THURSDAY, MARCH 16, 2023
Northwest community service club helps clean up Florida community
MARYVILLE, MISSOURI HANNAH CLAYWELL Asst. News Editor | @Hannah_9504
In September 2022, a category four hurricane struck Florida. Fort Myers, Florida was devastated by the destruction. Northwest organization Alternative Spring Break traveled down to help rebuild and provide for the community. In Fort Myers, the organization helped restore old buildings and churches that had been destroyed by Hurricane Ian. The group also helped at a food bank. The main part of Alterna-
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NWMISSOURINEWS.COM tive Spring Break is volunteering and providing service for places in need. President Elisha Westover and Vice President Sage Thelen said Alternative Spring Break is a heavily student led organization and a fun opportunity to be a part of. “I felt like I was actually able to help people but also visit different places and kind of experience and broaden my horizon and my mindset,” Westover said. Westover has been a part of Alternative Spring Break since 2020, when the trip was can-
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celed because of COVID. She said she has not seen a normal trip, but the organization being student led and trial and error is the new normal. This year, seven students attended the trip — no Northwest faculty attended with the students. “I’m excited for our food pantry, especially because we’ll get to talk to some of the people in the community and learn more about life in general,” Westover said. Westover said the organization has been getting smaller throughout the years, but she
hopes to see more people join and continue the group because everyone on the executive board are seniors. The program’s academic adviser Amy Nally is also going to be retiring soon. “We do kind of fear for the future of this club because we are diminishing in members, so we are looking for more young people to join our group,” Westover said. “It’s a great organization, and I hope people continue that. It’s a little scary leaving it.”
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Women’s stories shared through events LAKEN MONTGOMERY News Reporter | @lmontgomerymiss
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hroughout the month of March, Northwest’s Office of Diversity and Inclusion has planned multiple events to celebrate Women’s History Month and share influential women’s stories. These events include themed movies, two Lunch and Learns and an award to celebrate women’s influential stories. Justin Mallett, assistant vice president of Diversity and Inclusion, said the Women’s History Month Committee, made up
of Ashlee Hendrix, Terry Immel, Jacque Loghry and himself, have been meeting since early January to prepare for these events. “We met weekly starting in January,” Mallett said. “We started putting together programming because the theme for the month is celebrating women’s stories, we wanted to make sure that we were capturing that in all of our programming.” Each year, March is designated as National Women’s History Month to ensure the history is recognized and celebrated in schools, workplaces and communities throughout the coun-
try. The stories of women’s historic achievements provide an expanded view of the complexity of living a full and purposeful life, according to Northwest’s Office of Diversity and Inclusion. The first event was at 6 p.m. March 15 in the J.W. Jones Student Union Boardroom. It was a screening of Queen of Katwe with a discussion following. The Queen of Katwe is a true story about a young girl named Phiona Mutesi who lives in rural Uganda. The movie shows the adversity Phiona faces advancing her chess career and being able to provide a better life for
her family because of it. The second event takes a different direction, the Office of Diversity and Inclusion has organized a lunch and learn 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. March 16 in the Union Meeting Room B. The Lunch and Learn: Women, Wellness and Work-Life Balance will feature three women that were invited to share their professional journey and discuss the balance between work and life and how their wellness should be prioritized with everything they do.
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SAC announces band, opener for spring 2023 concert BECKY DAVENPORT Missourian Reporter | @TheMissourian
For months, the Student Activities Council has kept a secret of who would be coming to Northwest for its yearly spring concert. The Eli Young Band will be performing 7 p.m. April 21 at the Carl and Cheryl Hughes Fieldhouse for the SAC of Spring 2023. The Eli Young Band is an American country music band that consists of four members: Mike Eli, James Young, Jon Jones and Chris Thompson who met at the University of Texas in 2000. The Eli Young Band has been on the Billboard Hot 100 country charts eight times, and three of their singles have reached No. 1. “Crazy Girl” was the top country song in 2011, along with “Drunk Last Night” and “Even if it Breaks Your Heart.”
SAC has been on campus since 2001 and has been putting on concerts since the organization started. It plans activities for the student body by hosting a variety of events such as movies, lectures, comedians and concerts. Some previous performances include Bazzi in 2018, Blackbear in 2019 and AJR in 2022. Faith Thompson is the student involvement coordinator for SAC and spoke about the planning of the upcoming event. “I do the backstage work that most people don’t see, like helping assist in writing the contract, making sure that all of Trent’s ideas and the logistics are in place and communicating with our agent and university officials to ensure we are putting on the best and safest concert for the community and the University.,’ Thompson said. Mason Ramsey will be the con-
cert opener. He is best known for a video of him in Walmart singing “Lovesick Blues” by Hank Williams Jr. that later got millions of views. Since then, Ramsey has done voice-overs in movies such as “Angry Birds Movie 2” and a vocalist in “Sing 2.” Ramsey made an appearance in the Top 65 of the Billboard Hot 100 with his song “Famous.” “Famous” also launched at No. 2 on Country Digital Song Sales. Before the concert, SAC will be hosting a tailgate called Bobby’s Boot Scoot’n Bash. It will be held from 4:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. in the Hughes Fieldhouse parking lot. There will be food trucks, vendors and yard games. Alcohol will be available for those over the age of 21. All food and drinks will be at an additional price.
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Northwest students enjoy the 2022 AJR and Careless Vibez spring concert hosted by SAC. Mason Ramsey will be opening for Eli Young Band at this year’s spring concert 7 p.m. April 21 at the Carl and Cheryl Hughes Fieldhouse with Bobby’s Boot Scoot’n Bash prior to the concert.
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