Worcester State University - Oak Leaf Yearbook (Worcester, MA)

Text from Pages 1 - 208 of the 1979 volume:

. TV ' 7 .vVT 3 WORCESTER STATE COLLEGE WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS LEARNING RESOURCES CENTER, WORCESTER STATE COLLEGE RAGGENSDRADDLE 1979 2 I hope today will he a lighter highway, cause friends are found on every road. 3 Can you ever think of any better way For the lost and weary traveler to go. 4 5 6 7 A time that we can’t or shall erase 8 9 Makin’ friends for the world to see 11 Let the people know 12 You’ve got what they need. 13 14 With a friend at hand you will see the light. 15 If your friends are there then everything’s all right. 16 ADMINISTRATION FACULTY 17 President Joseph Orze 18 20 Dot Porter Bill Butler H 1 N K Maurice Poirier 21 Bill Jarvi 22 Paul Regan ■SC Ct I- 24 Michel Merle, Chairperson, Doris Carter, Jacqueline G. Casale, Mary Dolphin, Sandra Kocher, Ellen Kosmer. 25 I 26 Arthur Ferguson, Chairperson, Alan Cooper, Melvin Merken, Lloyd Wheaton, Estelle Zoll, Bob Clark, Marcia Wetherbee. 27 Anna Cohen, Chairperson, Anne Dailey, Rose Guerin, Elyse Gustin, C. Garth Hengen, Carol Lysaght, John McLaughlin, Christine Miller, Maryann Powers, Margaret Read. O §w-s W a § J £ (J Ctf O ' ■ — 1 O Can C o3 c T Z CQ .£ h ) v-T C 3 XT d) be .Sr D |°o D ! l £ 3 bC U O c j= £ t; -c 3 C 3 CC Q- 03 bC l_ cu (J aa b o c £ o a; c J S a 03 a c ) -£ a a; Z (j o L b 2 U D - O; 2 S ffi Q t «T -C •r a £ l 0 ) c Z -g O O 28 Felix Masterson, Chairperson, Michael Burke, Len Farrey, David Hilton, Chad Osborne, Carl Peterson, Manual Zax, Joseph 29 U X v ■% g £ tf c c £ 2 O cc o o £— 1 | | o p _c £ « M S - K 03 g w „ 0) £ o U ■ O C 3 30 31 s = C t: ij S 1 « j= _c J — U 3 t 3 r OS « T -s fc c - O £ i T2 S Oh o 3 r, ' 2 I - oi -3 — ; a, ! 1 1 s I EC O K £ ? 32 Donald Read, Chairperson, Yvonne Chen, Howard Munson, Thomas Ware re m 3; k- a; 33 !S T3 % X h ■5 w - CQ “ £ o W QJ O X3 u III a c 0 CD •X ctf as cc O CTj £ £ ij a; £ a £ o OJ 34 35 = ? 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SUSAN ALDEN JEFFREY ALLARD GARY ANDERSON DAVID BARTON FREDERICK BATTERSBY LEEANN BATTISTA SEAN BAXTER MARY BAZINET SUZAN BEATTY LYNN BECKWITH CYNTHIA BINNALL FRANCIS BIRD SUSAN BOMBARD DIANE BONIN KIM BOUDREAU SUSAN BOUDREAU WILLIAM BOWES ELLEN BOYCE KENNETH BRENNAN PATRICIA BRINDISI 51 KATHLEEN BYRNE SANDRA BRINK WILLIAM BIJRGEY JANE CAETANO JEAN CALLERY 52 MANUEL CALL STEVEN CANDELLA MARY KAY CANTWE LL JEAN CARCHEDI DEAN CARLSON JOHN CARR JOYCE CARRIGAN MICHELLE CASAVANT THOMAS CASHIN 53 GARY CHATER PAULA CHAUVIN JAMES CASH MAN ANNE CLARK -v J ’ • — ' jtu GEORGE CHELIO 54 ROBERT CLEM LYNNE COHEN MAUREEN CONNOLLY MARILYN CONNORS IRENE CONUEL DARLENE CORBETT GEORGE CORMAN KAREN COTE CYNTHIA COUGHLIN BRIAN CORBETT ANNE COURNOYER ELIZABETH COVE KIMBERLY CRAFFEY COLLEEN CURIS NANCY A. CURLL 56 CHESTER CURTIS TERESA CZELUSNIAK JEFFREY DALLAPE LINDA DAVID ALBEZA DANESHMAND LYNNE DAIGNAULT WAYNE DALEY 58 JAMES DEE JANE DEIREMEYER NORMAN DELONGCHAMP ANTHONY DIDONATO N. DOHERTY DENISE DONAHUE ANN DOSTALER MARYLOU DOUGLAS JOHN DOYLE BETTY DRENZEK JANIS DRYDEN 60 KAREN DUESEL JANE DUMAS ANNEMARIE DURLKIN CAROL DUPRE PATTY EAGAN JEFFREY EARL DIANE ELWORTHY REBECCA ENGEL 61 