William Paterson University - Pioneer Yearbook (Wayne, NJ)

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BELOW LEFT: Pam Fctzpatrick — We played our best game. BELOW: Kris Sandbo Dn her wav to victory against Marianne Citer of Rutgers. RIGHT: Members of the RSB and the Committee to Fight Tuition hfikes organ- ze the successful afternoon rally. BELOW RIGHT: 5GA president Ron Sampath speaks to crowd about the ills of a tuition hike. could not be persuaded to join the marchers. Feelings about the rally were mixed, ranging from enthusiasm to apathy. As one student put it. This isn t going to work. You have to get Trenton ' s attention, but I hope this rally proves to have some kind of effect on the increase! Later that day hearings concern- ing the possible tuition hikes were held in the Student Center Ballroom. Only forty students were present at the hearings but SGA President Ron Sampath said, ... I think the grip- ing, the expression of frustration, and the recognition of the problems did come out. •H. •» .» f

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Students Rally Against Proposed Cutbacks The end of September brought the first SGA General Council Meeting. Money was given out to three organi- zations for special trips and confer- ences, but the major discussion came over the new system of bidding for SGA sponsored purchases. WPC ' s Marching Band representative, Ed Barr. who had gone through the proc- ess and called it time consuming. made a motion to abolish the system. SGA vice-president. Nick Mulick, outlined the system and spoke in favor of the bidding saying, it might help SGA organizations save money and stretch the already tight SGA budget. President Ron Sampath also favored the system and explained that it covered the SGA from a possible state audit. The motion was defeated. While the meeting was going on, two women ' s sports teams started their seasons by losing their contests. The Women s Tennis Team lost their opener on the courts at Rutgers. Bon- nie Bosland. Missy Manley, and Jeanne Mertens lost their single sets, while in the doubles. Trish Chapman and Eva Zahradnik lost a heart- breaker three set match 3-6, 6-4, and 5-7. The shining star of the day was Kris Sandbo who claimed the only victory for the WPC team, defeating Marianne Citer 6-0, 6-1, in a singles match. That same afternoon the Field HHockey Team was losing their game that week, this time to Rutgers, on Wightman Field. The team lost to Delaware State on Saturday and then to Glassboro on Thursday by 3-0 scores, but they finally scored a point on Rutgers to make the score 3-1. Pam FitzPatrick, who plays the rightwing position, summed up the team ' s feeling by saying. Although we lost, we played our best game. We ' re looking forward to winning the next one. The month of October started oul with an afternoon rally. The Commit ' tee to Fight the Tuition Hike assem- bled in front of the Student Center brandishing banners and loudspeak- ers. Representatives of the Women ' s Collective, BSU, RCC. and SGA, spoke to approximately 400 students gathered on the grass. Most of the speeches pointed out that an increase of tuition during these eco- nomically hard times, would mean that many students could not afford to go to college because they would be discriminated against; and would be denied their right to a good edu- cation. After the speeches, the group lined up five abreast and marched to the library, down to Shea, in front of Raubmger, and then back to the Stu- dent Center; chanting, If they say cut back, we say fight back. Other students looked on in disbelief and 26

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Red Ryder Draws Packed Houses October also ushered in the annual pledging antics for the fraternities and sororities. Everywhere in the caf- eteria, pledges could be seen selling candy kisses and raffle tickets, wear- ing everything from jackets and ties to old army helmets. The Pioneer Players presented Mark Medoff ' s When You Comin ' Back. Red Ryder? at Hunziker Stage II for seven performances in early October. It was a tense drama balanced with a dark humor in which a disaf- fected young man, Teddy, played by Tom McCormick, terrorizes the occu- pants of a small diner in southern New Mexico. The closeness of the actors to the audience was to the play ' s benefit. When Teddy stabs a butcher knife into the counter top and demands that Stephen Red Ryder ' (Paul Sansone) cut the tattoo, Born Dead, right out of his arm and give it to him, we could only pray that Teddy would stay onstage and not come into the audience and tell us to do the same. Rounding out the play were Jac- queline Merkel as Angel, the counter girl. Lyie, the owner of the motel and gas station next door, was played by Michael Mulcahy. Richard, and his wife. Clarisse were portrayed by Jack Petty and Karen Corrado. respectively. Andrew Sinatra was Clark, the owner of the diner, and Jean Cavanagh was Cheryl, Teddys girl friend. Although the play had some minor lapses Into unreality, the packed houses every night attested to the actors ' fine performances. Across the campus at Willie Pees Disco, fist fights broke out for the second week in a row. The week before Bill O ' Neill was arrested by police officers and later released. Campus security was doubled In an effort to eliminate any trouble, but fighting broke out again. The Dean of Students, Dominic Bacollo, was called back on campus and canceled the discotheques indefinitely. Bacollo said. It ' s a shame that a maiority of students who enjoy this function will be deprived of this weekly happen- ing. If WPC students are involved they will be severely dealt with; if outsiders are the root of the prob- lem. I assure you that full legal reprisal will be taken against them. The next night Tau Delta Phi held the first beer blast of the year. The music flowed from Crystal Palace and the beer flowed from the kegs as a smaller than expected crowd danced to some old fashioned rock and roll. On October 8. the Programming Board brought Mirabai to the Stu- dent Center Ballroom as part of the Creative Concert Series. Mirabai. who takes her name from an Indian princess, hypnotizes the crowd with her spiritual songs. Even though the majority of the audience didn ' t know who Mirabai was at the beginning of the concert, most of them left happy and enlightened. Her theme song, Mirabai and a very different Stairway to Heaven were among the highlights of her performance. The next afternoon more than four hundred people jammed the Ball- room to listen to Fredric Storaska ' s lecture How to Say No to a Rapist. Storaska, who holds a black belt in karate, began by saying Tm not here as your protector against rape but to show you that you can defend yourself. He warned that weapons weren ' t always handy and that screaming usually led to the victim ' s death. Instead he suggests that women should play along with the man and catch him off guard. He points out that the martial arts were very effective, and a woman should poke out her attacker ' s eyes at the first chance. Storaska finished with two observations. The first, that noth- ing justifies rape; and that a woman Is no less a person after she has been raped. 38