The Challenge - January 25, 1995

Title

The Challenge - January 25, 1995

Description

Student newspaper of the Tacoma Community College. This issue is numbered volume 31, number 7 and is twelve pages.

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

This issue contains stories on:
- The Board of Trustees meeting, with commendation of the Academic College Preparation 2000 (ACP 2000) program;
- A bomb threat on campus;
- Restructuring of administrative staff;
- New Dean of Student Services Dr. Trish Geringer;
- The holiday food, clothing, and toy drive organized by the Black Pearls, Women's Network, and Black Student Union;
- A reception for Russian exchange teacher Victoria Skuridina;
- A new virus on campus computers;
- The men's basketball team win against Pierce;
- The women's basketball team loss to Pierce and challenges for the team;
- Campus and city celebrations of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.;
- The US Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) Diversity Immigrant Visa Program visa lottery and TCC International Student Organization (ISO) assistance;
- An ISO and student government sponsored relief effort for Kobe (Japan) after an earthquake;
- TCC President Dr. Ray Needham speaking at the student government meeting regarding potential tuition increases.

Campus news briefs include:
- Acceptance of a contractor bid for the new bookstore and student center,
- TCC receiving major donations allowing for scholarships,
- Open applications for the student Dating Game,
- Plans for a student senate sponsored Earth Day celebration,
- Upcoming meetings of the Multicultural Book Club,
- A Northwest International Education Association study abroad summer program in Germany,
- A workshop for transfer students.

Also includes:
- Student in the Street section asking four students if they could handle a ten percent tuition increase;
- Out and About calendar of TCC, Tacoma, and area events;
- Review of the MTV broadcast of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony;
- Book review of X-Files book Goblin by Charles Grant;
- Photos of Guitar Slim and his band at TCC, a car getting stuck on a curb on campus, student Neil Bonney rollerblading;
- Film review of Little Women;
- Editorials on capital and corporal punishment, media attention for Newt Gingrich;
- Syndicated comics;
- Wellness Center column on their Brown Bag Speaker Series;
- Ads and classified ads.

Staff credits: published by the Associated Students of Tacoma Community College; managing editor Heather Tillinghast; associate editors Amanda Burden, John McNama; copy editor Barbara Thomas; photo editor Ben Peterson; calendar editors Christine Cruz; business manager Grant C. Mason; office manager Jeanette May; advisor David Holman; reporters Christine Cruz, Jared Denton, Pamela Draper, Ryan Harris, Josh Riggins, James Salatino; photographers Joe Almgreen, Amy Geer, Brian Hammer, Dan Marsh.

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

1995-01-25

Contributor

Burden, Amanda

Peterson, Ben

Draper, Pamela

Tillinghast, Heather

Salatino, James

Almgreen, Joe

Harris, Ryan

Geer, Amy

Riggins, Josh

Marsh, Dan

Cruz, Christine

Hammer, Brian

Denton, Jared D.

Siers, Kevin

Smith, Roni

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-19950125_Challenge

Coverage

Tacoma (Wash.)