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  The Collegiate Challenge - March 10, 1978

  Student newspaper of the Tacoma Community College. This issue is numbered volume 14, number 16 and is eight pages. This issue contains stories on the founding of TCC; a bomb threat to Buildings 7 and 8; a new "Advising Disclaimer" form to waive advisor services for students; a memorandum of understanding between TCC and the Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints regarding property usage; history instructor Dr. Ron Magden; TCC occupational programs; former US Army Intelligence Major Wayne Sulo Aho speaking on UFOs; an art exhibit in the library by Paul Michael's Art 100-A class; the annual Health Fair; women's basketball team news, including win against University of Puget Sound, loss to Green River and end of their season; the beginning of baseball season; the need for more participants in spring athletics teams; senior students in the Life Long Learning program; English instructor Georgia McDade's field trips to the Ashland Shakespeare Festival. Also includes a photo of instructor Monty Jones at his surprise birthday party; table of contents; editorial on campus parking color coding; "Political Beat" column on various political news, including Panama Canal treaty amendments, a Supreme Court ruling on a labor dispute with J.P. Stevens and Co., Tacoma school levies; letters to the editor regarding student government, an increase in the student Service and Activities fees, disagreeing with the dismissal of Program Assistant Patricia Mullen; "Veterans Corner" column on life insurance; updates on the New Year's resolution holders; factoids; ads and classified ads; intramural bowling standings; Challenge poll on TCC; final examination schedule. Announcements include Human Service Worker program application deadlines; schedule for University of Puget Sound representatives visits; a Seattle Art Museum (SAM) sponsored appraisal event; a South and Southeastern Asian sculpture exhibit at SAM; a performances by flutist Jean-Pierre Rampal, jazz band the Crusaders at the Seattle Opera House; rock concert by Nazareth at the Seattle Center Arena; concert by Karla Bonoff at the Paramount Northwest Theatre; the founding of the Women's Center in Building 7; discount airline fares between Seattle and Spokane. Staff credits: Published by the Associated Students of Tacoma Community College; editor C.P. Stancich; assistant editor Lorrie Carter; photography director Rich Hamack; business manager Ben Smith; sports editor Ted Fick; copy editor Kelly Gordon; reporters Kathy Anderson, Reggie Carpenter, Paul Gresham, Steve Hunt, Rick Lewis, Bob Manuel, Marilyn McKim, Doug Oxenford, John P. Peterson, John W. Peterson, Neil Uhrich, Quiency Walker, Sam Warren; photographers Pakawan Duvall, Mary Jo Gilbert, Rich Hamack, Lacey O'Neal, Kathy Anderson; layout Lorrie Carter, Ted Fick, Rich Hamack, Kelly Gordon, Rick Lewis, Doug Oxenford, John P. Peterson, John W. Peterson, Ben Smith, Chris Stancich, Neil Uhrich; advisor Ila Zbaraschuk; secretary Shirley Bell.
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  The Collegiate Challenge - March 1, 1978

  Student newspaper of the Tacoma Community College. This issue is numbered volume 14 (corrected by hand to volume 15), number 15 and is eight pages. This issue contains stories on a TCC Summer Arts Workshop for high school students; student president Joanne Nester; planning for a downtown TCC extension; the Self Defense for Women class; a TCC club presidents meeting; literary magazine Trillium; the end of men's basketball season with wins against Everett and losses to Bellevue; openings in the track team; women's basketball team wins against Ft. Lewis and Highline, losses against Grays Harbor; a sex equity symposium led by Sylvan Institute of Mental Health and Family Services president and executive director Michael C. Giametteo. Also includes table of contents; editorial on a proposed Senate Bill 2467 for labor law reform; "Political Beat" column on various political news including the minimal wage, a new employment bill, Governor Dixy Lee Ray; letter to the editor regarding a returned lost item; crossword puzzle; a new opinion poll section; poetry; quotations; photos of construction at neighboring James Center; "Veterans Corner" column on compensation increases, state bonuses; results of a Challenge poll on US President Carter and the current Congress; ads and classified ads; intramural bowling standings; updates from New Year's resolution holders; final examination schedule. Announcements include finals week gym hours; a "Tacomans Concerned about Trident" sponsored presentation by Jim Douglas on non-violence; an exhibit by Photography 221 class in the library; a Northwest art exhibit in the Seattle Center Modern Art Pavilion; a concert by the McChord Air Force Base Touch of Blue jazz ensemble; Junior League of Tacoma variety show "Sound Off '78"; a San Francisco Ballet performance of Romeo and Juliet at the Seattle Opera House; a U.S. Indoor Midget Auto Championship and Demolition Derby at the Kingdom; TCC special tours of the "Treasures of Tutankhamun" Seattle Center exhibit, associated lectures; rock concerts by Santana, Aerosmith, Sha Na Na; a new Students Science Club; upcoming visit by an Oregon State University representative; Student Placement Office part-time and summer jobs listings; Respiratory Therapy Technician program application deadlines; available scholarships; a TCC Hairy Legs Contest for the muscular dystrophy fundraiser. Staff credits: Published by the Associated Students of Tacoma Community College; editor C.P. Stancich; assistant editor Lorrie Carter; photography director Rich Hamack; business manager Ben Smith; sports editor Ted Fick; copy editor Kelly Gordon; reporters Kathy Anderson, Reggie Carpenter, Paul Gresham, Steve Hunt, Rick Lewis, Bob Manuel, Marilyn McKim, Doug Oxenford, John P. Peterson, John W. Peterson, Neil Uhrich, Quiency Walker, Sam Warren; photographers Pakawan Duvall, Mary Jo Gilbert, Rich Hamack, Lacey O'Neal, Kathy Anderson; layout Lorrie Carter, Ted Fick, Rich Hamack, Kelly Gordon, Rick Lewis, Doug Oxenford, John P. Peterson, John W. Peterson, Ben Smith, Chris Stancich, Neil Uhrich; advisor Ila Zbaraschuk; secretary Shirley Bell.
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  The Collegiate Challenge - February 17, 1978

  Student newspaper of the Tacoma Community College. This issue is numbered volume 14, number 14 and is eight pages. This issue contains stories on delays to the creation of a new student body constitution; real estate instructor Ron Powell and his inclusion in the Who's Who of Commercial and Industrial Real Estate; the TCC popular culture newspaper course series partnering with the Tacoma News Tribune and KSTW-TV; Tacoma Mayor Mike Parker speaking in a journalism class; the lecture and reading by poet Gwendolyn Brooks; student senator Ted Fick representing TCC at the Council of Representatives and Presidents (CORP) meeting; changes to Home and Family Life classes; men's basketball team news, including the end of their season; women's basketball team win against Fort Steilacoom and loss to Lower Columbia; the upcoming Seattle International Sportsmen's Exposition; geology instructor and Mathematics and Science Division chair Jack Hyde; Jack Hyde's summer geology field trip classes. Also includes table of contents; editorials on recommendations for downtown Tacoma by the Regional-Urban Design Assistance Team (R-UDAT), the men's basketball team; "Council Beat" column on Tacoma City Council news, including a request to turn the Old City Hall district into an Historical District; update on the New Year's Resolution holders; correction regarding a previous issue's article; ads and classified ads; review of the TCC drama production Ten Nights in a Barroom; music reviews of the Chick Corea and Herbie Hancock jazz concert, Midnight Band album "Bridges"; poetry; answers to the previous issue's crossword; a photo from Tacoma actor Tony Karloff presentation to Chuck Cline's acting class; "Veterans Corner" column, including cheap international flights for veterans; men's basketball team statistics; intramural bowling standings. Announcements include poster approval rules; a performance by belly dancer Pam Stocking; a presentation by Spanish National Confederation of Labor representative Miguel Mesa on "Spanish Labor: The Rebirth of Unionism in Post-Franco Spain"; a Ski Club sponsored trip to Aspen; an upcoming jewelry display by D&C Silver; concerts by America, Striker, Santana, and Aerosmith; caricaturist Bill Phillips drawing free caricatures; call for ride share participants; available veteran work-study positions; part-time jobs in the Student Placement Office; a Collegiate Creative Writing Contest; the Northwest Chicano Health Careers Institute; a Young Socialist Alliance sponsored presentation by Hector Marroquin on political asylum. Staff credits: Published by the Associated Students of Tacoma Community College; editor C.P. Stancich; assistant editor Lorrie Carter; photography director Rich Hamack; business manager Ben Smith; sports editor Ted Fick; copy editor Kelly Gordon; reporters Kathy Anderson, Reggie Carpenter, Paul Gresham, Steve Hunt, Rick Lewis, Bob Manuel, Marilyn McKim, Doug Oxenford, John P. Peterson, John W. Peterson, Neil Uhrich, Quiency Walker, Sam Warren; photographers Pakawan Duvall, Mary Jo Gilbert, Rich Hamack, Lacey O'Neal, Kathy Anderson; layout Lorrie Carter, Ted Fick, Rich Hamack, Kelly Gordon, Rick Lewis, Doug Oxenford, John P. Peterson, John W. Peterson, Ben Smith, Chris Stancich, Neil Uhrich; advisor Ila Zbaraschuk; secretary Shirley Bell.
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  The Collegiate Challenge - February 10, 1978