THOMAS FINNERAN LINDA FITCH MARYELLEN FAHEY THOMAS FANNING 62 KRISTINA FLINK SHEILA FLYNN ELLEN FOLEY PAUL FORD DENISE FORGIT JUDITH FORSBERG DIANE FOURNIER DONNA FOX ELIZABETH FRENCH 63 BRIAN FREW JOHN FRONGILLO JR. JEAN GEISLER JOHN GHIATIS EDMAND GIARD MARK GORE JOAN GIRARD JUDITH GOULD WILLIAM GRAVEL SUSAN GREEN 65 SUZANNE GRIFFIN HELENA GRODZKI CAROL GUILBEAULT CYNTHIA GWOZDZ KATHELEEN HAGGERTY 66 MARY JANE HANLON JOHN J. HALLORAN SCOTT HAMILTON DAVID HANSON PAULA HAPPY LUCILLE HARPER NARIMAN HASSANINAFEZ ELIZABETH HAYES j 67 JEFFREY HEBB BARBARA HOWARD LINDA HEBERT VIRGINIA HOWE 68 MARGARET INGALLS WARREN JACKS JR. LESLIE JAMES CARL JAVERT NANCY JEZNACH LAURIE JOHNSON CAROLYN JONES RICHARD JONES PATRICIA JONG 69 MARY KELLEY GREGORY KINDRAT DAVID KIREMITJIAM JEFFREY KMETZ 70 FRANCES KING SUSAN KOKOCINSKI JACQUELIN LACOY KENNETH KOURY MARY KOUMANELIS DAVID LACROIX RACHEL LACY CAROLE LADNER 71 JOSEPH LAMBERT KATHLEEN LARRABEE CYNTHIA LAWLESS NANCY LEBEAU SHARON LEAHY DORINE LEBLANC RONALD LIND ROBERT LOFTUS 72 MICHAEL LONEGRAN JOSEPH LONEGRAN MICHAEL MACHNIK ROBERT MAHONEY SCOTT MAHONEY MAGDALINI MAKRIS DONNA MANCINI LINDA MANNING MICHEAL MANNING NANCY MARCHISTO VALARIE MASON ANN MATTHEWS DIANE MAYER JAMES MCCABE 74 DONNA MCINTYRE COLLEEN MCGINN ALLAN MCKINSTRY ' : Jja ma A |iW¥ JL r _ jjf r ROBERT MCNAMARA DAVID MEEHAN 76 DEBRA MEEHAN DIANE MELA JOHN MOLLO JENNIFER MONTGOMERY D. MONTIVILLE DAVID MONZON JOHN MURRAY DEBRA NAVICKAS PAULA MOORE SHARYN NASSIE LOUISE NAUGHTON ANN MORAN JOHN NEMENSKY PAULA OCONNOR DENISE OJA THOMAS ODONNELL STANLEY OLENSKY BETH OLSEN EDMUND OLSON THERESE ONEIL JANE PERCH 81 82 MARK PIETTE ELIZABETHANNE PIGNATARO BARBARA PISCOPO CAROLYN POLLASTRI D. POISSON DENISE POLEWARCZYK ELAINE POSKUS CHERYL POSKUS JOHN POWER 83 KATHLEEN PUNTONIO JULIA QUINN CATHERINE RACINE DEBRA RAUSCHER CHERYL REAGAN LIANNE LOCKE REARDON 84 PATRICIA RENZONI WARREN REKOWSKI SUSAN REHKAMP JAMES REILLY ANN RICE ROLAND RICHER NORMAN RIEL LORRIE RIZK VINCENT RIVERS STEPHEN ROBBINS 86 DARLENE ROBERT JAMES ROBIDOUX PAUL ROSSI DIANA SAHGIAN CATHERINE SALATINO AMAL SALIBA 87 JOSEPH SAMRA CHEYRL SAMS IRENE SAUER BEVERLY SAVAGE KATHLEEN SCANNELL CHRISTOPHER SCHILTZ 1 . RICHARD SCHMITZ 88 RICHARD SHEA BARRARA SIMO JOAN SIMPKINS SUSAN SCHWARTZ ABBAS SEIFI J DARLENE SKOG DEBRA SMITH JEANNE SNOW ' 049Q3 Vrtl — RICHARD SMITH 90 KAREN SNYDER GERI SOREL MICHEAL STRAIN 91 ANNA ST JOHN OLIVE STONE WILLIAM STAPENSKI ELTON STOVELL THIRAVAT SRISOMBOON JAY STODDARD MARK SWEENEY MICHAEL SWEENEY EARL TALBOT GRETCHEN SWAN 92 PATRICIA TALBOT STEVEN TALLO ALAN TARKIAINEN V ' i MARIE TELEMARQUE NANCY TIVNAN KEVIN TRAINA LISA TKACIK PAUL TEE ROBERT TELEMARQUE JORGE VALDES VITO VANTURA MICHEAL TUITE MARGARET TWISS VANESSA VALERY BRUCE VANSPYKER 94 KAREN VAYO JULIA VELLECO CATHY VEINTIS RICHARD VIENS RICHARD VILLANI PAMELA VINCELETTE 95 RUSSELL WHITE DEBORAH WARE KURT WARMS 96 SUSAN WASGATT NANCY E. WATERS HELEN WEBBER MICHEAL WELCH PAUL WESTER ANNETTE WILLIAMS SAMUEL WILSON PATRICIA WRENN 97 98 ALAN BERTHIAUME WE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO CHANGE THE PAST, BUT WE CAN HELP TO SHAPE THE FUTURE GEORGE MC GOVERN 99 JUST MADE IT! George Bianculli Susan Boudreau Sharon Leahy 100 