William Paterson University - Pioneer Yearbook (Wayne, NJ)

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Campus Busy in Preparation for Homecoming mi I im III !■! Ill m r ' T III I i 1 1 W T T The third week of October brought a week of dancing, laughing, and drinking as the Homecoming fes- tivities got under way. The week started Tuesday night with people filling the Ballroom to see Dr. Zhivago. The movie seemed to go on forever but the Zhivagophils stayed on. A capacity crowd filled the Ball- room Wednesday night to watch Godspeed weave their magic. Their equipment was massive and their sound impressive as the five-man band did whole sets of Yes and Pink Floyd as well as original material. The moog synthesizer sang into the night and when the audience finally left It was Thursday morning. Thursday afternoon found a heated competition around the Foos- ball table in the Game Room. The Programming Board s tournament went on for four hours of elimina- tions, then Nunzlo Ruvio emerged victorious. Said Arlda placed second and John Oldja came In third. That night. Willie Pee ' s Disco made its return appearance featur- ing Odessy, Michael the D.J.. and the comedy team, Divided We Stand. Odessy and Michael switched back and forth providing music to hustle, bump, or anything else you wanted to do. Divided We Stand, the three-man comedy team from New York, wasn ' t as well received as they hoped, but they did have some fine moments. The throng was large and the dance floor filled, and again the party spilled over into the earl) hours of Friday. This was becoming c habit. TOP; The multllirgjal members of the Vienni Boys Choir returned to WPC and packec Shea Auditorium. ABOVE: Crowds gathe around the Foosball table as the competitiof comes down to the semi-finals. RIGHT: Nun zio Ruvio emerges victorious from the compe tition. 32

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%! Ki J ' ilSf-f The Programming Board took advantage of the Columbus holiday by scheduling a three day camping trip to Stokes Forest. The twenty campers got to the site about ten oclock, Saturday morning in a light drizzle. After putting up the tents, and with nothing else to do because of the rain: the parties started. The weather cleared by Sunday morning opening the way for football and swimming. Lunch and dinner con- sisted of canned goods, hot dogs, and hamburgers. After dinner? Par- ties again! Monday came and no one wanted to come back to school. One of the campers, Wayne Jones, said, It was a really great time. We all made a lot of tight friends this weekend. OP: After a night of bad weather, the campers prepare for a lunch of canned goods, hot dogs, nd hamburgers. ABOVE: Campsite at Stokes State Forest. 31

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In the face of torrential rain and a miserable weekend weather forecast, thirty members of the Social Science Society left Friday night for a week- end in historic Gettysburg, Pennsyl- vania. The rain fell through the night, but when Saturday morning came, the sun was peeking through the clouds. The day held a hectic sched- ule of places to go and things to see. Museums, films, and paintings visu- ally brought the battle of Gettysburg to the group. The day was topped off with a bus and foot tour of the thir- teen square mile battlefield. A very tired band of people shuffled into the motel that night. Sunday morning brought loading up the bus again and the ride home. The return trip was interrupted by a stop at the Shartlesville hlotel and a sign that read All you can eat $5.00. An hour later thirty very stuffed people boarded the bus. The question was could they recite the Gettysburg Address? The answer, It ' s in the bag! The famed Vienna Choir Boys packed Shea Auditorium October 18 for their annual concert. The group from Austria is made up of boys between the ages of seven and four- teen who have the talent to sing like angels. Dressed in white sailor uni- forms they looked well disciplined and military, never taking their eyes off their conductor. The audience was mesmerized by their perform- ance and reacted enthusiastically to the operetta Hansel and Gretel. The concert had an international fla- vor. Many people in the audience had come from outside the college community and appreciated the pieces that the boys sang in German, Latin and English.