The Collegiate Challenge - February 11, 1983

Title

The Collegiate Challenge - February 11, 1983

Description

Student newspaper of the Tacoma Community College. This issue is numbered volume 19, issue 12, and is sixteen pages.

This issue contains stories on the State Board for Community College Education (SBCCE) recommending tuition increases, an SBCCE study showing major financial impacts on the community colleges; the faculty lecture series by Harland Malyon on the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe; men's basketball team member Sam Tuttle; the men's basketball overtime win against Fort Steilacoom; the women's softball team and new coach Jimmy Smith; women's basketball team member Debra Rhodes, the women's loss to Fort Steilacoom; a new state bill regarding student residency status; bookstore textbook pricing and refund policies; Challenge advisor Ila Zbaraschuk; multiple thefts from the TCC greenhouse; Tacoma nightlife; the Preservation Hall Jazz Band performing at the University of Puget Sound; a meeting between student representatives and Tacoma mayor Doug Sutherland; the upcoming faculty lecture by Dr. Yun Yi Ho on teaching in different cultural settings; changes to student senator requirements.

Also includes editorial in the style of a noir "trashy" novel; comics; faculty opinion on the role of faculty members; letters to the editor praising the latest issue, clarifying a previous issue's article on peer counseling, criticizing recent campus changes, mocking grammatical errors in the Challenge; syndicated articles on US President Ronald Reagan's latest federal college budget, allegations of the College Republicans using funds from the Unification Church for a protest, national college enrollment decreases, an Iowa State production of the musical Hair removing the production's usual nudity, the disrepair of college stadiums; quotes from other community college's basketball coaches about the TCC team; photos of basketball trainer Mike O'Larey, assistant women's coach Ron Billings Jr., and statistician Gary Holth; men's basketball team statistics and playoff schedule; sports editorial addressed to Tacoma Baptist High School basketball coach Bruce Shamp; photos of the TCC men's basketball team in action; ads and classified ads; review of the film The Verdict; music review of the Mental As Anything album "If You Leave Me, Can I Come Too?"; review of the Tacoma Actors Guild production of Filumena; a photo from film Sophie's Choice.

Announcements and campus ads include spring quarter registration information; promotion of the Challenge; a free workshop on "The Hidden Job Market"; TCC Writing Center services and hours; an upcoming Muscular Dystrophy Association benefit concert by Danny Deardorf; open submissions and deadline for the Challenge's literary and art supplement, intended to replace Trillium for the year.

Staff credits: published by the Associated Students of Tacoma Community College; editor Skip Card; sports editor John Song; entertainment editor Charolette Truschka; photo editor Dale Carter; advisor Ila Zbaraschuk; copy editor Barb Hobby; advertising manager Keri Siler; reporters Shawn Connaway, Linda Ferrell, Willa Griffin, Kathe Harrison, Eva Jacobson, Bert Johndrow, Gwendolyn McAdams, Kate McVeigh, Yvonne Renz, Mike Robbins, Cathryn Shipley, Lisa Stewart, Kevin Tate, Rhonda Thomas; photographers Dwight Garmon, Brian Hansen, Robin Minchew.

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

1983-02-11

Contributor

Robbins, Mike

Renz, Yvonne

Card, Skip

Malyon, Harland

Perera, Barbara

Shulenbarger, Gerald R.

W.B.

Melquist, Randy

Ferrell, Linda M.

College Press Service

Frank, Phil

Song, John

Tate, Kevin

Thomas, Rhonda

Carter, Dale

Shipley, Cathryn

Stewart, Lisa

Hobby, Barb

Jacobson, Eva

McAdams, Gwendolyn

Connaway, Shawn

Truschka, Charolette

Harrison, Kathe

Griffin, Willa

Johndrow, Bert

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-19830211_CollegiateChallenge

Coverage

Tacoma (Wash.)