Leslie Henderson Charlotte Lafleur HIGHLIGHTS: CHANDLER VILLAGE HOI POLLOI STUDENT UNION CHANDLER VILLAGE 102 103 104 l I 105 W ell, here it is. The long awaited and muchly needed GUIDE FOR STUDENTS. Now, you may be receiving this yearbook as a senior, in which case it might be too late (unless you plan to go on to graduate school). Then again, you can always give it to someone else. Thus, we begin. Here are some ways to get out of a couple of sticky situations. Sticky Situation 1: Why You Are Late For Class “Jimmy Carter needed advice and he kept me on the phone for hours’’ “They said that they wouldn’t release me from the hospital with Leprosy, so I sneaked out” “Awe come on! I jumped bail to get down here” “My flight from Guyana was full” “God asked me to kill a goat” “I was kidnapped by Martians” “The Three Stooges were on” Your professor will believe the last one, at least. The next situation is even tougher to get out of, but give it a shot. Sticky Situation 2: Why Your Assignment Is Missing “They turned off the gas in our house, so we had to burn my paper for heat” “The goat that God asked me to kill bled all over it” “My car got stuck on ice, so I shoved the paper under the tires for traction” “It got caught in the Veg-O-Matic “Dad thought it was a tax form and wrote numbers all over it “It’s cold season, and we ran out of tissues in my apartment’ “Well, we needed something for home plate!” “The dog thought it was newspaper” There’s all the excuses you’ll ever need to get through college, but now let’s provide a few answers to those tough philosophical questions that students are constantly being asked. Tough Philosophical Question 1: Why Do You Go To College? “It breaks up my day” “I’m hiding from the FBI” “Cause Abe Lincoln never did and I want to be smarter than he was” “To avoid work” “Because they wouldn’t let me back into high school” “Cause my dog never did and I want to be smarter than he is” “I go to college so that if God ever tells me to kill a goat, I’ll know how to do it” “Two gett edukated” Tough Philosophical Question 2: What Is Your Major Goal In Life? “To become famous” Tough Philosophical Question 3: How Do You Intend to Become Famous? “Kill the president” “Change my name to an obscene word” “Marry Elizabeth Taylor” 106 “Get a job thinking up more original names for the pope “Appear before the Queen of England and puke’ “Discover a new breed of worm” “Manage the Red Sox” i3o much for getting out of trouble. The GUIDE is also intended to be informative. Therefore, we shall devote this remaining space to getting you one step ahead of the competition (professors). We will do this, by leaking to you, the student, a list of titles of new books which will sooner or later be required reading. “Sayonnara” A gripping murder mystery based on a word in the Japanese language. “But Nooooooooooooo!,’ A tender love story based on a joke in John Belushi’s comedy routine. “Colonial Bacon” The story of a pig in Puritan Massachusetts, based on a TV commercial starring Jim Rice and Ken Harrelson. “Coffee And” Archaeologist attempts to locate the rest of the sentence. Based on a stupid expression often used by Paul Joseph. “And Now For Something Completely Different” Story