Editing Worcester Polytechnic Institute (section)

==Campus life==

===Traditions===
[[File:WPI Marching Band and Pep Band.jpg|thumb|Marching and Pep Band]]
*'''WPI Marching and Pep Band''' — The band is a student-run organization with approximately 100 members.<ref>{{cite web |title=Welcome to the WPI Marching and Pep Band Website! |url=https://wp.wpi.edu/pepband/ |website=WPI Marching and Pep Band |access-date=18 March 2025}}</ref>
*'''Weekend Movies''' – Every Saturday and Sunday, a new film is shown on the WPI campus in Fuller Laboratories. WPI is one of the few universities capable of showing both [[35mm movie film|35 mm film]] and [[70 mm film]] in the same hall.<ref>[http://lnl.wpi.edu/projection.html WPI Lens and Lights: Projection] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080418225225/http://lnl.wpi.edu/projection.html |date=April 18, 2008 }} Retrieved on July 4, 2007</ref>
*'''Winter Ball''' – A ballroom dance social hosted by WPI's Ballroom Dance Team during the winter where couples in [[formal wear|evening wear]] can learn and dance [[ballroom dances]] such as Waltz, Foxtrot, ChaCha, and Rumba in Alden Memorial.<ref>[http://users.wpi.edu/~dance/docs/newsletter_C11.pdf] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120121160145/http://users.wpi.edu/~dance/docs/newsletter_C11.pdf|date=January 21, 2012}}, Retrieved on November 15, 2011</ref>

===Athletics===
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WPI supports 20 varsity athletic teams that compete in the [[New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference]], New England Wrestling Association, and the [[Eastern College Athletic Conference]]. WPI athletic teams compete intercollegiately at the [[National Collegiate Athletic Association|NCAA]] Division III level.

====Athletic center==== 
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WPI's {{convert|145000|ft2|adj=on}}, LEED-certified building Sports and Recreation Center was dedicated in 2012, and includes racquetball and squash courts, jogging track, and swimming pool.<ref>{{cite news |title=WPI Dedicates its Sports and Recreation Center |url=https://www.wpi.edu/news/recctrded |access-date=2020-07-11 |publisher=Worcester Polytechnic Institute |date=2012-09-05 }}</ref>

====Mascot==== 
In the spring of 1891, the class of 1893 stole a goat and used it as a mascot. The goat was tended by a Japanese-born student, Gumpei (Gompei) Kuwada,<ref name=kuwa>[https://150.wpi.edu/timeline-event/gompei-kuwada/index.html Gompei Kuwada 1890] on WPI.edu</ref> because he was the only one with the initials G.K. in reference to the job of goat keeper.<ref name=keep>[https://users.wpi.edu/~first/2012/gompei.html Who is Gompei?] on WPI.edu</ref>

The mascot of WPI is still a goat and in honor of the first goat keeper the mascot's name is Gompei.<ref name=kuwa/>

===Media===
''Tech News'' is WPI's student newspaper, published weekly on Tuesdays. It has gone through multiple names, including ''The Towers'', and was often published biweekly.<ref>{{Cite web |title=WPI Today {{!}} Worcester Polytechnic Institute |url=https://www.wpi.edu/news |access-date=2025-05-16 |website=www.wpi.edu}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Student Newspapers, 1885-2017 |url=https://archives.wpi.edu/repositories/3/archival_objects/704 |access-date=2025-05-16 |website=archives.wpi.edu}}</ref> Renamed in 2018, it is now published online and on paper.<ref name="TechNews">{{cite web |title=About Us |url=https://wpitechnews.com/about-us/ |access-date=November 19, 2018 |work=Tech News |publisher=Tech News (student organization)}}</ref> Official campus publications include ''WPI Today'' for news and media releases and ''WPI Journal'', the university's magazine.<ref>{{Cite web |title=WPI Journal, University Magazine {{!}} Worcester Polytechnic Institute |url=https://www.wpi.edu/offices/marketing-communications/expertise/journal-university-magazine |access-date=2025-05-16 |website=www.wpi.edu}}</ref>

=== Wireless Association (W1YK) ===

==== History of the Association ====
[[File:W1YK ARRL Charter.jpeg|thumb|Charter of affiliation of the Wireless Association with the [[American Radio Relay League|ARRL]] (1920)]]
The WPI Wireless Association is regarded as the first College Amateur Radio Club to be on the air.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://wpiwa.wpi.edu/about.html|title=WPI Wireless Association {{!}} The History|website=wpiwa.wpi.edu|access-date=December 10, 2018}}</ref>

==== The Current Association ====
The current club has members with licenses ranging from Technician to the highest class, Amateur Extra. The club currently and has operated for decades out of the radio shack on the roof of Salisbury Laboratories. The club manages several public repeaters that reach around Worcester such as the Higgins Repeater.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://wpiwa.wpi.edu/repeaters.html|title=WPI Wireless Association {{!}} Repeaters|website=wpiwa.wpi.edu|access-date=December 10, 2018}}</ref> W1YK, the official [[Federal Communications Commission]]-licensed callsign of the club, and its members participate in the [[American Radio Relay League]] Sweepstakes each year, including the November Sweeps. The members of the club participate in marathons, triathlons, and other events that need radio operators.