The Collegiate Challenge student newspaper

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  The Collegiate Challenge - May 23, 1969

  Student newspaper of the Tacoma Community College. This issue is numbered volume IV, number 22 (actually the 23rd issue of the academic year) and is twelve pages. This issue contains stories on the progress (or lack of) toward Obi's demands, with dual interviews with Obi Society Chairman James Walton and TCC President Dr. Thornton Ford, as well as interviews with Black and white students; the upcoming (mandatory) commencement ceremony; forensics team members earning National Community College Forensics Tournament certificates of excellence; representatives attending the Washington Association of Community College Student Governments (WACCSTG) conference with TCC students taking several honors, including election of Phil Shinn as Central Region Chairman and state chairman, student Bonnie Winston winning runner-up in the Miss Washington Community College pageant, election of Activities Coordinator Paula Eisenman to the advisers board, and a commendation to student body President Ross Briggs; community colleges news, including the erroneous report by the Vancouver college newspaper that the Challenge had won a first place prize (they won second); a petition from students asking for legal action against "disruption" following the fight on campus; proposal of a new class by political science instructor John Swarthout and Obi chairman Jim Walton on contemporary Black problems and politics; the track team going to the Washington State Community College tournament; the tennis team's ongoing participation in the Washington Community College Championships; the golf team winning third place in the state tournament; David D. Woods speaking at an ad hoc campus gathering on Tacoma issues; freedom of speech and violence; hiking Mt. Pete; "strangers" in the parking lot; the police response to the "Hilltop disturbance"; the Model United Nations Club's attendance of the Far West Conference in California; a new Marine Corps program for men without baccalaureate degrees to become commissioned officers; an upcoming Artist and Lecture series concert by the University of Puget Sound Concert Band; the creation of a new Math Lab by Dean of Instruction Dr. Paul E. Jacobsen and run by Pat Dyer. Also includes photos relating to the fights over the rock on campus; announcements of an upcoming dance with music by B. J. Thomas, appointment of student Peter W. Kippe to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, two TCC chemistry students receiving summer research grants at Pacific Lutheran University, the upcoming dedication ceremony for the TCC Arboretum; exam schedule; announcement of Mathematics Department Chairman Joseph A. Betz being chosen to attend a math institute at the University of Oregon; editorial commending Records Officer Joseph Kosai on his deescalation of the police presence at the fight at the rock; a guest editorial on the "War on Poverty"; a headline "Laviola Condemned" marked "Censored" and an accompanying drawing; a letter to the editor about the proposed Communications Club; an "In Memorium" notice for James Rector of Berkeley, California killed by police; Art and Literary Supplement with poetry; an interview with sophomore class representative Dave De Forrest. Staff credits: published by the Associated Students of Tacoma Community College; editor in chief Carl Zook; managing editor Don Swanson; associate editor Tom Ries; business manager Nils Olson; Art & Literary Supplement editor Jerry Gollinger; sports editor Dennis Howes; copy editor Hallis Morgan; feature editor Grant Fjermedal; chief photographer Philmore Appling; photographers Phillip Appling, Richard Frank, Scott Stephen, Mike Hughes, Frank Flemming; reporters Bill Johnston, Terry Rice, Doug Jacques, John Kelly, John Terrien, J. D. Seidel, Penny Meyers, Dave Workman, Dick Delin; circulation Peggy Loverin; advisor Dale Wirsing; secretary Pat Loth.
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  The Collegiate Challenge - May 16, 1969

  Student newspaper of the Tacoma Community College. This issue is numbered volume IV, number 21 (actually the 22nd issue of the academic year) and is four pages. This issue contains stories on the appointment of Dr. Dewey Tuggle Jr. to the Board of Trustees; the appointment of Rueben Brunson Jr. as development coordinator to work with Black-owned Tacoma businesses; student fights over the color of the campus rock; an upcoming concert by Washington State University music professor George Scott to dedicate the new organ donated by Mrs. Jane McKee; prostitution in Seattle; student body election results, including John D. DeVore as president; the formation of the Activity Scholarship Committee; letter to the editor from Governor Daniel J. Evans congratulating the Challenge on its second place award in the Washington State Press Awards Competition; track team news, including a joint profile on Ed Fisher and John Green; Greg Freitag and Terry Wright of the tennis team playing in the District Eliminations; an upcoming practice auto-cross by the Sports Car Club; appointment of Patricia A. Dyer as a new math instructor. Also includes editorial on the atmosphere caused by the presence of police; announcement of the next Board meeting; activities calendar; community colleges news; a photo of Pat Paulsen and Rosie Grier performing at Washington State University's Parents' Weekend. Staff credits: published by the Associated Students of Tacoma Community College; editor in chief Carl Zook; managing editor Don Swanson; associate editor Tom Ries; business manager Nils Olson; Art & Literary Supplement editor Jerry Gollinger; sports editor Dennis Howes; copy editor Hallis Morgan; feature editor Grant Fjermedal; chief photographer Philmore Appling; photographers Phillip Appling, Richard Frank, Scott Stephen, Mike Hughes, Frank Flemming; reporters Bill Johnston, Terry Rice, Doug Jacques, John Kelly, John Terrien, J. D. Seidel, Penny Meyers, Dave Workman, Dick Delin; circulation Peggy Loverin; advisor Dale Wirsing; secretary Pat Loth.
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  The Collegiate Challenge - May 12, 1969

  Student newspaper of the Tacoma Community College. This issue is numbered volume IV, number 20 (actually the 21st issue of the academic year) and is eight pages. Content notice: This issue contains several instances of the N word on page four. This issue contains stories on students delivering the Obi Society's 11 demands to Dr. Ford's office, a meeting between Obi and the Board to review the demands; a Law Day panel discussion featuring Pierce County Prosecutor Ron Hendry, lawyers Jack Tanner, Henry Haas, Tom Fogg; Soloman "Scooter" Akins speaking on San Francisco State College Black Student Union's strike for a Black studies program; Dr. Ford's thoughts on what TCC has already made progress on from the Obi Society's demands; a tax on illegal transfer of cannabis; Obi Society's formation to combat institutionalized racism; enrollment numbers; Dr. Spock speaking at the University of Puget Sound on the Vietnam War; formation of the Communications Club and a plan for a radio station; Seattle filmmaker Beau Buchanan; a tutoring program in Ruston; the volcanic Ape Caves in Skamania County; the Virginia V cruise and Bainbridge Island dance; an upcoming concert by Three Dog Night, Spring, Dawn, and Jim Winkler at the Tacoma Sports Arena. Also includes editorials affirming the Obi Society demands, demanding the library carry copies of all class reading material, discussing Muhammed Ali's suspension from the Muslim religion and Black athletes, discussing Christianity and whiteness; letters to the editor on the Safeway grapes boycott, clarifying the Political Science Forum's stance on the boycott; a request for blood donations for cafeteria cook Mable Kiniry; a copy of the Obi's Society's 11 demands; a statement by an Obi member on possible further action if demands unmet; a defense of student activism; Art and Literary Supplement with poetry, drawings; activities calendar; campus news. Staff credits: published by the Associated Students of Tacoma Community College; editor in chief Carl Zook; managing editor Don Swanson; associate editor Tom Ries; business manager Nils Olson; Art & Literary Supplement editor Jerry Gollinger; sports editor Dennis Howes; copy editor Hallis Morgan; feature editor Grant Fjermedal; chief photographer Philmore Appling; photographers Phillip Appling, Richard Frank, Scott Stephen, Mike Hughes, Frank Flemming; reporters Bill Johnston, Terry Rice, Doug Jacques, John Kelly, John Terrien, J. D. Seidel, Penny Meyers, Dave Workman, Dick Delin; circulation Peggy Loverin; advisor Dale Wirsing; secretary Pat Loth.
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  The Collegiate Challenge - May 2, 1969

