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  The Challenge - April 18, 1986

  Student newspaper of the Tacoma Community College. This issue is numbered volume 22, number 16 and is twelve pages. This issue contains stories on volunteer attorney Lisa Magarrell and Salvadoran refugee family the Domingos speaking at TCC as part of Central American Week; comparable worth adjustments being made to TCC employees due to a union suit for gender discrimination in pay; the shift of TCC students to conservatism; Evergreen State College professor Tom Grissom speaking on nuclear deterrence and Dr. Marina Alexandrovna Tolmacheva speaking on Soviet expectations of women for the Honors Colloquium; how women become models; a meeting to form a new Veterans Club and discussion of Veterans Association cuts; the TCC Writing Lab; Counseling Center workshops; the spring sports season including track, golf, baseball, women's softball, and women's tennis; the women's modified fastpitch softball team; TCC Orchestra, Tacoma Youth Symphony, and Tacoma String Symphony conductor Harry Davidson; Central American Week events, including lectures, discussions, and film screenings; how to pack for backpacking. Also includes editorials on the bombing of Libya, working for the Challenge; a collection of how various peoples' pet cats died; letters to the editor regarding family financial accountability for Department of Social and Health Services services, a previous issue's flippant coverage of the humanities; poetry; political cartoons; Counselors Corner columns on getting the most out of college, self discovery; music review of the Pat Benatar concert at the Seattle Arena; film review of Police Academy 3: Back in Training; ads and classified ads. Announcements and campus ads include meeting details for students signed up for a rafting trip; changes to the Challenge schedule; a concert by trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie at the University of Puget Sound (UPS) Fieldhouse; concerts by the TCC Chamber Orchestra; a creative writing reading series by English department faculty; open scholarships for the Honors Program; a University of Puget Sound Women's League flea market; a slide lecture by International Peace March in Central America participant Betty Fairbank; a concert by singer Margaret Avery at the UPS Fieldhouse; a Rainier Jazz Band benefit; the UPS Collage of Music performance at the Pantages Centre; the UPS Hui-O-Hawaii sponsored luau. Staff credits: published by the Associated Students of Tacoma Community College; managing editor Shannon Saul; news editor Doug Buell; features editor Dell Gibbs; entertainment editor Alisa Wilder; sports editor Larkin Campbell; opinions editor Joe Contris; photo editor Calvin Mosher; business manager Kathy Figuracion; advisor Chuck Doud; reporters and photographers David E. Freeman, Joseph Gallagher, Kirk Gormley, Brad Hart, Larry Speakman, Maxine Wade; typesetters Florence Dumas, Brad Hart, Kirk Gormley; signed art by Brad Hart.
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  The Challenge - March 14, 1986

  Student newspaper of the Tacoma Community College. This issue is numbered volume 22, number 15 and is eight pages. This issue contains stories on auditions for the production of Henrik Ibsen's Lady from the Sea; illiteracy and the TCC Drop In Assistance for Learning (DIAL) Center; an Associated Students sponsored lip sync show and competition; journalism instructor Chuck Doud attending a regional media briefing of President Ronald Reagan in Washington DC; biology instructor Richard Perkins speaking on ways to reduce food costs; Biology 106 students forming the Nutritional Information Center and the SNAC (Student Nutritional Assistance Center) Bar; a presentation by computer engineer Sydney Trevethan on the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) and nuclear Mutually Assured Destruction; men's basketball player Bobby Barnette and women's basketball player Holly Hovey being named to all-star basketball teams, Cornelius Williams being named Most Valuable Player of the tournament, and coaches Ron Billings and Jerry Shain being named coaches of the year; the beginning of men's baseball season; the two sessions of student perspectives on the humanities. Also includes editorials on end of quarter changes to the Challenge, a proposed curfew bill; review of the Tacoma Actors Guild production of 'Home'; letters to the editor responding to a previous editorial on prayer, defending the Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) program in response to a previous issue's article and editor response, a request for letters and photos from an incarcerated person; poetry and illustrations; Challenge advertising rate card and marketing blurb. Announcements and campus ads include a Happy St. Patrick's Day message; two essay contests from the Mount Hood Society; open applications and deadline for student vice president elections; student and employee special rates for Expo '86 in Vancouver BC; the Tacoma Agate Club's Annual Gem and Mineral Show at TCC; an art exhibit by Paul Michaels in the library. Staff credits: published by the Associated Students of Tacoma Community College; managing editor Shannon Saul; news editor Doug Buell; features editor Scott Granse; entertainment editor Alisa Wilder; sports editor Larkin Campbell; opinions editor Dell Gibbs; photo editor Calvin Mosher; business manager Cathy Figuracion; ad manager Verna Brown; advisor Chuck Doud; reporters and photographers Barbara Cohen, Allan Dreyer, Susan Etchey, David E. Freeman, Jennifer Heritage, Kimberly King, Edward B. LaCross, Deborah Levesque, Calvin Mosher, Kim Weaver; signed art by Brad Hart.
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  The Challenge - March 7, 1986

  Student newspaper of the Tacoma Community College. This issue is numbered volume 22, number 14 and is twelve pages. This issue contains stories on the men's basketball team winning the state championship, games against Edmonds, Columbia Basin, Clark, and their MTXE (mental toughness, extra effort) philosophy, forward Cornelius Williams, guard Bobby Barnette; the women's basketball team winning their first state championship, games against Skagit Valley, Spokane, Green River, league Most Valuable Player Holly Hovey, team members; the TCC Counseling Center; Journalism 100 and working for the Challenge. Also includes large cover photo of the women's basketball team, marking their championship win; editorials on watching the women's basketball and men's basketball teams win the championship, treatment of pro-union and anti-union employees; Counselors Corner column on goals; numerous photos from the basketball championships; film review of Trolls; ads. Announcements and campus ads include open applications for the Richard Bangs Collier Pleneurethic Scholarship; open student government meetings. Staff credits: published by the Associated Students of Tacoma Community College; managing editor Shannon Saul; news editor Doug Buell; features editor Scott Granse; entertainment editor Alisa Wilder; sports editor Larkin Campbell; opinions editor Dell Gibbs; photo editor Minda Caccam; business manager Cathy Figuracion; ad manager Verna Brown; advisor Chuck Doud; reporters and photographers Barbara Cohen, Allan Dreyer, Susan Etchey, David E. Freeman, Jennifer Heritage, Kimberly King, Edward B. LaCross, Deborah Levesque, Debi Steve, Kim Weaver, Michael Webster; signed art by Brad Hart.
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  The Challenge - February 14, 1986

