The Challenge - November 21, 1986

Title

The Challenge - November 21, 1986

Description

Student newspaper of the Tacoma Community College. This issue is numbered volume 23, number 4 and is twelve pages.

Content note: This issue contains an article on sexual assault on page 3.

This issue contains stories on:
- Students needing food support;
- Recent federal law affecting students' ability to qualify for financial aid;
- Pilot Humanities courses being given high evaluations by funder the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH);
- The student government and current projects;
- Sexual assault on college campuses;
- Attempts at racial integration in fraternities and sororities;
- Upcoming student government projects including reactivation of the Phi Theta Kappa (PTK) local chapter;
- Campus shoplifting;
- The quarterly lip-sync show in the cafeteria;
- Technology in the library;
- The STAGE Program (Student Access to Growth and Earning) for training students in leadership roles;
- The upcoming TCC drama production of Agnes of God;
- The downward trend of health care programs enrollment;
- The possible reactivation of the PTK local chapter Chi Gamma;
- The men's and women's basketball teams and the beginning of the season;
- The Seattle Seahawks football team and their quarterbacks.

Also includes:
- Photo of mime Andrew Glenn performing in the cafeteria;
- Counselor's Corner column on depression and the holidays;
- Editorials on President Ronald Reagan and Iran, professional athletes' salaries;
- Illustrations and political comics;
- Letter to the editor praising the Challenge;
- Book review of Stephen King novel It;
- Humorous advice section 'Whitt's End';
- Film review of Tai-Pan;
- Ads.

'On campus and off' section contains area news and events including a TCC Chamber Orchestra concert, the drama production of Agnes of God, comics Tom Ammiano and Linda Moakes at Seattle Central College, a Puget Sound Music Society Concert Band performance, the men's soccer championship game, a TCC art student exhibit, writing lab services, a Seattle Symphony concert, a public TV broadcast of a concert by Wil Ackerman, Michael Hedges and Shadowfax, open auditions for True West, a performance of 'People' by choreographer Ann Carlson at Seattle Central, an arts and crafts fair in the library, a performance of Royal Gambit at Pacific Lutheran University, a TCC Choral Concert, A Contemporary Theater (ACT) production of A Christmas Carol.

Staff credits: independent newspaper published by students of Tacoma Community College; editor Joe Contris; arts editor Laurie McKay Nelson; photo editor Hank Church; business manager Alisa Wilder; ad manager Brad Arleth; advisor R. Gilbert; reporters and photographers Brad Arleth, Kannha Bounchanh, Kevin Crossland, Jane Knapper, Jeff Ofelt, James M. Oshiro, Gordon Peterson, Rich Rasmussen, Marvin Reese, Debbie Snell, Bill Tucker, Troy Wohlfeil; typesetter Laurie McKay Nelson.

Subject

College student newspapers and periodicals

Community colleges

Creator

Tacoma Community College

Source

Tacoma Community College Archives, Special Collections Library

Publisher

Tacoma Community College Archives

Date

1986-11-21

Contributor

Contris, Joe

Church, Hank

Oshiro, James

Nelson, Laurie McKay

Griffin, Phil

Bounchanh, Kannha

Turner, Bill

Crossland, Kevin

Loth, Pat

Farler, Chris

Reese, Marvin

Ofelt, Jeff

Arleth, Brad

Wohlfeil, Troy

Knapper, Jane

Whitt, William W.

Peterson, Gordon

Wilder, Alisa

Rasmussen, Rich

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-19861121_Challenge

Coverage

Tacoma (Wash.)