The Challenge - December 7, 1994

Title

The Challenge - December 7, 1994

Description

Student newspaper of the Tacoma Community College. This issue is numbered volume 31, number 5 and is sixteen pages.

Content note: This issue contains discussion of domestic violence on page 2; discussion of suicide on page 14.

This issue contains stories on:
- The theft of a television from the Student Center;
- The student senate promoting a petition to establish a TCC multicultural curriculum;
- The departure of Dean of Student Services Dr. Priscilla Bell;
- The hiring of Carol Parron as the new Wellness Center coordinator and staff concerns with the interview process;
- Upcoming book buy-back days;
- The student senate meeting, with administrators attending to address student concerns;
- The hiring of new Associate Dean for Student Services April Retherford;
- Establishing internet access for TCC students;
- The Faculty Hiring Committee drafting new policies and procedures;
- TCC team members Tina Buck and Christy Kelley playing in the NWAACC Sophomore Volleyball All-Star game;
- The men's basketball team win against Edmonds, win at the Skagit Valley tournament;
- The men's soccer team placing third in the NWAACC soccer tournament;
- Openings on the women's basketball team;
- Washington State University moving forward in the college football Apple Cup;
- Hiring of a new women's soccer coach;
- Kwanzaa;
- A karaoke event at TCC;
- An upcoming snow storm;
- An upcoming campus visit by Santa Claus;
- Availability of low-cost health insurance through Washington Basic Health Plan.

Also includes:
- Campus news briefs on inclement weather policy and procedures, student president Jeff Tober representing TCC in the West End Neighborhood Council, an Administration of Justice and Human Service Workers programs mock trial, a pottery sale by the Clay Club, an upcoming screening of film and question and answer session on domestic violence;
- Corrections to the previous issue;
- Campus ads for the Clay Club pottery sale, call for poets and musicians for a Multicultural Student Services event, senate meeting reminders, calls for donations of toys and other items for the holidays;
- Student in the Streets section asking five students 'Are book prices too high at TCC?';
- Call for donations for a holiday charity drive sponsored by the Women's Network, Black Pearls, and Black Student Union;
- Security Beat section on campus safety incidents;
- Illustrations;
- Men's basketball schedule;
- Out and About calendar of TCC, Tacoma, and area events;
- Syndicated comics;
- Ads and classified ads;
- Food review of Mel's Diner;
- Photo promoting the Tacoma Performing Dance Co. production of the Nutcracker with TCC dance instructor Rob Sutherland;
- Music reviews of a concert by Pleasure Elite and Ondine at the Victory Club, a Running with Scissors concert at the Central Tavern;
- Point/Counterpoint section with editorials on Black pride, 'racism' against white people;
- Editorial on suicide, lack of security staff at a basketball game;
- Letter to the editor responding to a previous article regarding campus dining services.

Staff credits: published by the Associated Students of Tacoma Community College; managing editor Heather Tillinghast; associate editors Amanda Burden, John Larson; photo editor Ben Peterson; calendar editor Grant C. Mason; office manager Jeanette May; business manager Grant C. Mason; graphic design Glenn Hurlburt; illustrator Heather Tena; reporters Christine Cruz, Ryan Harris, Jon Howitt, Glenn Hurlburt, Kati Knutzen, Barbara Thomas; photographers Grant C. Mason, Ben Peterson; 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

1994-12-97

Contributor

Burden, Amanda

Tillinghast, Heather

Knutzen, Kati

Larson, John

Peterson, Ben

Harris, Ryan

Howitt, Jon

Cartoonists & Writers Syndicate

Tribune Media Services

Hicks, Jamie

Tacoma Performing Dance Co.

Chick, Chris

Hurlburt, Glenn

Shorts, Letetia

Gregorson, Lief C.

Larcom, Jeremy

Mason, Grant C.

Rubino, Anthony, Jr.

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-19941207_Challenge

Coverage

Tacoma (Wash.)