  Student newspaper of the Tacoma Community College. This issue is numbered volume 22, number 12 and is eight pages. This issue contains stories on the Child Care Center and single parents; upcoming meetings for students to discuss the humanities in their lives and studies; Valentine's Day; cafeteria manager Jesus Villahermosa; a TCC co-sponsored Foreign Film Festival at the Bijou Theater; the upcoming TCC production of opera Cosi Fan Tutte with the TCC Chamber Orchestra and guest opera singers; the women's basketball team win against Centralia and continuing undefeated; men's basketball team win against Centralia; a lecture and reading by poet Maya Angelou at the University of Puget Sound Fieldhouse. Also includes editorials on the value of community colleges, silent prayer in the public school system; Counselors Corner column on compulsive eating; letter to the editor and editorial response regarding the previous issue's article on an abortion film screening; poetry; guest editorial responding to recent suggestions in the student government suggestion box; film review of The Color Purple; ads and classified ads. Announcements and campus ads include graduation application and fee deadlines; application deadline for the Medical Records Technician program; a dance with music by Don Squire. Staff credits: published by the Associated Students of Tacoma Community College; managing editor Shannon Saul; news editor Doug Buell; features editor Scott Granse; entertainment editor Alisa Wilder; sports editor Larkin Campbell; opinions editor Dell Gibbs; photo editor Minda Caccam; business manager Cathy Figuracion; ad manager Verna Brown; advisor Chuck Doud; reporters and photographers Barbara Cohen, Allan Dreyer, Susan Etchey, David E. Freeman, Jennifer Heritage, Kimberly King, Edward B. LaCross, Deborah Levesque, Debi Steve, Kim Weaver, Michael Webster; signed art by Brad Hart.
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  The Challenge - February 7, 1986

  Student newspaper of the Tacoma Community College. This issue is numbered volume 22, number 11 and is eight pages. Content note: This issue contains discussion of abortion on page 1. This issue contains stories on President Carl Opgaard's concerns with corporate Washington Roundtable recommendations for taking funding from the community colleges to give to the four-year research universities; upcoming Student Activities sponsored events; Financial Aid Office staff member Kim Emery and bio-rhythm charts; the women's basketball and men's basketball teams wins against Grays Harbor, Green River, team stats, and ongoing undefeated statuses; an art exhibit by Purdy Correctional Center for Women artist Veronka Culver. Also includes editorials on a screening of abortion film A Matter of Choice, bias against pit bull dogs, campus parking permits, the number 4, professional wrestling; letter to the editor responding to a previous editorial on pay equity for women; Counselors Corner column on self esteem; ads and classified ads. Announcements and campus ads include tryouts for women's modified softball and women's tennis; open student government meetings; an upcoming transfer fair with college representatives, sponsored by the Counseling Center. Staff credits: published by the Associated Students of Tacoma Community College; managing editor Shannon Saul; news editor Doug Buell; features editor Scott Granse; entertainment editor Alisa Wilder; sports editor Larkin Campbell; opinions editor Dell Gibbs; photo editor Minda Caccam; business manager Cathy Figuracion; ad manager Verna Brown; advisor Chuck Doud; reporters and photographers Barbara Cohen, Allan Dreyer, Susan Etchey, David E. Freeman, Jennifer Heritage, Kimberly King, Edward B. LaCross, Deborah Levesque, Debi Steve, Kim Weaver, Michael Webster; signed art by Brad Hart.
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  The Challenge - January 31, 1986

  Student newspaper of the Tacoma Community College. This issue is numbered volume 22, number 10 and is eight pages. This issue contains stories on sociology faculty Luther Jansen; a purse theft on campus; the student senate meeting, including appropriations for a Student Programs information center in the cafeteria; Congressman Norm Dicks standing in for Senator Edward Kennedy visiting families affected by the Asarco smelter closure; men's basketball coach Ron Billings; Nelson-Denny Reading Tests; the women's basketball and men's basketball teams wins against Fort Steilacoom and Clark, player stats, and current undefeated statuses; the upcoming student government sponsored blood drive for the Tacoma Pierce County Blood Bank. Also includes editorials on being vegetarian, pay equity for women; letter to the editor regarding the Honors Program; Counseling column on an assertiveness class; film review of Out of Africa; music review of the Kenny Rogers, Lee Greenwood and Sawyer Brown concert at the Tacoma Dome; ads and classified ads. Announcements and campus ads include final notice that students parked in James Center will be towed; a screening of Roots for Black History Month; open student government meetings; open financial aid applications and scholarship information. Staff credits: published by the Associated Students of Tacoma Community College; managing editor Shannon Saul; news editor Doug Buell; features editor Scott Granse; entertainment editor Alisa Wilder; sports editor Larkin Campbell; opinions editor Dell Gibbs; photo editor Minda Caccam; business manager Cathy Figuracion; ad manager Verna Brown; advisor Chuck Doud; reporters and photographers Barbara Cohen, Allan Dreyer, Susan Etchey, David E. Freeman, Jennifer Heritage, Kimberly King, Edward B. LaCross, Deborah Levesque, Debi Steve, Kim Weaver, Michael Webster; signed art by Brad Hart.
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  The Challenge - January 17, 1986

