The Challenge - October 26, 1987

Title

The Challenge - October 26, 1987

Description

Student newspaper of the Tacoma Community College. This issue is numbered volume 24, number 2 and is twelve pages.

Content note: This issue contains articles relating to sexual assault on pages 6-7, with a headline on the cover.

This issue contains stories on parking issues on campus; the experience of taking night classes at TCC; the formation of a TCC AIDS task force; the community colleges asking for changes to a Higher Education Coordinating Board (HECB) administration policy; changes in student values over the history of TCC; math instructor Warren Jaech; the 'Magnificent Voyagers' Smithsonian exhibit on scientific discovery at the Washington State Historical Society (WSHS) Museum; the participation of three TCC athletes in a trip to the Soviet Union; the men's soccer team and recent games; the TCC day care center.

Also includes opinion pieces on racist graffiti on campus, taking personal advice; guest editorial by the student president on an upcoming visit by state legislators, with schedule; 'Student forum' section asking five students if TCC has adequate student parking; theatre review of the Tacoma Actors Guild production of Amadeus; poetry; an interview and information on date rape; 'Whitt's End' humorous advice column; film reviews of Fatal Attraction and The Principal; music review of The Cars album 'Door to Door'; restaurant review of the Hometown Restaurant and Bakery; brief sports updates on the men's basketball, women's volleyball teams; sports editorial on boxing; 'Counselor's Corner' column on procrastination; short story 'Guido Bonacelli, The Hit Man'; ads.

'On campus and off' section with campus news and upcoming event announcements includes Counseling Center hours and services, a visit by a Pacific Lutheran University representative and fall transfer information day, cafeteria vending machines hours, a trip to New York to see Broadway shows, a spring travel abroad program in London (England), Annual Academic Progress Scholarships information, a TCC version of the Dating Game, a fashion show, a volleyball games against Lower Columbia and Clark, a Trivial Pursuit tournament, Halloween, soccer games against Edmonds and Highline, a student government food drive, a Hair Show, film screenings of The Fly, Aliens, Nightmare on Elm Street, Blind Date; off campus events including a Puget Sound Music Society Concert Band performance, the Tacoma Actors Guild production of The Belle of Amherst, the ACT production of Biloxi Blues, the 'Magnificent Voyagers' exhibit at the WSHS Museum, the Tacoma Little Theatre production of The Country Girl, the University of Washington production of The Great Rage of Philipp Hotz, a Fleetwood Mac concert at the Seattle Center Coliseum.

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

1987-10-26

Contributor

Sowell, Laurie

Wirsing, Eric

Turner, Bill

Hyzer, Mari

Goodwin, Carljon

Hansen, Dan

Clawson, Laura

Hallmark, Mark

Hansen, Dan

Chisa, Rick

Peterson, Gordon

Mills, Ted

Clarke, Joe

Campbell, Larkin

Haines, Scott

Morgan, Kay

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-19871026_Challenge

Coverage

Tacoma (Wash.)