The Challenge - February 9, 1994

Title

The Challenge - February 9, 1994

Description

Student newspaper of the Tacoma Community College. This issue is numbered volume 30, number 8 and is twelve pages.

This issue contains stories on:
- Glass artist Dale Chihuly presenting at TCC for the Humanities Lecture series;
- The lawsuit regarding the Gig Harbor campus construction being dismissed by Thurston County Superior Court;
- Transfer Information Day;
- Professional skateboarder Steve Olson, son of TCC English instructor Violeta Clee;
- The successful TCC blood drive for Tacoma Pierce County Blood Bank;
- The men's and women's basketball team losses to Lower Columbia;
- The new women's golf team;
- The Western Hockey League and the Tacoma Rockets team members Alexander Alexeev, John Varga, and Trever Fraser;
- Performances by comedian Derrick Cameron and guitarist Michael Powers with his band at the Student Center;
- The review process by the student government selection committee for the new vice president of legislation.

Also includes:
- Campus News briefs on new registration procedures, the TCC Children's Book Fair, a film screening of Malcolm X, a gospel music festival;
- Wellness Center column on heart health;
- Ads and classified ads;
- TCC men's and women's basketball teams statistics and upcoming schedule;
- NWAACC Western Division men's basketball standings;
- Out and About calendar of TCC, Tacoma, and area events;
- The 1993 Fall Quarter high honors list;
- Letters to the editor regarding the previous issue's opinion piece on the Lorena Bobbitt trial, complaining about people putting their feet on tables in the Student Center, asking for lunchtime events to be booked later;
- Opinion piece on government control and a proposed city ordinance about moving property without the owner's consent;
- Photo of Lasandra Jones-Owens reading at the Fifth Annual African-American Read-In Chain during Black History Month.

Staff credits: published by the Associated Students of Tacoma Community College; managing editor John McNama; advertising manager Valerie Gross; sports editor Josh Riggins; photo editor Lewis Ho; copy editor Karen Sutton; advisor David Holman; office manager Mark Craypo; center spread design Glenn Hurlburt; reporters Thaddius Bissenas, Glenn Hurlburt, Bart Kirmse, Katherine Kolody, Grant C. Mason, John Larson, Josh Riggins, Heather Tillinghast; photographers Lewis Ho, Ethan Gostin.

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

1994-02-09

Contributor

Larson, John

Gostin, Ethan

McElroy, Gail

Kolody, Katherine

Tillinghast, Heather

Riggins, Josh

Ho, Lewis

Kirmse, Bart

Hurlburt, Glenn

Western Hockey League

Bartle, Kristie

Ausman, Leona

Ryan, Gesyka

Bissenas, Thaddius

Hardaman, Andrea

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-19940209_Challenge

Coverage

Tacoma (Wash.)