  Student newspaper of the Tacoma Community College. This issue is numbered volume 22, number 9 and is eight pages. Content note: This issue contains description of attempted sexual assault on page 3. This issue contains stories on groundbreaking for the Tacoma Learning Center next to the Child Care Center; Richard Bangs Collier Pleneurethic scholarship recipients Kimberly Jones and Alan Meath; TCC history including the faculty strike, the presidency of Dr. Larry Stevens; the experience of getting stomach surgery; new trustee Karen Reed Clarke; TCC art classes and instructor Frank Dippolito; former professional football player Reggie McKenzie; the Child Care Center and director Jo Ellen Sutton; women's basketball and men's basketball teams wins against Grays Harbor, Green River, Lower Columbia; the Scandinavian phrase, "uff da!" Also includes editorials on open Challenge positions and duties, smoking, witnessing a crime and the perpetrator being found innocent, weight loss and food messaging toward women; poetry; an open letter from a student to her teachers; ads and classified ads. Announcements and campus ads include women's softball spring tryouts; an intramural basketball tournament; visits by four-year college and university representatives. Staff credits: published by the Associated Students of Tacoma Community College; managing editor Shannon Saul; news editor Doug Buell; features editor Scott Granse; entertainment editor Alisa Wilder; sports editor Larkin Campbell; opinions editor Dell Gibbs; photo editor Minda Caccam; business manager Cathy Figuracion; ad manager Verna Brown; advisor Chuck Doud; reporters and photographers Barbara Cohen, Allan Dreyer, Florence Dumas, Susan Etchey, David E. Freeman, Jennifer Heritage, Kimberly King, Edward B. LaCross, Deborah Levesque, Debi Steve, Kim Weaver, Michael Webster.
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  The Challenge - December 6, 1985

  Student newspaper of the Tacoma Community College. This issue is numbered volume 22, number 8 and is four pages. This issue contains stories on the 'snow line' phone system and how TCC decides on weather closures; the men's soccer team loss to Skagit Valley for the championship; men's basketball wins against Bellevue, Fraser; women's basketball win against Edmonds, loss to Wenatchee; both teams traveling for a tournament; intramural sports offerings. Also includes editorial thanking groundskeepers for snow and ice response on campus; announcement of open positions at the Challenge; Counselors Corner column on excuses; letters to the editor on self knowledge, a previous article on the student government bulletin board; ads; winter events calendar. Staff credits: published by the Associated Students of Tacoma Community College; managing editor Shannon Saul; news editor Michael Casey; features editor Aura Gillmer; entertainment editor Alisa Wilder; sports editor Douglas Buell; photo editor Scott Granse; advertising/business manager Lance Weller; advisor Chuck Doud; reporters and photographers Bianca Allegro, Susan Beyer, Christie Call, Larkin Campbell, Barbara Cohen, Allan Dreyer, Florence Dumas, Susan Etchey-LLewellyn, Sean Fay, Russell Foster, Dell Gibbs, Reginald Green, Jeffrey Johnson, Deborah Levesque, Donald McMillen, Darius Norfleet, Steve Payne, Shawni Peltola, Michael Shannon, Scott Sigmon, Mark Simonds.
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  The Challenge - November 22, 1985

  Student newspaper of the Tacoma Community College. This issue is numbered volume 22, number 7 and is eight pages. This issue contains stories on winter quarter registration and advising; the Math Lab and allegations of a student attempting to cheat; the winner of the Challenge cook-off contest and her recipe; Thanksgiving; the Student Nutritional Assistance Program (SNAP) group hosting a discussion on food budgeting; the work study program; TCC graphic artist and illustrator John Benedict; the history of the Obi Society and campus racial conflict; a presentation by Phuc Huu Nguyen and Douglas Van Dang on the Vietnam war; the new Special Needs Program and student John Nelson; men's soccer team loss to Lower Columbia, win against Clackamas, and advancement to the quarterfinals; the Harlem Globetrotters at the Tacoma Dome; women's tennis coach Doris Claypool; the beginning of women's basketball season and coach Jerry Shain; the men's basketball team and coach Ron Billings. Also includes short editorial notes on Seattle Seahawks football player Jacob Green, TV drama 'Hostage Flight,' Christmas shopping, soap operas, snow; letters to the editor regarding defending one's faith, correcting a previous article on the Obi Society's name origin; Counselors Corner column on women's issues; author biography, story on cooking demonstration for The Dessert Lover's Cookbook by Marlene Sorosky; an apology for the lateness of this issue; review of the Tacoma Actor's Guild production of 'A Coupla White Chicks Sitting Around Talking'; ads and classified ads. Announcements and campus ads include information on emergency phone lines and radio stations for snow and inclement weather warnings. Staff credits: published by the Associated Students of Tacoma Community College; managing editor Shannon Saul; news editor Michael Casey; features editor Aura Gillmer; entertainment editor Alisa Wilder; sports editor Douglas Buell; photo editor Scott Granse; advertising/business manager Lance Weller; advisor Chuck Doud; reporters and photographers Bianca Allegro, Susan Beyer, Christie Call, Larkin Campbell, Barbara Cohen, Allan Dreyer, Florence Dumas, Susan Etchey-LLewellyn, Sean Fay, Russell Foster, Dell Gibbs, Reginald Green, Jeffrey Johnson, Deborah Levesque, Donald McMillen, Darius Norfleet, Steve Payne, Shawni Peltola, Michael Shannon, Scott Sigmon, Mark Simonds.
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  The Challenge - November 15, 1985