  Student newspaper of the Tacoma Community College. This issue is numbered volume IV, number 19 (actually the 20th issue of the academic year) and is four pages. This issue contains stories on student government news, including an endorsement of the grape boycott of Safeway to support striking farm workers; the upcoming participation of Forensics Team members in the National Community College Forensics Championship; a planned Biafra benefit dance; an upcoming appearance by Southern Christian Leadership Conference co-leader Hosea Williams, sponsored by the Political Science Forum; proposed tree planting project for Campus Day to assist Plant Manager Frank Mitchell in planting several thousand trees on campus; track team, golf team, and tennis team news; a TCC student bowling team in the league at Tower Lanes; the end of basketball season awards banquet; the non-profit Shelter Half Coffee House for GIs; an art exhibition by "freelance" artist Jay Tronsdale. Also includes primary election results; announcements of Bonnie Winston and two alternates representing TCC in a community colleges pageant; activities calendar; comics; the Dean's List; an allegorical fairy tale presumably addressing the inability of the Tacoma city government to work together. Staff credits: published by the Associated Students of Tacoma Community College; editor in chief Carl Zook; managing editor Don Swanson; associate editor Tom Ries; business manager Nils Olson; Art & Literary Supplement editor Jerry Gollinger; sports editor Dennis Howes; copy editor Hallis Morgan; feature editor Grant Fjermedal; chief photographer Philmore Appling; photographers Phillip Appling, Richard Frank, Scott Stephen, Mike Hughes, Frank Flemming; reporters Bill Johnston, Terry Rice, Doug Jacques, John Kelly, John Terrien, J. D. Seidel, Penny Meyers, Dave Workman, Dick Delin; circulation Peggy Loverin; advisor Dale Wirsing; secretary Pat Loth.
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  The Collegiate Challenge - April 25, 1969

  Student newspaper of the Tacoma Community College. This issue is numbered volume IV, number 18 (actually the 19th issue of the academic year) and is four pages. This issue contains stories on a presentation by Mark Lane on "The Unanswered Questions About the Death of John F. Kennedy"; student elections, including the proposed constitution changes; the Challenge placing second in a two-year college newspaper competition by Sigma Delta Chi; an upcoming Obi-sponsored appearance by Black Student Union propaganda minister and co-leader of the San Francisco State College student strike Soloman "Scooter" Akins; community colleges news; a "Rally for Decency" in Baltimore, Maryland that ended in a fight; J. E. Prufrock speaking on campus for decency; golf team news, including recent wins; track team; upcoming beginning of intramural slow pitch and an archery contest, end of men's three on three basketball; tennis team news. Also includes a photo of the TCC forensics team, which took first place in the State Junior College Division; activities calendar; letter to the editor expressing frustration at missing library books; an ad for presidential candidate Richard Nixon promising an end to the Selective Service in lieu of an all-volunteer armed force; a photo from the Alice Cooper show at the Eagles Auditorium in Seattle; a report on the "expedition" to find a new fault line, citing the source as the "extraordinary heavy burden [at] the County-City Building"; announcement of Titan men's basketball player Marty Morin signing with Boise State College. Staff credits: published by the Associated Students of Tacoma Community College; editor in chief Carl Zook; managing editor Don Swanson; associate editor Tom Ries; business manager Nils Olson; Art & Literary Supplement editor Jerry Gollinger; sports editor Dennis Howes; copy editor Hallis Morgan; feature editor Grant Fjermedal; chief photographer Philmore Appling; photographers Phillip Appling, Richard Frank, Scott Stephen, Mike Hughes, Frank Flemming; reporters Bill Johnston, Terry Rice, Doug Jacques, John Kelly, John Terrien, J. D. Seidel, Penny Meyers, Dave Workman, Dick Delin; circulation Peggy Loverin; advisor Dale Wirsing; secretary Pat Loth.
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  The Collegiate Challenge - April 18, 1969

  Student newspaper of the Tacoma Community College. This issue is numbered volume IV, number 17 (actually the 18th issue of the academic year) and is eight pages. This issue contains stories on an appearance by Father James Groppi; an upcoming inter-club Kiwanis meeting; the upcoming steamship cruise and dance; an upcoming appearance by Mark Lane, a critic of the Warren Commission's inquiry into President Kennedy's assassination; community colleges news; an anonymous University of Washington area drug dealer; upcoming performances of the musical Money; tennis team, golf team, and track team news; Winter Sports Club events; new courses Biology 108 on Northwest natural history and Communications 250 on radio, TV, and other media; a student "expedition" regarding a new fault line; student activism and the impossibility of a Utopia; veterans insurance eligibility; upcoming participation of the Model United Nations Club in the Far West conference. Also includes an activities calendar; editorial praising outgoing student body president Bill Kageler; letters to the editor regarding the inconsistent prosecution of a Tacoma ordinance against staff of the Shelter Half Coffee House, calling on faculty to take a stand on various local and national issues; announcements of a pajama dance; the proposed new student constitution; comics; Art and Literary Supplement with poetry, photography; photo collages; "Campus Comments" campus news.
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  The Collegiate Challenge - April 11, 1969

