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Title
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The Challenge - February 22, 1995
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Description
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Student newspaper of the Tacoma Community College. This issue is numbered volume 31, number 9 and is twelve pages.
This issue contains stories on:
- A new student government program to help support single parent TCC students with supplemental child care;
- New proposals for student assessments affecting course and graduation eligibility;
- The upcoming election of a replacement student vice president;
- A Black Student Union (BSU) fundraiser;
- A project to review and destroy old college records;
- The TCC Alpha Delta Omega Honor Society forming an earthquake preparedness committee;
- Earthquake preparedness at TCC;
- A proposed bill to grant computer and multimedia funding to community colleges;
- The ends of the men's and women's basketball seasons;
- The Board of Trustees meeting, including discussion of recommended improvements, revision of the nursing curriculum;
- Tacoma Mayor Harold Moss speaking on Black History Month;
- The BSU's new campaign to diversify the curriculum;
- The Diversity Dance Workshop performance;
- An upcoming concert by the TCC Singers choir.
Campus news briefs include:
- Twelve faculty members receiving awards from the TCC Foundation;
- Closure of the cafeteria due to a broken water pipe;
- Record turnout for a Tacoma Pierce County Blood Bank blood drive on campus;
- The Multicultural Book Club meeting;
- Availability of the spring catalog;
- An upcoming series of discussions relating to the United Nations' Fourth World Conference on Women;
- Faculty openings;
- The relocation of the bronze statue of a reading woman for campus construction;
- An African village bake sale by the BSU, Black Pearls, and Women's Network.
Also includes:
- A photo of a child playing in the snow on campus;
- Ads and classified ads;
- Student in the Street section asking for students how they feel about the removal of old trees for the bookstore construction;
- Security Beat section on campus safety incidents;
-Sports editorial on Major League Baseball;
- Out and About calendar of TCC, Tacoma, and area events;
- Food reviews of Frisko Freeze, Trop's Place, and Mel's Diner;
- Campus ads and announcements of a Photography and Photojournalism Expo, a concert by the Brothers of the Baladi;
- Area concerts calendar;
- Music review of a Mister Grinch concert;
- Film review of Russian film Raspad;
- Editorials on the removal of trees for campus construction, the baseball strike;
- Syndicated political comics;
- Wellness Center column on stress management;
- Crossword puzzle.
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 editor Christine Cruz; business/production manager Grant C. Mason; office manager Jeanette May; advisor David Holman; reporters Christine Cruz, Jared Denton, Pamela Draper, Ryan Harris, Josh Riggins; photographers Dan Marsh, Ben Peterson, Jennifer West.
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Subject
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College student newspapers and periodicals
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Community colleges
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Creator
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Associated Students of Tacoma Community College
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Source
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Tacoma Community College Archives, Special Collections Library
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Publisher
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Tacoma Community College Archives
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Date
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1995-02-22
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Contributor
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West, Jennifer
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Burden, Amanda
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Tillinghast, Heather
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Denton, Jared
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Cruz, Christine
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Draper, Pamela
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Peterson, Ben
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Riggins, Josh
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Marsh, Dan
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Harris, Ryan
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McNama, John
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Tribune Media Services
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Winton, Ann
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Rights
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Use is governed by Tacoma Community College's Creative Commons Copyright policy requiring attribution and share-alike intentions.
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Format
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PDF
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Language
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English
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Identifier
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TCCAL_CC-19950222_Challenge
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Coverage
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Tacoma (Wash.)
