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  Regular meeting of the Board of Trustees - July 25, 1968

  17-page packet for the regular meeting of the Tacoma Community College Board of Trustees, July 25, 1968. Contains agenda, minutes, and attachments. Agenda includes roll call; approval of previous minutes; correspondence; reports to the Board from student government, the TCC Association, Budget Committee, Administrative Organization Committee, and on the UCLA workshop; renewal of the Cooperative Board-Certificated Personnel Relations Agreement; approval of the contract with McNeil Island Penitentiary for educational services for inmates. Attachments include the Cooperative Board-Certificated Personnel Relations agreement between the Board and the TCC Association; contract with the United State Penitentiary at McNeil Island for educational services.
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  Regular meeting of the Board of Trustees - March 28, 1968

  78-page packet for the special meeting of the Tacoma Community College Board of Trustees, March 14, 1968. Contains minutes and attachments (no agenda). Minutes includes review of correspondence relating to several approved grants; reports to the board on the Preliminary 1968-69 Budget Allocation Request, the summer school salary schedule, new faculty and supplementary faculty appointments, approval of the cooperative programs with St. Joseph's Hospital and Tacoma General Hospital for health education; discussion of a data processing committee, deferment of salary negotiations; sharing information on the committee to set up rules and regulations governing student conduct, the next Board meeting. Attachments include documents describing the cooperative associate degrees for nurses and x-ray technicians with St Joseph's Hospital Schools of Nursing and X-Ray Technology and Tacoma General Hospital School of X-Ray Technology; list of the Health Careers Advisory Committee members; memo from President Thornton Ford regarding salaries for the next academic year; an agreement with Seattle University regarding the Head Start Supplementary Training Program; the policy for student-invited speakers; tabulation and alternate proposal for landscaping bids; document entitled "Specifications for Soil Preparation and Landscape Contract at Tacoma Community College"; recommendation for certain administrators to be exempt under the Washington State Civil Service Act; document entitled "Allocation of Funds for State Support of Community Colleges During Fiscal Year 1968-69" from the State Board; TCC 1967-68 revenue, with handwritten notes on reverse; estimated general fund expenditures for fiscal year 1967-68, with definitions; an allotment expenditure report through February 1968; a letter from President Ford to the Tacoma Mayor and City Council regarding a rezoning request by the Weyerhaeuser Corporation; summer school salary schedule.
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  Special meeting of the Board of Trustees - March 14, 1968

  78-page packet for the special meeting of the Tacoma Community College Board of Trustees, March 14, 1968. Contains agenda, minutes, and attachments. Agenda includes roll call; landscape bids; recommended exemptions under the Washington State Civil Service Act; data for next meeting; the budget study session. Attachments include a recommendation for certain administrators to be exempt under the Washington State Civil Service Act; memo from Trustee Charles Edmunds regarding notes taken during the Annual Convention of the American Association of Junior Colleges; a thank you from Associated Students representatives regarding the student speaker policy; letter from President Thornton Ford to the Capitol District, Washington State Federation of Gardens accepting its offer of assistance to establish an arboretum; letter from Ford forwarding enrollment information to demonstrate anticipated issues with the planned state funds allotment; tabulation and invitations to bid for gym bleachers, ice machines, vacuums; list of new faculty hired for the 1968-1969 academic year; list of supplementary faculty for spring quarter; the proposed summer session calendar; announcements of those appointed to the new Director of Student Services and Evening Program Supervisor positions; report by Paul Jacobson entitled, "A Progress Report Regarding the Data Processing Needs of the College"; agenda for the State Board for Community College Education (SBCCE) March 7 meeting and minutes for the January 4 meeting, with attachments; memo from Dean Richard Falk regarding student discipline; letter of approval for federal expenditures relating to the Work-Study Program and related letter from Senator Warren Magnuson; letter from the State Commission regarding a successful grant and related scoring information; document entitled "Preliminary 1968-69 Budget Request with Supporting Data and Narrative."
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  Regular meeting of the Board of Trustees - March 7, 1968

