Springfield Technical Community College - Yearbook (Springfield, MA)

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The Ram The college newspaper has come a long way from its beginnings. Now a weekly paper with a circulation of 3000, THE RAM is the only Student produced news- paper in the Community College system with that distinction. Under the direction of Walter P. Mayfield, advisor, the two journalism classes at STCC produces a paper that is geared to campus news and informing the stu- dents about what is going on on campus. The paper handles news, announcements, sports, the arts, and advertising, both free classified advertising and paid display ads. Initially, in September, there were two separate staffs, under the co-editors Norm Barnard and Don Burke, Jr. As of January Keith Sikes became e ditor in chief. One of the area scoops was an early review of the film The Exorcist , written by Keith Sikes who was sent to Boston to cover the film. Proof of the success of the journalism course and the practical experience of working on a newspaper like the RAM was demonstrated when two of the for- mer editors of the RAM, G. Mark LaFrancis and Don Burke, Jr., were hired by local newspapers. WTCC STCC ' s own radio stations, WTCC AM, a closed circuit station which can only be heard on campus between 9 and 4 each day, and WTCC FM which operates 18 hours a day, are located in the top of the tower of Building 16, Garvey Hall. The staff, which has grown to about 55, learn by experience all facets of the broadcast industry. They are involved in news report- ing, writing and broadcasting, as well as selecting and playing the music used on the air. WTCC FM has pending an application for a power boost which, if approved, will increase the range of the station considerably, proba- bly making STCC a household word.

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The Gallery Players The Gallery Players embarked on an ambi- tious program of productions with the suc- cessful presentation of You ' re a Good Man, Charlie Brown , followed by a reading entitled The Cjrcle Game ' ' in December. During Spring semester, Play It Again, Sam and a Faculty-Administration reading were present- ed. Members of the groups have attended Na- tional theater Conferences in New Hampshire, at Tufts University in Medford, Mass., and at Providence College in Providence, R.I. During the spring, they also took a trip to New York to attend some of the hit plays on Broadway. On the night of November 7, Mrs Mary (Egan) Boland, wife of Cong. Edward P. Bo- and, Springfield ' s representative to the U.S. Congress, cut the ribbon to open the Gallery Playhouse officially. Under the direction of Dennison G. Rice, the drama group has been increasingly active atSTCC. mes Cooper enny Hickey Lee Kress Tena Davies Bob Scott Gaynell Grover Karen Parker Debbie Davies Liz Stuart Kathy Marquis Alan Dick Linda Nancy Bogey Dream Sharon Sharon Vanessa Intellectual Girl dancer Chris Garbatini Gina Bonnie Ouellette Barbara 19

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The Way We Were This yearbook, in a way, demonstrates the spirit of STCC. There was very little time for the staff to ac- complish all that needed to be done and many people not directly involved in the production of the book, gave their wholehearted cooperation. We ' d like to thank those people. First, the Administration and Faculty for allowing us to disrupt classes in order to get the word to students about what was being done, the students who cared about a yearbook enough to have their pictures taken, our senior photographers, Grenier Ducharme Studios who took a big gamble, Don Lendry of the American Yearbook Company, who literally put the whole book together, the Student Government for promising to fund this book — all helped to make this book possible. The staff also deserves thanks. JoDel Hanson com- piled all of the necessary information about all possible activities. Craig Sotiropolous volunteered his camera one morning and only stopped taking pictures when he ran out of people to photograph. Ed Kelley spent countless hours in the darkroom developing and print- ing the shots Craig took. Thank you to all of them. M. V. Marrion PUCK The campus magazine, PUCK, returned this year for the third time. For the second time, it was a unique magazine since it was composed, edited, and even printed at STCC. The staff, Gerry FitzGerald, Sue Legalos, Gail Daley, and Keith Donaghue sifted through the mountain of student submissions of poet- ry, prose, photography and art work submitted to them, choosing those works which they believed to have literary or artistic merit. The final manuscripts were taken to the Graphic Arts Department where Nancy Craig, another student, did the layout work under the direction of Bill Gibbs. Later, some 3000 envelopes were stuffed with copies of PUCK, labeled with student names provided by the Computer Center, and mailed to all of the students at STCC. Response to this year ' s PUCK was tremendous. All agreed that it was the best yet. Next year ' s staff is hop- ing to provide more of the same.