  Student newspaper of the Tacoma Community College. This issue is numbered volume 22, number 5 (actually number 6) and is eight pages. This issue contains stories on Lieutenant Colonel Michael Lee Lanning speaking on the Vietnam War to the honors colloquium; the lecture by oceanographer Jean-Michael Cousteau; the history of TCC in 1967-1968; the new Special Needs Program for disabled and disadvantaged students; student senate meetings, including approved funding requests; new student organization, the Student's Nutritional Assistance Program (SNAP); an art exhibit in the library of Washington Asian-American artists; an upcoming performance by organization 'Up With People'; the appeals hearing for laid-off security staff Chuck Quinney and Dick Dickensen; new Tacoma teen entertainment center Maxim's; new Top 40 music dance show, 'Dance America'; the men's soccer team loss to Spokane, win against Shoreline; the women's volleyball team and coach Olga Manos. Also includes editorials on the publishing of previous controversial editorials; poetry; photo of the Student Resource Center housing information board with criticism of its messiness; letters to the editor responding to previous editorials on religion and abortion; Counseling column on couples advice and an upcoming communication workshop; ads. Announcements and campus ads include information on the Great Potentials Resource Center (GPRC) financial information service for financial aid; an upcoming Paper Airplane Contest with the Engineering Club; meeting information for Christian student organization Chi Alpha; new work-study jobs. Staff credits: published by the Associated Students of Tacoma Community College; managing editor Shannon Saul; news editor Michael Casey; features editor Aura Gillmer; entertainment editor Alisa Wilder; sports editor Douglas Buell; photo editor Scott Granse; advertising/business manager Lance Weller; advisor Chuck Doud; reporters and photographers Bianca Allegro, Susan Beyer, Christie Call, Larkin Campbell, Barbara Cohen, Allan Dreyer, Florence Dumas, Susan Etchey-LLewellyn, Sean Fay, Russell Foster, Dell Gibbs, Reginald Green, Jeffrey Johnson, Deborah Levesque, Donald McMillen, Darius Norfleet, Steve Payne, Shawni Peltola, Michael Shannon, Scott Sigmon, Mark Simonds.
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  The Challenge - October 30, 1985

  Student newspaper of the Tacoma Community College. This issue is numbered volume 22, number 5 and is eight pages. This issue contains stories on University of Puget Sound professor Leroy Annis speaking on the Vietnam War to the honors colloquium; biology instructor Richard Perkins and his experience teaching in England under the Fulbright teaching exchange program; the upcoming Great Peace March; counselor Phillip Griffin and counseling as a career; Halloween costumes; coach Dave Robertson and the track team; coach Tom Keegan and the soccer team; skiing. Also includes editorials on Americans complaining about their country and the difficulties of life in Ireland, the Seattle Seahawks football team; Counseling column on the 'mid-term crisis'; letters to the editor responding to previous issues' content on abortion and religion, expressing gratitude for new smoking regulations; review of the Narrows Dinner Theatre production of 'Chapter II'; Halloween tips; mountain climbing safety; TCC sports calendar; film reviews of Creator, Agnes of God, Sweet Dreams; ads and classified ads. Announcements and campus ads include an upcoming travel-study program on Central American ecology in Belize; the Great Challenge Cook-Off dessert recipe contest; call for golf team members; an upcoming Student Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) committee meal preparation program. Staff credits: published by the Associated Students of Tacoma Community College; managing editor Shannon Saul; news editor Michael Casey; features editor Aura Gillmer; entertainment editor Alisa Wilder; sports editor Douglas Buell; photo editor Scott Granse; advertising/business manager Lance Weller; advisor Chuck Doud; reporters and photographers Bianca Allegro, Susan Beyer, Christie Call, Larkin Campbell, Barbara Cohen, Allan Dreyer, Florence Dumas, Susan Etchey-LLewellyn, Sean Fay, Russell Foster, Dell Gibbs, Reginald Green, Jeffrey Johnson, Deborah Levesque, Donald McMillen, Darius Norfleet, Steve Payne, Shawni Peltola, Michael Shannon, Scott Sigmon, Mark Simonds.
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  The Challenge - October 25, 1985

  Student newspaper of the Tacoma Community College. This issue is numbered volume 22, number 4 and is eight pages. Content note: This issue contains discussion of abortion on page 3. This issue contains stories on the history of TCC; security on campus; a drunk driving demonstration by local agencies; the student senate, including elections and discussion of a smoking lounge; international students; British popular music; living in Germany; an Intergenerational Conference Celebrating International Youth Year event at the University of Washington; a Test Anxiety workshop by the Counseling Center; an upcoming lecture by Jean-Michael Cousteau; new student government representatives Tracy Vinyard, Pam Austin, and Chris Bowlin. Also includes a list of faculty and staff who have been with the college its entire history; editorials on 'love' and Christian leafleting, campus dances; letters to the editor responding to a previous issue's editorial on abortion; Counseling column on anger; Tacoma area Halloween parties; ads and classified ads. Announcements and campus ads include an upcoming dance; campus tutoring services; an upcoming lecture by John Kepple regarding Korean flight KAL 007 shot down by a Soviet fighter in 1983. Staff credits: published by the Associated Students of Tacoma Community College; managing editor Shannon Saul; news editor Michael Casey; features editor Aura Gillmer; entertainment editor Alisa Wilder; sports editor Heather Boyce; photo editor Doug Buell, Scott Granse; advertising/business manager Lance Weller; advisor Chuck Doud; reporters and photographers Bianca Allegro, Susan Beyer, Douglas Buell, Christie Call, Larkin Campbell, Barbara Cohen, Allan Dreyer, Florence Dumas, Susan Etchey-LLewellyn, Sean Fay, Russell Foster, Scott Granse, Reginald Green, Paul Henrickson, Jeffrey Johnson, Deborah Levesque, Donald McMillen, Darius Norfleet, Steve Payne, Shawni Peltola, Michael Shannon, Billy Sigmon, Mark Simonds, Dell Gibbs.
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  The Challenge - October 18, 1985

