The Collegiate Challenge - February 28, 1975

Title

The Collegiate Challenge - February 28, 1975

Description

Student newspaper of the Tacoma Community College. This issue is numbered volume X, number 14 (actually number 13) and is eight pages.

This issue contains stories on Titan men's basketball news, including reversal of a decision to end the seasons of TCC and Seattle's basketball teams after the fight at their last game; large attendance at a public hearing regarding the proposed state tuition increase; a Pie Eating Contest; learning assistance services; reviving of the Los Unidos club; the Jeffrey Van guitar concert; a review of the Jamaican film The Harder They Come; the appointment of art instructor Frank Dippolito to the Tacoma Fine Arts Commission; need for student involvement in TCC literary and art magazine Trillium; new course "Studies in Children's Literature" (English 230) by Janet Grimes; new courses "Child Development" and "Bachelor Living"; Black History Week and lack of student participation; guitarist Evan Groom and group Zanky Albow; track team member Jeanette Smiley; intramural basketball; renaming of the "Movement Fundamentals for Women" class to "Slimastics"; meetings for women's tennis and slow pitch softball; the 1975 TCC baseball team; golfing at Brookdale Golf Course; a new smoking cessation clinic.

Also includes letters to the editor responding to the previous issue's article on the student fees, criticizing Rick Ramseth's introductions for visiting speakers, responding to a previous letter regarding women in sports; ads and classified ads; learning assistance services locations and hours; list of student government services; calendar section with events and deadlines; poetry; syndicated articles from Earth News on potential decriminalization of prostitution and cannabis use in Oregon, a London ballet loosely inspired by Marilyn Monroe; community college basketball rankings.

Staff credits: Published by the Associated Students of Tacoma Community College; editor Ted Irwin; sports editor Rob Robinson; associate editor Skip Jones; advisor Rachel Bard; news editor Valorie Herdt; secretary Sandi Garner; reporters Opal Brown, Les Christopher, William Cullen, Jean Cyr, Gregg Dorsey, Robin Francis, Dolores Hill, Lucile Hubbard, Kurt Kentfield, Kari Kirchoff, Steve Kruse, Rodillo Llanos, David Lonergan, Howard Schmidt, Kathy Weaver, Connie Wiesner; photographers Larry Buck, Tim Graston, Barb Burke.

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

1975-02-28

Contributor

Robinson, Rob
Smith, Hal
Ingram, Virginia
Christopher, Les
Haskins, Mary
Ramseth, Rick
Shambourger, Ed
Jones, Skip
Gallaway, Dottie
Dorsey, Gregg
Earth News
Larsen, Bill

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-19750228_CollegiateChallenge

Coverage

Tacoma (Wash.)