Frankie Patts Institute for Rock and Roll Studies

= What is FPIRRS? =

"The Frankie Patts Institute for Rock and Roll Studies" is the recently given name to a black room past a secret door located in the Special Programs underbelly of FPH where Hampshire students (non-music concentrators especially) have traditionally jammed out since the early 90s.Sign up by logging onto Hampedia, and use the "edit" button above. Remember to save the page when you're done.

Available times are generally: M-F 8-12, weekends 10am-12. But be sure to check calendar.hampshire.edu for any events in any of the three Lecture Halls (generally where of the complaints come from), as well as the number of lights on in the faculty offices which face Merrill.

Often times, there may be an unannounced event in the Lecture Halls, like movies or acapella groups. A noise complaint will rouse Public Safety.

This space is accessed with a couple of keys.

These keys are available from either of the Johns or the monitor present in the media basement. Call your bandmates, set a time, come get the keys, jam out, and get the keys back to the basement. Your student ID will be kept by said John or monitor and will be returned to you when you get the key back.

In addition, a log will be kept of who borrows the key, along with borrow and return times.

You are aloud to store your equipment in the Frankie Patts room, and you are aloud to use any equipment that isn't marked otherwise (red tape, written note, whatever). The only rule is if you break it, you need to inform the owner and replace it with something equivalent.