  Student newspaper of the Tacoma Community College. This issue is numbered volume IV, number 16 (actually the 17th issue of the academic year) and is eight pages. This issue contains stories on the cooperative work by Pierce County libraries to build a Black bibliography, led by TCC librarian Richard Aiken and cover illustrated by art instructor Frank Dippolito; an upcoming dance with music by the Fragile Lime on Bainbridge Island with the Virginia V steamship providing transportation; resignation of Board of Trustees Chairman Frank Cooper; upcoming commencement exercises; planned "community service" courses (no tests, grades, credits); community colleges news; perspectives on sensitivity training; a proposal by Civic Improvement Alliance Chairman Karl J. Beaty to form a Students for Decency chapter in Tacoma; TCC bookstore issues; conflict over sensitivity training at the Tacoma City Council's meetings; the first "uninhibited rock concert" in Tacoma of Juggernaut, Peace, Sweet Rolle, Muf; relaxing at the Point; the death of of student David J. Lassoie; track team news, including plans to host the first home meet in TCC history; the tennis team; an upcoming Sports Car Club rally; the golf team; memories of President Dwight D. Eisenhower's visit to McChord Air Force Base in 1958; Student Activities Coordinator Paula Eisenman attending the Conference of the Association of College Unions International; the effect of state budget cuts on Black studies; the upcoming State Community College Forensics Tournament; upcoming student government primary elections. Also includes announcements of the resignation of Student Body President Bill Kageler, a karate demonstration, an upcoming Associated Women Students fashion show, a proposed Communications Club; proposed new student Constitution text; letters to the editor regarding library noise, commencement attendance requirements; an open letter to Governor Daniel Evans regarding appointing a Black citizen to the vacated Board of Trustees chairmanship; activities calendar; an ad from the Church of the Humanitarian God offering application to the ministry of their church to support conscientious objection; a thank you from a faculty secretary to an anonymous student who found and returned a check of hers.
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  The Collegiate Challenge - March 14, 1969

  Student newspaper of the Tacoma Community College. This issue is numbered volume IV, number 15 (actually the 16th issue of the academic year) and is four pages. This issue contains stories on the Titan men's basketball team winning second in the state championship tournament; a new student government program to encourage participation in campus activities; an incident with food service manager Domi Petrinovich's car; a proposal by Freshman Class President Bob Robinson for a Student Activities Center; an upcoming hard rock concert by Calliope, Locomotive, and Peace; the tennis team; the intramural program's free throw contest (open to men and women); the track team; the Tacoma-Pierce County Blood Bank. Also includes exam schedule; announcements of a freshman class sponsored book exchange, an upcoming Board of Trustees meeting; "Campus Comments" column with various campus news; campus activities calendar; community colleges news, including ongoing coverage of the underground newspaper HELIX. Staff credits: published by the Associated Students of Tacoma Community College; editor-in-chief Carl Zook; managing editor Don Swanson; associate editor Tom Ries; business manager Nils Olson; Art & Literary Supplement editor Kathy Greenlaw, Jerry Gollinger; sports editor Keith Hunter; copy editor Hallis Morgan; feature editor Grant Fjermedal; photography Phillip Appling, Philmore Appling, Richard Frank; reporters Bill Johnston, Frederick Lowe, Terry Rice, Dennis Howes, Scott Stephen, Doug Jacques, John Kelly, Mike McCann, John Terrien; circulation Jennie Williams; artist Dennis Nugent; advisor Dale Wirsing; secretary Pat Loth.
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  The Collegiate Challenge - March 7, 1969

  Student newspaper of the Tacoma Community College. This issue is numbered volume IV, number 14 (actually the 15th issue of the academic year) and is eight pages. Content notice: This issue contains use of the N word on page 2. This issue contains stories on the Titan men's basketball team qualifying for the state tournament; summer job information; the Board of Trustees approving appointment of the Lyle Swedberg & Associates architectural firm for campus additions; community college news; changes to veteran educational benefits; an upcoming Sports Car Club rally; a new course on the fundamentals of mountain climbing; an upcoming Karate Club demonstration; track team; Charles F. Cline's speech class; Paul Nesbitt's Archaeology 205 class; Board of Trustees news including informal condemnation of recent bills attempting to punish student activism; student registration; first newsletter by SCALE (Students Concerned About Legislative Equality). Also includes announcements of auditions for the musical Money, a meeting of the Education Task Force of the Tacoma Area Urban Coalition; a photo of a visit by Tacoma News Tribune photographer Wayne Zimmerman to the Challenge's offices; a guest editorial on the need for Black education and the whiteness of the current education system; letters to the editor regarding the rise of Communism in America, apologizing for previous letter regarding parking lot assaults; editorial encouraging students to vote; photos from the wheelchair basketball game; Art and Literary Supplement with short stories, photographs, and a review of a music performance by the Meridian West Jazz Group; "Awareness" column; an ad for Mail Rate Subscriptions to the Challenge. Staff credits: published by the Associated Students of Tacoma Community College; editor-in-chief Carl Zook; managing editor Don Swanson; associate editor Tom Ries; business manager Nils Olson; Art & Literary Supplement editor Kathy Greenlaw, Jerry Gollinger; sports editor Keith Hunter; copy editor Hallis Morgan; feature editor Grant Fjermedal; photography Phillip Appling, Philmore Appling, Richard Frank; reporters Bill Johnston, Frederick Lowe, Terry Rice, Dennis Howes, Scott Stephen, Doug Jacques, John Kelly, Mike McCann, John Terrien; circulation Jennie Williams; artist Dennis Nugent; advisor Dale Wirsing; secretary Pat Loth.
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  The Collegiate Challenge - February 28, 1969

  Student newspaper of the Tacoma Community College. This issue is numbered volume IV, number 13 (actually the 14th issue of the academic year) and is eight pages. This issue contains stories on the Associated Women Students-sponsored Racism Week, which included lectures by University of Puget Sound professor Dr. Leroy Annis, Bellarmine instructor O'Neal McGowen, Hilltop Multi-Service Center Assistant Director Melvin Jackson, and Human Relations Board Director Lynn Hodges; ongoing thefts of property and a vehicle from the TCC parking lot; student Mary Simpson winning first place in Persuasive Speaking at a forensics tournament; Washington state community colleges news, including proposed legislation to give students and faculty a voting representative on college Boards; smelter smells and air pollution; an ice skating class; an Obi Society visit and panel presentation to Saint Martin's College; a college student letter writing campaign to protest a proposed Wyoming voting law and actions by an Oklahoma college president to suppress student activism; Titan men's basketball and state tournament hopes; community college football, athletic scholarships; TCC gym hosting a Wheelchair Basketball Conference game between Tacoma and Seattle; end of the intramural basketball season and a free throw contest; tennis team; golf team; a press conference by community college student body presidents criticizing the governor's budget; the elimination of a site neighboring TCC to be a new high school location. Also includes editorials on the Challenge being the students' paper; letters to the editor regarding white and Black people ending racism together and specific event ideas, alleged parking lot harassment; announcements of the poll results on degrees at TCC, TV coverage of an upcoming Sports Car Club rally, play tryouts for the musical Money, Associated Women Students organizing visits to patients at Madigan Hospital; "Awareness" column on knowledge and truth. Staff credits: published by the Associated Students of Tacoma Community College; editor-in-chief Carl Zook; managing editor Don Swanson; associate editor Tom Ries; business manager Nils Olson; Art & Literary Supplement editor Kathy Greenlaw, Jerry Gollinger; sports editor Keith Hunter; copy editor Hallis Morgan; feature editor Grant Fjermedal; photography Phillip Appling, Philmore Appling, Richard Frank; reporters Bill Johnston, Frederick Lowe, Terry Rice, Dennis Howes, Scott Stephen, Doug Jacques, John Kelly, Mike McCann, John Terrien; circulation Jennie Williams; artist Dennis Nugent; advisor Dale Wirsing; secretary Pat Loth.
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  The Collegiate Challenge - February 14, 1969