  Student newspaper of the Tacoma Community College. This issue is numbered volume 14, number 13 and is eight pages. Content note: This issue contains use of outdated and now offensive language regarding disability on page 3. This issue contains stories on a TCC Home and Family Life program parent discussion group; "mini-quarter" classes; the Medical Record Technician program receiving reaccreditation from the American Medical Association (AMA); an upcoming visit by new Tacoma mayor Mike Parker to a journalism class; art instructor Dr. Richard Rhea joining the Pacific Gallery Artists Open Exhibit jury; Washington Senator Warren G. Magnuson becoming chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee; comparison of TCC and Ft. Steilacoom Community College (FSCC); Oceanography 101 class field trips; a Student Programs sponsored jewelry display by D&C Silver in the library; Valentine's Day; new parking color coding; men's basketball team news, including win against Shoreline; women's basketball team loss to Centralia and win against Ft. Lewis; a golf team meeting; tutoring services. Also includes table of contents; editorial on various civil rights organizations; "Council Beat" column on Tacoma City Council news, including staffing issues; updates on the New Year's Resolution holders; ads and classified ads; film review of Saturday Night Fever; poetry; "Veterans Corner" column on retirement cost of living adjustments; intramural bowling standings; crossword puzzle; TCC ad for television course "Tolstoy: The Great Russian Novelist" (English 197). Announcements include faculty secretary Mildred Rohrs becoming a grandmother; activities from the TCC entertainment coordinator; an origami demonstration, jewelry display and sale in the library; a mime workshop; TCC tours of the Treasures of Tutankhamun exhibit at Seattle Center; a performance by Jury's Irish Cabaret of Dublin at the Seattle Opera House; "George Segal: Pastels and Sculpture" art exhibition at the Seattle Center Seattle Art Museum (SAM) Modern Art Pavilion; a scene and costume design, "Art of Ancient Egypt" exhibits at SAM; the Regina Bauer Frankenberg Scholarship essay contest; open auditions for Stage 1 theatre company; available tax assistance; availability of financial aid applications; part time job openings at the Tacoma Narcotics Center and YWCA; call for volunteers for a Muscular Dystrophy Dance Marathon; book swap hours; a Veterans Club party; part-time jobs in Building 2A. Staff credits: Published by the Associated Students of Tacoma Community College; editor C.P. Stancich; assistant editor Lorrie Carter; photography director Rich Hamack; business manager Ben Smith; sports editor Ted Fick; copy editor Kelly Gordon; reporters Kathy Anderson, Reggie Carpenter, Paul Gresham, Steve Hunt, Rick Lewis, Bob Manuel, Marilyn McKim, Doug Oxenford, John P. Peterson, John W. Peterson, Neil Uhrich, Quiency Walker, Sam Warren; photographers Pakawan Duvall, Mary Jo Gilbert, Rich Hamack, Lacey O'Neal, Kathy Anderson; layout Lorrie Carter, Ted Fick, Rich Hamack, Kelly Gordon, Rick Lewis, Doug Oxenford, John P. Peterson, John W. Peterson, Ben Smith, Chris Stancich, Neil Uhrich; advisor Ila Zbaraschuk; secretary Shirley Bell.
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  The Collegiate Challenge - February 3, 1978

  Student newspaper of the Tacoma Community College. This issue is numbered volume 14, number 12 and is eight pages. Content note: This issue contains outdated language regarding disabilities on page 2 and 3. This issue contains stories on the unlikelihood of student center and gym project funding from the state; TCC students competing in a chicken wing eating contest and fundraiser; all recent radiology graduates passing the National Certification Examination; the issues with separate schools for disabled students; composition instructor Frank Garratt; new Entertainment Coordinator Kathy Baseden; the Challenge office's struggle to hire a new secretary; the class of 1969 time capsule; men's basketball news, including seeking to qualify for the state championship, new coach Jerry Mahan, wins and losses; women's basketball team playing against Green River and their coach lodging a complaint against the referees; Information Officer Eve Dumovich. Also includes table of contents; "Council Beat" column on Tacoma City Council news, including consideration of a Tacoma Mall expansion; updates on the New Year's resolution holders; letters to the editor regarding student participation in events, CB (Citizen's Band) radio use; factoids; ads and classified ads; music review of the Honeytree concert; "Veterans Corner" column on foreign civil government employment law, Navy Exchange shopping discounts; intramural bowling stats; men's basketball conference standings. Announcements include a women's center planning meeting; the upcoming drama production Ten Nights in a Barroom; a Beatles film collection screening A History of the Beatles; a multimedia poetry reading "The Abstract Reality" for Black Awareness Week; concerts by blues artist B.B. King at the Trojan Horse in Seattle; a concert by Jesse Dixon at People's Church; a Michelangelo sculpture exhibit at the Seattle Center Cascade Gallery; a jazz concert by Chick Corea and Herbie Hancock; exhibit "Turn of the Century America" at the Seattle Center Modern Art Pavilion; a new library outdoor book drop; part-time jobs at the Tacoma YMCA; an upcoming International Student Organization (ISO) ski trip; a Tacoma Zoological Society meeting; a call for editorial board members for literary magazine Trillium; the Chicano Health Career Hotline. Staff credits: Published by the Associated Students of Tacoma Community College; editor C.P. Stancich; assistant editor Lorrie Carter; photography director Rich Hamack; business manager Ben Smith; sports editor Ted Fick; copy editor Kelly Gordon; reporters Kathy Anderson, Reggie Carpenter, Paul Gresham, Steve Hunt, Rick Lewis, Bob Manuel, Marilyn McKim, Doug Oxenford, John P. Peterson, John W. Peterson, Neil Uhrich, Quiency Walker, Sam Warren; photographers Pakawan Duvall, Mary Jo Gilbert, Rich Hamack, Lacey O'Neal, Kathy Anderson; layout Lorrie Carter, Ted Fick, Rich Hamack, Kelly Gordon, Rick Lewis, Doug Oxenford, John P. Peterson, John W. Peterson, Ben Smith, Chris Stancich, Neil Uhrich; advisor Ila Zbaraschuk; secretary Shirley Bell.
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  The Collegiate Challenge - January 27, 1978