  Three-page packet for the regular meeting of the Tacoma Community College Board of Trustees, March 7, 1968. Contains revised agenda and minutes (no attachments). Agenda includes roll call; approval of previous minutes; correspondence; reports on the meeting of the American Association of Junior Colleges, TCC Association; an insurance presentation of statement of values; unfinished business; an agreement with Seattle University regarding a training program; equipment bids; approval of new full-time faculty and spring part-time faculty; a request from American Plywood Association regarding rezoning; approval of summer calendar; administrative appointments; information on data processing, the arboretum subcommittee, scheduling a budget study session and next meeting.
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  Regular meeting of the Board of Trustees - February 1, 1968

  49-page packet for the regular meeting of the Tacoma Community College Board of Trustees, February 1, 1968. Contains agenda, minutes, and attachments. Agenda includes roll call; approval of previous minutes; correspondence; reports on the upcoming presentation to the State Board, degree requirements, TCC Association; unfinished business regarding the student-invited speakers policy, recommendation for college legal counsel request; a contract with Tacoma School District No. 10; approval of winter quarter part-time faculty; selection of a trustee representative for the Washington Association of Community College Trustees; landscaping proposal discussion and a proposal from the Washington State Federation of Garden Clubs, Capitol District; administrative position specifications; information on the campus dedication. Attachments include letter regarding revenue bond financing from Foster & Marshall Inc., Investment Bankers and Brokers; letter regarding community college legislation to TCC and the Tacoma School District No. 10 from the Governor's Advisory Committee on Allocation of Community College Assets; memo from President Thornton Ford regarding the upcoming State Board for Community College Education (SBCCE) meeting; memo from Ford to Vern Leidle regarding the Washington Association of Community Colleges' recommended allocation of state funds and accompanying TCC enrollment charts; a memo establishing procedures for requesting services from the Attorney General's Office; memo from Dean Richard Falk regarding the student-invited speaker policy; a contract between Tacoma School District No. 10 and TCC regarding adult education; list of winter quarter supplementary faculty; letter from the Capitol District, Washington State Federation of Garden Clubs regarding development of a campus arboretum; memo from Ford with descriptions of and information on new positions Director of Student Services and Evening Program Supervisor; minutes for the SBCCE December 5, 1967 meeting, with additional attachments.
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  Regular meeting of the Board of Trustees - January 4, 1968

  35-page packet for the regular meeting of the Tacoma Community College Board of Trustees, January 4, 1968. Contains revised agenda, minutes, and attachments. Agenda includes roll call; approval of previous minutes; correspondence; reports insurance, the preliminary capital request for the biennium, general fund budget review, recommendations on a student policy regarding "freedom of inquiry and expression", accreditation, and the TCC Association; unfinished business regarding a trustees on the Commencement Committee; leave requests; equipment bids; approval of part-time faculty for winter quarter; approval of course fees; discussion of press representatives at executive sessions; sharing of State Board minutes, the upcoming American Association of Junior Colleges meeting, and information on the plaque for the Fine Arts building. Attachments include document "Preliminary Capital Needs Listing for the 1969-71 Biennium"; State of Washington Budget Status Report for TCC; memo from Dean Richard Falk to President Thornton Ford regarding students' freedom of inquiry and expression; memo requesting a leave of absence; tabulation of listening booth bids and memo with consultant recommendation; invitations to bid for a closed circuit video tape recorder, library furniture and equipment; tabulations for library furniture bids; list of winter quarter supplementary faculty; fee recommendations for community service courses; agenda for the State Board for Community College Education January 4, 1968 meeting.
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  Study session of the Board of Trustees - December 4, 1967

  Three-page packet for the study session of the Tacoma Community College Board of Trustees, December 4, 1967, and additional note presumably from the time of binding the minutes. Handwritten note states, "There apparently was no December 1967 meeting," referring to only the study session documents being present. Summary of the study session addresses the recommendations of the Evaluation Committee of the Northwest Association for Secondary and Higher Schools. One attachment of a memo from Richard Falk to President Thornton Ford regarding students' freedom of inquiry and expression.
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  Regular meeting of the Board of Trustees - November 30, 1967

