.”

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Country singer-songwriter Royce Johns performs for a small crowd in the shelter in Pocket Park, just off Third Street and Main Street.

JAKE PRATER

University parking needs to accommodate commuters

As a student, the daily struggles of getting decent grades and making sure bills are paid are just two of the worries that we have. One thing that we shouldn’t have to worry about is whether or not we will make it to class on time due to filled lots and minimal parking options.

Commuters are required to pay $90 in the fall or $70 in the spring for a sticker — and even more for a hanging tag. We are already paying thousands of dollars each semester to attend classes, and on top of that, we have to pay to park halfway across campus to get to those classes.

Parking spots across Northwest campus are completely undistributed, with little to almost no parking accommodating places like the Lamkin Activity Center, Martindale Hall, the Fire Arts Building, the Olive Deluce Fine Arts Building, Colden Hall, the Everett W. Brown Education Hall and the J.W. Jones Student Union.

With many general education, business, writing, psychology and education classes being held in Colden Hall and Brown Hall, the buildings have a lot of foot traffic. With the current placement of these buildings and the area around them, there is no reasonable place to put a new, central parking lot.

Even buildings like the Garrett-Strong Science Building and Valk Center, which have parking spots next to them, are difficult to park at because they’re constantly full, and the spots are close to buildings. Commuters shouldn’t have to panic before class, attempting to find a parking spot or worry that they are going to be late because they ended up parking farther away.

Specifically in Lot 1, the parking lot behind the Fine Arts Building, there are 72 commuter spots. This lot is commonly known as the one lot for students going to Martindale Hall, Colden Hall, the Fire Arts Building and the Fine Arts Building to park. With only 72 spots for commuters, and the rest being allotted to faculty, people are having to park blocks away on side streets. After paying $90 for a parking pass, students aren’t even able to use it the way that it is intended.

The University has over 4,000 parking spots available among residential, commuter and faculty, though this seems

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like a generous amount of parking spots, a majority of those parking spots are inconvenient. Nearly every commuter lot is also accessible to residents. Of course, they need a place to park, but the commuters need to get to their classes.

Residents living on campus are able to walk to their classes within a reasonable amount of time. If physically able to walk to classes, there is no need for a HudsonPerrin resident to park by the B.D Owens Library, Lot 38, to attend their class in Garrett-Strong — which is easily a fiveminute walk.

69% of students with a residential parking pass are guaranteed a parking spot.

7% of students with a commuter parking pass are guaranteed a parking spot.

Commuters might live two blocks from campus, but some are forced to travel 20 minutes to get to their class. After having to commute to campus, people are struggling to find a parking spot and get to their class on time.

Northwest needs to define more commuter-only lots on campus that are closer to the academic buildings. Rather than residents and commuters having feuds over parking, lots should be divided proportionally.

Northwest reported 1,242 resident stickers and 2,050 commuter stickers were issued this semester. That is 2,050

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“There needs to be better commuter parking, because the walk is horrendous for anyone no matter what building you go to.”

DELANEY HARMON Freshman Secondary Education

students that are fighting against residents for parking spots to get to their class, while there are already a multitude of lots designated as resident-only.

Commuters only have two lots — 157 spots — designated exclusively for them. On the other hand, nine lots are designated for resident-only parking — 861 spots. That means nearly 69% of students with resident stickers can park in a lot specifically for them, whereas roughly 7% of commuters can park in a lot where they are guaranteed a spot.

Lot 38 is currently labeled as an open lot, allowing commuters, residents, faculty and visitors to park in. This lot should primarily — if not completely — be used by commuters. As one of the only lots that commuters can park in on the northwest side of campus, those spots being taken by residents poses an issue.

Surrounding the high-rises are Lots 39-42, allowing 537 parking spaces for the residents in Millikan Hall, Dieterich Hall, Franken Hall and Tower Suites. Currently, these lots are not being fully used, rather these students are parking in Lot 38 — the lot that should be commuter only.

The University should either exile shared lots and have commuter-only, resident-only and faculty-only, or the lots need to be reevaluated to accompany more commuters than residents.

We aren’t asking for much, we’re just asking for minor improvement. It’s as simple as changing the labels on the parking signs, allowing more space for commuters.

