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Title
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The Challenge - February 23, 1994
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Description
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Student newspaper of the Tacoma Community College. This issue is numbered volume 30, number 9 and is twelve pages.
This issue contains stories on:
- Planned campus improvements including a new bookstore and accessibility features on buildings;
- A lecture on Russia today by Moscow University professor Dr. Andrei Safirov;
- Student event cancellations due to low interest;
- The election of Jeff Tober as student Vice President of Legislation;
- The Workforce Training Program at Gig Harbor campus;
- The men's basketball team qualifying for the playoffs with a win against Pierce;
- The women's basketball team loss to Pierce;
- Chinese New Year celebrations in Tacoma, new year traditions in Vietnam, Korea, Japan, Hong Kong, and Taiwan, TCC's celebrations, and the Year of the Dog;
- A performance by the Jason Lee (Middle School) African Drum and Dance Group;
- A presentation by former student Daran Kravanh and others on Cambodian culture;
- The Black Student Union sponsored Gospel Music Festival;
- The Board of Trustees meeting, including resignation of Trustee Karyn Clarke, approval of campus goals for diversity;
- Pierce College President George Delany speaking on political correctness;
- A special joint meeting between the Board and the Tacoma School District;
- A federal grant for retraining Boeing former employees benefiting TCC programs.
Also includes:
- Campus news briefs on new faculty members (Yi Li, Tamara Kuzmenkov, Mary Chen) and retirements (Tom McLaughlin, Charles B. Summers), a Student Programs film screening of Malcolm X, a Tickle Tune Typhoon family music group performance at TCC, spring quarter course catalog corrections;
- Wellness Center column on vitamins;
- Dear Jane advice column;
- Photos of the men's basketball team game with Centralia;
- Announcement of volleyball club information;
- Sports editorial briefs on film Blue Chips, Olympic figure skaters Tony Harding and Nancy Kerrigan, the Seattle SuperSonics basketball team, US Olympic skiers;
- Next issue sports content preview; syndicated comics;
- Out and About calendar of TCC, Tacoma, and area events;
- Ad for Wellness Center brown bag lunch series;
- Crossword puzzle;
- Syndicated satirical advice column;
- Ads and classified ads.
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 Glenn Hurlburt, Bart Kirmse, Katherine Kolody, Grant C. Mason, John Larson, Josh Riggins, Karen Sutton, Heather Tillinghast; photographers Lewis Ho, Ethan Gostin.
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Subject
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College student newspapers and periodicals
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Community colleges
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Creator
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Associated Students of Tacoma Community College
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Source
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Tacoma Community College Archives, Special Collections Library
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Publisher
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Tacoma Community College Archives
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Date
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1994-02-23
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Contributor
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Sutton, Karen
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Ho, Lewis
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Larson, John
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McElroy, Gail
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Kirmse, Bart
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Gostin, Ethan
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Tillinghast, Heather
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Riggins, Josh
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Norman, James T.
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Tribune Media Services
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Hurlburt, Glenn
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Larsen, Carole
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Mason, Grant C.
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McWhirk, R.M.
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Rubino, Anthony, Jr.
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Rights
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Use is governed by Tacoma Community College's Creative Commons Copyright policy requiring attribution and share-alike intentions.
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Format
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PDF
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Language
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English
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Identifier
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TCCAL_CC-19940223_Challenge
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Coverage
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Tacoma (Wash.)