  Student newspaper of the Tacoma Community College. This issue is numbered volume 22, number 3 and is eight pages. Content note: This issue contains discussion of abortion on page 2 and 3. This issue contains stories on University of Washington professor emeritus Giovanni Costigan speaking on the Vietnam War to the honors colloquium; former Asarco Smelter works studying at TCC after the smelter's closure; skiing in the Bavarian Alps; learning to play tennis at the Vic Braden Tennis College; learning to sail; TCC receiving a National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) grant; the Caddo Writing Center literary competition; the Glamour magazine Top Ten College Women Competition; a Talent Roundup as part of the Marlboro Country Music program; a series of bomb threats to campus; the Tacoma News Tribune printing the first New York Times West Coast edition on their presses; a measles outbreak in South King County. Also includes editorials on a bad day, abortion, setting a legal drinking age; letter to the editor responding to the previous issue's editorial on abortion in Ireland; poetry; review of new dance club Pacific Breeze; music review of Kiss album 'Asylum'; fall TV highlights; weekly regional events calendar; upcoming concerts; ads and classified ads. Announcements and campus ads include film screenings of 48 Hrs and Modern Problems; upcoming visits by four-year college representatives; a discussion and debate by creationist John Mackay and history faculty Harland Malyon. Staff credits: published by the Associated Students of Tacoma Community College; managing editor Shannon Saul; news editor Michael Casey; features editor Aura Gillmer; entertainment editor Alisa Wilder; sports editor Heather Boyce; photo editor Doug Buell, Scott Granse; advertising/business manager Lance Weller; advisor Chuck Doud; reporters and photographers Bianca Allegro, Susan Beyer, Douglas Buell, Christie Call, Larkin Campbell, Barbara Cohen, Allan Dreyer, Florence Dumas, Susan Etchey-LLewellyn, Sean Fay, Russell Foster, Scott Granse, Reginald Green, Paul Henrickson, Jeffrey Johnson, Deborah Levesque, Donald McMillen, Darius Norfleet, Steve Payne, Shawni Peltola, Michael Shannon, Billy Sigmon, Mark Simonds.
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  The Challenge - October 4, 1985

  Student newspaper of the Tacoma Community College. This issue is numbered volume 22, number 2 and is eight pages. This issue contains stories on student responses to the 1985 Washington Clean Air Act prohibiting smoking in public buildings; a break-in on campus; a concert by Crystal Gayle; the beginning of volleyball season, including a win against Olympic; October events; cocaine use in Silicon Valley; the second annual 'Campus Search for the English Leather Musk Man.' Also includes editorials on birth control and abortion restrictions in Ireland, a bad day, campus parking; Counselor's Corner column on overcoming barriers; a feature on fashion; an interview with new student president Bobby Barnette; features on getting an emergency hysterectomy, seeking Italian culture in a Tacoma restaurant Grazie Caffe Italiano; weekly regional events calendar; weekly campus events; ads and classified ads. Announcements and campus ads include degree application information; open applications for the Younger Scholars Program of the National Endowment for the Humanities; call for English as a Second Language (ESL) conversation partners. Staff credits: published by the Associated Students of Tacoma Community College; managing editor Shannon Saul; news editor Michael Casey; features editor Aura Gillmer; entertainment editor Alisa Wilder; sports editor Heather Boyce; photo editor Patricia Pugh; advertising/business manager Lance Weller; advisor Chuck Doud; reporters and photographers Bianca Allegro, Susan Beyer, Douglas Buell, Christie Call, Larkin Campbell, Barbara Cohen, Allan Dreyer, Florence Dumas, Susan Etchey-LLewellyn, Sean Fay, Russell Foster, Scott Granse, Reginald Green, Paul Henrickson, Jeffrey Johnson, Deborah Levesque, Donald McMillen, Darius Norfleet, Steve Payne, Shawni Peltola, Michael Shannon, Billy Sigmon, Mark Simonds.
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  The Challenge - September 23, 1985

  Student newspaper of the Tacoma Community College. This issue is numbered volume 22, number 1 and is four pages. This issue contains stories on study skills classes; budget cuts and college improvements; an upcoming concert by Crystal Gayle. Also includes launch of the Great Challenge Cook-Off recipe contest; personal piece on summer experiences; welcome and information on the Challenge staff; music review of a Barry Manilow concert; weekly Seattle and Tacoma area events calendar; ads. Announcements and campus ads include student ID card information; non-credit photography classes; small business classes and workshops from Continuing Education; an upcoming slide presentation on Australia by Philip Clark.
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  The Challenge - June 6, 1985

  Student newspaper of the Tacoma Community College. This issue is numbered volume 21, number 20 and is twelve pages. This issue contains stories on the spring student awards banquet; the results of the March poll on campus attitudes toward smoking; Bobby Barnette being elected student president; a summer geology field course; student senate news, including outgoing president Tim Hallmark's final address; visiting Point Defiance Park; where to play outdoor basketball in Tacoma; a program for Washington athletes to travel to Mexico to play basketball and baseball; the end of men's baseball season and loss to Clark; the end of the women's tennis season, team members; the Challenge office's new computer typesetting machine; tuition waivers for summer courses for unemployed people; evening activities and social services at Club Tacoma; TCC President Carleton Opgaard and improvements to the college; a new state internship program. Also includes information for voting on the revised constitution; illustrations; photo collage and brief narrative on the end of spring quarter; an open letter to students by outgoing student president Tim Hallmark regarding the revised constitution; poetry; a personal piece on being a single mother; Counseling column on the 'mid-life crisis'; editorial on using the new typesetter; letters to the editor regarding Challenge content, responding to recent statements by President Carlton Opgaard on local TV about campus security; music reviews of the Kool and the Gang album 'Emergency,' the Amadeus film soundtrack; editorials on a new Department of Defense rule regarding drinking and military personnel, summer school, TCC community members who impacted an outgoing editor; film reviews of The Gods Must Be Crazy, A View to Kill; review of the theater production of musical 'The Roar of the Greasepaint, the Smell of the Crowd'; guest review of a George Benson concert; list of spring quarter TCC graduates; ads and classified ads. Staff credits: published by the Associated Students of Tacoma Community College; news editor Sydney Jackel; features editor Victoria Matlock; entertainment editor Shannon Saul; sports editor Scott Gallagher; photo editor Laurie Gillmer; opinions editor Paul Swortz; editor emeritus Lance Weller; advertising/business manager Heather Winkelmann; advisor Chuck Doud; production assistant Alyson Rafferty; reporters and photographers Jerome Ballard, Verna Brown, Michael Casey, Barbara Cohen, Aura Gillmer, Reginald Green, Deborah Hipskind, Patricia Pugh, Aileen Rodvelt, Faith Schlehlein, Don Squire.
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  The Challenge - May 23, 1985