Commuters alone gave the University $184,500 in parking passes. The Sign Shop, a part of Facility Services, provides signage across campus. With the money that is provided from buying parking passes — and the decreased cost — the University should easily be able to afford the change in signs after reevaluating the lots.

As programs continue to expand and more people start coming to campus, we need to start thinking about accommodating the parking for those numbers. A change to parking needs to be made sooner rather than later, before it gets out of hand — if it hasn’t already.

“More commuter parking for those that live off campus closer to classes.”

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“We have people from different halls parking in our lot and then we can’t park, it’s so annoying … They need to be able to park somewhere else.”

Bearcat tennis prepares for ITA Regionals

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Junior Andrea Zamurri and senior Vera Alenicheva both play tennis for Northwest, and they, with the rest of their respective teams, are preparing for their next Intercollegiate Tennis Association Regionals Sept. 23-25 in Edmond, Oklahoma.

Last season, Bearcat tennis had a productive season for both the men’s and women’s teams, and these teams are full of talent with multiple singles and doubles players ranked top 10 in the ITA Central Region preseason rankings.

This past spring, the Northwest women’s tennis team posted a record of 16-9 and 5-3 in the MIAA. Even though this team fell short of the playoffs, the women finished the season ranked No. 7 in the Central Region, and there is still plenty of talent and anticipation for next spring’s tennis season.

Alenicheva is one of the female tennis players at Northwest who received an ITA Central Region ranking. Alenicheva claimed the No. 5 spot in the ITA Central Region rankings this year, coming off a season where she went 15-8 at No. 1 in singles dual play.

Alenicheva said she is eager to get better this fall and is looking to do well at this week’s ITA Regionals after last year’s sophomore season.

“I’ve been doing a lot of stuff throughout the years, trying to get better,” Alenicheva said. “I know my sophomore year was my peak, technically, but I hope I can do better this year, and I feel like I could do better.

It’s my senior year, so I honestly want to give it all out there.”

This year, the men’s tennis team will be looking to defend their MIAA North Division championship and try to remake the postseason after a tough loss to Southern Arkansas. The Bearcats finished their season last year with a 14-6 record overall and a 6-2 MIAA record.

Northwest was fueled by a plethora of tennis players, but Zamurri continues to stick out by earning his third ITA AllAmerican honor in his third year as a Bearcat — his second singles All-American honor.

Zamurri said he credits his work ethic over the years and is still looking to improve.

“Yeah, well, I’ve gotta say, I’ve been practicing a lot of the years, you know, especially during the spring season,” Zamurri said. “But, I think that also Northwest gave me a lot. I’ve improved a lot since my freshman year. My coaches, assistant coaches, my teammates, you know, they improved a lot with me, and they made me improve a lot.”

The Bearcats will start off their fall schedule this weekend in Oklahoma with the ITA Regionals. Coach Mark Rosewell, the winningest coach at Northwest, has had at least one team in the national tournament for three straight years.

Rosewell will attempt to help his players have a successful weekend in Oklahoma so they can advance to the ITA Cup in Rome, Georgia. Now in his 38th year at the helm of both tennis teams, Rosewell has gained

plenty of experience to help the athletes get there. He has accumulated 1,171 wins during his tenure at Northwest. Even so, he wants to give all of the credit to the players.

“Well, you know, those wins,

that’s all just a lot of good players over the years. I don’t play one point,” Rosewell said. “We try to recruit the best possible players that we can. I think we’ve done a great job with that, and we play for a fine university.”

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The Bearcats jumped out to a 4-0 lead in the first set, but the Ichabods battled back, knotting the match at four. The two teams then, as if copying Northwest’s match against Emporia a day before, traded points back and forth, with the ’Cats edging Washburn 26-24. In the second set, the Bearcats looked dominant, as they took an 8-3 lead. Their

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lead grew to 17-6, which forced the Ichabods to take a timeout. Northwest did not lose a step coming out of the timeout, and the dominance continued as the ’Cats won the set 25-14. With a 2-0 set lead, the Bearcats started the third set with a 7-5 lead, before the Ichabods battled back in the set. The two rivals went blow for blow the rest of the set. With the score at 23-21 in favor of Washburn, the Ichabods scored back-toback points to seal the set win.