of a boy and his dog, based on a tired phrase always used by Monty Python. “You Take My Breath Away” Factual account of the Boston strangler. Based on a song title by Rex Smith. “Breakfast in America” Nutritional diet book, based on a record album from Supertramp. . . . Of course, these, are only a few. You may encounter numerous others along the way. But so much for that. This has been your first GUIDE FOR STUDENTS. From here it’s up to you. 107 108 THE STUDENT CENTER 109 110 Ill SPORTS 112 113 FOOTBALL 114 116 117 118 119 120 121 MEN’S TENNIS 122 123 ■■ mm n - mmrnammi Mmmzm w ■bibhi uiniir . lii ' H mm — ■ _ in ' ii i... s nvi IMW ' I li f !■■■■ 1 | | !■■■■! ft 41 «| «•! «i« 4 wdn . «i ■■iii HBi;ai ihSi Hill 41 ' ■! N sss i n ■ r. -i isziMiMi ■ IB«I ' ISailllB BillfllllllSii I mm mmmmwmmmmmwmrM’ a !l!ll ! l ’ llili . llliM lililli r:i!i I il!i I! lit! . 11 I. . lillili ' jifll . 1 ,:, m . Front row: S. Robichaud, M. Fahey, K. Chekani, M. Casavant, M. Gerry, A. Sampson, L. Yeager Back row: Coach J. Demars, A. Guerard, S. Rutherford, J. Beauregard, D. Beaton, K. Lynch, P. Lenane, J. Thompson, J. Viera, M. Poulin, M. Cole, J. Menard 125 WOMEN’S TENNIS 126 05 127 WOMENS VOLLEYBALL 129 L CROSS COUNTRY 130 TRACK 131 ««� B A S E B A L L 132 134 135 136 137 138 139 WOMEN’S A Sad Ending by JIM DONLEVY Sports Editor The setting seemed perfect. The Lancerettes of Worcester State College held an unblemished 17-0 record entering the EAIAW Small College Basketball Championships. The field consisted of the 16 best teams from New England and New York, and Worcester State was seeded first. That was a big plus for the Lancerettes. Another plus for the Lancerettes was the fact that they were playing the first two rounds of the tournament on their home court. Also, Worcester State’s first round opponent was Bentley College; one week earlier the team had easily downed Bentley 66-58 for the MAI AW Division II championship. But there were some minuses: they had to have been because Bentley College had shocked the Lancerettes, 55-48 in the opening round last Friday night. What went wrong? How could Bentley possibly have beaten Worcester State? As mentioned earlier, there were some minuses. Minus number one: The Lancerettes were undefeated and seeded number one in the tournament. There is always a lot of pressure being number one and unbeaten. Every team wants to knock off the top gun. Worcester State was the top gun. Minus number two: The Lancerettes played Bentley College the week before and defeated it for the MAIAW Division II championship. The second time around Bentley was more prepared to face the top ranked Lancerettes. The Worcester team did not have much time to prepare for Bentley because on Wednesday evening it had to travel to Bridgewater State to do battle with that team. Minus number three: The Lancer women were playing at home. They were playing before a very large crowd at the WSC gymnasium. The crowds that they were use to playing before were extremely small ones. Most of the people there had never seen the Lancerettes in action before. They were anticipating and expecting a Lancerette victory. That in itself is an enormous amount of pressure. In case you haven’t noticed. 