William Paterson University - Pioneer Yearbook (Wayne, NJ)

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: i::«£ . BOVE LEFT: One of the more talented members of Your Father ' s Moustache Band. TOP: Vour Father s Moustache filled Wayne Hall with old favorites and smg-alongs. ABOVE: Mud. lin, fog, and defeat all mixed together for the WPC Montclair homecoming game. LEFT: Two of eta Gamma Chi ' s sisters display their winning banner.

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Homecoming ' 75: A Rainbow of Events The festivities were in the area of Wayne Hall Friday night for a hay- ride and Your Father ' s Moustache band. Two cream colored Belgian farm horses pulled the covered wagon for two hours giving more than a hun- dred people rides. College students and hay don ' t mix and many hay fights broke out leaving some partici- pants very itchy. During the rides, Your Father ' s Moustache cranked up. Wayne Hall cafeteria was wall to wall people, dancing, drinking beer, munching peanuts, and generally having a good time. The band played old favorites like Bill Bailey, and filled In the time with sing-alongs. The music was good and the people were having fun. Saturday morning came too soon. You could find peanut shells in Wayne Hall and hay around campus for weeks after. Saturday brought a rainbow of events. The traditional WPC-Mont- clair State football game started out in a heavy ground fog and drizzle. With the visibility zero, the specta- tors had a hard time seeing the action but the scoreboard told all one needed to know. A fter only six minutes. Montcialr ' s Indians were ahead 13-0. As the fog began to burn off. the crowd saw Bob Pellechia throw a beautiful pass into Stephen Gerald ' s hands, who got to the one yard line before being taken down. By now the field had turned into mud so no one noticed the penalty flag right away. The penalty was called against the Pioneers for offensive face masking, a heretofore unknown penalty. Again the referees cooled the only Pioneer scoring chance. The halftime banner competition saw Theta Gamma Chi the overall winner with the Our fight has just begun theme. The skunks also took the Fraternities and Sororities cate- gory, while the Vets walked away with the Clubs and Organizations title. The third and fourth quarters saw slippery plays and two more Indian scores to massacre the Pioneers 26-0. The Most Valuable Players were chosen in honor of Homecoming. They were; Andy Vernich, a fresh- man, outstanding defensive player, Joe AlBadia outstanding offensive player, and best overall player went to Sam DlMalo. After the game the alumni got into the celebration and threw a wine and cheese party in the Ballroom. The party was well attended and pro- vided a place for past graduates to reminisce. It didn ' t matter if you couldn ' t tell a Chablis from Mateuse or a cheddar from a Munster because by the time everyone left they didn t care anyway. 34

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TOP: Six hundred gather to demonstrate against Chancellor Duncan and education cutbaclcs. TOP RIGHT; A short march around campus marks the first of many demonstrations against tuition bilces. ABOVE: Freshman Class Elections were held in the Student Center simultaneously with the demonstrations. RIGHT; Chris Rush at the Homecoming Dtsco warms up the audience for The Tramps. 36