  Student newspaper of the Tacoma Community College. This issue is numbered volume 14, number 11 and is eight pages. Content note: This issue contains outdated and now offensive terminology referring to disability on page 1 and 3. This issue contains stories on delays to the games lounge; student senator Ted Fick representing TCC at a chicken wing eating contest; the band program; state legislators touring TCC and Fort Steilacoom Community College; disability office coordinator Donna Pugh; a meeting for a women's center proposal; the 31st annual Seattle Boat Show at the Kingdome; counselor and instructor Janet Haines; men's basketball team performance; the women's basketball team winning against Pacific Lutheran University and losing to Gray's Harbor; women's intramurals program. Also includes table of contents; factoids; editorial on the US Armed Forces upgraded discharges; "Council Beat" column on City Council news, including Mayor Mike Parker not voting on issues; updates on the new year's resolution holders; letters to the editor on posting signs on campus, the quiet lounge; ads, including a Civil Defense illustration, and classified ads; "Veterans Corner" column on documents to keep safe copies of; review of the film "Semi Tough"; review of the "Laserock" show at the Pacific Science Center Laserium; poetry; a photo of Les Brown and his Band of Renown performing at a Tacoma Art Museum benefit; men's basketball standings; intramural bowling stats. Announcements include part time jobs; a new Chicano Health Career Hotline from the Northwest Chicano Health, Health Careers Program; information on the YWCA Women's Support Shelter; a new Department of Ecology Recycling Hotline recycling brochure for children; a new housing department in the Metropolitan Development Council; an upcoming lecture and reading by Pulitzer prize winning poet Gwendolyn Brooks; film screenings of Let's Do It Again and Uptown Saturday Night; an exhibitions of scene and costume design and an Egyptian art at the Seattle Art Museum (SAM); a program series of slide lectures and films on photography; mime Marcel Marceau performing at the Seattle Opera House; a George Segal art exhibit at the SAM Art Pavilion; the Pacific International Motor-rama car show with musical performances; open auditions for a theater workshop in Tacoma; Washington State University Air Force ROTC openings; parking ticket information. Staff credits: Published by the Associated Students of Tacoma Community College; editor C.P. Stancich; assistant editor Lorrie Carter; photography director Rich Hamack; business manager Ben Smith; sports editor Ted Fick; copy editor Kelly Gordon; reporters Robert Baker, Kris Davenport, Paul Gresham, Steve Hunt, Rick Lewis, Bob Manuel, Marilyn McKim, Doug Oxenford, John P. Peterson, John W. Peterson, Neil Uhrich, Quiency Walker, Sam Warren; photographers Pakawan Duvall, Mary Jo Gilbert, Rich Hamack, Lacey O'Neal, Ben Smith; layout Lorrie Carter, Ted Fick Mary Jo Gilbert, Rich Hamack, Kelly Gordon, Rick Lewis, John P. Peterson, John W. Peterson, Ben Smith, Chris Stancich, Neil Uhrich; advisor Ila Zbaraschuk.
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  The Collegiate Challenge - January 20, 1978

  Student newspaper of the Tacoma Community College. This issue is numbered volume 14, number 10 and is eight pages. Content note: This issue contains use of an outdated term for disability on page 1. This issue contains stories on the Constitution Task Force working to create a new student government constitution; a new office for TCC disabled student services; campus security; campus first aid stations; the new Challenge staff; lack of strong support for the proposed religious classes; a new Student Programs Activities Center; guest drama director Milt Boyd; openings in the Washington State University Air Force ROTC program; the upcoming drama production of Ten Nights in a Barroom; the "comeback" of jazz music; women's basketball team performance; the men's basketball team winning against the University of Washington (UW) Junior Varsity team; new basketball trainer Sonja Pedersen; the beginning of men's intramurals. Also includes table of contents; editorial on the new student government constitution; letter to the editor regarding too many assignments; "Council Beat" column on City Council news, including new council members and Jack Warnick being reelected as Deputy Mayor; ads and classified ads; film review of The World's Greatest Lover; music review of the Woody Herman jazz concert at the Paramount Theatre; factoids; "Veterans Corner" column on going abroad; solution to previous issue's crossword puzzle; a piece "adapted from Theodora Wells" discussing men's and women's roles; coed extramural volleyball schedule; intramural bowling stats; a photo of student president Joanne Nester being thrown a surprise birthday party; a follow-up on the previous issue's new year's resolutions; list of federal, state, and county representatives. Announcements include Vet's Club meeting; part time jobs; availability of financial aid applications; open scholarships; graduation procedures and deadlines; an upcoming concert by Johnny Mathis at the Seattle Opera House; a lecture on "Court Dances of the Renaissance" by Augene Feves and Charles Perrier at UW; call for coed volleyball players for an extramural team; parking ticket reminders. Staff credits: Published by the Associated Students of Tacoma Community College; editor C.P. Stancich; assistant editor Lorrie Carter; photography director Rich Hamack; business manager Ben Smith; sports editor Ted Fick; copy editor Kelly Gordon; reporters Robert Baker, Kris Davenport, Paul Gresham, Steve Hunt, Rick Lewis, Bob Manuel, Marilyn McKim, Doug Oxenford, John P. Peterson, John W. Peterson, Neil Uhrich, Quiency Walker, Sam Warren; photographers Pakawan Duvall, Mary Jo Gilbert, Rich Hamack, Lacey O'Neal, Ben Smith; layout Lorrie Carter, Ted Fick Mary Jo Gilbert, Rich Hamack, Kelly Gordon, Rick Lewis, John P. Peterson, John W. Peterson, Ben Smith, Chris Stancich, Neil Uhrich; advisor Ila Zbaraschuk.
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  The Collegiate Challenge - January 13, 1978

  Student newspaper of the Tacoma Community College. This issue is numbered volume 14, number 9 and is eight pages. Content note: This issue contains reference to athlete Caitlyn Jenner using her deadname prior to her transition. This issue contains stories on TCC student and Miss Pierce County Laurie Nelson being chosen for a contest program with comedian Bob Hope; Trustee Alan Vandervert; the TCC Health Center; a revised bookswap format; a study abroad program in Spain; a Time magazine story on Christian evangelicals and TCC's Christian Fellowship group; a City Council meeting; the Chess Club and upcoming chess play-offs; changes to the Landlord-Tenant Act; NBC setting an air date of the TV movie Escape from Hell; biology instructor Dick Perkins and his construction of a log house; a recent motorcycle and car accident and ask for witnesses; area jobs and hiring; new tax packages being mailed to taxpayers; TCC graduate Susan Peters becoming the new women's tennis coach; women's basketball team performance; intramural sports programs; the men's basketball team losing to Seattle; economics instructor Gary Sigmen. Also includes table of contents; editorial on new year's resolutions; letters to the editor correcting a misquote in the previous issue, responding to the proposed religious courses; ads and classified ads; review of film Close Encounters of the Third Kind; book review of Coma by Robin Cook; poetry; crossword puzzle; "Veterans Corner" column on affirmative action; intramural bowling stats; men's basketball schedule. Announcements include availability of a Department of Ecology Recycling Hotline brochure for children; a Institute of Internal Auditors Puget Sound chapter exam review course for the Certified Internal Auditor exam; literary magazine Trillium seeking editorial board members; financial aid policies; a new housing department in the Metropolitan Development Council; Sharon Vigil speaking on medical assistant careers; a nuclear concern meeting at Hillside Community Church; a Seattle Art Museum (SAM) recent acquisitions exhibit at the SAM Modern Art Pavilion in Seattle Center; open submissions for the National Poetry Press's College Poetry Review; Christian singers Son Shine and Honeytree performing at local churches; singer Johnny Mathis performing at the Seattle Opera House; adult puppet shows by the Wisdom Marionette Theatre; Caitlyn Jenner speaking at Green River Community College; jazz band leader Woody Herman and band performing at the Paramount Northwest Theatre; a film series of 1940s depictions of "romanticized psychoanalysis" at Volunteer Park; a University of Washington production of Menotti opera Old Maid and the Thief; open work-study positions for veterans; ski lessons; parking ticket reminders. Staff credits: Published by the Associated Students of Tacoma Community College; editor C.P. Stancich; assistant editor Lorrie Carter; photography director Rich Hamack; business manager Ben Smith; sports editor Ted Fick; copy editor Kelly Gordon; reporters Robert Baker, Kris Davenport, Paul Gresham, Steve Hunt, Rick Lewis, Bob Manuel, Marilyn McKim, Doug Oxenford, John P. Peterson, John W. Peterson, Neil Uhrich, Quincy Walker, Sam Warren; photographers Pakawan Duvall, Mary Jo Gilbert, Rich Hamack, Lacey O'Neal, Ben Smith; layout Lorrie Carter, Ted Fick Mary Jo Gilbert, Rich Hamack, Kelly Gordon, Rick Lewis, John P. Peterson, John W. Peterson, Ben Smith, Chris Stancich, Neil Uhrich; advisor Ila Zbaraschuk.
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  The Collegiate Challenge - December 9, 1977