  Student newspaper of the Tacoma Community College. This issue is numbered volume IV, number 12 (actually the 13th issue of the academic year) and is eight pages. This issue contains stories on a presentation by Israel's consul general Moshe Yegar regarding the Israeli-Arab conflict; major budget cuts by the governor; spring quarter registration; a student government resolution on damages to school fixtures and property; financial aid for students transferring to four-year colleges; European summer seminar courses with Classrooms Abroad; instructor DeVon Edrington selling himself for a dollar to a student; proposed legislation to make state vocational-technical schools either vocational-technical high schools or part of the community college districts; painter C. D. Boudreau; Titan men's basketball, including a profile on guard Don Martonik; intramural basketball; the Sports Car Club's "Sweetheart Gymkhana" event; the Pep Club trip to Portland; a record number of Post-Korean veterans and servicemen enrolling in schools under the G.I. Bill; Winter Sports Club planned activities. Also includes exam schedule; letters to the editor responding to a previous article on reparations to Black people and criticizing the Obi Society; news briefs from various other community colleges; announcements of freshman class elections, visits from Gonzaga University and Washington State University representatives; comics; an interview with Tacoma Major A. L. Rasmussen; Art and Literary Supplement with photography, drawings, poetry, creative writing; a thank you from the Sports Car Club for participants in their last event. Staff credits: published by the Associated Students of Tacoma Community College; editor-in-chief Carl Zook; managing editor Don Swanson; associate editor Tom Ries; business manager Nils Olson; Art & Literary Supplement editor Kathy Greenlaw, Jerry Gollinger; sports editor Keith Hunter; copy editor Hallis Morgan; feature editor Grant Fjermedal; photography Cheryl Doten, Bob Cummings, Phillip Appling, Philmore Appling, Richard Frank; reporters Mike Bonito, Bill Johnston, Dave Brown, Ellyn Taylor, Frederick Lowe, Terry Rice, Dennis Howes, Scott Stephen, Doug Jacques, John Kelly, Mike McCann, John Terrien, Penny Wellman; circulation Jennie Williams; artist Dennis Nugent; advisor Dale Wirsing; secretary Pat Loth.
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  The Collegiate Challenge - February 7, 1969

  Student newspaper of the Tacoma Community College. This issue is numbered volume IV, number 11 (actually the 12th issue of the academic year) and is eight pages. Content notice: This issue contains the use of the N word on page 2. This issue contains stories on the presentation by Muhammad Ali with Obi Society representatives; the Drama Department's upcoming performances of A Case of Libel; a presentation by Ramparts magazine vice president Robert Scheer; an upcoming speaker series on racism sponsored by the Associated Women Students; non-profit Court "C" Coffeehouse being charged taxes; the Choral Ensemble performing at Fife High School's Human Relations Day Assembly; a geology field trip to the Carbon River; the Board of Trustees voting on a series of campus regulations; student Phil Shinn and Charles Canada winning top honors in the Forensics Tournament; Student Body President Bill Kageler's disappointment in the National Student Association Conference on Institutional Racism; installation of a jukebox in the cafeteria; Titan men's basketball, including a feature on sophomore guard Tom Patnode; intramural basketball. Also includes the Dean's List; an article regarding available degrees at TCC asking for student feedback; letters to the editor responding to criticizing of Bruce Hart, commending the Obi Society for bringing Muhammad Ali to speak, criticizing the articles in the previous issue on Black liberation and whiteness; an editorial reminding readers that the Challenge is their paper; "Awareness" column on Muhammad Ali being blocked from the Mount Tahoma Auditorium; a request by a student to help develop others' ESP and PSI; Art and Literary Supplement with poetry, a review of The Yellow Submarine film; a resolution from the student government to pursue Black culture in the curriculum and Black instructors to support this; an special feature on the National Student Association (NSA) Conference on Institutional Racism, discussing the flight from Seattle, the Harambees, conference workshops, the NSA's ties to the CIA, a statement by the Black Students' Caucus on issues with the conference. Staff credits: published by the Associated Students of Tacoma Community College; editor-in-chief Carl Zook; managing editor Don Swanson; associate editor Tom Ries; business manager Nils Olson; Art & Literary Supplement editor Kathy Greenlaw, Jerry Gollinger; sports editor Keith Hunter; copy editor Hallis Morgan; feature editor Grant Fjermedal; photography Cheryl Doten, Bob Cummings, Phillip Appling, Philmore Appling, Richard Frank; reporters Mike Bonito, Bill Johnston, Dave Brown, Ellyn Taylor, Frederick Lowe, Terry Rice, Dennis Howes, Scott Stephen, Doug Jacques, John Kelly, Mike McCann, John Terrien, Penny Wellman; circulation Jennie Williams; artist Dennis Nugent; advisor Dale Wirsing; secretary Pat Loth.
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  The Collegiate Challenge - January 24, 1969

