The Challenge - February 24, 1988

Title

The Challenge - February 24, 1988

Description

Student newspaper of the Tacoma Community College. This issue is numbered volume 24, number 7 and is twelve pages.

This issue contains stories on a visit by the International Student Organization (ISO) to the state capitol building and Olympia Brewery; opposition to the state's Higher Education Coordinating Board Master Plan due to its emphasis on standardized testing; the upcoming lecture by glass artist Dale Chihuly; the Tax Reform Act of 1986 and possible changes to scholarships; the state senate approval of the Higher Education Coordinating Board's Master Plan; an upcoming diabetes forum at Ballard Community Hospital in Seattle; test taking strategies; construction on campus, with photo collage; student Marlys Ducharme attending the Winter Olympics in Calgary; TCC arts student Frank White; the fencing club; the women's basketball team loss to Centralia.

Also includes editorials on a campus curfew, the work of a Challenge editor, the author's dog and the music of the 1960s; letters to the editor praising the previous issue's 'Counselor's Corner,' reporting the success of the blood drive; 'Student Forum' section with five student and staff opinions on the minimal wage proposal; comics; clippable bookstore raffle entry form; student employment office procedures; theater review of the Tacoma Actors Guild production of Hedda Gabler; film review of The Last Emperor; best friends and bad luck; women's and men's basketball stats, basketball and intramural schedule; 'Counselor's Corner' column on grief resolution.

'On campus and off' section with campus news and upcoming event announcements includes the lecture by glass artist Dale Chihuly, open applications for an assistant track coach, the Tacoma International Film Festival, availability of an evening advisor, cacti for sale at the greenhouse, a TCC Artist Guild open house; off campus news and events include an Advising Center tour of the University of Washington, the next ISO meeting with lecture by Tacoma Police Officer Mark Trozel and a potluck party, the Green River Community College production of The Little Shop of Horrors, the Tacoma Little Theater production of Ring Around the Moon, drama instructor Gwen Overland performing in the Pioneer Square Theater production of Daddy's Dyin'.

Staff credits: published by the Associated Students of Tacoma Community College; editor in chief Lori Sowell; features editor Eric Wirsing; sports editor Bryan Butler; arts editor Gordon Peterson; entertainment editor Greg Kinyon, Gordon Peterson; on/off campus Greg Kinyon; photo editor Richard Dupraw; business manager Jackie Edwards; cartoonist Eric Wirsing; graphics consultant Bill Turner; reporters Olga Fuste, Bill Turner; photographers James Allen, Tony Sole; columnists William W. Whitt; 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

1988-02-24

Contributor

Wirsing, Eric

Dupraw, Richard

Kinyon, Greg

Turner, Bill

Small, Dan

Sowell, Lori

Hammerstrom, David M.

Hyzer, Mari

Whitt, William W.

Sole, Tony

Allen, James

Peterson, Gordon

Skaggs, Loren J.

Butler, Bryan

Acker, Kathy

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-19880224_Challenge

Coverage

Tacoma (Wash.)