William Paterson University - Pioneer Yearbook (Wayne, NJ)

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IFSC Celebrates All Hallows Eve RIGHT: Prize winning roller-skating camel is admired by Denise Thir Barbara Convey, and owner. FAR RIGHT: Karen Bertucci mimes a famous silent film star. BELOW: Carol Hill- man dresses like Big Bird ' for All Hallows Eve. BELOW RIGHT: Noreen Taggert and Kathy Cannon wait in line during ACC delay. BELOW FAR RIGHT: Mousketeer Paula Convey enjoys the WPSC disco music.

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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

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liij l J The end of October always brings Halloween, and WPC went all out to celebrate it in 1975. The Ballroom lights dimmed and the fifty people sitting in the audience closed their eyes as four talented actors took them back to the I930 ' s. The sound of creaking doors and heavy organ chords filled the room, as Lament Cranston, The Shadow, lived again. The road company, aided by recorded music and effects, per- formed two Shadow scripts and a short scary piece called, The Wrong Number. By the end of the show people could see themselves sitting in an easy chair in front of an old radio, knowing what evil lurked in the hearts of men. The next night the Inter Fraternity- Sorority Council celebrated All-Hal- lows Eve with their annual Halloween Dance. After an hour and a half delay because of security and Alco- hol Control Committee problems, the stream of costumed creatures flowed into the Ballroom. The disco music was provided by WPSC disc jockeys Ken Altman, Diane Dlugoken- ski. John Catapano, Doug Adams, Marge Walters, and Tom Nuziata. Between sets, Hal Breen called square dances that brought everyone out on the dance floor. Everything from the Marx Brothers to Mr. Spock could be seen in the room but the best costume prizes went to the three little pigs, an Arab and her camel, a little person, and Raggedy Ann and Andy. The party went on until one, but strange looking people could be seen out on the air strip all night. 39