  48-page packet for the regular meeting of the Tacoma Community College Board of Trustees, November 30, 1967. Contains agenda, minutes, and attachments. Agenda includes roll call; approval of previous minutes; correspondence; reports on campus security, insurance progress, construction, the accreditation visitation, a general fund budget review; unfinished business; staff health insurance benefits recommendation; sabbaticals and teaching contracts; contractor estimates for the temporary work-shop building; equipment bids; dates for campus dedication ceremonies; sharing of State Board for Community College Education (SBCCE) bulletins and resolutions. Attachments include an American National Red Cross Certificate of Recognition for TCC student Dan Ruffo for lifesaving, and related memo from Dale Wirsing regarding presentation of the certificate; SBCCE December 5 meeting agenda; letter and chart from Farron Insurance Agency regarding insurance coverage; general fund expenditure report; invitations to bid and tabulations for office and library furniture, listening booths, food service cookware, cash registers; SBCCE report on "Preliminary Community College Enrollment Data, Fall Quarter 1967-68"; SBCCE bulletin requesting college district board meeting minutes; SBCCE October 5 meeting minutes, with attachments of resolutions and policies.
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  Special meeting of the Board of Trustees - October 26, 1967

  Two-page packet for the special meeting of the Tacoma Community College Board of Trustees, October 26, 1967. Contains agenda and minutes. Agenda includes roll call; approval of previous minutes; unfinished business regarding the insurance broker recommendations; and the proposed dedication of campus.
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  Regular meeting of the Board of Trustees - October 19, 1967

  Sixteen-page packet for the regular meeting of the Tacoma Community College Board of Trustees, October 19, 1967. Contains agenda, minutes, and attachments. Agenda includes roll call; approval of previous minutes; correspondence; reports on TCC Association (TCCA) recommendations on benefits and experience credits, campus security; unfinished business; equipment bids for food services; associate music faculty appointments for fall quarter; the upcoming state wide meeting of trustees and accreditation visitation; information on building progress. Attachments include a list of Pierce County Insurance Association member-agents for potential coverage for TCC; document "TCCA Recommendation Regarding TA Experience for Salary Schedule Placement"; list of recommended associate music faculty appointments for fall quarter; letter and agenda from the State of Washington Temporary Advisory Council on Public Higher Education regarding the Community College Seminar for trustees; tabulations for food services bids; invitations to bid for food services dishware and furniture; revised proposed 1967-1968 calendar.
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  Regular meeting of the Board of Trustees - September 28, 1967

  Six-page packet for the regular meeting of the Tacoma Community College Board of Trustees, September 28, 1967. Contains agenda, minutes, and attachments. Agenda includes roll call; approval of previous minutes; correspondence; reports on the accreditation visitation, enrollment, food services, liability insurance issue, TCC Association and health benefits, status on temporary building; unfinished business; equipment bids; revised college calendar; proposed letter to the Tacoma School District #10 Board Chair; part-time faculty appointments for fall quarter. Attachments include two memos from Bud Schafer to President Ford regarding part-time faculty for fall quarter.
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  Regular meeting of the Board of Trustees - September 14, 1967

  Three-page packet for the regular meeting of the Tacoma Community College Board of Trustees, September 14, 1967. Contains agenda and minutes (no attachments). Revised agenda includes roll call; approval of previous minutes; correspondence; reports on "A View of the Academic Year Ahead"; unfinished business; equipment bids; recommended part-time faculty appointments for fall quarter; president's report on TCC Association and the Seaman-Anderson Project Management System.
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  Regular meeting of the Board of Trustees - August 24, 1967