  Student newspaper of the Tacoma Community College. This issue is numbered volume 14, number 8 and is eight pages. Content note: This issue contains use of outdated language relating to disability on page 3, and references incest on page 8. This issue contains stories on a state legislature study showing TCC spends less on administration costs in relation to full-time students than most other state community colleges; open bids for campus construction; results of the Los Unidos turkey raffle; proposals for religious courses on the Old and New Testaments; allegations of reuse of plasticware in the cafeteria; the for-credit volunteer program at the YMCA teaching swimming to disabled children; Pacific Science Center's annual holiday carnival; International Student Organization (ISO) former president Danny Koffa; a course on the "energy problem"; departing Challenge staff members Jim Fleischmann and Marilyn Brown; men's basketball news; the bowling team taking second in a community college tournament; history instructor Dr. Yu-Yi Ho; enrollment figures; an upcoming conference on incest response and prevention. Also includes table of contents; editorials on the Challenge having plenty of news but not enough money to publish it, the cafeteria; letters to the editor regarding religious classes, discussing Student Programs' handling of a recent event, thanking a friend, discussing the natural food vending machine proposal; editor's note correcting a name in the previous issue; guest editorial on the Bakke decision and its effects on affirmative action; Veterans' Corner column on the Post-Vietnam Era Veterans' Educational Assistance Act; poetry; book reviews of Pyramid by John Hurd, Le Jardin du Monde by John Hurd; quotations; the previous issue's crossword solution; music review of Diana Ross album "Baby It's Me"; ads and classified ads; community college bowling tournament stats; men's basketball holiday schedule; group photo of the 1977-78 women's basketball team; intramural bowling stats; final examination schedule. Announcements include the Pacific Lutheran University Christmas Festival concert; the formation of a drama group at the Afro-American Cultural Center; a Wisdom Marionette Theatre Christmas puppet show at the Puppet House; a National Choral Council Messiah "sign-in" at the Seattle Center Opera House; a film screening of The Exorcist; a TCC Vet's Club Christmas party and dance; availability of student ID cards; bookstore book buybacks. Staff credits: Published by the Associated Students of Tacoma Community College; editor Jim Fleischmann; photography director Cran Wilkie; business manager Ben Smith; copy editor Marilyn Brown; sports editor Sam Warren; arts & entertainment Lorrie Carter; reporters Patty Brands, Marilyn L. Brown, Lorrie Carter, Kristie Davenport, Carl Davis, Bob Elliott, Kelly Gordon, Mitchell George, Steve Hunt, Frank Jones Jr., Rick Lewis, Bob Manuel, Pat McDaid, Yula Nadeau, Mary Osborn, Candy Paris, John Peterson, Ben Smith, Sam Warren, Jon Wesley; secretary Candy Paris; faculty advisor Rachel Bard; photographers Pat McDaid, Ben Smith, Cran Wilkie.
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  The Collegiate Challenge - December 2, 1977

  Student newspaper of the Tacoma Community College. This issue is numbered volume 14, number 7 and is twelve pages. Content note: This issue contains outdated terms for disability on page 2. This issue contains stories on the life-time learning program for senior continuing education; senior student Harry Bornstein; the Learning Assistance Committee; McNeil Island Penitentiary Warden Lawrence Putnam speaking on mandatory sentencing and overcrowding in the prison system; for-credit volunteering with disabled children at the YMCA; organic fertilizer on campus; instructor Lola Howell and her experience teaching Black history at McNeil; Bill Thomas and his experience at Fairview State Hospital, now documented in TV movie Escape from Hell; the Speech 100 class taught by Howie Shull; Dr. Edward H. Kosnoski speaking on optometry for the Allied Health Services program; the men's basketball team; bowling student John Forster almost bowling a perfect game; the cross country team being too small to place in a meet; the end of the women's volleyball season; security using new wheel locks for parking violators. Also includes table of contents; letter to the editor with thanks from a graduating student; "Veterans Corner" column on home loans; factoids; film review of TV movie Escape from Hell; poetry; the American Film Institute's top ten films; film review of A Piece of the Action; new OBI Society Prime Minister Artelous (Art) Williams; intramural bowling stats; ads and classified ads, including a full-page ad reprinted from the Downtown Tacoma News promoting Old City Hall shopping; chestnut recipes; excerpts from the Challenge ten years ago; crossword puzzle; final examination schedule. Announcements include a visit from a Washington State University representative; the TCC choir Christmas show; the Peninsula and Sumner high school football teams playing in the Kingbowl; information for students whose needs aren't met by the Child Care Center; an Outdoor Recreation Program meeting; a Chess Club tournament; season tickets for basketball season; a Christian Fellowship meeting. Staff credits: Published by the Associated Students of Tacoma Community College; editor Jim Fleischmann; photography director Cran Wilkie; business manager Ben Smith; copy editor Marilyn Brown; sports editor Sam Warren; arts & entertainment Lorrie Carter; reporters Patty Brands, Marilyn L. Brown, Lorrie Carter, Kristie Davenport, Carl Davis, Bob Elliott, Kelly Gordon, Mitchell George, Steve Hunt, Frank Jones Jr., Rick Lewis, Bob Manuel, Pat McDaid, Yula Nadeau, Mary Osborn, Candy Paris, John Peterson, Ben Smith, Sam Warren, Jon Wesley; secretary Candy Paris; faculty advisor Rachel Bard; photographers Pat McDaid, Ben Smith, Cran Wilkie.
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  The Collegiate Challenge - November 18, 1977

  Student newspaper of the Tacoma Community College. This issue is numbered volume 14, number 6 and is eight pages. Content note: This issue contains discussion of sexual assault on page 6, 8. This issue contains stories on a survey of students and faculty regarding a proposal to install natural food vending machines; plans to establish a game room; advertising sexualizing and objectifying women; a group working to establish the Thrifty Community Co-Op; the drama production of Night Must Fall; the presentation on rape prevention by Frederic Storaska; alternative radio program KRAB FM; an upcoming Crime and Justice Forum; the cross country team placing fourth in the Highline Invitational and fifth in the Regionals; golf team openings; formation of a foosball team; the "How is a Woman a Change Agent?" forum; foreign students at TCC; University of Washington changing a transferable credits policy. Also includes table of contents; editorial on the natural food vending machine proposal; "Veterans Corner" column on home loans; dates, times, and locations for representative visits from Evergreen State College, University of Puget Sound, and Seattle University; "Activities Rap" column on problems with Student Programs; factoids; music review of the Laura Nyro album "Seasons of Light"; poetry; ads and classified ads; a photo of the women's volleyball team marking the end of the season; intramural bowling standings. Announcements include a Los Unidos turkey raffle, including a photo of club president Ruben MonDragon with a turkey in a crochet outfit; Patti Duncan's second Bull Session; a Los Unidos meeting; a coed volleyball team; the drama production of Night Must Fall and food drive; concerts at the Paramount Northwest Theatre; puppet productions at the Puppet House; the Royal Winnipeg Ballet performing the Nutcracker at the Seattle Opera House; a Japanese prints exhibit at the Seattle Art Museum; lectures and performances at the University of Washington; a dance with music by Epicentre; women's basketball tryouts; a tennis team meeting. Staff credits: Published by the Associated Students of Tacoma Community College; editor Jim Fleischmann; photography director Cran Wilkie; business manager Ben Smith; copy editor Marilyn Brown; sports editor Sam Warren; arts & entertainment Lorrie Carter; reporters Patty Brands, Marilyn L. Brown, Lorrie Carter, Kristie Davenport, Carl Davis, Bob Elliott, Kelly Gordon, Mitchell George, Steve Hunt, Frank Jones Jr., Rick Lewis, Bob Manuel, Pat McDaid, Yula Nadeau, Mary Osborn, Candy Paris, John Peterson, Ben Smith, Sam Warren, Jon Wesley; secretary Candy Paris; faculty advisor Rachel Bard; photographers Pat McDaid, Ben Smith, Cran Wilkie.
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  The Collegiate Challenge - October 28, 1977