  Student newspaper of the Tacoma Community College. This issue is numbered volume IV, number 10 (actually the 11th issue of the academic year) and is eight pages. This issue contains stories on TCC receiving two federal grants for the work study program and for the law enforcement Associate degree program; an upcoming Obi Society-sponsored appearance by Muhammad Ali; plans for an Educational Reform Week by the Associated Students of Western Washington State College; the student group SCALE (Students Concerned About Legislative Equality); a panel discussion featuring Obi Society representatives; a presentation by law student Kamalu Ukwuije of the Union of Biafra on the war for independence from Nigeria; career assistance from the agency RE-CON; student Steve Meacham and telepathy; freshman class representative John Stella; philsophy and logic instructor DeVon Edrington; student and dancer Diane LeMoine; the music department; the generation gap; Titan men's basketball; community college basketball teams using out of state players; an upcoming track meet; intramural basketball; a display of Northwest paintings at the library on loan from the Washington State Historical Society; a new life insurance policy by the National Student Association; praise for Green River Community College's new no-F grading policy; upcoming summer foreign study courses and tours in Europe; an upcoming Pep Club trip to Portland for basketball games; increasing enrollment at TCC. Also includes letters to the editor criticizing a previous piece on Bruce Hart and other pieces on whiteness, rioting; editorials on student money being spent in areas that should be funded by administration, working for change and not just complaining; a call to Black men and women to fight for liberation; a short story; comics; "Awareness" column on Black people getting "out of Whitey's world"; announcements of student Anne Bushey receiving a TCC Staff Association scholarship, removal of funds from the Circle K Club due to inactivity, work study opportunities, a proposal regarding class start time; a series of brief interviews with and photos of students; Art and Literary Supplement with poetry, photography, and an announcement of an upcoming appearance by poet Rod McKuen; factoids about TCC. Staff credits: published by the Associated Students of Tacoma Community College; editor-in-chief Carl Zook; managing editor Don Swanson; associate editor Tom Ries; business manager Nils Olson; Art & Literary Supplement editor Kathy Greenlaw, Jerry Gollinger; sports editor Keith Hunter; copy editor Hallis Morgan; feature editor Grant Fjermedal; photography Bob Cummings, Phillip Appling, Philmore Appling, Richard Frank; reporters Mike Bonito, Bill Johnston, Dave Brown, Ellyn Taylor, Frederick Lowe, Terry Rice, Dennis Howes, Scott Stephen, Doug Jacques, John Kelly, Mike McCann, John Terrien, Penny Wellman; circulation Jennie Williams; artist Dennis Nugent; advisor Dale Wirsing; secretary Pat Loth.
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  The Collegiate Challenge - January 17, 1969

  Student newspaper of the Tacoma Community College. This issue is numbered volume IV, number 10 and is eight pages. This issue contains stories on funding for building; a proposed student conduct code and related Board of Trustees meeting; the first Obi Society Women's Soul Search panel event; formation of a new radio program cohosted with area community colleges and universities; Stu Martin's late night show Double Date at the Movies, including the use of 3-D glasses; formation of a "Group Dynamics and the Individual" human interaction laboratory by psychology instructor Richard Giroux and Study Skills and Testing department head Gerald Shulenbarger; tape and tape deck thefts from cars in the TCC parking lots; a visitor to campus who put her personal belongings in the wrong car; a new comedy magazine called Laugh-In; staff changes at the Challenge; Board approval of new position dean of community services and appointment of H. J. Schafer; Titan men's basketball; recent student John Hayes setting a National Junior College record in track; intramural basketball; Malcolm Dundas of the Resistance speaking about his experience in prison after refusing to be drafted; a Political Science Forum presentation by Amnon Zakov on the Israeli-Arab conflict; tutoring by the Delta Phi Lambda honor society; the Titanettes Drill Team. Also includes editorials on the Selective Service System and the Vietnam War draft, the many bad things that happened in 1968; letter to the editor commending coverage of the Ordinance 18669 issue; "Awareness" column on Black power; a comic on indigenous fishing rights; announcements of bookstore manager Mary Pattee being elected president of the new Northwest College Bookstore Association, an upcoming talk by Ramparts Magazine vice president Robert Scheer; Art and Literary Supplement with photography, poetry, drawings, and editor's note; classified ads; an interview with Karl Beaty of the Civic Improvement Alliance on local and national politics. Staff credits: published by the Associated Students of Tacoma Community College; editor-in-chief Carl Zook; managing editor Don Swanson; associate editor Tom Ries; business manager Nils Olson; Art & Literary Supplement editor Kathy Greenlaw, Jerry Gollinger; sports editor Keith Hunter; copy editor Hallis Morgan; feature editor Grant Fjermedal; photography Bob Cummings, Cheryl Doten, Phillip Appling, Philmore Appling, Richard Frank; reporters Terri Bale, Mike Bonito, Dave Brown, Frederick Lowe, Terry Rice, Dennis Howes, John McCarthy, Thomas Ries, Greg Smith, Scott Stephen, Doug Jacques, John Kelly, Mike McCann, John Terrien, Penny Wellman; circulation Jennie Williams; artist Dennis Nugent; advisor Dale Wirsing; secretary Pat Loth.
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  The Collegiate Challenge - December 6, 1968

  Student newspaper of the Tacoma Community College. This issue is numbered volume IV, number 9 and is eight pages. Content notice: This issue contains use of the N word on page 3 and page 7. This issue contains stories on a presentation by San Francisco State College sociologist Dr. Joel Fort about drugs; student Terri Bale being named Miss Tacoma; a lawsuit by editor Carl Zook against Ordinance 18669; a planned Christmas Ball; Friends of the TCC Library Board approval of funding for the purchase of Afro-American studies books; availability of on-campus jobs; winter registration; resignation of sophomore class president Charles Canada; Titan men's basketball, including photos and profiles of the team members; formation of new groups the Student Rights Committee and the Basic Encounter Group; 21 Club events; the Aero Phenomena Investigation No. 2 club and UFOs; intermural sports; an upcoming concert by the Moody Blues; Veteran's Administration counseling; a pamphlet using racial language to criticize students who obey rather than challenge authority; a presentation by Dr. Arthur Pearl on student representation in college governance; the Shelter Half coffeehouse. Also includes letters to the editor on student withdrawal policy, responding to the "Awareness" column, commending the Challenge's coverage; editorial on the Interracial Soul Search sponsored by the Obi Society; an interview with a member of the Students for a Democratic Society (SDS); announcements of a Christmas party for children from Remann Hall; "Awareness" column on hate mail; music reviews; TCC dance policy. Staff credits: published by the Associated Students of Tacoma Community College; editor-in-chief Carl Zook; managing editor Don Swanson; business manager Nils Olson; Art & Literary Supplement editor Jerry Gollinger; sports editor Keith Hunter; copy editor Hallis Morgan; feature editor Kathy Greenlaw; photography Bob Cummings, Cheryl Doten, Phillip Appling, Philmore Appling, Richard Frank; reporters Terri Bale, Mike Bonito, Dave Brown, Kathy Doheny, Tina Offman, Frederick Lowe, Terry Rice, Dennis Howes, John McCarthy, Thomas Ries, Greg Smith, Scott Stephen, Grant Fjermedal, Loman West; circulation Jennie Williams; artist Carol Glueck; advisor Dale Wirsing; secretary Pat Loth.
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  The Collegiate Challenge - November 22, 1968