  48-page packet for the regular meeting of the Tacoma Community College Board of Trustees, August 24, 1967. Contains agenda, minutes, and attachments. Agenda includes roll call; approval of previous minutes; correspondence; reports on landscaping; recommendations on food services, salary and extra pay schedules, portable building for art and drama departments' shop facilities; faculty appointments; ratification of change orders; "petition for approval of college for attendance of non-immigrant students"; equipment bids. Attachments include memos to President Thornton Ford from the TCC Association regarding the salary schedule, with list of definitions of Washington community colleges teaching experience, salary schedule provisions; Professional Compensation, Faculty Leave, and Conditions of Employment policies; minutes for the August 10 State Board for Community College Education (SBCCE) meeting, with their own attachments (primarily resolutions); memo to Acting Director Norman C. Richardson from President Ford regarding response to SBCCE request for "present status of contemplated plans for capital outlay needs during the 1967-69 biennium"; a project report on landscape planning by President Ford; tabulation and explanation for furniture, scientific supplies bids; revised proposed 1967-1968 calendar; invitation to bid for art tables; memo from Paul Jacobson to President Ford regarding faculty requests for additional experience credit.
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  Regular meeting of the Board of Trustees - July 27, 1967

  Three-page packet for the regular meeting of the Tacoma Community College Board of Trustees, July 27, 1967. Contains agenda and minutes (no attachments). Agenda includes roll call; approval of previous minutes; correspondence; reports on TCC Foundation, Friends of the TCC Library, contract proposals, fall enrollment projections, proposed capital funds application, landscaping, new appointments, TCC Association; acceptance of the "Cooperative Board-Certificated Personnel Relations" agreement and the Board Bylaws; recommendations relating to compensation for department chairs and the athletic director.
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  Regular meeting of the Board of Trustees - July 13, 1967

  55-page packet for the regular meeting of the Tacoma Community College Board of Trustees, July 13, 1967. Contains agenda, minutes, and attachments. Revised agenda (toward end of packet at page 48) includes roll call; approval of the June 30 meeting minutes; president's report, including various correspondence received, faculty recommendations on compensation, the faculty negotiations agreement, appointment of an Athletic Director, and progress reports; ratification of actions by Tacoma Public School District No. 10 on behalf of TCC; recommendation for classified employee hiring procedure; discussion of bylaws; resolution regarding surplus property section. Attachments include a memo from President Ford to the Board regarding extra pay for extra work; the Professional Compensation, Faculty Leave, and Conditions of Employment policies; an extra pay schedule for various roles; State Board for Community College Education (SBCCE) Bulletin No. 3-67 regarding "Present Status of Contemplated Plans for Capital Outlay Needs During the 1967-69 Biennium" and responding memo from President Ford; minutes of the July 6, 1967 SBCCE meeting, with additional attachments; TCC Foundation Agreement of Association and member roster; report from Records Officer Joe Kosai on enrollment projections for fall quarter 1967; memo to faculty from the TCC Association Negotiation Committee regarding the salary schedule; the agreement "Cooperative Board Certificated Personnel Relations"; the Board of Trustees Bylaws; minutes of the June 22, 1967 SBCCE meeting, with additional attachments; items pertaining to TCC from the April 13, April 27, May 25, and June 22 Tacoma School District No. 10 Board of Directors' meetings.
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  Special meeting of the Board of Trustees - June 30, 1967

  Nine-page packet for the special meeting of the Tacoma Community College Board of Trustees, June 30, 1967. Contains agenda, minutes, and attachments. Agenda includes roll call, approval of the June 22 meeting minutes, discussion of the proposed negotiations agreement entitled "Cooperative Board-Certificated Personnel Relations," and discuss of bylaws for the Board. Attachments include the Professional Compensation, Faculty Leave, and Conditions of Employment policies; document "Cooperative Board-Certificated Personnel Relations" and additional note providing the legal basis for this agreement.
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  Regular meeting of the Board of Trustees - June 22, 1967