  Student newspaper of the Tacoma Community College. This issue is numbered volume 14, number 4 and is eight pages. Content note: This issue contains discussion of sexual assault on page 3. This issue contains stories on the student government requesting a temporary suspension of the student constitution in order to do business without a quorum due to numerous resignations; acting student president Joanne K. Nester; formation of new General Occupational Advisory Council; anti-pornography state Initiative 335; the International Student Organization calling for more American student participation; student group events and lack of participation; upcoming presentation on rape prevention by Frederick Storaska; sociology instructor Ann Sundgren studying husband adjustment problems to alcoholic wives; Spanish instructor Mario Faye being appointed by Mayor Gordon Johnston to the Tacoma Human Relations Commission; books by faculty member Rachel Bard; proposed sales tax removal Initiative 345 being a potential major TCC budget cut; Freckles, a TCC student's diabetic dog; the Los Unidos student club; library reference specialist Lorraine Hildebrand's book Straw Hats, Sandals, and Steel being considered as a textbook for University of Washington anthropology courses; English and photography instructor Paul Clee and his upcoming exhibit at the Tacoma Art Museum; an upcoming public forum on "Women as Agents of Change" with women educator speakers; the new TCC symbol; a new for-credit class on popular culture through community newspapers; a Halloween parade at the Child Care Center; the women's volleyball team losing to Grays Harbor; Phyllis Templin becoming Division Chair for Health, Physical Education, and Recreation; the cross country team taking third place in the Green River Invitational; English instructor Dr. Ratna Roy. Also includes a copy of the student senator resolution calling for a temporary constitution suspension; table of contents; editorial on campus signs; letter to the editor requesting holiday cards for Military Overseas Mail; "Tim's Auto Tips" on protecting car paint; excerpts from the Challenge ten years ago; factoids; ads and classified ads; "Veterans Corner" column on new electronic benefits deposits, vocational rehabilitation training; review of the film Oh God!; poetry; sports trivia; review of the New York City Ballet performing at the Temple Theater. Announcements include open student jobs; the Cousteau Society's Involvement Day; an Egyptology lecture on Tutankhamun at Wilson High School; the Tacoma Arts and Crafts Association exhibit at the University of Puget Sound featuring four TCC instructors; an Elks Hall dance. Staff credits: Published by the Associated Students of Tacoma Community College; editor Jim Fleischmann; photography director Cran Wilkie; business manager Ben Smith; copy editor Marilyn Brown; sports editor Sam Warren; arts & entertainment Lorrie Carter; reporters Patty Brands, Marilyn L. Brown, Lorrie Carter, Kristie Davenport, Carl Davis, Bob Elliott, Kelly Gordon, Mitchell George, Steven Hunt, Frank Jones Jr., Rick Lewis, Bob Manuel, Pat McDaid, Yula Nadeau, Mary Osborn, Candy Paris, John Peterson, Ben Smith, Sam Warren, Jon Wesley; secretary Candy Paris; faculty advisor Rachel Bard; photographers Pat McDaid, Ben Smith, Cran Wilkie.
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  The Collegiate Challenge - October 21, 1977

  Student newspaper of the Tacoma Community College. This issue is numbered volume 14, number 3 and is eight pages. This issue contains stories on the formation of a new Human Service Worker club; Obi Society news, including an upcoming Halloween party benefit; a new Chess Club; an exhibit by art instructor Frank Dippolito in the library; enrollment; registration; former Young Socialist Alliance leader Tony Thomas speaking on campus; Janet Grimes transferring from the English department to the library; new Allied Health Services chair Carolyn E. Anderson; a federal-level proposal regarding student activity fees; head of Student Development Programs Patty Duncan; a Programs Board sponsored Halloween dance; art instructor Richard Rhea being featured in Tacoma Art Museum exhibit "The World of Sculpture"; the women's volleyball team losing to Green River; the Tacoma Twins American League (baseball) Triple A farm club leaving the city; the cross country team taking fifth in the Fort Casey Invitational; the library; the Friends of the TCC Library. Also includes cover photo of the library and staff member; table of contents; editorial on campus litter; quotations; letters to the editor on the death of Bing Crosby, a theft on campus, various suggestions for TCC; ads and classified ads; "Kappa Rap" column; factoids; excerpts from the Challenge ten years ago; "Veterans Corner" column on GI home loans, attendance cards; review of film One on One; poetry. Announcements include film screening on Death Race 2000 and Abbott and Costello series; a B.J. Thomas concert at Pacific Lutheran University; plays by the Wisdom Marionette Theater at the Puppet House (Seattle); a Newport Jazz Festival All Stars concert at the Seattle Opera House; a photography exhibit at the Tacoma Art Museum. Staff credits: Published by the Associated Students of Tacoma Community College; editor Jim Fleischmann; photography director Cran Wilkie; business manager Ben Smith; copy editor Marilyn Brown; sports editor Sam Warren; arts & entertainment Lorrie Carter; reporters Vera Ambuehl, Patty Brands, Marilyn L. Brown, Lorrie Carter, Kristie Davenport, Carl Davis, Bob Elliott, Kelly Gordon, Mitchell George, Steven Hunt, Frank Jones Jr., Rick Lewis, Bob Manuel, Yula Nadeau, Mary Osborn, Candy Paris, John Peterson, Ben Smith, Sam Warren, Jon Wesley; secretary Candy Paris; faculty advisor Rachel Bard; photographers Pat McDaid, Ben Smith, Cran Wilkie.
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  The Collegiate Challenge - October 7, 1977

  Student newspaper of the Tacoma Community College. This issue is numbered volume 14, number 1 and is eight pages. This issue contains stories on the resignation of student president Richard C. Wright; new building numbers on campus; currently active student clubs, including the Student Koalition of Indian Natives (SKIN), Phi Theta Kappa; House Bill 312 and a TCC tuition increase; the Financial Aids Office; parking fees; summer campus improvements; an upcoming dance with music by Elbowed Out; the cross country team; the women's volleyball team losing to Highline; the upcoming intramural sports program. Also includes list of current open jobs in student government; table of contents; editorial on student government; comics; "Veterans Corner" column on attendance cards, work-study, benefits, the Vets Club; a Civil Defense ad/illustration; quotations; factoids; event descriptions and listings for Seattle area events; ads and classified ads. Announcements include student government open houses; the book swap; bookstore hours; film screenings of Magnum Force and Drowning Pool; job opportunities with TCC entertainment programs; the upcoming drama production of Night Must Fall. Staff credits: Published by the Associated Students of Tacoma Community College; editor Jim Fleischmann; photography director Cran Wilkie; business manager Ben Smith; copy editor Marilyn Brown; sports editor Sam Warren; arts & entertainment Lorrie Carter; reporters Vera Ambuehl, Patricia Brands, Marilyn Brown, Lorrie Carter, Kristie Davenport, Carl Davis, George Elliott, Edward Fitch, Steven Hunt, Frank Lee Jones, Rick Lewis, Bob Manuel, Patrick McDaid, Yula Nadeau, Mary Osborn, Candy Paris, John Peterson, Michael Reppert, Sam Warren; secretary Candy Paris; faculty advisor Rachel Bard; photographers Pat McDaid, Ben Smith.
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  The Collegiate Challenge - May 27, 1977

  Student newspaper of the Tacoma Community College. This issue is numbered volume 13 (actually volume 12), number 24 and is eight pages. This issue contains stories on the student election; the "superstar" competition of various races, obstacle courses, and other events; the graduating nursing class; student government effectiveness; men's baseball performance at the end of the season; history instructor Murray Morgan taking a sabbatical to do international research; seminars planned by Health Advisor Dorothy Gallaway; job openings at the Child Care Center. Also includes student election results tally; a photo of TCC President Larry Stevens with McNeil graduates and student President Irish McKinney; table of contents; editorial responding to criticism of Challenge editor for remarks on the Fantasticks protest; photo of the sweepstake winners; letters to the editor regarding music faculty Tom Hanson, responding to a previous article on US and Soviet militaries, responding to previous Crime column's description of the Fantasticks protesters; "Crime on Campus" column, including Spring Festival incidents; ads and classified ads; photo promoting the upcoming singing-acting workshop showcase; area events list; poetry and photography, including photo essay on the theme of eyes; final examination schedule; a review of Woody Allen film Annie Hall; announcement of the open Challenge editor position for next year. Staff credits: Published by the Associated Students of Tacoma Community College; editor Lorne Wood; business manager Dave Amundsen; sports editor Ben Smith; copy editor Marilyn Brown; photography director Scott Wellsandt; circulation manager Jessie Trotter; reporters Dave Amundsen, Tom Bartholomew, Marilyn Brown, Larry Cates, Elisa Clay, Gary Copeland, Jim Fleischmann, Gary Gardner, Andrea Hagen, Diana Hibbs, Sharon Hudson, Steve Hunt, Renwick Jones, Bobbie Lovelace, Danae Morrow, Phyllis Rose, Kerry Schimnowski, Shelly Shovlain, Ben Smith, Jessie Trotter, Lila Vigil, Cran Wilkie, Bruce Witham; secretary Mari Mittelstead; faculty advisor Rachel Bard; photographers Larry Cates, Jim Fleischmann, Andrea Hagen, Scott Wellsandt, Cran Wilkie.
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  The Collegiate Challenge - May 20, 1977