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After surrendering its first lost set of the weekend, Northwest came out hot with a 5-0 scoring explosion to start the fourth set. The Bearcats and Ichabods would exchange scoring runs, but the ‘Cats stayed in front for the entire set and the rest of the match. A kill from graduate student outside hitter Hallie Sidney completed the upset of No. 6 Washburn.

“I think we just focused on one point at a time and tried to execute our game plan. We had great energy, but we stayed calm,” Sidney said.

“I think it was very important to beat Washburn because it is a very big conference win for us,” Kirchhoefer said. “We always view Washburn as a good opponent for us to face and are excited to come out with a win against them in our first-time meeting this season.”

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The defensive performance against Central Missouri helped rank Northwest No. 1 in rush defense and No. 8 in total defense ahead of Week 4. The Bearcats’ first three opponents attempted a run play a combined 78 times and recorded a mere 34 yards — 0.4 yards per attempt. The ’Cats are also at the top of the MIAA in scoring defense, allowing 15.3 points per contest.

Wright said it’s obviously a pretty good day on defense when it only allows 103 total yards, but there’s still plenty of work left.

“We still got a long ways to go before we’re good,” Wright said.

The rush defense of Northwest might be put to the test against Central Oklahoma. The Bronchos have totaled 414 rushing yards in their first three games and are coming off backto-back games of at least 150 yards on the ground.

With Central Oklahoma in its first year under a new coach, the team may still be adapting

poll and No. 5 in Volleyblog’s power rankings.

Along with rising in the national polls, the Bearcats also have two MIAA Players of the Week that were announced Sept. 19. Setter of the Week was awarded to junior setter Alyssa Rezac, and Defensive Player of the Week was sophomore defensive specialist Kristen Ford.

“The most important thing that helps us beat ranked opponents is the fact that we can play any one of our players and come out with a win,” Kirchhoefer said. “We have amazing depth on the team this year, and any one of us can go out and play a great game as a team.”

Next on the docket for Northwest is Sept. 21 against Pittsburg State in Bearcat Arena. The Gorillas are 8-5 and 2-2 in conference play. The game against Pittsburgh State will not be finished in time for publication.

“It’s been really awesome to see the fanbase grow since my freshman year, it’s always fun to

to the new schemes and system. Wright said he thinks the Bronchos are much better than their 1-2 record, and he thinks they’re only going to get better as the season progresses.

“I think it’s just the newness,” Wright said. “They’re growing. They’re trying to find their chemistry, and they’re trying to find their people and their playmakers; just like we are.”

One of the playmakers on the Northwest offense through the first three weeks of the season is senior running back Jamar Moya.

The Bakersfield, California native has compiled 338 all-purpose yards so far this season and leads the team in rushing yards (193), rushing attempts (36), rushing touchdowns (2), receptions (17) and receiving touchdowns (2).

“It’s something I take pride in, you know, being able to get the ball wherever the coach needs me,” Moya said.

Moya’s contributions aided in the offense’s No. 12 ranking in the nation in total yards per game — 470.7. Northwest is No. 1 in the MIAA in scoring offense

be at home,” Sidney said.

“It is very special to us to play in front of a home crowd in Bearcat Arena. This is because last season we played most games in Hughes Fieldhouse, and we missed it,” Kirchhoefer said. “We are determined to stay undefeated at home in Bearcat Arena and defend our court in front of our home crowd.”

After the one-game homestand, Northwest will be back on the road traveling Sept. 21 to Joplin, Missouri, to play MIAA foe Missouri Southern. The Bearcats will go into the game with a 14-game winning streak against the Lions, dating back to Sept. 26, 2015. Missouri Southern is 5-6 with an 0-2 record in MIAA play.

This match starts a fivegame road trip before the Bearcats return home for a rematch against No. 17 Central Missouri on Oct. 11.

with 38.3 points per game.

If the Bearcats play the Bronchos like they did a season ago — a 38-0 victory for Northwest Sept. 25, 2021 — they’ll be well on track to keeping their name at the top of the leaderboard in the conference in both scoring offense and defense.

Moya, who totaled 17 yards on five carries against the Bronchos in 2021, said there’s good things to expect for this game.