  26-page packet for the meeting of the Tacoma Community College Board of Trustees, June 22, 1967. Contains minutes and attachments. Note: This packet was previously bundled with the packet for the special meeting of June 30, 1967. Minutes discuss establishment of Board policy; planning a study session for the Board Certificated Personnel Relations agreement; review of professional compensation, faculty leave, and conditions of employment policies; approval of administrative appointments; approval of various salary policies and schedules; approval of the preliminary 1967-1968 budget and calendar; use of Robert's Rules in meetings; approval of change orders for buildings under construction; authorization of the President for banking deposits; formation and appointment of members to a Civil Service Committee. Attachments include the 1967-1968 proposed salary schedule and part-time instructor salary schedule; the Professional Compensation, Faculty Leave, and Conditions of Employment policies, with handwritten notes; document exploring the legal basis for the Board to delegate responsibilities; document discussing decision-making around salaries; the proposed 1967-1968 college calendar; change orders from architect Lyle Swedberg to the Board regarding campus construction; document entitled "Some Thoughts on the Nature of the Community College Trustee" by TCC President Thornton Ford.
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  First meeting of the Board of Trustees - May 31, 1967

  16-page packet for the first meeting of the Tacoma Community College Board of Trustees, May 31, 1967. Contains agenda, attachments, and amended minutes. Agenda includes introduction, review and discussion of Section 10 of the Community College Act of 1967 regarding drawing of lots for determination of initial terms and the organization of the Board, distribution of background material, and the official organization meeting. Attachments include a May 31, 1967 memo from TCC President Thornton Ford to the Board of Trustees regarding consideration for implementation of Community College Act of 1967, with handwritten notes on several pages; document entitled "Some Thoughts on the Nature of the Community College Trustee" by Ford; estimated general fund receipts and expenditures for fiscal year 1967-1968.
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  The Collegiate Challenge - June 6, 1980

  Student newspaper of the Tacoma Community College. This issue is numbered volume XVI, number 23 and is twelve pages. This issue contains stories on state representative Shirley J. Winsley being selected to speak at commencement; summer quarter for veterans; police harassment at rock concerts (a reprint from an earlier issue) and a responding article; lack of policy on children in classrooms; a TV program series, "Closing the Learning Gap," on the Direct Instruction teaching method; director, producer, and now Bellevue Community College "artist in residence" instructor in film Stanley Kramer; summer field trip and study abroad programs; the Labor Film Festival. Also includes a photo of the student senate and their year-end six-foot sandwich; letters to the editor regarding parking tickets, praising the year's activities from the Black Students Union, commending reporter Marvin Jenkins, praising editor Scott Peterson, discussing inflation and interest rates; letter from the editor thanking numerous members of the TCC community; final examination schedule; a tongue-in-cheek list of writing recommendations from the Chicago Sun-Times; a photo of the truck stuck under the campus bridge; ads; a list of 1980 graduates and their degrees; a student activities survey; a photo of the Faculty Art Exhibition at the Tacoma Art Museum; photo essay of Challenge staff; photo of country band The Shoppe at the spring festival; comics; list of student awards recipients. Announcements include Challenge staff openings; availability of the revised Student Rights and Responsibilities Code; an American Red Cross Tacoma-Pierce County chapter meeting; availability of issues of literary arts magazine Trillium. Staff credits: Published by the Associated Students of Tacoma Community College; editor Scott Peterson; assistant editor J.M. Johnson; entertainment Greg Nordlund; business Danny Johnson; columnist George Freeman III; advisor Ila Zbaraschuk; photo editor Tom Ogden; photographers Paul Petrinovich, Debby Heil, Laura Reed; reporters Marvin Jenkins, Elaine Elmantra Smith, Laura Reed, Joe Moore, Ruby Lowe, Marcy McPherson, Mara Morgen, Tony Hampton; artist Marcy McPherson.
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  The Collegiate Challenge - May 23, 1980