  Student newspaper of the Tacoma Community College. This issue is numbered volume IV, number 8 and is twelve pages. Content notice: This issue contains several instances of the N word on page 8. This issue contains stories on the Student Action Committee for Competent City Government Ordinance 18669 protest activities, including speaking at a City Council meeting, picketing the County-City Building, a campus teach-in featuring councilmembers, attorneys, reporters, and professors; an interracial soul search event by the Obi Society, with panelists from the Seattle Afro-American Journal, the Harambee organization; recognition of new student group Students Concerned About Legislative Equality (SCALE) to promote participation in campus affairs; the first southern regional conference of the Washington Association of Community College Student Government; a fire at the Tacoma area Draft Counseling Office; responding to statements by TCC Board Chairman Frank Cooper regarding student agitation; an upcoming Fiesta Mexicana performance at Moore Theatre in Seattle; drug use; an upcoming concert of TCC choir, vocal ensemble, and a combined TCC and University of Puget Sound chamber orchestra; campus police; an upcoming concert by the Byrds; a presentation by Clearinghouse for Junior College Information director Dr. Arthur M. Cohen; preparation by student representatives to attend the conference on institutionalized racism at Notre Dame; an upcoming Artist and Lecture Series presentation on drugs by Dr. Joel Fort; a bonfire competition between the freshman and sophomore classes; Titan men's basketball; the cross country team; an upcoming Sports Car Club auto cross; formation of a new Karate Club; the Washington Association of Community College Student Governments meeting; new foreign students at TCC. Also includes the fall exam schedule; editorials on continuing censorship efforts by the City Council, student group acronyms, responding to comments by Councilman A. M. Zatkovich during the student action against Ordinance 18669; a copy of the petition against Ordinance 18669; letters to the editor regarding the Associated Men Students group; classified ads; announcements of an upcoming dance with music by the Surprise Package, a Board of Trustees meeting, a presentation by San Francisco State University professor Dr. Nathan Hare sponsored by the Obi Society, a Thanksgiving basket drive by Associated Women Students; a fashion column; "Awareness" column on whiteness in America; Art and Literary Supplement with drawings, poetry, short stories; comics; movie reviews by the Film Club. Staff credits: published by the Associated Students of Tacoma Community College; editor-in-chief Carl Zook; managing editor Don Swanson; business manager Nils Olson; Art & Literary Supplement editor Jerry Gollinger; sports editor Keith Hunter; copy editor Hallis Morgan; feature editor Kathy Greenlaw; photography Bob Cummings, Dennis Gruenig, Cheryl Doten, Phillip Appling, Philmore Appling, Richard Frank; reporters Terri Bale, Mike Bonito, Dave Brown, Kathy Doheny, Tina Offman, Frederick Lowe, Terry Rice, Dennis Howes, John McCarthy, Jack Merritt, Carol Proud, Thomas Ries, Greg Smith, Scott Stephen, Grant Fjermedal, Gayle Weinberger, Loman West; circulation Linda Gallagher, Jennie Williams; artist Carol Glueck; advisor Dale Wirsing; secretary Pat Loth.
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  The Collegiate Challenge - November 8, 1968

  Student newspaper of the Tacoma Community College. This issue is numbered volume IV, number 7 and is four pages. This issue contains stories on a presentation by Peace and Freedom Party vice presidential candidate Calvin Winslow; the first play by the Drama Department, A Thousand Clowns; a presentation by state representative candidate Robert Daly; student government news including commendations for the profit made from the Iron Butterfly concert and dance; an upcoming performance by African dance troupe Les Danseus Africains sponsored by the Obi Society; Activities Council news and upcoming club events; cross country team news and upcoming competition in the Washington Community College State Championship Meet; the upcoming Titan men's basketball season; student and kayaker Bill Curry going to the 1972 Olympic games trials; absences and presence of the number 13 on campus. Also includes announcements of a planned New Year's Eve party by the 21 Club, a Vietnam War protest by servicemen, upcoming films and speakers for the Artist and Lecture Series; a Student Action Committee for Competent City Government schedule of events for protesting Ordinance 18669; letters to the editor commending the quality of the paper, criticizing the quality of campus clocks; "Awareness" column on changing terms for Black people; editorial on Ordinance 18669 and freedom of speech; "Campus Comment" column on various campus news; music reviews. Staff credits: published by the Associated Students of Tacoma Community College; editor-in-chief Carl Zook; managing editor Don Swanson; business manager Nils Olson; Art & Literary Supplement editor Jerry Gollinger; sports editor Keith Hunter; copy editor Hallis Morgan; feature editor Kathy Greenlaw; photography Bob Cummings, Dennis Gruenig, Cheryl Doten, Phillip Appling, Philmore Appling, Richard Frank; reporters Terri Bale, Mike Bonito, Dave Brown, Kathy Doheny, Tina Offman, Frederick Lowe, Terry Rice, Dennis Howes, John McCarthy, Jack Merritt, Carol Proud, Thomas Ries, Greg Smith, Scott Stephen, Grant Fjermedal, Gayle Weinberger, Loman West; circulation Linda Gallagher, Jennie Williams; artist Carol Glueck; advisor Dale Wirsing; secretary Pat Loth.
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  The Collegiate Challenge - November 1, 1968

  Student newspaper of the Tacoma Community College. This issue is numbered volume IV, number 6 and is six pages. This issue contains stories on student action against city Ordinance 18669, which aimed to suppress criticism of law enforcement; winter quarter registration; racism at TCC and the United States National Students Association's Conference on Institutional Racism at Notre Dame; planned classes on Black culture by the Obi Society; The Resistance group asking men to turn in their draft cards; evening courses to be offered for the Peninsula School District adult education department; student government news, including organization committee to review faculty and administration's "arbitrary decisions"; presentation by incumbent congressman Floyd Hicks; commendations from the Board of Trustees for student government recognizing and funding the Obi Society, TCC's educational return on investment; various sports news including cross country team activities, intramurals, golf team, UW Huskies football; an upcoming Sports Car Club auto cross; health records requirements; clubs that haven't spent allotted funds; Pep Staff elections; upcoming new European Travel Group meeting. Also includes editorials on Ordinance 18669, laws against cannabis possession and use; "Campus Comments" column addressing Ordinance 18669; an ad for the Nixon-Agnew presidential campaign promising the elimination of the Selective Service in favor of a professional, all-volunteer armed force; a fashion column; announcement of President Dr. Thornton M. Ford representing TCC at the dedication of the Spokane Community College's Fort Wright campus.
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  The Collegiate Challenge - October 25, 1968