  Student newspaper of the Tacoma Community College. This issue is numbered volume 21, number 20 (hand-corrected) and is eight pages. This issue contains stories on the 'Contemporary Biological Problems' class working toward a campus food bank; the upcoming production of music 'The Road of the Greasepaint, the Smell of the Crowd'; proposed TCC budget cuts, including security reductions; commencement ceremonies; library staff Lorraine Hildebrand being elected Woman of the Year by the American Business Women's Association Mount Rainier chapter; the student senate meeting, including a presentation by TCC President Dr. Carlton Opgaard on budget cuts; women's softball team member Janine Pedee using hypnotism to improve her batting; the new Soccer Club Tacoma team in the Northwest Area City League; new car models; volunteering at Remann Hall juvenile detention center. Also includes Counseling column on persistence and determination; letters to the editor regarding the replacement of impacted campus parking, National Humor Week; music review of Prince and the Revolution album 'Around the World in a Day'; poetry; a personal account of the benefits of pet registration tags; book review of Warday by Whitley Strieber and James Kunetka; a syndicated article on jobs in Massachusetts; film review of Just One of the Guys; editorials on inspiration, the revised student constitution, fate, the Coca-Cola formula; ads and classified ads. Staff credits: published by the Associated Students of Tacoma Community College; news editor Sydney Jackel; features editor Victoria Matlock; entertainment editor Shannon Saul; sports editor Scott Gallagher; photo editor Laurie Gillmer; opinions editor Paul Swortz; editor emeritus Lance Weller; advertising/business manager Heather Winkelmann; advisor Chuck Doud; production assistant Alyson Rafferty; reporters and photographers Jerome Ballard, Verna Brown, Michael Casey, Barbara Cohen, Aura Gillmer, Reginald Green, Deborah Hipskind, Patricia Pugh, Aileen Rodvelt, Faith Schlehlein, Don Squire.
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  The Challenge - May 9, 1985

  Student newspaper of the Tacoma Community College. This issue is numbered volume 21, number 18 and is twelve pages. Content note: This issue contains mention of suicide on pages 1, 3, and 6, and the right to die on page 9. This issue contains stories on the death of Pacific Lutheran University student Paul Twietmeyer; former TCC President Dr. Larry Stevens and conflict with employees at TCC and Saddleback Community College; TCC's acceptance of but unclear plans for funds from Pierce Transit to replace parking impacted by the transit center; an upcoming Lifelong Education tour of Western Europe; the launch of campus suggestion boxes by the student senate; upcoming visits by four-year college representatives; a campus seminar on depression and suicide; the men's baseball team and member Mike Blowers being drafted by the Baltimore Orioles; TCC's re-accreditation; a campus art exhibit of Northwest printmakers; the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Child Care Food Program at the TCC child care center; the Betty Kronlund Memorial Scholarship; the Skate King skating rink; the TCC Humanities Advisory Board winning an exemplary status award from the Washington Community College Humanities Association; the student senate meeting, including passage of the revised constitution. Also includes Counseling Center column on self-esteem; sports editorials on Seattle professional sports teams, new local sport networking service RECNET; personal piece on familial love and religion; column by Irish student on the conflict between Britain and the Irish Republican Army (IRA) in Northern Ireland; film review of The Sure Thing; editorials on the Tacoma Boatbuilding Company, the 'Contemporary Biological Problems' course (Biology 106) and interest in a campus food bank, TV ads, the right to die; poetry; letter to the editor; ads and classified ads. Announcements and campus ads include a screening of Murder on the Orient Express; a TCC golf tournament; open applications for Challenge editor. Staff credits: published by the Associated Students of Tacoma Community College; news editor Sydney Jackel; features editor Victoria Matlock; entertainment editor Shannon Saul; sports editor Scott Gallagher; photo editor Laurie Gillmer; opinions editor Paul Swortz; 'legendary rock star and cult figure' Lance Weller; advertising/business manager Heather Winkelmann; advisor Chuck Doud; production assistant Alyson Rafferty; reporters and photographers Jerome Ballard, Verna Brown, Michael Casey, Barbara Cohen, Aura Gillmer, Reginald Green, Deborah Hipskind, Patricia Pugh, Aileen Rodvelt, Faith Schlehlein, Don Squire.
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  The Challenge - April 25, 1985

  Student newspaper of the Tacoma Community College. This issue is numbered volume 21, number 19 (hand-corrected) and is eight pages. This issue contains stories on the student senate meeting, including a request by the student president to revise the constitution; a major Associated Students budget shortfall; the discovery of a deceased person on campus; a National Association of College Stores (NACS) magazine sales program at the bookstore; the Continuing Education / Lifelong Education program; Career Center head Susan Mitchell being chosen for the 'Leader for the 80s' Program; the selection of a site for a Bates Vocational Technical Institute Annex; the Circle K Club service organization; rehearsals for musical 'The Roar of the Greasepaint, the Smell of the Crowd'; the shrinking of the golf team; the women's softball team; professional football. Also includes Counseling Center column on being single; film reviews of Ladyhawke, Police Academy 2; editorial by Irish student on the differences between Irish and American response to famine in Ethiopia; music review of a Chicago concert; editorials on the war in Vietnam, the Sharper Image catalog, state laws on driving under the influence; letters to the editor regarding parking tickets, responding to a previous article's criticism of the Village Cinemas; ads. Announcements and campus ads include cuts to the Challenge budget resulting in every-other-week publishing for the remainder of the quarter; a film screening of Kramer vs. Kramer. Staff credits: published by the Associated Students of Tacoma Community College; news editor Sydney Jackel; features editor Victoria Matlock; entertainment editor Shannon Saul; sports editor Scott Gallagher; photo editor Laurie Gillmer; opinions editor Paul Swortz; editor emeritus Lance Weller; advertising/business manager Heather Winkelmann; advisor Chuck Doud; production assistant Alyson Rafferty; reporters and photographers Jerome Ballard, Verna Brown, Michael Casey, Barbara Cohen, Aura Gillmer, Reginald Green, Deborah Hipskind, Patricia Pugh, Aileen Rodvelt, Faith Schlehlein, Don Squire.
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  The Challenge - April 18, 1985