  Student newspaper of the Tacoma Community College. This issue is numbered volume XVI, number 22 and is eight pages. Content notice: This issue contains use of outdated language for disability on page 7. This issue contains stories on the Governor's Writers' Day at Olympia where instructor, author, and historian Murray Morgan received an award; the Friends of the TCC Library annual meeting and guest speaker naturalist Ruth Kirk discussing the Ozette archaeological dig; geology instructor Dr. Jack Hyde and the Mount St. Helens volcanic eruption; a federal hiring freeze affecting certain positions on campus; the "Adults and Their Aging Parents" workshop; a non-traditional job workshop and panel; women's tennis team successes at the state tournament; services for disabled students; a gym open house including contests; Day Care Center Director Patricia Heidlebaugh. Also includes "Let's Titan Up" column on the student government budget; letters to the editor announcing the Job Location and Development Program, responding to the article on the Human Service Worker Program; photos from Yakima after the eruption of Mount St Helens; an athletics photo collage. Announcements include available scholarships; fall registration appointments; open Challenge staff positions; a Child Care Center open house; a Student Programs sponsored river rafting trip; call for items for a Black Student Union rummage sale; a visit by an Alaska Pacific University representative. Staff credits: Published by the Associated Students of Tacoma Community College; editor Scott Peterson; assistant editor J.M. Johnson; entertainment Greg Nordlund; business Danny Johnson; columnist George Freeman III; advisor Ila Zbaraschuk; photo editor Tom Ogden; photographers Paul Petrinovich, Debby Heil, Laura Reed; reporters Marvin Jenkins, Elaine Elmantra Smith, Laura Reed, Joe Moore, Ruby Lowe, Marcy McPherson, Mara Morgen, Tony Hampton; artist Marcy McPherson.
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  The Collegiate Challenge - May 16, 1980

  Student newspaper of the Tacoma Community College. This issue is numbered volume XVI, number 20 (actually number 21) and is eight pages. Content notice: This issue contains discussion of suicide on page 6. This issue contains stories on a truck crashing into a campus bridge; a major state budget cut to the community colleges; the Human Services Program and need for more staffing; formation of new comedy student club "A Variety a Comedy Shoppe"; documentary film Front Line on Australian cameraman and correspondent Neil Davis's experience covering war in Indochina; student Diane Rose Lintz; student Chinh Davone Many; instructor Ron Magden; a "Salmon Seminar" for fishers; the upcoming annual spring festival; production of instructor Chuck Cline's film on teenage suicide; political science instructor Don Moseid and a Tacoma City Council internship program; all members of the women's varsity tennis team qualifying for the state tournament; the Army Reserve; potential cuts to the Athletics program; the All Northwest Swing Jazz Festival. Also includes letter to the editor regarding a previous issue's review of the film Foxes and discussion of virginity; a guest editorial from Senator R. Lorraine Wojahn on a new tax cut for senior citizens; ads and classified ads; a photo of a new Tacoma Transit System bus; a Spring Festival schedule. Announcements include retirement congratulations to custodian Jim Warren; a seminar on forming neighborhood associations; open auditions for The Clef Dwellers choir and The Jazz Ensemble band; a lecture on Mount St Helens by geologists Dr. Jack Hyde (TCC) and Al Eggers (University of Puget Sound); the third annual Lakewood-Tacoma Super-Summer Halfathon race; a seminar for adults caring for senior family members; upcoming concerts from Evergreen State College music groups; an Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) benefit and international potluck by the National Organization for Women Tacoma chapter; available part-time jobs; spring commencement and graduation information. Staff credits: Published by the Associated Students of Tacoma Community College; editor Scott Peterson; assistant editor J.M. Johnson; entertainment Greg Nordlund; business Danny Johnson; sports Mary Jane Ladenburg; columnist George Freeman III; advisor Ila Zbaraschuk; photo editor Tom Ogden; photographers Paul Petrinovich, Debby Heil, Laura Reed; reporters Marvin Jenkins, Elaine Elmantra Smith, Laura Reed, Joe Moore, Ruby Lowe, Marcy McPherson, Mara Morgen, Tony Hampton; artist Marcy McPherson.
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  The Collegiate Challenge - May 9, 1980

