William Paterson University - Pioneer Yearbook (Wayne, NJ)

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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

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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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Seven Hour Concert Ends Homecoming ' 75 The Student Center house crew did a speedy clean-up job to get ready for the Nightclub. Michael the DJ was back, the stars that night were the Tramps and comedian Chris Rush. Michael started everyone off with Latin hlustle music while the Tramps were working on some techni- cal difficulties. Chris Rush started the show with a half hour of comedy commenting on college, drugs, sex, and Nixon. The Tramps came out on stage bringing applause from the crowd. The rest of the evening found the dance floor crowded with people barely able to move. Chris Rush came out about midnight to crack up the audience once more. The Tramps came out to top off the evening with their disco sounds, by then all the beer and wine were sold out. It was two o ' clock on Sunday and the Herit- age Diner was filled with people try- ing to get something to eat. A wall of amplifiers and speakers provided the backdrop for the last event of Homecoming 1975. Hot Tuna took Shea Auditorium by storm. filling the house with people, music, and ten tons of sound equipment! The California based band was led by Jorma Kaukaumen, the lead gui- tarist for Jefferson Airplane. Jack Casady another member of the old Airplane, played bass guitar and Bob Steeler appeared on a clear set of Rogers drums. The throng moved to the San Francisco sound stamping their feet and .dancing in the aisles. The musical team played some of their old songs: like Trim Your Lamps and Hit Single 1 and previewed material from their unre- leased album, Yellow Fever. The music iust kept coming and when it was all over the clock said three- thirty and it was Monday. Homecoming was a huge success. For the people who made it to all the activities, yawning and bloodshot eyes had become a way of life. October 29 brought another day of demonstrations on campus. Men Members of the Committee to Fight Tuition Hikes passed out red (actually they were pink) armbands to signify student opposition to a tuition hike. In the early afternoon approximately 600 students gathered outside the Student Center to listen to anti-tui- tion hike speakers Jack Jordan, Ron Sampath and other members of the committee. After the speeches, the slogan chanting crowd was led by a bass drum and banners behind the Wing and around Hunziker Hall. When they returned to the Center, the crowd burned an effigy of Chan- cellor of Higher Education, Ralph Dungan. S.G.A. President Ron Sampath said. One thing has occurred to me today, and that is that we are almost into November, and we still haven ' t heard anything about a tuition hike yet. I feel the students are suffi- ciently mobilized. We ' ve talked about strikes — I personally wouldn ' t like to see one, but if it comes to a crunch we ' ll have to have one. After the demonstration, commit- tee leaders agreed that future pro- tests would have to be directed toward Trenton on a statewide level. 37