  Student newspaper of the Tacoma Community College. This issue is numbered volume 21, number 17 and is eight pages. This issue contains stories on degree applications; a night class on jewelry making; major state budget cuts affecting TCC; history instructor Harland Malyon; changes to degree requirements; upcoming events at the Counseling Center; the upcoming International Fair; white-water river rafting; the beginning of the men's baseball season; the women's tennis team; Soviet defector Arkady Shevchenko speaking at the University of Puget Sound. Also includes obituary of anthropology instructor Robert C. Adams; counselor's column on adult re-entry students; review of Canfield's diet sodas; film reviews of King David, Mask; music reviews of a Neil Diamond concert, Phil Collins album 'Face Value'; sports editorial on interacting with professional basketball players; editorials on neo-Nazis, graffiti; letters to the editor correcting a previous article's information on the Tacoma Mall, responding to a previous article criticizing staff; ads and classified ads. Announcements and campus ads include upcoming visits by Pacific Lutheran University and Evergreen State College representatives; a Wenatchee River rafting trip; a Three Stooges film festival. Staff credits: published by the Associated Students of Tacoma Community College; news editor Sydney Jackel; features editor Vicki Matlock; entertainment editor Shannon Saul; sports editor Scott Gallagher; photo editor Laurie Gillmer; opinions editor Paul Swortz; 'god emperor' Lance Weller; advertising/business manager Heather Winkelmann; advisor Chuck Doud; reporters and photographers Jerome Ballard, Verna Brown, Michael Casey, Barbara Cohen, Aura Gillmer, Reginald Green, Deborah Hipskind, Patricia Pugh, Aileen Rodvelt, Faith Schlehlein, Don Squire.
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  The Challenge - March 15, 1985

  Student newspaper of the Tacoma Community College. This issue is numbered volume 21, number 16 and is twelve pages. This issue contains stories on an ongoing dispute between TCC maintenance workers and administration regarding an unfair labor complaint; Writing Lab instructional assistant Bert Connerly; the student senate meeting, including discussion of funding the Child Care Center; security staff concerns with staffing and policy; the golf team; the men's basketball season; biology field courses; a tour of McNeil Island Correction Center by penology students; the music of Disney film Fantasia; low turnout at the recent dance; campus fashion and Tacoma Mall fashion trends; Fort Nisqually; women's career classes at the YWCA. Also includes sports poetry; announcement of golf team openings; film reviews of The Falcon and the Snowman, Witness, Stop Making Sense; editorials on the student senate, various local and national political issues, defending harassed Stadium High School lesbian students, disruptions to getting things done; outgoing editorial from the news editor; a statement by the Black Student Union against apartheid but in support of TCC resuming relations with UPS; ads and classified ads. Staff credits: published by the Associated Students of Tacoma Community College; news editor Lance Weller; features editor Sydney Jackel; entertainment editor Vicki Matlock; sports editor Derek Allen; photo editor Laurie Gillmer; business manager Danielle Ross; advertising manager Heather Winkelmann; advisor Chuck Doud; reporters and photographers Zandra Clark, Barbara Cohen, Kurt Eames, Scott Gallagher, Antoinette Katta, Debbie Kelly, James Martin, David Pazar, Alyson Rafferty, Shannon Saul, Faith Schlehlein, Betty Singleton, Tad Springer, Don squire, Kevin Stump, Paul Swortz, Denise Thomas, Kim Weavil, Michael Webster, Alisa Wilder, Zach Zweigler.
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  The Challenge - March 7, 1985

  Student newspaper of the Tacoma Community College. This issue is numbered volume 21, number 15 and is eight pages. This issue contains stories on the TCC Black Student Union; physics instructor Ken Gentili speaking on the famine in Ethiopia and his experience in the Peace Corps there; the student senate meeting, including the decision to raise student activities fees; Humanities chair Carolyn Simonson; unofficial philosophy student group 'Principia Antinomia'; National Urban League essay contest and scholarships; the upcoming YWCA Woman of the Year award luncheon; the Washington Award for Vocational Excellence (WAVE); the upcoming Tacoma Actor's Guild production of Dracula; upcoming Student Activities sponsored events including a dance and the TCC Days fair; upcoming TCC Jazz Band and Clef Dwellers choral group concerts; a proposed state ban on boxing; the men's basketball team loss at the state tournament; a lecture by author Frank Herbert. Also includes opinion piece on rude TCC employees; film reviews of Vision Quest, Amadeus; sports editorial on TCC and professional sports; guest editorial on recent campus thefts; editorials on the author's many opinions, teaching standards, kindness; ads and classified ads. Announcements and campus ads include a dance with music by Zulu; formation of tennis, modified slowpitch, track, golf, baseball teams. Staff credits: published by the Associated Students of Tacoma Community College; news editor Lance Weller; features editor Sydney Jackel; entertainment editor Vicki Matlock; sports editor Derek Allen; photo editor Laurie Gillmer; business manager Danielle Ross; advertising manager Heather Winkelmann; advisor Chuck Doud; reporters and photographers Zandra Clark, Barbara Cohen, Kurt Eames, Scott Gallagher, Antoinette Katta, Debbie Kelly, James Martin, David Pazar, Alyson Rafferty, Shannon Saul, Faith Schlehlein, Betty Singleton, Tad Springer, Don squire, Kevin Stump, Paul Swortz, Denise Thomas, Kim Weavil, Michael Webster, Alisa Wilder, Zach Zweigler.
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  The Challenge - February 28, 1985