“It’s gonna be a big game for us,” Moya said. “From the running back room to the wide receivers, I feel like we all should have explosive plays.”

A difference from last season’s win, besides Dorrel taking over for Central Oklahoma, is this year’s game will be at Edmond. The 394-mile trek will be the farthest the ’Cats will travel in the regular season. To Moya, it makes no difference where the game is, he’s going to be ready when that ball gets kicked off at 2 p.m.

“We take pride in going into away games and winning in hostile environments,” Moya said. “It’s a challenge, for sure, but we’re all ready for it.”

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Northwest men’s tennis freshman Jan Skerbatis returned a serve during practice Sept. 20. The Bearcats will compete in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association Regionals Sept. 23-25 at Edmond, Oklahoma.

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Spoofhound football looks to win 16th straight game against Cameron Dragons

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After a 34-27 loss to St. Pius X Sept. 16 in Kansas City, Missouri, Maryville football will be on the road for the second week in a row.

This road trip will lead the Spoofhounds to a clash with Midland Empire Conference foe Cameron Sept. 23 in Cameron, Missouri.

Coach Matt Webb said backto-back road games are just part of high school football in Missouri. Junior wide receiver Delton Davis said away games are just another challenge to work through.

Northwest to play next two games at home

Northwest soccer was back on the road this past weekend when it played Missouri Southern Sept. 16 in Joplin, Missouri, and a rematch against No. 6 Central Missouri Sept. 18 in Warrensburg, Missouri.

The Lions record was 0-5 entering the game Friday against the 3-1-2 Bearcats. Both teams combined for 22 shots. The game was scoreless through 70 minutes of play, then the Bearcats started heating up on offense over the last 20 minutes of play.

Sophomore midfielder

Hannah Stirling scored in the 70th minute, and sophomore forward Sophie Cissell scored five minutes later. Both goals were assisted by junior forward Kaylie Rock, who added on another goal, two minutes after Cissell’s, which was assisted by junior forward Teagan Blackburn.

Redshirt freshman goalkeeper Lily Ellis recorded her fifth shutout of the season, as the Bearcats went on to win 3-0.

In Warrensburg, the Bearcats played the undefeated Jennies, who sit at the top of the MIAA

standings and were ranked No. 6 in the United Soccer Coaches poll for the fourth week of the regular season. It was a defensive battle, just like the game against the two squads Sept. 11 at Bearcat Pitch. Both teams combined for 30 shots — 17 for the Bearcats and 13 for the Jennies. One of those shots for the Bearcats was by freshman midfielder Elaina Shromoff, who has been playing more as an attacker on the wing.

“It feels great to be out on the pitch, wearing a Bearcat jersey and helping this team every weekend,” Shromoff said.

The first minute after halftime, Rock scored a goal, with help from an assist by Cissell to put the Bearcats up 1-0.

With five minutes left in the game, Jennies redshirt junior defender Lindsay Edmonds snuck in a goal past Ellis to tie the game. A mere two minutes later, Jennies redshirt freshman midfielder Julia Kristensen scored in the 88th minute to win the game 2-1.

The Bearcats fell to 4-2-2 and sit at No. 9 in the MIAA standings. With Rock’s goal and seven shots on the day, she became Northwest soccer’s all-time points

leader with 43 career points.

“It feels really good to accomplish that. I didn’t know that I was actually close to reaching that so when I saw that I did, it was a surprise to me,” Rock said.

Up next for the Bearcats, they head back home to Bearcat Pitch to play Fort Hays State Sept. 23 and Nebraska-Kearney Lopers Sept. 25.

“We are not happy with the last two UCM outcomes, so this weekend we are just kicking it into high gear and go out on the pitch and give it all we got,” Rock said.

Last year, the Bearcats won both games on the road against the Tigers and Lopers in overtime. This year, the Tigers haven’t lost a game with a record of 5-0-3, and the Lopers are winless at 0-7-1.

Moody selected for St. Joseph Area

Sports Hall of Fame Class of 2022

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Janet (Clark) Moody played for Northwest women’s basketball from 1986-89, and, during her three years in Maryville, she totaled 2,121 career points — the most in program history and the only woman to score 2,000 points at Northwest — and finished with a career 3-point percentage of 40.1 — also a program record.

