The Collegiate Challenge - January 24, 1969

Title

The Collegiate Challenge - January 24, 1969

Description

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.

Subject

College student newspapers and periodicals

Community colleges

Creator

Associated Students of Tacoma Community College

Source

Tacoma Community College Archives, Special Collections Library

Publisher

Tacoma Community College Archives

Date

1969-01-24

Contributor

Swanson, Don

Hardin, Gary

Poache, Janet

Kelly, John

Stephen, Scott

Doten, Cheryl

Fjermedal, Grant

Terrien, John

Appling, Philmore

Howes, Dennis

Hart, Bruce J.

Taylor, Ellyn

Gilman, Judy

West, Loman

Vidor, Winston

Haapala, Dave

Rights

Use is governed by Tacoma Community College's Creative Commons Copyright policy requiring attribution and share-alike intentions.

Format

PDF

Language

English

Identifier

TCCAL_CC-19690124_CollegiateChallenge

Coverage

Tacoma (Wash.)

Type

newspapers