  Student newspaper of the Tacoma Community College. This issue is numbered volume 13 (actually volume 12), number 23 and is eight pages. Content note: Please note this issue contains discussion of sexual assault in the context of a play on page 4. This issue contains stories on Los Unidos student group picketing the production of The Fantasticks due to concerns about a character with negative Latino stereotypes; commencement, including Governor Dixy Lee Ray accepting an invitation to speak; US and Soviet milItary power; Dean of Administrative Services Carl Brown and energy usage reduction efforts on campus; track and field team member Bob Blackburn; men's baseball team losses; library specialist Lorraine Hildebrand publishing book Straw Hats, Sandals and Steel: The Chinese in Washington State; Charles Berlitz speaking on the Bermuda Triangle. Also includes table of contents; comics; editorial on HVAC and energy use; letters to the editor responding to previous editorials against McNeil students in government and criticizing the protests against The Fantasticks, responding to previous letter regarding nuclear power; "Crime on Campus" column including criticism of The Fantasticks protest; a review of The Fantasticks production; ads and classified ads; area events list; final examination schedule. Announcements include parking ticket information; The Fantasticks production; a visiting Evergreen State College Veterans' Affairs Office representative. Staff credits: Published by the Associated Students of Tacoma Community College; editor Lorne Wood; business manager Dave Amundsen; sports editor Ben Smith; copy editor Marilyn Brown; photography director Scott Wellsandt; circulation manager Jessie Trotter; reporters Dave Amundsen, Tom Bartholomew, Marilyn Brown, Larry Cates, Elisa Clay, Gary Copeland, Jim Fleischmann, Gary Gardner, Andrea Hagen, Diana Hibbs, Sharon Hudson, Steve Hunt, Renwick Jones, Bobbie Lovelace, Danae Morrow, Phyllis Rose, Kerry Schimnowski, Shelly Shovlain, Ben Smith, Jessie Trotter, Lila Vigil, Cran Wilkie, Bruce Witham; secretary Mari Mittelstead; faculty advisor Rachel Bard; photographers Larry Cates, Jim Fleischmann, Andrea Hagen, Scott Wellsandt, Cran Wilkie.
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  The Collegiate Challenge - May 13, 1977

  Student newspaper of the Tacoma Community College. This issue is numbered volume 13 (actually volume 12), number 22, is twelve pages, and is billed as the Spring Festival Edition. This issue contains stories on the Spring Festival; the donation of an electro-cardiograph (EKG) machine to the TCC medical programs; a series of festival competitions of races, relays, water balloon fights, and other events; The Fantasticks production being altered to respond to the Student Koalition of Indian Natives' (SKIN) concerns; the postponement of a planned student government reorganization; ducks on campus; the bowling league awards banquet; men's baseball performance against Fort Steilacoom and Everett; the women's tennis team going to the Mt. Hood tournament; an upcoming concert by Jimmy Buffett and his Coral Reefer Band; the International Buffet. Also includes table of contents; editorial on the student government budget and spending; letters to the editor disagreeing with a previous anti-nuclear letter, responding to a previous editorial on McNeil students in student government, criticizing the previous issue's article on Tom Hanson; "Crime on Campus" column, including traffic violations; ads and classified ads; Veterans' Corner column on VA office, Vets Club news, deadlines; sports opinion piece attributing team losses to low support and turnout from spectators; area events list; student government candidate photos and statements; temporary worker firm Manpower, Inc.; recruitment for the American Express Challengers Circuit tennis tournaments. A multi-page Spring Festival section includes a detailed schedule, art contest winners, photos of various performers and events. Announcements include election reminder; a visiting Evergreen State College Veterans' Affairs Office representative; the sweepstakes event; reminders to vote; information on parking tickets. Staff credits: Published by the Associated Students of Tacoma Community College; editor Lorne Wood; business manager Dave Amundsen; sports editor Ben Smith; copy editor Marilyn Brown; photography director Scott Wellsandt; circulation manager Jessie Trotter; reporters Dave Amundsen, Tom Bartholomew, Marilyn Brown, Larry Cates, Elisa Clay, Gary Copeland, Jim Fleischmann, Gary Gardner, Andrea Hagen, Diana Hibbs, Sharon Hudson, Steve Hunt, Renwick Jones, Bobbie Lovelace, Danae Morrow, Phyllis Rose, Kerry Schimnowski, Shelly Shovlain, Ben Smith, Jessie Trotter, Lila Vigil, Cran Wilkie, Bruce Witham; secretary Mari Mittelstead; faculty advisor Rachel Bard; photographers Larry Cates, Jim Fleischmann, Andrea Hagen, Scott Wellsandt, Cran Wilkie.
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  The Collegiate Challenge - May 6, 1977

  Student newspaper of the Tacoma Community College. This issue is numbered volume 13 (actually volume 12), number 21 and is eight pages. Content notice: Please note this issue contains discussion of depiction of sexual assault in a play on page 1 and an anti-indigenous editorial responding to criticisms of the same play on page 2. This issue contains stories on the Student Koalition of Indian Natives (SKIN) speaking against the upcoming production of The Fantasticks as a racist play; new student discount cards; student health services; the Program Board; a raffle sweepstakes for reduced fees; new traffic fines; the men's baseball team losing to Skagit; the women's softball team losing to Lower Columbia; the men's tennis team losing to Green River; music instructor Tom Hanson, who was not recommended for rehiring by his tenure committee; an upcoming production of Dudley Riggs' "Brave New Workshop" improvisational theatre group's revue I'm OK - You're a Jerk; the upcoming Juried Student Art Exhibit and Sale in the library; campus mail services. Also includes table of contents; editorial defending The Fantasticks production; letters to the editor regarding the forensics/debate team, the crime column mistakenly attributing incidents to the library; opinion piece by SKIN satirizing US treatment of indigenous peoples; "Crime on Campus" column including a lost ferret, other colleges; ads and classified ads; photos of cross-dressing students described as the "Daffodil Closet Queen" and court; area events list. Announcements include veterans attendance card deadlines; a visiting representative from the Evergreen State College Veteran's Affairs Office. Staff credits: Published by the Associated Students of Tacoma Community College; editor Lorne Wood; business manager Dave Amundsen; sports editor Ben Smith; copy editor Marilyn Brown; photography director Scott Wellsandt; circulation manager Jessie Trotter; reports Dave Amundsen, Tom Bartholomew, Marilyn Brown, Larry Cates, Elisa Clay, Gary Copeland, Jim Fleischmann, Gary Gardner, Andrea Hagen, Diana Hibbs, Sharon Hudson, Steve Hunt, Renwick Jones, Bobbie Lovelace, Danae Morrow, Phyllis Rose, Kerry Schimnowski, Shelly Shovlain, Ben Smith, Jessie Trotter, Lila Vigil, Cran Wilkie, Bruce Witham; secretary Mari Mittelstead; faculty advisor Rachel Bard; photographers Larry Cates, Jim Fleischmann, Andrea Hagen, Scott Wellsandt, Cran Wilkie.
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  The Collegiate Challenge - April 29, 1977