Before she was a Bearcat, though, she was a part of the Fighting Irish for Lafayette High School in St. Joseph. There, she earned All-City, AllConference, All-District and AllState honors three times each. All of her accomplishments helped her to be selected for the St. Joseph Area Sports Hall of Fame Class of 2022.

“I don’t think you think about that. You just don’t really think about ever being in the hall of fame,” Moody said.

While she may have never thought about it growing up, Moody has had her fair share of experience being inducted in halls of fame. She was inducted into the MIAA Hall of Fame with the 2013 class, and she was in the 1996 class for Northwest’s M-Club Hall of Fame.

Even with her two other inductions, Moody said this one was the best. She said each time was amazing, but this one just seemed to have more meaning.

“This one just seemed like it was very special to me,” Moody said. “My whole family, my brothers and sisters were

there also with my kids, were there, and, so, this one’s a little different from the rest of them.”

While at the ceremony Sept. 18, Moody said she was able to reconnect with people throughout the St. Joseph area she had not seen in a long time. During the ceremony, she said her basketball coach at Lafayette wasn’t able to attend, but he prepared a video about his time coaching her. John Coffey, station manager of KXCV-KRNW, had a segment talking about her career. Her brother, Jon Clark, who played for Northwest men’s basketball from 1985-88, reflected on their time growing up together.

Moody said her family was always into basketball. Her dad, Mel Clark, was the Lafayette boys’ basketball coach from 1968-86 and helped the team to the school’s only state championship in 1976. She said all she and her brother did was play basketball when they were growing up.

It seems as though Moody has carried that basketball life to her own kids. Her daughter, Ella Moody, is a freshman guard for the Bearcats and is the newest player on the roster. While she may have followed in her mom’s footsteps, Ella Moody said her mom didn’t want to coach her or the rest of her siblings.

“She wanted us — me and my sister — to get other people’s opinions and learn the game from other people,” Ella Moody said.

Ella Moody said her mother did, of course, give pointers after every game.

“It is hard being away from home and not having your home crowd there to support you, but our fans and students do a nice job of traveling and supporting us at our away games,” Davis said.

The ’Hounds are 2-2 on the season with a 1-1 record against MEC opponents.

Webb said the records don’t make any difference when it comes to preparing for the next opponent. “One and zero is the goal every week, we get the chance to go on the road and find a good environment, Friday night and have a lot of fun,” Webb said. “Two and two is the record, right, but 1-0 is our focus every week.”

Maryville has a conference win over Chillicothe, but both teams have a loss to St. Pius X.

Davis said the goal against Cameron is to go out and play Maryville’s brand of football.

“We want to maintain a strong intensity and have little to no mistakes,” Davis said. “We will not accept mental lapses

on all three phases of the game. Cameron has a solid program so we can’t overlook them.”

Webb said the main focus of the game is to play process football, which means winning the turnover margin and not losing the game on special teams.

“My personal goal against Cameron is to perform at the best of my abilities for my teammates,” Davis said. “These guys are my brothers, and I wanna give my all to fight for them and do my 1/11th.”

Maryville is 15-0 against Cameron since 2010. During this stretch, the average margin of victory is 59 points.

The Dragons have changed their offensive and defensive schemes and are a new team under the guidance of first-ear coach Wes Bell.

“Cameron’s changed to a flexbone option attack, so that’s very difficult to defend,” Webb said. “Our focus will be on stopping the option, and, when we’re on offense, our focus will be taking care of us and executing. We need to execute better than we did against St. Pius.”

“It is very important this week to beat Cameron,” Davis said. “This past week’s loss is the part where adversity struck, winning or losing this week shows our response to adversity and how we will fight back against it.”

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Janet Moody said her kids were too young at the time to remember her MIAA Hall of Fame induction, so it was nice that they were able to see this one. Ella Moody said it was wonderful to be there for her.

“It was so surreal … I know she was very honored, and she felt very blessed to have her family there supporting her,” Ella Moody said.

“It’s a great honor, because there’ve been so many great athletes that have come through St. Joe,” Janet Moody said. “You have NFL players, you have Olympians, and then they happen to pick me because of my basketball accomplishments.”