140 BASKETBALL To A Great Season the plusses and the minuses have equaled out. Just as in accounting where debits and credits even out. There are two sides to every coin. There are advantages and disadvantages to everything in life. Get the point? Somebody had asked the question “Did they choke?” Think about it. What have they done this season? In the season opener against Westfield State the Lancerettes trailed by as many as ten points in the first half before chopping the halftime margin to four. The second half was nip and tuck before State took charge and won the game by a score of 73-68. After upping their record to, 7-0, the Lancerettes ran up against tough Springfield College. It was a close battle all the way with the largest lead being only six points at any one time. The Lancerettes were trailing by six late in the game (59-53), but came back to pull off a thrilling 77-75 victory. In the MAIAW semi-final game against Westfield State the Lancerettes saw a ten point halftime lead (42-32) dwindle down to a 65 all tie. The Lancerettes had lost all their momentum and appeared as though they were headed towards loss number one. But th ey did not give up as they rolled up eleven unanswered points enroute to a 83-73 win. The Lancerettes were 17-2 for the season. They had won the Massachusetts State Conference title and also the MAIAW Championship in the Roberts Center at Boston College. All season long they played their hearts out and never gave up. There is one last minus to look at. Starters Barbara Howard and Joanne Mediros were playing in pain and were not a 100%. Now ask yourself this: does this sound like a team that choked? I don’t think it does. Pure and simple, Bentley caught Worcester State on a bad night. Everyone is entitled to a bad night. After the consolation loss to SMU., Worcester State equipment manager Doe Coughlin said “Isn’t it a sad ending to a great season?” Yes Doc, it was a sad ending to a great season. After all, a record of 17-2 is great. A great season for a great coach and a great team. 141 WOMEN’S SOFTBALL Lancerettes Roll On by JIM DONLEVY After blowing an 8-0 lead against Framingham State to lose their first game of the season, the Worcester State softball team won seven games in a row last week to improve its overall record to 10-1. In the second game of the doubleheader Margie Collins was credited with four RBI to lead the Lancerettes to a 19-3 romp and a split of the twin bill. On Thursday April 19 Worcester swept a pair from Westfield State 13-6 and 9-0. JoAnne Medeiros and Nancy Vaskas drove in three runs apiece and Denise Desorcy banged out three hits to lead the Lancerette opening game victory. Vaskas pitched a shutout in the second game. On April 21 Bentley College held a 2-0 lead going into the bottom of the seventh inning, but Worcester rallied for three runs to win 3-2. Medeiros picked up the win after a shaky start saw the Falcons score two in the second. The Bentley coach continually halted play to talk with his batters. This was obviously a psychological tactic as Medeiros was shakened up throughout the early innings. She hung right in there and allowed only two runs which helped her team to catch up. Catch up is exactly what