The Challenge - February 27, 1987

Title

The Challenge - February 27, 1987

Description

Student newspaper of the Tacoma Community College. This issue is numbered volume 23, number 7 and is eight pages.

This issue contains stories on a proposed new campus bookstore; a rally in Olympia for education funding; the decrease in crime but rise of violence on campuses nationwide; a new 'linked' course in chemistry and English; campus history, with photos; technical difficulties at the lip sync event; the upcoming concert by jazz musician Lionel Hampton and his orchestra; the men's basketball team win against Grays Harbor; the men's baseball team and upcoming season; the women's softball team and upcoming season.

Also includes photos of the recent lip sync competition, the replica of Sir Frances Drake ship The Golden Hind at the Tacoma Dock; editorial on abortion; announcements of open submissions for letters and opinions in the Challenge, open staff positions for the Challenge; student government updates on new and outgoing representatives, club funding, and Student Center progress; 'Counselor's Corner' column on drinking; music review of Canadian band Glass Tiger; comics; film reviews of Platoon and Outrageous Fortune; ads.

'On Campus and Off' section announcing campus events and news including spring quarter registration, spring quarter advising, open applications for the SPRUCE tuition waiver program, open applications for Challenge editor positions, a film screening of Ferris Bueller's Day Off, intramural volleyball games, wine seminars, a cafeteria concert by Kendra and Berry; Tacoma area events including Victory Music concerts at the YWCA, a production of Johnny Appleseed at the Pantages Theatre, a Lionel Hampton concert at the Temple Theater, a Charles Wright Upper School production of play Amadeus, a TCC Institute for Business and Industry seminar on sexual harassment at the Tacoma Sheraton, a University of Puget Sound production of musical Promenade, open nominations for the YWCA outstanding women of achievement awards; Seattle events including a Ballet Folklorico Nacional de Mexico performance at the University of Washington (UW) Meany Theater, an indoor kids carnival at the Seattle Center House, open submissions for the Bumbershoot Poster Design Competition, a Wang Chung concert at the Paramount Theater, Fat Tuesday celebrations at Union Station, a UW production of The Pirates of Penzance, open bids for Bumbershoot souvenir items.

Staff credits: published by the Associated 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

Associated Students of Tacoma Community College

Source

Tacoma Community College Archives, Special Collections Library

Publisher

Tacoma Community College Archives

Date

1987-02-27

Contributor

Pickett, Jim

Hart, Brad

Knapper, Jane

Ventura, Gerie

Holt, Linda

Mills, Ted

Griffin, Phil

Springer, Tad

Snell, Debbie

Peterson, Gordon

Pickett, Karen

Turner, Bill

Wohlfeil, Troy

Crossland, Kevin

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-19870227_Challenge

Coverage

Tacoma (Wash.)