Ella Moody may have a long way to go before even considering matching her mother’s records, but she’s not too far from the beginning of her career as a Bearcat. Northwest will start its regular season Nov. 11 against Southwest Minnesota State.

Janet Moody said she teases her by saying she shoots better than her, but that her daughter is probably better in everything else. Regardless of how much truth there is to that, Janet Moody said she intends to be at every game she can.

“She’s great, I mean, she is a good player,” Janet Moody said. “It made it special that she picked Northwest because it’s a family atmosphere with the basketball teams, and it was her best choice, and it was a great choice.”

Junior forward Kaitlyn Case evades Central Missouri sophomore forward Ashleigh Martin. The Bearcats fell to the Jennies 1-0 Sept. 11 but will return home at 3 p.m. Sept. 23 to face off against Fort Hays State.

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Maryville football senior running back Caden Stoecklein carries the ball on a run play during the Spoofhounds’ loss to St. Pius X Sept. 16. The 34-27 defeat marked Maryville’s third consecutive loss to the Warriors.

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Showdown against former coach next on schedule for Northwest

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Northwest football is home to six national championships. For three of those titles, Adam Dorrel was the coach on the sideline. From 2011-16, Dorrel coached Northwest to a record of 76-8 and secured four MIAA titles alongside three national championships. On the sideline with Dorrel, serving as the team’s assistant coach and defensive coordinator during the same six-year span, was Rich Wright.

Now, over six years since Dorrel’s departure to Abilene Christian, where the threetime AFCA Division II Coach of the Year has worked since Dec. 19, 2016, the two will once again be on the sidelines for the same game — this time, on opposite sidelines.

“We maintain a close friendship,” Wright said. “It’s no different, it’s just the next opponent on our schedule. We’re friends before this game’s gonna kick off, and we’ll be friends after this game is played. It’s not really about Adam Dorrel and I,

it’s about our football teams.”

Dorrel joined Central Oklahoma — a team he was 5-0 against from 2012-16 — Dec. 5, 2021, and will be looking for his second win with the Bronchos against his former team Sept. 24, when No. 2 Northwest travels to Edmond, Oklahoma.

Wright started his sixth year at the helm of the Bearcats with three straight wins. Northwest won the first three games of the season with an average margin of 23 points. The latest win was a 24-7 triumph over Central Missouri Sept. 17.

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The Bearcat defense held the Mules to negative three rushing yards and a mere 103 total yards of offense. As if it wasn’t enough for Northwest, five players combined for eight sacks.

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Northwest volleyball gives Washburn first loss of regular season

Northwest volleyball went on the road for two MIAA matches in Kansas, and the Bearcats came back to Maryville with two wins including a win over then-undefeated No. 2 Washburn.

During this road trip, sophomore outside hitter Payton Kirchhoefer had a triumphant return to the court with 14 kills against Washburn after missing three matches due to injury.

Northwest started the weekend with a match against Emporia State Sept. 16 in Emporia, Kansas.

No. 11 Northwest came out hot in the first set with a 7-3 scoring run. The Hornets countered with a 6-1 scoring run to take a 9-8 lead. After more back and forth, the Bearcats managed to retake the lead, and they won the first set 25-20.

The second set had followed the pattern of the first one with more back and

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forth, neither team giving an inch. Northwest came out on top again, though, and won the set 25-23. The third set continued the trend of the match with another close set, and the Bearcats took the set 25-22 and the nail-biter of a match, 3-0.

“It was a very important win for us, especially losing last week while away,” Kirchhoefer said. “We needed to remember we can be road warriors, especially, because most of the beginning of our season is away.”

Next on the slate for Northwest was a matchup with the then-undefeated MIAA foe Washburn Sept. 17 in Topeka, Kansas.

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Graduate student outside hitter Kelly Wiedemann celebrates with her teammates, junior setter Alyssa Rezac and sophomore libero Kiersten Ford, after scoring a point in Northwest volleyball’s 3-0 win over Missouri Western Sept. 9.

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Northwest football junior quarterback Mike Hohensee runs the ball on a quarterback keeper against MIAA foe Central Missouri Sept. 17. Hohensee scored one passing touchdown and one rushing touchdown during the Bearcats 24-7 win over the Mules.

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