the Lancerettes did in the bottom of the seventh and 9th innings. With one out, Mary Ann Palazzi reached on a walk. Sandy Robichaud pinch hit and hit a long fly ball to left field which was caught. Denise Desorcy then reached on a bunt single which scored Palazzi after a couple of wild throws by Bentley. Two more Lancerette hits pushed home two more runs for the final count of 3-2. Nancy Vaskas pitched a shutout in game two as the Lancerettes completed the sweep 2-0. April 23 saw the Lancerettes travel to North Adams State College. JoAnn Medeiros had seven RBI while Desorcy and Margie Collins each had three as Worcester State crushed North Adams 24-1 in the opener. In game two Kathy Feen and Medeiros drove home two runs each as the Lancerettes swept their third consecutive doubleheader. Once again it was Medeiros and Vaskas picking up the wins. 142 ORGANIZATIONS 143 CO a: oc ... UJ 9$9 2: If. -J u. oo 144 FRESHMAN CLASS OFFICERS 145 Ujl-o QCK-CO 146 147 148 O-l CQ O ujcoco 149 151 152 NEW STUDENT VOICE 153 PHOTOGRAPHY O-J 50Q STUDENT 155 CO Lu K LU K UJ Q K CO 156 THIRD WORLD 157 158 URBAN STUDIES CLUB 159 - UJ QC QQ o O 160 J EVENTS 161 163 IIM SPRING FLING 164 f 166 167 170 M do ww� w 171 A T Z W T O E C S T E P 173 174 176 177 178 179 180 2 4 . 181 182 183 184 185 CAPPING 188 am m 190 191 PHOTO CREDITS Steve McDonough 196 PHOTO CREDIT Mark Piette 197 PHOTO CREDITS r Mark Piette: Pgs. 18-1, 19-2, 41-1, 42-2, 104-1, 105-2, 108 -1-2-3, 170-1-2, 171-1-3 John Roderick: Pg. 137-2 Francis Roix: Pgs. 17-1, 115-2 Kathy Villare: Pgs. 170-4, 171-2 Dennis Visunti: Pgs. 136-1-3, 137-1 Faculty and Organizations Sections Photographed by: Nancy Curll and Mark Piette. Opening Section (pgs. 1-16) Designed and photographed by Students in Mr. William Byers’ Photo Design Class Special thanks to Paul Fausshauer. We apologize to all the unsung photographers whose work did not get credited here and appeared in this book. Thank you all who contributed photos. 198 r r s Audie’s Beauty Salon Tatnuck Square Proprietor: Audie M. Hunter 1112 Pleasant Street Worcester, MA 01602 BEST WISHES ALAN BARRY HARDWARE Congratulations 1979 Raggensdraddle Staff V r J V J BEST WISHES GRADUATES THE COLLEGE MART 199 Dear Seniors, This book has been a great experience for all those involved. I would like to thank those whose ceaseless effort made this book possible. Maureen Granfield and Francine Pion on layout and photography editing volunteered many hours. I wish these girls success in the coming year as the co-editors for 1980. Very special thanks go to Steve McDonough and Mark Piette of THE NEW STUDENT VOICE for providing us with a great many pictures when we needed them most. Peter Ekbergs talents in the business world kept our financial boat stable. Our advisors Paul Joseph and Bill Byers, a very present help in trouble, boosted us over our rough spots and problems. Thanks to Linda Miller of Hunter Publishing who had patience and faith in us to know that we would finish “almost” on time. I hope that every graduate will find something in this book which evoke fond memories of Worcester State College for many years to come. Sincerely, Nancy A. Curl! Editor-in-Chief 167495 FOR REFERENCE Do Not Take From This Room