Worcester Polytechnic Institute - Peddler Yearbook (Worcester, MA)

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i OS A Invokes Fraternity Ban The first weekend of the school year has in the past been celebrated by numerous fraternity parties along with the annual kick-off mixer and the first happy hour of the year. This years commencement weekend was conspicuously void of the usual fraternity socials, however, for three police-attended parties earlier in the week caused the Office of Student Affairs to place a ban on all fraternity parties for three days. Problems arose during the first days of school when parties overflowed into the yards of fraternity houses along Institute Road due to the heat and the size of the crowd. Neighborhood residents, who have become sensitive to the disruptions caused by the many fraternities in the area over the years, called the Worcester police to the scene. Though the fraternities could have been charged with serving alcohol to minors and disturbing the peace, no formal action was taken. The ban resulted in the OS As imposition of several guidelines which were to govern the parties for the remainder of the year. These restrictions, which included limiting the number of parties per week and requiring a hired policeman at all open parties, helped to control the situation and decrease the number of complaints from neighbors.

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The chickens were fit to be fried as the plucky campus police, egged on by students, herded 11 of them down three flights of stairs and cooped them up in a first floor bathroom for the night. The Animal Rescue League was going to pick them up today. It was rumored that one chicken was still at large. Students said they counted 12 last night, but the police caught only 11. “We think we have them all,” Ms. Begin said. There was no serious damage to the dormitory except for some soiled rugs, although some feathers reportedly were ruffled. “Some of the chickens had very good manners and used the bathroom, but some others . . . well. And we’re talking big chickens here, not little chicks,” she said. She denied rumors that the dining room would feature chicken dinners Sunday. (Reprinted Courtesy of Worcester Telegram Gazette Inc., Worcester, Mass.) Campus Police Cry Fowl As Chickens Go To School By Christine R. Dunphy of the Gazette Staff There was a great deal of clucking at Worcester Polytechnic Institute this morning as school officials tried to find out who sponsored “the hen party that caused a peck of trouble on the third floor of Sanford Riley Hall early this morning. About a dozen chickens appeared mysteriously in the hallway at about 2 am, said Janet Begin, assistant dean of students. She said she didn’t know who cooked up the fowl caper (or capon) but thought it might have been students from the other floors. “There are conflicting reports. Some people think it was a fraternity prank,” Ms. Begin said. College officials are still trying to figure out how the students managed to pullet off. 11