bearcatroar I remember when ... y favorite professor was Dr. Johanne Maryville. This generated so much attention MFairchild. Upon taking my first class that they decided to block the highway again with her, I immediately liked her teaching style, the next night. knowledge and ability to disseminate the subject Some students material. Dr. Fairchild exceeds many professors in were even under that she gets to know her the wheels of large I do remember students. When I moved semitrailer trucks. that“ one dessert was to California after college After traffic had for my first professional been blocked a piece of tuna fish job, I even received a for up to several inside a small block postcard from her and miles, a highway her husband when they patrolman ignited of lemon Jell-O. were on vacation in the a tear gas grenade Ron Martin” ’66 Smokies! To this day, she to clear the area. would know me and be Trust me, you interested in how my only have to experience tear gas once to under- life was going. This is an stand why it is such an effective tool. example for all teachers, But the story does have a happy ending. The at any level, to learn college decided to do something about the food from! being served and hired a new chef. As a result, Brian James ’95 the average per capita weight of the student body was noticeably increased. President Robert P. Foster (right) t was popular on some university campuses to Ron Martin ’66 gives Everett Brown a notebook of letters from friends and colleagues Iparticipate in anti-war protests. However, the at a retirement dinner and “roast” in only protest that ever materialized at Northwest remember the first time I ever stepped on to his honor in 1976. Brown, who died that I recall was a protest of the poor quality of I Northwest grounds was also the first time I in 2005, came to Northwest in the food being served in the campus dining hall. I do was in the state of Missouri. I was so impressed 1930s as a student, was a longtime Northwest administrator and later remember that one dessert was a piece of tuna fish with how beautiful the campus was and how, was the area’s state representative inside a small block of lemon Jell-O. when I walked through campus with my mom, for 16 years. Brown Hall is named Dissatisfaction with the food finally got to everyone said hello. From that point on, I knew for him. the point that a number of the more commit- that coming to Northwest would be the best ted activists marched over to Highway 71 at choice I made. I never looked back. night and blocked all traffic on the south side of Jennifer Dickson Booth ’98 Do you remember these events? 1957 1967 1977 1987 1997 President J.W. Jones Northwest starts a National Walkout Day resumes after Missouri Gov. John The Bearcat football announces plans for two Honor Fraternity. The an absence of several Ashcroft “switches” on team, coached by Mel new dormitories, one Northwest Missourian years, establishing itself the Electronic Campus on Tjeerdsma, finishes the classroom building, a as the Friday before the first day of Freshman season 12-1, led by quar- physical education building, This year’s track team won Homecoming. Transi- Advantage Week, signifying terback Chris Greisen. The baseball diamond and foot- every meet. Pete Hager tions: A Hundred Years of the accomplishment that Bearcats’ only loss comes ball practice field. The $3 broke the 220-yard dash Northwest each residence hall room is in the quarterfinals of the million expansion program school record. The previ- equipped with a networked NCAA Division II playoffs to includes remodeling the ous record was made by Bearcat pitcher Mark Miller computer. Transitions: the University of Northern Administration Building and Herschel Neil in the 1930s. is drafted by Major League A Hundred Years of Colorado, the eventual gymnasium as well. Towers Transitions: A Hundred Baseball’s California Northwest national champions. 2006 in the Northwest Years of Northwest Angels. The Northwest Football Media Guide Missourian 6 SUMMER 2007 NORTHWEST ALUMNI MAGAZINE dearfriends Political science internships send students worldwide n the spring of 1978, my wife and I piled into an internship in Germany. Iour Honda Civic and traveled along northern During my 29 years at Northwest, Missouri over what our son would later call roller I have grown to respect the students coaster hills, across one-lane bridges and through at this institution. They tend to be small towns on a road leading to an unknown first-generation college students from town in the middle of “nowhere.” Just before we working-class families. They have crossed the 102 River east of Maryville, we came held jobs before coming to college across two men on horses herding cattle into a and work while in college. When we corral. Welcome to Bearcat country! send them out on an internship, they I had come to interview for a public admin- simply roll up their sleeves and go