  Student newspaper of the Tacoma Community College. This issue is numbered volume 13 (actually volume 12), number 20 and is eight pages. This issue contains stories on a music faculty recital featuring Tom Hanson on bass trombone; an International Students Organization (ISO) meeting to replace officers and plan the International Cultural Festival; summer registration; the student government structure and functions; the source of the March 11 issue ad on TCC's credibility and responses to it; the men's baseball team performance against Green River; recent women's slow pitch softball; Stadium High School Education Specialist Dr. Barbara Wesley being appointed to the TCC Board of Trustees; an upcoming Pacific Lutheran University program, "Human Rights: Israel, Palestine, and Zionism"; campus vending machines; Ballet Tacoma and the Tacoma Performing Dance Company performing at the Spring Festival; campus signs being outdated and inaccurate due to the many recent office moves; the Washington State Student Legislature meet. Also includes table of contents; editorial on electing a McNeil student as student president; letter to the editor responding to a civil defense ad in the previous issue; "Crime on Campus" column; facetious article on removing man/men from language; a photo from the student-faculty volleyball game; ads and classified ads; Veterans' Corner column on Vets Club news, benefits policies, VA office; a review of Tacoma Little Theatre production See How They Run; events and concerts list; music review of Bread album "Lost Without Your Love". Announcements include student government filing deadlines; visiting University of Oregon and Washington State University representatives; a job search workshop by the Pierce County Training Office; student government filing deadlines; a flea market planned for the Spring Festival. Staff credits: Published by the Associated Students of Tacoma Community College; editor Lorne Wood; business manager Steve Hunt; sports editor Ben Smith; copy editor Marilyn Brown; photography director Scott Wellsandt; circulation manager Jessie Trotter; reports Dave Amundsen, Tom Bartholomew, Marilyn Brown, Larry Cates, Elisa Clay, Gary Copeland, Jim Fleischmann, Gary Gardner, Andrea Hagen, Diana Hibbs, Sharon Hudson, Steve Hunt, Renwick Jones, Bobbie Lovelace, Danae Morrow, Phyllis Rose, Kerry Schimnowski, Shelly Shovlain, Ben Smith, Jessie Trotter, Lila Vigil, Cran Wilkie, Bruce Witham; secretary Mari Mittelstead; faculty advisor Rachel Bard; photographers Larry Cates, Jim Fleischmann, Andrea Hagen, Scott Wellsandt, Cran Wilkie.
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  The Collegiate Challenge - April 15, 1977

  Student newspaper of the Tacoma Community College. This issue is numbered volume 13 (actually volume 12), number 18 and is eight pages. This issue contains stories on cafeteria renovations; graduation; veterans attendance cards; student government openings and elections; state bills on tuition and collective bargaining procedures; a survey of six Washington college bookstore prices; TCC President Dr. Larry Stevens and former Trustee Rev. Robert Yamashita joining the Growth Policy Association of Pierce County Board of Directors; Tacoma Little Theatre production See How They Run; the Spring Festival's Arts and Crafts Sale; a student-faculty volleyball game; the beginning of tennis season; the men's baseball team losing to Fort Steilacoom; James Ohlfs winning a first place trophy at a fencing tournament; the upcoming Intiman Theatre Company season; changes to veterans' advance payment of benefits. Also includes table of contents; editorial on windshield ads; letter to the editor regarding the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA); price comparison chart of school supplies at six Washington colleges; ads and classified ads; clippable Growth Policy Association of Pierce County membership form; "Crime on Campus" column on thefts, Security's golf cart; music review of Willie Nelson album "Red Headed Stranger"; area events list. Announcements include new review and upgrade process for veterans discharges; Comedy Film Festival screenings of The Great McGonigle, Rink, and Pay Day; Marlene Bligh being appointed an interim student senator. Staff credits: Published by the Associated Students of Tacoma Community College; editor Lorne Wood; business manager Steve Hunt; sports editor Ben Smith; copy editor Marilyn Brown; photography director Scott Wellsandt; circulation manager Jessie Trotter; reports Dave Amundsen, Tom Bartholomew, Marilyn Brown, Larry Cates, Elisa Clay, Gary Copeland, Efren Fernandez, Jim Fleischmann, Gary Gardner, Andrea Hagen, Diana Hibbs, Sharon Hudson, Steve Hunt, Renwick Jones, Bobbie Lovelace, Danae Morrow, Phyllis Rose, Kerry Schimnowski, Shelly Shovlain, Ben Smith, Jessie Trotter, Lila Vigil, Cran Wilkie, Bruce Witham; secretary Mari Mittelstead; faculty advisor Rachel Bard; photographers Larry Cates, Jim Fleischmann, Andrea Hagen, Scott Wellsandt, Cran Wilkie.
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  The Collegiate Challenge - April 8, 1977

  Student newspaper of the Tacoma Community College. This issue is numbered volume 13 (actually volume 12), number 17 and is eight pages. This issue contains stories on available scholarships; graduation procedures; the upcoming Spring Festival; use of organic fertilizer on campus; Program Board spring quarter plans; a Puget Sound area art faculty exhibit at the Tacoma Art Museum including work by four TCC faculty; Public Information Office staff Eve Dumovich; a change to student election timing; the upcoming University of Washington Health Sciences Open House; the book swap; veterans benefits changes; Computer Coordinating Committee chair Edward Zimmerman and the Building 19 computer; legislative issues with history faculty Murray Morgan's planned sabbatical; landscaping near the library; upcoming Pacific Lutheran University symposium "Food and Hunger: Prospects and Policies"; the student government budget; the Human Service Worker Program; an upcoming concert by the Modern Jazz Quartet; the beginning of tennis season; the women's softball team competing for the first time in the Northern Community College Women's Conference; several PE courses being offered in new YMCA facilities, including swimming classes; four new cycling loop trails for Bikecentennial; veterans coverage for travel abroad. Also includes table of contents; editorial on the previous editor and coming changes; ads and classified ads; "Crime on Campus" column, including break-ins, parking violations, lost and found; announcement of a Planned Parenthood monthly forum, this month on "Parent-Teen Communication"; music reviews of Pablo Cruise album "A Place in the Sun", Jimmy Buffet album "Changes in Attitudes, Changes in Latitudes," and Climax Blues Band album "Solid Gold"; area concerts list; men's tennis team schedule. Staff credits: Published by the Associated Students of Tacoma Community College; editor Lorne Wood; business manager Steve Hunt; sports editor Ben Smith; photography director Scott Wellsandt; reports Dave Amundsen, Tom Bartholomew, Marilyn Brown, Larry Cates, Elisa Clay, Gary Copeland, Efren Fernandiz, Jim Fleischmann, Gary Gardner, Andrea Hagen, Diana Hibbs, Sharon Hudson, Steve Hunt, Renwick Jones, Bobbie Lovelace, Danae Morrow, Nancy Norks, Phyllis Rose, Kerry Schimnowski, Shelly Shovlin, Ben Smith, Jessie Trotter, Lila Vigil, Cran Wilkie, Bruce Witham; secretary Mari Mittelstead; faculty advisor Rachel Bard; photographers Larry Cates, Jim Fleishmann, Scott Wellsandt, Cran Wilkie.
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  The Collegiate Challenge - March 11, 1977

  Student newspaper of the Tacoma Community College. This issue is numbered volume 13 (actually volume 12), number 16 and is eight pages. Content note: This issue contains a misogynistic comic on page 6. This issue contains stories on student perspectives on the Equal Rights Amendment; Washington Federation of Teachers President Al Bribois speaking on the state needing to decide its higher education values; Board of Trustees news, including information on a joint grant by TCC and Fort Steilacoom Community College; the upcoming Spring Festival; the driest winter since 1929 having potential to cause an energy shortage; the High Higher Education Committee public hearings on tuition; the city, port, and county coalition Growth Policy Association; an upcoming Trustees Association of Community Colleges annual meeting; University of Puget Sound law students providing tax preparation assistance; organized thefts at community college campuses; a TCC Board and Tacoma School District No. 10 Board of Directors joint meeting; the Math Lab; issues with precedent set by outgoing Evergreen State College President Charles McCann's leave provisions; Puyallup tribe chair and activist Ramona Bennett speaking on indigenous issues as part of TCC Student Koalition of Indian Natives' (SKIN) "SKIN Days"; American Indian Movement (AIM) chair John Trudell speaking about incarcerated indigenous activist Leonard Peltier; the men's basketball team losing in the Northwest Community College Conference basketball tournament; legislative rejection of four project requests by the TCC Board; Broadway music Raisin touring in the Northwest; new Shakespeare courses in conjunction with National Shakespeare Company productions; the student senate considering a new school mascot; a bill on tuition waivers; Intiman Theatre Company season auditions. Also includes table of contents; ads, including an ad stating that TCC "has no credibility with the community"; final examination schedule; "Crime on Campus" column; a hot buttered rum recipe; letters to the editor regarding various complaints about the previous issue (and editor response), asking for penpals, sharing information on veterans benefits; classified ads; comics; review of the book The Astral Journey by Herbert B. Greenhouse; "Of the Top of My Head" column on fake upcoming concerts; music reviews of a Peter Gabriel album, Joe McDonald album "Goodbye Blues," Fleetwood Mac album "Rumours," Charlie Mariano album "Helen Twelvetrees"; area concerts list. Announcements include the upcoming book swap; apointment of Alan P. Vandervert and Dr. Barbara A. Wesley to the TCC Board; due dates for veterans attendance cards; a cooperative education institute by the Area Cooperative Education Development Center Consortium; a screening of the film The Producers; open applications for the Human Service Worker program. Staff credits: Published by the Associated Students of Tacoma Community College; editor John Garletts; sports editor Mike Knighton; campus editor Dan Long; arts editor David Webster; photography director Neil Herman; reports Leslie Boone, Horace Burnley, Reginald Carpenter, Larry Cates, Diana Hibbs, Eleanor Hill, William Moorer, Michelle Shovlain, Benjamin Smith, Lila Lee Vigil, E. Scott Wellsandt, James O. Williams, Lorne Wood; photographers Larry Cates, Pat Hurley, Cran Wilkie, E. Scott Wellsandt; secretary Mari Mittelstead; advisor Rachel Bard.
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  The Collegiate Challenge - March 4, 1977