  Student newspaper of the Tacoma Community College. This issue is numbered volume 21, number 14 and is eight pages. Content note: This issue contains discussion of abortion on page 8. This issue contains stories on TCC Board chair Robert Hunt, Jr.; a recent suspect chase on campus and TCC security no longer carrying handguns; biology faculty Richard Perkins; student senate meetings, including discussion of graduation cords; an upcoming National Geographic TV special on Irish horses; upcoming TCC Chamber Orchestra concerts; an upcoming lecture by science fiction author Frank Herbert; Music Department Director Harry Davidson; the beginning of the track and field season and new coach David Robertson; the men's basketball team qualifying for the state finals; a student poll on whether or not security should carry guns. Also includes guest editorial on the student government's abandonment of the South African divestment movement; the last Black History month column, on playwright Lorraine Hansberry; music reviews of the Huey Lewis and the News, Prince concerts; review of the Tacoma Actor's Guild production of 84 Charing Cross Road; review of the light operas Sunday Excursion and The Lowland Sea; film review of The Killing Fields; sports editorial on various professional sports news; editorials on anti-nuclear protests, Army recruiting, TV programming, malls, and the March of Dimes; letters to the editor regarding abortion; ads and classified ads. Staff credits: published by the Associated Students of Tacoma Community College; news editor Lance Weller; features editor Sydney Jackel; entertainment editor Vicki Matlock; sports editor Derek Allen; photo editor Laurie Gillmer; business manager Danielle Ross; advertising manager Heather Winkelmann; advisor Chuck Doud; reporters and photographers Zandra Clark, Barbara Cohen, Kurt Eames, Scott Gallagher, Antoinette Katta, Debbie Kelly, James Martin, David Pazar, Alyson Rafferty, Shannon Saul, Faith Schlehlein, Betty Singleton, Tad Springer, Don squire, Kevin Stump, Paul Swortz, Denise Thomas, Kim Weavil, Michael Webster, Alisa Wilder, Zach Zweigler.
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  The Challenge - February 14, 1985

  Student newspaper of the Tacoma Community College. This issue is numbered volume 21, number 13 and is eight pages. Content note: This issue contains brief discussion of abortion on page 8. This issue contains stories on a survey on what students would change at TCC; a new Board Legislative Task Force Committee to discuss state bills affecting TCC; Dean of Support Services Carl Brown being appointed to the new Port of Tacoma Affirmative Action Citizens Advisory Committee; student senate meetings, including discussion of a proposed increase to the presiding officer's hours; a campus Foreign Film Festival; the closure of the Northwest Au Pair Service; a traveling Smithsonian exhibit of Ecuadorian paintings at the Tacoma Art Museum; the men's basketball team win against Lower Columbia; an upcoming single parenting workshop. Also includes ads and classified ads; poetry; a column on women's work; illustrations; music review of the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band concert; the second Black History Month column on heavy weight champion Jack Johnson; a team photo of the women's basketball team; sports editorial on wanting the Mariners baseball team to win; editorials on love, office 'warfare,' the belief of music performers encouraging sexual activity; letters to the editor regarding student regurgitation of 60 Minutes opinions, abortion; notices of no Challenge publication the following week, no school the following Monday. Staff credits: published by the Associated Students of Tacoma Community College; news editor Lance Weller; features editor Sydney Jackel; entertainment editor Vicki Matlock; sports editor Derek Allen; photo editor Laurie Gillmer; business manager Danielle Ross; advertising manager Heather Winkelmann; advisor Chuck Doud; reporters and photographers Zandra Clark, Barbara Cohen, Kurt Eames, Scott Gallagher, Antoinette Katta, Debbie Kelly, James Martin, David Pazar, Alyson Rafferty, Shannon Saul, Faith Schlehlein, Betty Singleton, Tad Springer, Don squire, Kevin Stump, Paul Swortz, Denise Thomas, Kim Weavil, Michael Webster, Alisa Wilder, Zach Zweigler.
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  The Challenge - February 8, 1985

  Student newspaper of the Tacoma Community College. This issue is numbered volume 21, number 12 and is eight pages. Content note: This issue contains discussion of abortion on page 3 and uses outdated language for disability on page 3. This issue contains stories on a campus survey on smoking; the men's basketball team win against Grays Harbor; geology faculty Dr. Jack Hyde; TCC mail services and Director of Mail Services Michael Armier; the Downtown College Center; a screening of anti-abortion film Silent Scream; physical therapist Jean Fischer and a swimming and weight training program for disabled people; appendicitis treatment; a poetry reading by Rick Jones; the women's basketball team preparing for the end of the season; the upcoming baseball season; the student senate granting the Black Student Union their requested budget after delays. Also includes ads and classified ads; the first in a series of Black History Month columns on Supreme Court Judge Thurgood Marshall; music review of a Sammy Hagar concert; film review of Starman; sports editorial on an National Basketball Association (NBA) all-star game; editorials on President Ronald Reagan, visiting every 7-Eleven in the city, teaching, the death of Ivar Haglund. Announcements and campus ads include Tacoma Light Opera and Musical Comedy Company productions and special student tickets; February film screenings; a noon concert by Boden and Zanetto; a snow-shoeing trip to Mount Rainier; upcoming visits from Oregon State University and Evergreen State College representatives. Staff credits: published by the Associated Students of Tacoma Community College; news editor Lance Weller; features editor Sydney Jackel; entertainment editor Vicki Matlock; sports editor Derek Allen; photo editor Laurie Gillmer; business manager Danielle Ross; advertising manager Heather Winkelmann; advisor Chuck Doud; reporters and photographers Zandra Clark, Barbara Cohen, Kurt Eames, Scott Gallagher, Antoinette Katta, Debbie Kelly, James Martin, David Pazar, Alyson Rafferty, Shannon Saul, Faith Schlehlein, Betty Singleton, Tad Springer, Don squire, Kevin Stump, Paul Swortz, Denise Thomas, Kim Weavil, Michael Webster, Alisa Wilder, Zach Zweigler.