to istration opening in Northwest’s political science work. Their strong work ethic creates department. After I received the job, I was given the building blocks for success as the responsibility of developing an internship pro- students, as interns and as citizens. gram for the political science department. Under As you’ll read in this issue’s cover story about Since arriving at Northwest in 1978, Dr. David McLaughlin has this internship program, we have sent students to State Sen. Brad Lager, Northwest graduates suc- spearheaded the University’s intern- work at all levels of government, throughout the ceed in so many areas – in law school, in graduate ship program for students studying United States and worldwide – including Poland, school, in their professions and in life. They make political science. Czech Republic, the Marshall Islands, Germany, a difference in Maryville, in Nodaway County, England and Japan. in Kansas City, in Jefferson City, in Washington, Currently, there are two special internship D.C., and in the world. programs open to all Northwest students: The And after 29 years, I’m proud to say I’m still a Your opinion counts! Washington Center and The Missouri Legisla- Bearcat! Let us know what you think tive Internship. The Washington Center offers of the Northwest Alumni students an opportunity to serve in a variety of Sincerely, Magazine by taking the online survey at www. venues in the vibrant Washington community. nwmissouri.edu/alumni/ Last semester’s intern worked with the Heritage magazine/survey.htm. Foundation. The Missouri Legislative Intern- ship offers Northwest students a $3,000 stipend With your assistance, the magazine will continue to to serve an internship in Jefferson City. In the Dr. David L. McLaughlin improve with every issue. spring, a Northwest student worked with Rep. Associate Professor Trent Skaggs. Not only is Skaggs a 1995 North- Department of History/Humanities/ west graduate, but as a student he participated in Philosophy/Political Science The mission of the Northwest Northwest Foundation Inc. William Gram ’52, Rancho Richard “Dick” Wiles ’71, Polly Parsons Howard ’00, Lynn Ruhl, Alumni Magazine is to foster ’07-’08 Board of Directors Palos Verdes, Calif. Jefferson City Development Officer/Booth Executive Assistant College of Business and [email protected] connections between alumni, President John Grispon ’87, St. Louis Ron Woolsey ’74, ’78, Professional Studies friends and Northwest Jim Blackford ’72, Maryville Ray Hischke ’66, Grain Valley Mark Stewart ’03, ’06, The Woodlands, Texas [email protected] Development Officer/Athletics Missouri State University. Ex-Officio Directors Vice President Jim Joy ’57, Rogers, Ark. Laurie Drummond Long ’92, [email protected] The offices of University Robert P. Foster Mike Faust ’74, Omaha, Neb. Joyce Kerber ’60, Development Officer/Donor Advancement and University President Emeritus, Anna Bradshaw Summa ’01, Relations strive to inform Immediate Past President Lee’s Summit Relations Database Specialist Kansas City [email protected] readers of the accom- Chuck Place ’72, Albany Jodie Mackintosh ’77, [email protected] B.D. Owens ’59 Mitzi Craft Lutz ’91, plishments of Northwest’s Jim Ballinger ’67, Weatherby Omaha, Neb. Steve Sutton ’71, President Emeritus, Advancement Communica- alumni, friends, faculty, Lake Jerry Moyer ’76, ’78, Director of Alumni Relations Titusville, Fla. Clearwater, Fla. tions Specialist [email protected] students and administration Holly Murphy-Barstow ’81, [email protected] and to positively position the Omaha, Neb. Helen Mutz ’50, Maryville Dean L. Hubbard Brenda Untiedt ’00, Teresa Macias ’97, ’05, University in the hearts of its Shoba Brown ’71, Maryville William C. Price ’60, University President Alumni Relations Specialist Development Officer/College [email protected] many constituents to increase Mark Burnsides ’79, Maryville Cincinnati, Ohio Orrie Covert Jim Redd ’66, Leawood, Kan. of Arts and Sciences Andrea Kearns Wagner ’00, public and private support. Tom Carneal, Maryville Executive Director [email protected] Mark Doll ’80, Dan Runde ’81, Platte City Development Officer/College Advancement Staff Peggy Purdy, Council Bluffs, Iowa Ron Taylor ’79, Waukee, Iowa of Education and Human Orrie Covert, Accounting Specialist Jason Garst ’93, Watson Jason White ’91, Maryville Services/Corporate and Vice President [email protected] Foundation Relations [email protected] [email protected] NORTHWEST ALUMNI MAGAZINE SUMMER 2007 5 northwestnews Join the Northwest Alumni Association and Save on Hotels Nationwide Choice Hotels International offers a 15-percent Save 15 percent at participating Choice Hotels discount at more than 5,000 participating Rodeway Inn Comfort Suites Clarion locations worldwide for all Northwest Alumni Quality Inn MainStay Suites Sleep Inn Comfort Inn Econo Lodge Association members. 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