  Student newspaper of the Tacoma Community College. This issue is numbered volume XVI, number 20 (actually number 21) and is eight pages. This issue contains stories on geology instructor Dr. Jack Hyde serving as chair of the Tacoma Planning Commission and running for a vacant Tacoma City Council position; the resignation of instructor Jacob Parker to join the Washington State Board of Prison Terms and Paroles; student Yasuko Sato; new Student Programs Assistant Eddie Richards; student Jim Leonard; courses for senior citizens; an upcoming "Energy and You" seminar. Also includes photo of a sailboat on Puget Sound; editorials on horses as a form of transportation, hindsight; letters to the editor praising the Narrows Bridge Run, responding to a previous issue's editorial on the cancelled charette; illustrations, expressing frustrations with children brought to class by parent students; ads and classified ads; a syndicated story on tanning; a list of winter quarter graduates and Associate Degree recipients; spring quarter final examination schedule. Announcements include call for volunteers to train as English as a Second Language (ESL) tutors for Indochinese refugees with the Asian American Alliance; available scholarships; open auditions for The Clef Dwellers choir and The Jazz Ensemble band; various events of the week; an Evergreen State College Information Fair at TCC; visits by Washington State University and Naval Air Reserve representatives; a "Starting a Family Owned Business" seminar; a Yakima Community College choir concert; available part-time jobs; a Chess and Backgammon Society backgammon competition. Staff credits: Published by the Associated Students of Tacoma Community College; editor Scott Peterson; assistant editor J.M. Johnson; entertainment Greg Nordlund; business Danny Johnson; sports Mary Jane Ladenburg; columnist George Freeman III; advisor Ila Zbaraschuk; photo editor Tom Ogden; photographers Paul Petrinovich, Debby Heil, Laura Reed; reporters Marvin Jenkins, Elaine Elmantra Smith, Laura Reed, Joe Moore, Ruby Lowe, Marcy McPherson, Mara Morgen, Tony Hampton; artist Marcy McPherson.
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  The Collegiate Challenge - May 2, 1980

  Student newspaper of the Tacoma Community College. This issue is numbered volume XVI, number 19 (actually number 20) and is eight pages. This issue contains stories on the last graduation ceremony at McNeil Island Federation Penitentiary (republished from McNeil newspaper Newsbuoy); the "Symposium on the Professional Woman of the 80s"; the TCC student government; veterans educational benefits; the Child Care Center; a summer field trip course to the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico; model agency co-president Eileen Ford and her recent search in Seattle; spokesman and president pro tem of Puget Sun Tom Heidelbaugh speaking on solar energy; conversational language courses at TCC; the Tacoma Narrows Bridge Run; the Respiratory Therapy Technician program and open applications; recent golf team performance. Also includes table of contents; ads and classified ads; "Let's Titan Up" column the cancellation of the all-campus charette. Announcements include a Student Programs sponsored river rafting trip; the annual spring festival; area high school musicians rehearsing with Doc Edson and Gary Hobbs for the All-Northwest Swing Choir and Stage Band Festival; high school student musicians from the Pacific Northwest competing in the All-Northwest Swing Choir and Stage Band Festival. Staff credits: Published by the Associated Students of Tacoma Community College; editor Scott Peterson; assistant editor J.M. Johnson; entertainment Greg Nordlund; business Danny Johnson; sports Mary Jane Ladenburg; columnist George Freeman III; advisor Ila Zbaraschuk; photo editor Tom Ogden; photographers Paul Petrinovich, Debby Heil, Laura Reed; reporters Marvin Jenkins, Elaine Elmantra Smith, Laura Reed, Joe Moore, Ruby Lowe, Marcy McPherson, Mara Morgen, Tony Hampton; artist Marcy McPherson.
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  The Collegiate Challenge - April 25, 1980

