The Challenge - October 12, 1987

Title

The Challenge - October 12, 1987

Description

Student newspaper of the Tacoma Community College. This issue is numbered volume 24, number 1 and is twelve pages.

Content note: This issue contains discussion of sexual assault on page 3.

This issue contains stories on the campus asbestos removal project; smoking on campus; new (or newly full time) faculty members Gael Tower, Cynthia Alston, Ray Kendall, Linda Duchin, John Kinerk, Jonnie Davis, Pam Lee, Sharon McGavick; a resolution by State Board staff urging the community colleges to adopt AIDS policies; a reported assault on campus; a presentation on Japanese dance theatre by Tamagawa University visiting instructor Tadashi Koyama; older TCC students; the Drama Department and benefits of drama classes for all students; a trip by the Puget Sound Music Society Concert Band to Victoria BC; Sierra Club representative Bruce Wishart visiting the Journalism 101 class; the soccer and volleyball teams; student athletes and TCC athletics.

Also includes a photo of a campus lamp post; clip art; photos of asbestos mitigation; opinion pieces on the Senate Judiciary Committee hearings for the Supreme Court nomination of Robert Bork, getting involved in student government; guest editorials from the TCC President welcoming students, student president welcoming students and encouraging their engagement; 'Student forum' section asking five students why they chose to go to TCC; 'Visions' section photo collage of students on campus; arts review of the Pablo Picasso exhibit at the Tacoma Art Museum; restaurant review of the Burger Bar; music review of Pink Floyd album 'Momentary Lapse of Reason'; film reviews of summer movies; 'Counselor's Corner' column on students preparing to transfer; 'Whitt's End' humorous advice column; student perspectives on the NFL players strike; sports editorial on sports fans and supporting teams; ads.

'On campus and off' section with campus news and upcoming event announcements includes library hours, senate meetings, film screenings of Crocodile Dundee and Mannequin, availability of student ID cards for night students, a TCC Chamber Orchestra concert, an all club meeting, an intramural soccer tournament, call for walkers, a horse riding event, the Lip Sync All Stars event, a visit by a Pacific Lutheran University representative, fall transfer information day, the opening of the Tacoma Learning Community, a volleyball game, a trip to Pike Place Market, an intramural golf tournament, a ski swap; area news and events including a call for artistic directors for the Tacoma Little Theatre, the Annual Rain or Shine Jazz Festival; scholarship announcements for the Elks National Foundation scholarships, William Kilworth Scholarship.

Staff credits: published by the Associated Students of Tacoma Community College; editor in chief Bill Turner; arts editor Ted Mills; features editor Dan Hansen; sports editor Larkin Campbell; photo editor Carlton Goodwin; on/off campus Eric Wirsing; business manager Jackie Edwards; graphics designer Laura Clawson; reporters and photographers Misty Carter, Rick Chisa, Mark Hallmark, Lori Sowell, Joe Clarke, James Casher, Jim Ruth; columnists William W. Whitt, Gordon Peterson, Susan Mitchell; typesetter Lisa Renee Rehn; 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

1987-10-12

Contributor

Turner, Bill

Clawson, Laura

Wirsing, Eric

Carter, Misty

Hansen, Dan

Opgaard, Carleton

Hyzer, Mari

Goodwin, Carlton

Hallmark, Mark

Sowell, Laurie

Ruth, James

Peterson, Gordon

Chisa, Rick

Mitchell, Susan

Whitt, William W.

Campbell, Larkin

Clarke, Joe

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-19871012_Challenge

Coverage

Tacoma (Wash.)