The Collegiate Challenge - April 14, 1978

Title

The Collegiate Challenge - April 14, 1978

Description

Student newspaper of the Tacoma Community College. This issue is numbered volume 14, number 18 and is eight pages.

Content notice: This issue contains outdated language relating to disabilities on page 1 and 3.

This issue contains stories on the student government reorganization proposal; the upcoming Commission of Minority Affairs of the Washington Council on High School-College Relations spring conference; the upcoming McNeil Island program graduation ceremony; results of the Hairy Legs Contest and an upcoming pie auction; reminders from the IRS during tax season; the new "Resources for the Handicapped" office and staff conducting accessibility audits on campus; the Tacoma Art Museum Faculty Art Show, including art by TCC faculty and students; radio personality Wolfman Jack deejaying at the Old City Jail; the new Denticare program available to students and part time employees; a new book swap format; the presentation by National Organization of Women (NOW) founder Betty Friedan on the women's movement and the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA); a new poster department for student activities printing; the extramural volleyball league; the women's tennis team; golf team news, including Mike Given winning a match against Everett; new transfer requirements for the University of Washington; a poll of Tacoma employers showing planned future hiring.

Also includes series of photos showing clean up and usage of Room 18-8; table of contents; editorial on volunteer work; "Political Beat" column on national health insurance, Panama Canal treaties; ads and classified ads; a photo of comedian Bill Cosby promoting his event at the University of Puget Sound (UPS) Fieldhouse; extramural volleyball schedule; comics; quotations; "Veterans Corner" column on forms, medical expenses.

Announcements include Human Service Worker program application deadlines; the new Parents and Single Parents club; a poetry reading by William Pitt Root; concerts by the O'Jays, Frank Marino and Mahogany Rush at the Paramount, Foghat at the Seattle Center Coliseum; Laura Mumaw lecturing on "Aquaculture in Southeast Asia" at the Seattle Aquarium; performances by the Wisdom Marionette Theatre; Tacoma performances of Seattle Repertory Theatre's Shakespeare production Much Ado About Nothing; a Student Programs sponsored arts and crafts fair; an International Student Organization (ISO) and Spanish Club sponsored international film festival; gym hours; a Western Washington University (WWU) open house; indigenous symposium "Indian is...Seminars" at WWU; visits by an Evergreen State College and Saint Martin's College representatives; a UPS Museum open house on spring bird migration; veterans attendance card deadlines; post-secondary non-classroom degree options; formation of a co-ed frisbee team; campus suggestion boxes and the possibility of a new cheerleading pep squad.

Staff credits: Published by the Associated Students of Tacoma Community College; editor C.P. Stancich; assistant editor Lorrie Carter; photo director Rich Hamack; business manager Benjamin Smith; entertainment Kelly Gordon; sports Ted Fick; reporters Burt Adams, Kathy Anderson, Bob Boyd, Carl Dills, Steve Hunt, Judy Kidd, John McCrossin, Lydia Miller, Kip Taylor, Neil Uhrich, Cliff Sacks, John W. Peterson, Kirk Sulenes, John P. Peterson; photographers Tom McBride, Rich Hamack, Kathy Anderson, Mary Jo Gilbert, Pakawan Duvall; layout Kathy Anderson, Lorrie Carter, Kelly Gordon, Ted Fick, Tom McBride, Rich Hamack, Neil Uhrich, Chris Stancich, Ben Smith, John W. Peterson; advisor Ila Zbaraschuk; secretary Shirley Bell.

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

1978-04-14

Contributor

Dills, Carl

Hamack, Rich

Peterson, John "Pete"

Miller, Lydia

Carter, Lorrie

McBride, Tom

Anderson, Kate

Taylor, Kip

Sulenes, Kirk

Hunt, Steve

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-19780414_CollegiateChallenge

Coverage

Tacoma (Wash.)