  Student newspaper of the Tacoma Community College. This issue is numbered volume 12, number 15 and is eight pages. This issue contains stories on public hearings on tuition in the House Higher Education Committee and various related bills; new Associate Dean of Administration, Records, and Financial Aids Al Clarke; the Washington State Artmobile; new Veterans Outreach office; new veterans medical benefits; the Harp seal fur trade; the indigenous theatre company Red Earth; TCC landmark "the rock"; food planned for the Spring Festival; economics instructor Gary Sigmen; the literary magazine Trillium going forward this year; the women's basketball team performance at the end of their season; the second annual Student vs. Faculty and Administration Basketball Game and third annual Pie Eating Contest; the men's basketball team placing third in the Puget Sound Regionals; upcoming Seattle concerts by singer-songwriter Janis Ian, guitarist Leo Kottke, and the Dave Brubeck quartet; student senate news, including approving a Tacoma Zoological Society group membership. Also includes quotations; table of contents; comics; "Off the Top of My Head" column facetiously suggesting who the US should start a war with; "Crime on Campus" column, including lost and found; ads and classified ads; review of the book Children of Dune by Frank Herbert; review of the Drama department production of A View from the Bridge; letter to the editor regarding a state bill to decriminalize cannabis; reviews of the films The Valley, Rocky, and Fellini's Casanova; list of area concerts. Announcements include student ID card opportunities; University of Washington summer quarter information; a telescope event at the Pacific Science Center by the Seattle Astronomical Society; a lost library publication; available work-study positions. Staff credits: Published by the Associated Students of Tacoma Community College; editor John Garletts; sports editor Mike Knighton; campus editor Dan Long; arts editor David Webster; photography director Neil Herman; numerous real and fake reporter credits; photographers Larry Cates, Pat Hurley, E. Scott Wellsandt, Cran Wilkie; secretary Mari Mittelstead; advisor Rachel Bard.
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  The Collegiate Challenge - February 18, 1977

  Student newspaper of the Tacoma Community College. This issue is numbered volume 12, number 14 and is eight pages. This issue contains stories on a proposal to consolidate Fort Steilacoom Community College and TCC; a Long Range Planning Commission meeting and need for faculty input; the student senate budgeting process; campus litter; English instructor Jerry McCourt being elected president of the TCC Federation of Teachers (TCC-FT) union); Los Unidos club news, including a visit to McNeil Island; openings on the debate team; an upcoming staff development workshop; women's basketball wins; the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education; men's basketball wins; an opening for an intern at the Growth Policy Association of Pierce County; upcoming film screenings; student government exploring a possible TCC student group membership for the Tacoma Zoological Society. Also includes quotes; table of contents; "Off the Top of My Head" column on National Enquirer headlines; "Crime on Campus" column; ads and classified ads; letters to the editor criticizing the Challenge, criticizing the editor, and calling for student public testimony on tuition bills; editorial on issues for car drivers at TCC; a facetious letter to the editor on made-up University of Washington courses; reviews of the films Wizards, A Clockwork Orange, and A Star is Born (1977); review of the book Cleanliness and Godliness by Reginald Reynolds; a list of Academy Award nominations and Arts and Entertainment staff predictions; a review of the Journey album "Next" and Pink Floyd album "Animals"; area concerts list. Announcements include a Tacoma Area Chamber of Commerce seminar on "avoiding charges of discrimination"; the upcoming Spring Arts Festival; a benefit for the Betty Kronlund Memorial Scholarship Fund; an upcoming seminar on "New Thinking on Fund Raising for Community Colleges" from the National Council for Community Relations; women's tennis and women's varsity slow pitch softball tryouts. Staff credits: Published by the Associated Students of Tacoma Community College; editor John Garletts; business manager Steve Hunt; campus editor Dan Long; arts editor David Webster; photography director Neil Herman; sports editor Mike Knighton; reporters Leslie Boone, Horace Burnley, Reginald Carpenter, Larry Cates, Diana Hibbs, Eleanor Hill, Steve Hunt, Clark Kent, Lois Lane, Jimmy Olsen, William Moorer, Howard Schmidt, Michelle Shovlain, Benjamin Smith, Lila Lee Vigil, E. Scott Wellstandt, James O. Williams, Lorne Woods; photographers Larry Cates, Scott Wellsandt, Cran Wilkie, Pat Hurley; secretary Mari Mittelstead; advisor Rachel Bard.
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  The Collegiate Challenge - February 11, 1977

  Student newspaper of the Tacoma Community College. This issue is numbered volume 12, number 13 and is eight pages. This issue contains stories on the replacement process for community college trustees after many resigned due to new financial disclosure legislation; the student government budget process; the debate team performance at the Pacific Lutheran University Invitational Tournament; Senate Higher Education Committee consultants suggesting alternative community college systems structures; the Joint Legislative Committee recommending salary increases; the Learning Assistance Committee; veterans benefits and tax exemption; a poll on community colleges; the possibility of state college closures due to declining enrollment; Governor Dan Evans' budget request including an increase for the community colleges; commencement; Trillium potentially not being published this year; men's basketball loss to Green River; incoming Governor Dixy Lee Ray's inaugural address, including a call for higher tuition; women's basketball loss to Centralia College; Student Program Board Chair Dick Wright. Also includes cover editorial on the Program Board; table of contents; comics; "Off the Top of My Head" column on world records; letters to the editor regarding the "existence" of TCC, black holes; ads and classified ads; review of the Foghat concert at the Seattle Center Coliseum; review of the book A Magician Among the Spirits by Harry Houdini; "Crime on Campus" column; review of the films Silver Streak, The Enforcer, Monty Python and the Holy Grail; music reviews of the Renaissance album "Novella" and Gentle Giant live album "Playing the Fool"; area concerts list. Announcements include Radiologic Technology students attending workshops; a Seattle Brass Ensemble concert; a community college workshop for Pierce County High School counselors; a proposed bill to merge TCC and Fort Steilacoom Community College; information for applying for student activities funds; audio instructional materials on accounting from Seattle Central instructor K.C. Boyce; area concerts, plays, and film screenings; a Baha'i Club "Musical Fireside" with Burl Barer; the retirement of Fort Steilacoom Community College president Dr. Marion Oppelt. Staff credits: Published by the Associated Students of Tacoma Community College; editor John Garletts; campus editor Dan Long; business manager Steve Hunt; arts editor David Webster; sports editor Mike Knighton; photography director Neil Herman; reporters Leslie Boone, Horace Burnley, Reginald Carpenter, Larry Cates, Diana Hibbs, Eleanor Hill, Steve Hunt, Clark Kent, Lois Lane, Jimmy Olsen, William Moorer, Howard Schmidt, Michelle Shovlain, Benjamin Smith, Lila Lee Vigil, E. Scott Wellsandt, James O. Williams Lorne Wood; photographers Larry Cates, Pat Hurley, E. Scott Wellsandt, Cran Wilkie; secretary Mari Mittelstead; advisor Rachel Bard.