  Student newspaper of the Tacoma Community College. This issue is numbered volume XVI, number 18 (actually number 19) and is eight pages. This issue contains stories on an all-day charette discussion of campus issues; the upcoming symposium on working women in the 1980s; Seattle Post-Intelligencer political writer Bill Prochnau speaking on the 1980 election; TCC student Candy Norberg winning the 1980-81 Miss Pierce County Scholarship Pageant; volcanic activity at Mt. St. Helens; Director of Mail Services Chuck Knauf and his trivia knowledge; staff reflections on the TCC program at McNeil Island; petty theft on campus; approval and plans for the Tacoma Minidome; the golf team and their series of recent wins; the men's baseball team wins against Shoreline and Green River; the upcoming Tacoma Narrows Bridge Run; a Continuing Education and Community Services "Holland and England Excursion by Bicycle" study abroad tour; an upcoming special athletics committee meeting regarding budget cuts; the Geology Field Excursion summer course. Also includes table of contents; "Let's Titan Up" column on budget cuts; letter to the editor responding to a previous issue's editorial on police harassment of rock concert attendees; ads, including ad for the TCC 1980 All Northwest Swing Jazz Festival Finals Concert; an interview with jazz drummer Buddy Rich; men's baseball schedule. Announcements include postponement of the campus charette; a student government sponsored forum on campus issues; open student government positions; available tickets for the production of a Stephen Sondheim musical series at the University of Puget Sound Inside Theatre; available scholarships; the Scandinavian Seminar study abroad program in Denmark; summer registration; call for a Challenge staff secretary; results of the Bowl-a-Thon fundraiser; the Point Defiance Spring Fever 10 km Run; an "Energy and the Way We Live" forum; the 10th annual McChord Open House and Mount Rainier Council Scout-o-Rama event. Staff credits: Published by the Associated Students of Tacoma Community College; editor Scott Peterson; assistant editor J.M. Johnson; entertainment Greg Nordlund; business Danny Johnson; sports Mary Jane Ladenburg; columnist George Freeman III; advisor Ila Zbaraschuk; photo editor Tom Ogden; photographers Paul Petrinovich, Debby Heil, Laura Reed; reporters Marvin Jenkins, Elaine Elmantra Smith, Laura Reed, Joe Moore, Ruby Lowe, Marcy McPherson,Mara Morgen, Tony Hampton; artist Marcy McPherson.
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  The Collegiate Challenge - April 18, 1980

  Student newspaper of the Tacoma Community College. This issue is numbered volume XVI, number 17 (actually number 18) and is eight pages. This issue contains stories on the death of of a student while jogging; a proposed state budget cut during growing community college demand; retired University of Washington professor Giovanni Costigan speaking on anti-Semitism and the Holocaust; the Honors Program guest lecture series on the Holocaust; TCC student Cynthia (Cyn) Anne Brown Doran; variety, talk, and news shows on television; upcoming "Symposium on the Professional Woman of the 80s"; the beginning of men's baseball season; the beginning of women's softball season with practice games; the Tacoma Narrows Bridge Run fundraiser; an upcoming performance by Mica Mime Troupe; the Tacoma/Pierce County Displaced Homemaker Consortium and job orientation classes. Also includes guest editorial / letter from Congress Norm Dicks regarding the Northwest Regional Power Bill; table of contents; comics and illustrations; a survey of responses to the 1980 census; review of the film The Black Stallion; ads; review of "The Shakespeare Plays" TV series' Henry V. Announcements include drop-in support groups at the YWCA Women's Support Shelter and call for volunteers; a "Current Issues in America" speaker series. Staff credits: Published by the Associated Students of Tacoma Community College; editor Scott Peterson; assistant editor J.M. Johnson; entertainment Greg Nordlund; business Danny Johnson; sports Marty Gordon; columnist George Freeman III; advisor Ila Zbaraschuk; photo editor Tom Ogden; photographers Paul Petrinovich, Debby Heil; reporters Joe Moore, Ruby Lowe, Marvin Jenkins, Elaine Elmantra Smith, John Scholer, Mary Jane Ladenburg, Eldridge E. Howell, Mara Morgen; reporters and photographers Laura Reed, Cathy Smith; reporter and artist Marcy McPherson.