The Challenge - January 11, 1995

Title

The Challenge - January 11, 1995

Description

Student newspaper of the Tacoma Community College. This issue is numbered volume 31, number 6 and is twelve pages.

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

This issue contains stories on:
- Long lines in the Financial Aid Office;
- The Board of Trustees meeting, including approval of the new bookstore construction budget, and other program budgets;
- The new 'Spanish in the Andes '95' study abroad program by Montserrat Linkletter;
- A new high school summer camp for minorities and women interested in engineering;
- TCC employees receiving awards at the TCC Holiday Luncheon;
- New Child Care Center manager Mary Skinner;
- A new museum/gallery operations program;
- Recent men's basketball team games;
- The college football Orange Bowl;
- The upcoming TCC International Film Festival.

Campus news briefs include:
- Need for family volunteers for a Nursing program study,
- Need for a homestay host for a Russian exchange student,
- Arrival of instructor Russian instructor Victoria Skurikina,
- Arrival of new Associate Dean for Student Services,
- Retirement of sociology faculty Dr. Ann Sundgren,
- Appointment of music instructor Dianne Vars to the American Choral Directors Association's Research and Publications Committee,
- Publication of a book by drama instructor Larry Silverberg,
- Open acceptance of donations at the Child Care Center,
- The upcoming graduation of Running Start student Katharine Kolody,
- Multicultural Student Services Director Steve Ellis being named a hometown hero on KOMO TV,
- The Wellness Center hosting a Mocktail Open House,
- An upcoming poetry jazz celebration for Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

Also includes:
- Student in the Street section asking four students their opinion of the Running Start program;
- Security Beat section on campus safety incidents;
- A photo of student Vice President of Student Finance Toru Hashinzume;
- Out and About calendar of TCC, Tacoma, and area events;
- Ads and classified ads;
- Counselor's Corner column on knowing who you are and setting goals;
- Announcement and photo for the Lakewood Playhouse production of The Miss Firecracker Contest;
- Crossword puzzle;
- Music review of a concert by Christian rock band Destiny at the Central Tavern;
- Editorial inviting student perspectives on US President Bill Clinton;
- Open letter from the student government on recent goals and accomplishments;
- Photo of Activities Assistant Nick Robertson in the Associated Students office;
- Editorial on the Running Start program;
- Letters to the editor criticizing the previous issue's editorial on suicide.

Staff credits: published by the Associated Students of Tacoma Community College; managing editor Heather Tillinghast; associate editor Amanda Burden; copy editor Barbara Thomas; photo editor Ben Peterson; calendar editors Christine Cruz, Grant C. Mason; business manager Grant C. Mason; office manager Jeanette May; reporters Christine Cruz, Pamela Draper, Ryan Harris, Glenn Hurlburt; photographers Dan Marsh, 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

1995-01-11

Contributor

Marsh, Dan

Burden, Amanda

Peterson, Ben

Tillinghast, Heather

Harris, Ryan

Bennedsen, Bonnie

Ganwich, Jason

Chick, Chris

Hurlburt, Glenn

White House (U.S.)

Tober, Jeff

Hashinzume, Toru

Mosley, Chris

Felton, Brooke

Cruz, Christine

Waldrop, Wanda

Mason, Grant C.

Howitt, Jon

Love, Gail

Draper, Pamela

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-19950111_Challenge

Coverage

Tacoma (Wash.)