The Collegiate Challenge - January 23, 1990

Title

The Collegiate Challenge - January 23, 1990

Description

Student newspaper of the Tacoma Community College. This issue is numbered volume 26, issue 5, and is twelve pages.

This issue contains stories on the retirement of TCC President Carleton Opgaard; the student senate meeting, including debate on funds for the tennis clubs, discussion of racist incidents on campus; the retirement of TCC staff member Al Coby; a tropical storm flooding Tacoma; the TCC Engineering Studies Program; Martin Luther King, Jr. Day ceremonies on campus, including a performance by dancer Kabby Mitchell, III; controversy over removal of fliers for a political demonstration on El Salvador; a special student senate session to discuss the flier removal issue; biology instructor Richard Perkins and his upcoming lecture on Yorkshire; changes to building numbering on campus; the Bam family and their emigration from the Soviet Union; study abroad programs in London, England; formation of new student group Students for Radical Change (SRC); the Drop In Assisted Learning (DIAL) Center; a presentation by actress, director, and singer Ladjamaya; an event by the Society for Creative Anachronism; the Black Student Union donating toys to Tacoma children via the YWCA; the men's basketball team, including recent loss to Green River; women's volleyball coach Doug Carlson being named Co-Western Regional Coach of the Year.

Also includes editorials on student involvement in the senate, being a new student; comics and illustrations; a reprinted article from Playboy Magazine on free speech and student codes of conduct; letters to the editor regarding drunk driving, responding to a previous editorial on smoking on campus; announcements of a Stevens Pass ski trip, Transfer Information Day, a poster contest, a lecture by geology instructor Jack Hyde on earthquakes, a Sprinker Rink ice skating trip; a note of appreciation for staff member Al Coby; 'Scatterbrain' column on racism, nature, and philosophy; a creative piece on race and peace; film review of Born on the Fourth of July; theater review of the Tacoma Actors Guild production of First Night; poetry; crossword and other puzzles; ads and classified ads.

Staff credits: editor in chief Deborah J. Ernst; assistant editor Scott Boucher; managing editor Damon Rosencutter; business manager James Wilson; news editor Patricia J. McLean; photo editor Adrienne Anderson; sports editor Thad Richardson; reporters Charlene Anderson, Debbie Ayres, Dana E. Burnham, Roger N. Cole, Eric Featherstone, Robert Guerrero, Paul Kilga, Wayne Larsen, C. Pearson, Thomas Roeder, Michael Sanders, Trish Schwaier; photographers Candie Lee Gunby, Ingrid Williams; columnist Bryan Butler; artists Jeff Baker, Linda Aylsworth; 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

1990-01-23

Contributor

Roeder, Thomas X.

Pearson, C.

Butler, Bryan

Andresen, Eric

Wilson, James

Hentoff, Nat

Nicholson, Russell

Nicholson, Eleanor

Urshel, Mel

Gunby, Candie Lee

Rosencutter, Damon

Anderson, Charlene

Featherstone, Eric

Butler, Albert

Ayres, Debbie

Williams, Ingrid

Schwaier, Trish

Larsen, Wayne

Gurican, Chris

Boucher, Scott

McLean, Patricia J.

Guerrero, Robert

Tacoma Community College Office of Information and Publications

Sanders, Maxx

Palmore, Walter

Richardson, Thad

Kilga, Paul

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-19900123_CollegiateChallenge

Coverage

Tacoma (Wash.)