The Challenge - October 19, 1994

Title

The Challenge - October 19, 1994

Description

Student newspaper of the Tacoma Community College. This issue is numbered volume 31, number 2 and is sixteen pages.

This issue contains stories on:
- Student concerns about asbestos exposure;
- A new textbook by Violeta Clee and Paul Clee, American Dreams, American Voices;
- The Board of Trustees meeting, including receipt of grants;
- The International Student Organization (ISO) Welcome Back party and potluck;
- New full time faculty;
- The Black Student Union (BSU) and plans for the school year;
- New drama instructor Larry Silverberg;
- Student enrollment;
- Computer instructor Ed Zimmerman receiving a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant;
- New student, faculty, and staff choir the TCC Singers;
- Crime and safety at TCC;
- Parking citations on campus;
- Japanese students and soccer team members Kenji Yanai and Katsu Yoshimoto;
- TCC student and bobybuilder Towanda Smith;
- The Western Hockey League Tacoma Rockets win against the Saskatoon Blades;
- The women's volleyball team recent performance;
- The men's soccer team recent performance;
- The Greek Festival at St. Nicholas Orthodox Church featuring food, art, and performances by the Elliniki Neotis Dance Group and local school children;
- The TCC Foundation;
- TCC students resuming subscription to Northwest music magazine The Pandemonium after a previous student president banned it.

Also includes:
- Campus news briefs on the human services program receiving awards from the National Organization for Human Service Education (NOHSE), plans to get a campus ATM, plans for the Women's Network club, the student senate meeting, a bank robbery getaway car being abandoned in the TCC parking lot;
- Corrections to the previous issue;
- Campus ads including news of The Reading Edge reading machine at the library for the visually impaired, call for Challenge staff, an upcoming Halloween costume contest;
- Five students answering the question 'Do you feel safe and secure at TCC?';
- Out and About calendar of TCC, Tacoma, and area events;
- Review of the Toast to the Northwest wine, beer, and food festival and fundraiser;
- Music review of a performance by a capella group The Front Page at TCC;
- Crossword puzzle;
- Editorials on the Black Student Union's goals, the experience of having your car burglarized, the possible asbestos exposure on campus.

Staff credits: published by the Associated Students of Tacoma Community College; managing editor Amanda Burden; associate editors John Larson, Heather Tillinghast; business manager Grant C. Mason; photo editor Ben Peterson; advisor David Holman; office manager Jeanette May; graphic design Glenn Hurlburt; calendar editor Grant C. Mason; reporters Ryan Harris, Jon Howitt, Glenn Hurlburt, John McNama, Barbara Thomas; photographers Joe Almgreen, Dan Marsh, Ben Peterson.

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

1994-10-19

Contributor

Burden, Amanda

Almgreen, Joe

Tillinghast, Heather

Larson, John

McNama, John

Harris, Ryan

Howitt, Jon

Peterson, Ben

Hurlburt, Glenn

Marsh, Dan

Ingram, Blake

Thomas, Barbara

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-19941019_Challenge

Coverage

Tacoma (Wash.)