  Student newspaper of the Tacoma Community College. This issue is numbered volume IV, number 5 and is eight pages. Content notice: This issue contains several instances of the N word on page 3. This issue contains stories on a presentation by The Resistance co-founder David Harris, criticizing the draft; a presentation by retired Brigadier General Hugh Hester and his disagreement with the Vietnam War; student government news, including proposed constitution amendments; an upcoming Iron Butterfly concert; formation of new UFO and supernatural interest club Aerial Phenomenon Investigation II; use of Activities Scholarships by student government representatives; appointment of Robert Lathrop as Student Services Director and creation of new Department of Student Services; "New Careers" experimental program and college requirements; an upcoming demonstration of Chinese cooking by Mary Pang; the third annual Cronus pictorial magazine; the Olympic games and Tacoman Kaye Hall winning gold; the cross country team; an upcoming Artist and Lecture Series presentation on sexuality by Dr. Alex Comfort; TCC Foundation officer and board elections; expansion of the Biology Department; student Tom White and his participation in the third-party campaign of George Wallace; a presentation by Republican Senator nominee Jack Metcalf. Also includes announcements of a planned Associated Women Students dinner, an upcoming mock state and national election by the Political Science Forum, an upcoming presentation by Joseph Quinones (Yaqui) on indigenous fishing rights, upcoming appearance by State Representative candidate Robert Daly, upcoming reading by poet Leroi Jones at the University of Puget Sound; editorials on charging for the Cronus, freedom of speech; letters to the editor responding to the Obi Society's public presentation "Inter-Racial Soul Search", the Obi Society budget, criticism of the Obi Society; rideshare ads; a column on the Obi Society titled "Awareness"; a fashion column; an activities calendar; comics; an interview with Eddie Karnes; music reviews; various club news. Staff credits: published by Associated Students of Tacoma Community College; editor-in-chief Carl Zook; managing editor Don Swanson; business manager Nils Olson; Art & Literary Supplement editor Jerry Gollinger; sports editor Keith Hunter; copy editor Hallis Morgan; feature editor Kathy Greenlaw; photography Bob Cummings, Dennis Greunig, Cheryl Doten, Phillip Appling, Philmore Appling, Richard Frank; reporters Terri Bate, Mike Bonito, Dave Brown, Kathy Doheny, Tina Hoffman, Frederick Lowe, Terry Rice, Dennis Howes, John McCarthy, Jack Merritt, Carol Proud, Thomas Ries, Greg Smith, Scott Stephen, Grant Fjermedal, Gayle Weinberger, Loman West; circulation Linda Gallagher, Jennie Williams; artist Carole Glueck; advisor Dale Wirsing; secretary Pat Loth.
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  The Collegiate Challenge - October 18, 1968

  Student newspaper of the Tacoma Community College. This issue is numbered volume IV, number 4 and is six pages. This issue contains stories on a public presentation by the Obi Society; student election results; an upcoming dance sponsored by Associated Women Students and a request for donated gifts for servicemen and orphaned children in Vietnam; the second annual Haunted House at the old Storlie Mortuary; an upcoming meeting of the Washington Association of Community College Student Governments; the Delta Phi Lambda tutoring service; the cross country team; University of Washington Huskies football coach Jim Owens; student and Boeing employee Al Cook bowling a perfect 300 game; part-time work assistance with the Placement Service; student government news, including review of campus security and their carrying guns; new anthropology instructor Paul Nesbitt; new Dental Accident Insurance for students and employees; foreign language courses; formation of a new Film Club. Also includes multiple editorials on the Obi Society; letters to the editor regarding the Obi Society, the quality of the Challenge; rideshare ads; Art and Literary Supplement with poetry, creative writing, and editor's note; a fashion column with advice on coats. Staff credits: published by Associated Students of Tacoma Community College; editor-in-chief Carl Zook; managing editor Don Swanson; business manager Nils Olson; Art & Literary Supplement editor Jerry Gollinger; sports editor Keith Hunter; copy editor Hallis Morgan; feature editor Kathy Greenlaw; photography Bob Cummings, Dennis Greunig, Cheryl Doten, Phillip Appling, Philmore Appling, Richard Frank; reporters Terri Bate, Mike Bonito, Dave Brown, Kathy Doheny, Tina Hoffman, Frederick Lowe, Terry Rice, Dennis Howes, John McCarthy, Jack Merritt, Carol Proud, Thomas Ries, Scott Stephen, Grant Fjermedal, Gayle Weinberger, Loman West; circulation Linda Gallagher; artist Carole Glueck; advisor Dale Wirsing; secretary Pat Loth.
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  The Collegiate Challenge - October 11, 1968

  Student newspaper of the Tacoma Community College. This issue is numbered volume IV, number 3 and is six pages. This issue contains stories on the primary election results and the upcoming final election for student government; a visit by Republican candidate for Lieutenant Governor Art Fletcher and Attorney General candidate Slade Gordon; a new program for social and community engagement for college students, SAGA (Starting A Generation Alliance); approval of the Obi Society budget; the cross country team; funding a football team; an Artist and Lecture Series presentation on Russia by Al Brisbois; availability of student handbooks and activities publications; the Associated Women Students fashion show; the cafeteria and chef Domi Petrinovich; the Miss Tacoma pageant; an upcoming Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) meeting; student and National and Regional skating champion Pat Shannon; student and Miss San Diego, Miss Liberty USA, and Miss Physical Fitness USA Terri Bale. Also includes announcements of a Young Republicans Club meeting, a dance and concert with music by the Iron Butterfly and The Ice, appointment of John Lindal as assistant personnel director, enrollment numbers, appointment of E. W. Hazelton as Inventory and Budget Control Officer, appointment of Kenneth Lee Gentili as physics instructor, library hours; an editorial on the purpose of the Obi Society; letters to the editor regarding the Obi Society, repurposing cemeteries for housing development, coverage of of the conflict between the Tacoma Mayor and City Manager; a new column "Campus Comment" for various brief news; a short story; factoids. Staff credits: published by Associated Students of Tacoma Community College; editor-in-chief Carl Zook; managing editor Don Swanson; business manager Nils Olson; Art & Literary Supplement editor Jerry Gollinger; sports editor Keith Hunter; copy editor Hallis Morgan; feature editor Kathy Greenlaw; photography Bob Cummings, Dennis Greunig, Cheryl Doten, Phillip Appling, Philmore Appling, Richard Frank; reporters Terri Bate, Mike Bonito, Dave Brown, Kathy Doheny, Frank Flemming, Tina Hoffman, Frederick Lowe, Terry Rice, Dennis Howes, Steve Knightlinger, John McCarthy, Jack Merritt, Mary Miller, Carol Proud, Thomas Ries, Scott Stephen, Grant Fjermedal, Gayle Weinberger, Loman West, Lewis Witham; circulation Karen Bottleson, Roberta Forbes, Dorothy Dusek, Linda Gallagher; artist Carole Glueck; advisor Dale Wirsing; secretary Pat Loth.
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  The Collegiate Challenge - October 4, 1968

