The Challenge - February 13, 1987

Title

The Challenge - February 13, 1987

Description

Student newspaper of the Tacoma Community College. This issue is numbered volume 23, number 6 and is eight pages.

This issue contains stories on:
- Nursing program graduates ranking the best in state on their licensing exam;
- Progress toward the proposed student center;
- Valentine's Day;
- Progress on construction of the Tacoma Learning Center for children with disabilities;
- Having a positive mindset;
- The TCC golf team;
- The men's basketball team win against Lower Columbia, loss to Clark;
- The beginning of the spring sports season;
- The Kingdome hosting the NBA All-Star professional basketball game;
- The upcoming production by the TCC Chamber Orchestra of the Marriage of Figaro;
- The upcoming drama department production of True West;
- The work-study program.

Also includes:
- A photo of student art on display in the art building;
- 'Whitt's End' humorous advice column;
- Announcements of upcoming ski trips, open applications for the Cheryl Davis Memorial Scholarship from the Behavioral Science department, the TCC International Film Festival, a visit by a St. Martins College representative;
- Editorials on proposed changes to the state's educational system by Governor Booth Gardner, parenting concerns;
- Political comics;
- Washington state legislative updates from the student president;
- 'Counselor's Corner' column on love;
- Music reviews of the Bob Seger concert at the Seattle Center Coliseum, Duran Duran album Notorious;
- Film review of The Mosquito Coast;
- Ads.

'On Campus and Off' section announces:
- Jazz events the Fourth Annual Rain or Shine Jazz Festival, Centrum's Hot Jazz Port Townsend Festival;
- Music events including a Waylon Jennings concert at the Tacoma Dome, live music at the Antique Sandwich Company, the Seattle Symphony, a TCC Lip Sync competition, the TCC Chamber Orchestra production of The Marriage of Figaro, a Preservation Hall Jazz Band concert at the Pantages Centre, tenor Bruno Sebastian singing at the Seattle Opera House;
- Miscellaneous events including a TCC Parapsychology Club meeting, the World Wrestling Federation at the Tacoma Dome, mime Marcel Marceau at the Pantages Centre, open applications for TCC activities funds requests, a Washington artists exhibit at the Tacoma Art Museum, TCC spring advising information, Transfer Information Day, a Valentine's Day display at the Wright Park Seymour Botanical Conservatory, the Seattle Aquarium 'Images of the Sea' photography contest, the Tacoma Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium adopt an animal program;
- Theater events including the TCC production of True West, auditions for the Tacoma Little Theater production of A Day in the Life of Joe Egg, the World Mother Goose Theater for the Very Young production of Blue Ribbon Barnyard Revue, the Tacoma Actors Guild production of The Star-Spangled Girl;
- Workshops on the Helping Ourselves Means Education (HOME) program for low income people, teen parenting;
- Tours of the Governor's mansion, TCC Advising sponsored tours of Western Washington University and the University of Washington.

Staff credits: independent newspaper published by students of Tacoma Community College; news editor Troy Wohlfeil; arts editor Debbie Snell; features editor Jane Knapper; sports editor Bill Turner; photo editor Brad Hart; on/off campus Gerie Ventura; ad manager Jim Pickett; business manager Karen Pickett; reporters and photographers Kevin Crossland, Tim Gillis, Linda Holt, Ted Mills, Lee Jae Plastino, Tad Springer, Sara Weller; typesetter Stephanie Beall; advisor R. Gilbert.

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

1987-02-13

Contributor

Pickett, Jim

Hart, Brad

Crossland, Kevin

Whitt, William W.

Meyers, Brian D.

Wohlfeil, Troy

Pickett, Karen

Farler, Chris

Deyoe, Dick

Knapper, Jane

Mills, Ted

Holt, Linda

Turner, Bill

Springer, Tad

Snell, Debbie

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-19870213_Challenge

Coverage

Tacoma (Wash.)