The Collegiate Challenge - February 18, 1977

Title

The Collegiate Challenge - February 18, 1977

Description

Student newspaper of the Tacoma Community College. This issue is numbered volume 12, number 14 and is eight pages.

This issue contains stories on a proposal to consolidate Fort Steilacoom Community College and TCC; a Long Range Planning Commission meeting and need for faculty input; the student senate budgeting process; campus litter; English instructor Jerry McCourt being elected president of the TCC Federation of Teachers (TCC-FT) union); Los Unidos club news, including a visit to McNeil Island; openings on the debate team; an upcoming staff development workshop; women's basketball wins; the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education; men's basketball wins; an opening for an intern at the Growth Policy Association of Pierce County; upcoming film screenings; student government exploring a possible TCC student group membership for the Tacoma Zoological Society.

Also includes quotes; table of contents; "Off the Top of My Head" column on National Enquirer headlines; "Crime on Campus" column; ads and classified ads; letters to the editor criticizing the Challenge, criticizing the editor, and calling for student public testimony on tuition bills; editorial on issues for car drivers at TCC; a facetious letter to the editor on made-up University of Washington courses; reviews of the films Wizards, A Clockwork Orange, and A Star is Born (1977); review of the book Cleanliness and Godliness by Reginald Reynolds; a list of Academy Award nominations and Arts and Entertainment staff predictions; a review of the Journey album "Next" and Pink Floyd album "Animals"; area concerts list.

Announcements include a Tacoma Area Chamber of Commerce seminar on "avoiding charges of discrimination"; the upcoming Spring Arts Festival; a benefit for the Betty Kronlund Memorial Scholarship Fund; an upcoming seminar on "New Thinking on Fund Raising for Community Colleges" from the National Council for Community Relations; women's tennis and women's varsity slow pitch softball tryouts.

Staff credits: Published by the Associated Students of Tacoma Community College; editor John Garletts; business manager Steve Hunt; campus editor Dan Long; arts editor David Webster; photography director Neil Herman; sports editor Mike Knighton; reporters Leslie Boone, Horace Burnley, Reginald Carpenter, Larry Cates, Diana Hibbs, Eleanor Hill, Steve Hunt, Clark Kent, Lois Lane, Jimmy Olsen, William Moorer, Howard Schmidt, Michelle Shovlain, Benjamin Smith, Lila Lee Vigil, E. Scott Wellstandt, James O. Williams, Lorne Woods; photographers Larry Cates, Scott Wellsandt, Cran Wilkie, Pat Hurley; secretary Mari Mittelstead; advisor Rachel Bard.

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

1977-02-18

Contributor

Wood, Lorne
Carpenter, Reginald
Herman, Neil
Smith, Ben
Vigil, Lila Lee
Long, Dan
Boone, Leslie
Hunt, Steve
Knighton, Mike
Wilkie, Cran
Sabine, Lawrence
Garletts, John
McHugh, Mike
Erickson, Phyllis K.
Burns, Bill
Smith, Ben
Fandel, Joan

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-19770218_CollegiateChallenge

Coverage

Tacoma (Wash.)