The Challenge - April 20, 1994

Title

The Challenge - April 20, 1994

Description

Student newspaper of the Tacoma Community College. This issue is numbered volume 30, number 12 and is twelve pages.

Content note: This issue contains discussion of suicide on page 9 and 11.

This issue contains stories on:
- Viruses in the Computer Lab;
- Failed attempts to organize a campus Earth Day event;
- Earthquake safety;
- A campus visit by a reaccreditation evaluation committee;
- An upcoming Advising Day;
- The Board of Trustees meeting, including approval of the 1995-1997 capital budget request;
- Recruitment of new men's basketball team members and current team makeup;
- The men's baseball team losses to Green River and Centralia;
- The fencing team taking second in the South Sound Fencing Invitational;
- Longtime TCC student and artist Betsy Sabin;
- A Humanities series lecture by University of Puget Sound music professor Tom Goleeke on Handel's Messiah;
- A concert by Middle Eastern folk music and rock band Brothers of the Baladi;
- A Seattle Center fan vigil for Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain after his death;
- A meeting with the reaccreditation evaluation committee leader to review their findings;
- The faculty union, TCC Federation of Teachers (TCCFT) and recent discussions.

Campus news briefs include:
- A correction to a previous article on the tuition refund policy,
- An upcoming drug and alcohol conference,
- The Annual College Photographer of the Year exhibit in the library,
- Postponement of a lecture on learning second languages.

Also includes:
- Wellness Center column on Drug Free Washington month;
- Profiles of three new men's basketball team recruits;
- Sport editorial briefs on TCC student and ice skater Stacey Zimmerman being hired for the Walt Disney World on Ice show, the SuperSonics playing in Tacoma, Michael Jordan playing baseball, open gym at TCC;
- Men's baseball, men's and women's golf schedules;
- Out and About calendar of TCC, Tacoma, and area events;
- A photo of students on campus during a hailstorm;
- Call for applications to Challenge editorial positions;
- Ad for Wellness Center brown bag lunch series;
- Opinion pieces on student engagement and the senate, student government elections, the death of Kurt Cobain;
- Crossword puzzle.

Staff credits: published by the Associated Students of Tacoma Community College; managing editors John McNama, Karen Sutton; campus news editor Heather Tillinghast; calendar editor Grant C. Mason; sports editor Josh Riggins; photo editor Amanda Miller; office manager Mark Craypo; advertising manager Valerie Gross; photographers Roseann Barnhill, Amanda Miller, Ben Peterson; reporters Brooke Felton, Bart Kirmse, Katherine Kolody, Carole Larsen, John Larson, Grant C. Mason, Craig Ridley, Melisse Swartwood, Heather Tillinghast, Elke Van Cassel, Glenn Hurlburt; layout Brooke Felton, Grant C. Mason, Heather Tillinghast; advisor David Holman.

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

1994-04-20

Contributor

Peterson, Ben

Mason, Grant C.

McElroy, Gail

Felton, Brooke

Swartwood, Melisse

Riggins, Josh

Miller, Amanda

Guttman, Mike

Larson, John

Ho, Lewis

Hurlburt, Glenn

Tillinghast, Heather

Tober, Jeff

McNama, John

Tribune Media Services, Inc.

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-19940420_Challenge

Coverage

Tacoma (Wash.)