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My extracurricular activities turned me into a National champ and Olympic hopeful.

I moved to Mizzou from Lindenwood University in St. Charles, Mo. I attended Lindenwood on an athletic scholarship as a member of the shooting team. Yes, shooting team. I usually get funny looks from people when I say that.

After a year and half with LU, I was recruited to Mizzou’s shooting team. I was the only girl on the team for two years, but that was O.K. The guys on the team knew I was a good shooter and that my scores would help the team place higher nationally. Now the team is ranked 3rd in the nation.

I soon learned that shooting in college was huge and very competitive, but outside of the shooting world many have no idea that universities and high schools have these types of teams.

After my second collegiate national competition, I was placed on the Olympic Development Team, and have been training since then. In April, I won the Collegiate National Clay Target Championships, and was the first female ever named to the National Rifle Association’s First Team All-American. In fact, I was five targets from being the men’s national champ.

After graduation I decided that I would stay in Columbia and train for the 2008 Olympics. I am currently building a training facility at Cedar Creek Rod and Gun Club owned by MU alumni Ralph, BS '69, and Mary Ann Gates, BA '68, MA '88.

— Lindsey Hollin, BGS ’06

I was involved in Marching Mizzou’s color guard for three years, which was a lot of hard work but lots of FUN! I also love dancing, so I joined the Legion of Black Collegians Shades dance squad for two and half years. I also was active in the Association of Textile and Apparel Management.

— LaTrice Vanderford, BS HES ’06

My extracurricular activities were just as important as my academic degree. So much that the activities were what drove me to my career. The leadership opportunities gained through my sorority, the National Panhellenic Council, the College of Human Environmental Sciences as well as participation in many additional activities empowered me to attend graduate school and earn a master’s in higher education.

I currently am the assistant director of campus activities for Greek life at Central Missouri State University. In addition to my work with leadership development and involvement at CMSU, I have the opportunity to work with many national fraternities and sororities in their leadership endeavors. I owe all of my success to my experience as an involved student at Mizzou.

— Libby Anderson, BS Ed ’96

In the late ’50s, I was on the board of the Association of Women Students (AWS). I was chosen, along with three other AWS officers, to attend the national conference of women students on the Arizona State campus. The University flew Miss Koepke, the Dean of Women, but sent us on an overnight train to Phoenix, which took 26 hours. I remember it being very crowded, and we were in a car with a drunken bowling team. On the return trip, we got into Kansas City’s Union Station about 1 a.m. and were met by one of the girl’s boyfriends who drove us back to Columbia, except that he fell asleep about Boonville, went through a road barricade and we all ended up in a Boonville hospital! Fortunately, no one was seriously hurt, but it definitely was a memorable trip! I don’t remember much about the conference itself!

— Nancy Clopton Myers, BJ ’60

Between endless hours in the newsroom, classes and assignments, it was surprising that I had any time to do anything else at all. But I’m glad I made the time.

There was work at Rollins Dining Hall. At $5.15 an hour, it was good pocket money. And you got free pizza, and on special occasions, chocolate-covered strawberries. After my first semester though, I learned to steer clear of the closing shifts.

There was playing for the Columbia Civic Orchestra, making some semblance of music together with a bunch of agricultural or biology professors, medical majors and high school kids under the baton of conductor Anthony Addison. Some of my favorite memories include the Peter & the Wolf production with some junior high kids and the annual Messiah singalong.

There were the Christian campus groups, where I met my first and very firm friends throughout my time at Mizzou. University Bible study, Columbia Chinese Christian Fellowship and Inter-Varsity's International Christian Fellowship all made my university years very memorable and meaningful.

There was the Association of Malaysian Students, who fed me with enough nasi lemak and curry to tide me through those periods of homesickness.

Then, there was the Darkroom Techniques Class held at Brady Commons, where I learned how to make those images magically appear on photo paper. I also learned that patience was not one of my virtues. And the American Sign Language Class opened my eyes and ears to a whole new world.

And of course, being a journalism major meant I got to meet the most amazing people in Columbia and beyond. All these activities, and many more, sure made life at Mizzou a little bit more special. How I miss those days.

— Joey Sze, BJ ’99

I searched for my family history at the State Historical Society and read about Missouri (St. Louis, DeKalb County, Macon County and Columbia) in the past. People at the Historical Society were very friendly and even told me about the big projects they were processing. My grandfather, parents and several other relatives were also alums so I liked reading about what the campus was like when they were here.

— Anne Zollman Hasiuk, M Ed ’86

The Journalism Students’ Association published an 8 1/2 x 10 or 11-inch monthly house organ, Press Time, while I was a student in the J-School. While I loved my classes, I was obsessed with the publication of this little newspaper. I was editor my senior year, and during that year, KOMU-TV went on the air (we printed a picture by our chief photographer, Bill Garrett, of his son in front of an early TV set. Both father and son were later associated big time with National Geographic). Our masthead in the spring was in color, for the first time! We had a baby picture contest of faculty members, and we solicited comments by leaders in all journalism disciplines for our “J-Week in Miniature.”

Bob Grose was president of the JSA. His father published a newspaper in New York, so Bob knew the newspaper business inside and out. Accordingly, not only did we edit the paper, we also produced the paper, at the old Linotype School, in a tin quonset hut left over from World War II campus “improvements.” Bob would set the headline type by hand, and, of course, experiment with typefaces and fonts. Many a night we stayed out until the curfew imposed on women’s sorority houses and dorms.

Not sure when or why Press Time ceased publication. On our 50th reunion of the class of 1954, no one at today’s school had ever heard of our paper. I donated my yellowed copies to the archives. Since I like to think it was widely read by J-School faculty (Dean Emeritus Mott was a faithful critic; Dean English, a frequent contributor), you can be assured it was well-written, well-edited, well-proofed, and, I hope, well-received.

— Jane Guthman Kahn, BJ ’54

Editor's Note: The first issue of Press Time was produced in October 1942 with co-editors Alfred Horowitz, BJ '43, and Dan Bayless, BJ '43. It was the official publication of the Journalism Students Association. The most recent issue of Press Time at University Archives dates from 1976, but Archives' staff members could not find information about why the newpaper ceased publication.

I was a student at MU from 1956-60. During that time, I had to work to help with expenses. My first job was as a secretarial helper in the MU Poultry Department under Harriett Rimmer. My father, an egg producer, sold eggs to Charlie Dixon in Monett, MO. Mr. Dixon knew the people at the poultry department and helped me secure the job. I loved walking down tree-lined Hitt Street from Johnston Hall during that freshman year. The next three years I worked in the state 4-H office. Since I had been an active 4-H member, this was a perfect job for me. Frank Graham was the state 4-H leader and a wonderful man to work for. Working was not only financially necessary but very educational. I learned so much about the University and the state of Missouri. I became an Extension home economist when I graduated. My working years with Extension at MU were invaluable. Working also gave me excellent time management skills. Although it didn’t leave me time to play bridge with the other girls, it taught me how to prioritize tasks.

— Doris Storck Foley, BS HE ’60

Tour Team, Alumni Association Student Board, KOMU, STRIPES — those took up a lot of my time outside of class or work. And I cannot stress how wonderful each of those experiences were. Thanks to Tour Team, I know the campus backward and forward. Because of AASB, I remember every tradition. KOMU gave me some of the best mentors a student could ask for. STRIPES is largely responsible (but not fully) for my knowledge of the Columbia, Mo., bar scene, and my night-owl tendencies. And all gave me fantastic friends, lasting memories, and lots of excuses not to study.

— Rebecca Gannon, BJ ’04, BA ’04

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