The Collegiate Challenge - May 8, 1989

Title

The Collegiate Challenge - May 8, 1989

Description

Student newspaper of the Tacoma Community College. This issue is numbered volume 25, number 11 and is twelve pages.

Content note: This issue contains discussion of abortion on page 2 and includes homophobic quotes on page 3.

This issue contains stories on the Challenge winning awards from the Washington Press Association; TCC student Sue Larson discussing her experience of being HIV positive; homophobia; chemistry instructor Edgar McNeal; the jazz concert by vocalist Mike Campbell; the Tacoma Youth Symphony and TCC student member Tammy Reder; English instructor Joanne McCarthy and her first book of poetry Shadowlight; the TCC plant sale; a new coordinated studies program, 'Rethinking the Future,' by John Geubtner and Bob Thaden; gardening space on campus; the Snake Lake Nature Center; HIV and AIDS; the House My People self help program for low-income families to build homes; Vietnamese TCC student Tu Nguyen; the proposed University of Washington branch campus; the TCC paramedic program; the women's softball team; the men's baseball team win against Olympic.

Also includes editorials on abortion, a TV special on Oliver North; letter to the editor responding to the previous issue's editorial on Charles Campbell; food review of Ya Shu Yuen Chinese restaurant; poetry; photos of actors Kevin Kline, River Phoenix, and others on site in Tacoma for Lawrence Kasdan film I Love You to Death; call for Challenge ad reps; humor content; announcements of a centennial fashion show, Challenge position application deadline, member recruitment for Phi Theta Kappa honorary fraternity, open positions for fundraising coordinators; men's baseball and women's softball scores.

Staff credits: editor in chief Eric Wirsing; managing editor Bryan Butler; business manager Lori Sowell; photo editor Damon Rosencutter; reporters Scott Bender, Bryan Butler, James Cosper, Deborah Ernst, Kathryn Halffman, Karlene Johnson, Shanna Kossman, Damon Rosencutter, Barb Villalobos, Eric Wirsing, Verna Brown; artist Jeff Baker; photographers Robert Stevens, Holly O'Brien; ad reps Damon Rosencutter, Robert Stevens; layout assistant K. Mikolashek; typesetter Karlene Johnson; advisor Eve Dumovich.

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

1989-05-08

Contributor

Johnson, Karlene

Rosencutter, Damon

Wirsing, Eric

Baker, Jeff

Butler, Bryan

Henry, Paul H.

Kossman, Shanna

Bender, Scott

Wilson, James

Villalobos, Barb

Arthur, John

Ellison, David E.

Cosper, James

Stevens, Robert

Ernst, Deborah J.

O'Brien, Holly

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-19890508_CollegiateChallenge

Coverage

Tacoma (Wash.)