  Student newspaper of the Tacoma Community College. This issue is numbered volume IV, number 2 and is six pages. This issue contains stories on a visit by Republican candidate for Congress Tony Chase; free draft counseling from Tacoma Area Draft Counseling; approval of the budget by the Board of Trustees; the State Director of the Selective Service System Captain Chester J. Chastek; the official recognition of the Obi Society Black student organization; the cross country team; the desire for a football team; the upcoming Trans-American Sedan Series car race; the start of intramural sports; appointment of Carl Zook as editor in chief of the Challenge; the approval of cigarette sales in the cafeteria; the upcoming student body primary elections. Also includes announcements of an upcoming visit of Washington State University Director of Admissions Stan Berry, the availability of athletic scholarships; two editorials on the student government meeting in which the Obi Society was recognized as an organization and requested its budget; factoids; photos and statements by student body government candidates; the Art and Literary Supplement with poster art, paintings, poetry, and an editor's note. Staff credits: published by Associated Students of Tacoma Community College; editor-in-chief Carl Zook; managing editor Don Swanson; business manager Nils Olson; Art & Literary Supplement editor Jerry Gollinger; sports editor Keith Hunter; copy editor Hallis Morgan; feature editor Kathy Greenlaw; photography Bob Cummings, Dennis Greunig, Cheryl Doten, Phillip Appling, Philmore Appling, Richard Frank; reporters Patti Amet, Terri Bate, Mike Bonito, Dave Brown, Kathy Lowe, Terry Rice, Dennis Howes, Steve Knightlinger, John McCarthy, Jack Merritt, Mary Miller, Carol Proud, Thomas Ries, Greg Smith, Scott Stephen, Grant Fjermedal, Gayle Weinberger, Loman West, Lewis Witham; circulation Karen Bottleson, Roberta Forbes, Dorothy Dusek, Linda Gallagher; artist Carole Glueck; advisor Dale Wirsing; secretary Pat Loth.
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  The Collegiate Challenge - September 27, 1968

  Student newspaper of the Tacoma Community College. This issue is numbered volume IV, number 1 and is four pages. This issue contains stories on a major cut to TCC's requested 1968-1971 budget by the state; a speech by student body President Bill Kageler at freshman orientation; an upcoming dance with music by the Saints and the London Fog; the organization of the new Black student group the Obi Society, including their demands to the administration; courses with no grades, credits, or prerequisites; upcoming student elections; a fashion show and tea hosted by the Associated Women Students; the decision to not add new intercollegiate sports, coaches for continuing teams; the hiring of 20 new faculty and staff members; appointment of head librarian Morris W. Skagen to the Data Processing Advisory Committee of the State Board for Community College Education. Also includes a note in memoriam of professor of mathematics Lloyd F. Jakeman; announcements of German instructor Margrit von Bredow's marriage, tryouts for the play A Thousand Clowns, bookstore hours; an editorial of Bill Kageler's accomplishments as student body president; comics. Staff credits: published by Associated Students of Tacoma Community College; editor-in-chief Carl Zook; managing editor Don Swanson; business manager Nils Olson; photography Bob Cummings; reporters Frederick Lowe, Terry Rice; advisor Dale Wirsing; secretary Pat Loth.
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  The Collegiate Challenge - July 22, 1968

  Student newspaper of the Tacoma Community College. This issue is numbered volume III, number 22 and is ten pages. This issue contains stories on newly elected student body officers; 33 TCC sophomores being listed in the 1967-68 Who's Who Among Students in American Junior Colleges; elections of faculty chairmen of the college's "newly organized departments"; approval of an associate degree program in law enforcement; a recent concert by the TCC choral, band, and orchestra groups; the third annual commencement, including speakers Irving Clark, Jr. and sophomore Ralph Lochridge encouraging students to be politically active; track and field news, including wins, disqualification issue, team members on honor list; a presentation by Senator Martin Durkin on poverty, crime, and economics; the possibility of designating Building 15 as a Student Union building; a Political Science Forum presentation by Black student union representatives and ACLU Northwest legal representative Michael Rosen on Black activism in the universities; the first annual talent show of the Performing Arts Club; a presentation by lawyer Jack Tanner on conflict between the Tacoma Mayor and City Manager, and his bid for Democratic nominee for governor; Board approval of a new program for professional training for disadvantaged people; donation of paintings in memory of student Jennie Elizabeth Hazeltine to the library; presentation by Mayor A. L. Rasmussen regarding conflict with the city manager, the Model City program. Also includes announcements of advance tuition payment requirements, individualized language instruction, applications for fall quarter, medical records technician program, summer hours, bookstore manager Mary Pattee completing a National Association of College Stores booksellers course; editorials thanking previous editor Marshall Vigus, commenting on mistakes in Cronus; letter by Doug Jacques resigning as editor in chief; letters to the editor regarding student government control of the newspaper, thanks for coverage of student experiences, thanks for donation to the (Salishan) Eastside Youth Center Building fund; factoids; lists of graduating students, their degrees and awards; comics; photos pages, including sports highlights; fall quarter class schedule; a proposal cigarette policy; the annual budget. Staff credits: published by Associated Students of Tacoma Community College; editor-in-chief Marshall Vigus; assistant editor Carl Zook; managing editor Doug Jacques; feature editor Don Swanson; sports editor Walt Snover; business manager Marilyn Bowlby; copy editor Nils Olson; Art and Literary Supplemental editors Jerry Gollinger, Jamie Frank; reporters Carol Brockway, Laura Gwynne, Cheryl Hanna, Chris Johnson, Polly Lewis, Ed Miller, John McCarthy, John O'Malley, Terry Rice, Mitzi Rochester, Kirk Rossi, Lorie Schmechel, Mike Stork, Carol Van Horn, Bonnie Taylor, Marji Williams; circulation Bob Zaugg, Dave Welton; photographers Jamie Frank, Dave Eng, Dennis Gruenig, Marshall Vigus; advisor Dale Wirsing; secretary Pat Loth.
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  The Collegiate Challenge - May 24, 1968

  Student newspaper of the Tacoma Community College. This issue is numbered volume III, number 21 and is six pages. This issue contains stories on student elections, including candidate photos and statements; student government denial of funds to Delta Pi Lambda to distribute course critiques; a Political Science Forum presentation by university Black student union members Jim Ashhurst, Frank Jenkins, Michael Rosen, and Jules King; editorials on student elections and candidate posters, housing discrimination against Black Tacomans, disciplinary action affecting draft deferment for male students; the tennis team taking second place in the state tournament; track and field team news, including a profile on sprinter Mike Page and qualification for a state meet; the Delta Pi Lambda baseball team; student Grant Newell; the Political Science Forum; a work-in by students, including the Biological Association, to landscape a courtyard; an upcoming student government sponsored fishing picnic. Also includes announcements of the election of freshman representative Lynn Harlass as secretary of the Washington Association of Community College Student Governments, bookstore hours changes, library due dates, physical exam requirements for four year colleges; letters to the editor regarding the ongoing discussion of tuition assistance for World War II orphans, criticizing editorship in the Challenge, and responding to a previous letter regarding the Longshoremen; a thank you to outgoing sports editor Walt Snover; Art and Literary Supplement featuring poetry, photography.