The Collegiate Challenge student newspaper
- Title
- The Collegiate Challenge student newspaper
- Description
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The Collegiate Challenge, later known simply as The Challenge, is a student-run paper at Tacoma Community College. The paper was published from the very start of the college, making it a valuable resource in the history of the college and the student experience.
The paper’s name was chosen by the students in 1966 after several early title changes and an unnamed period. The first student editor-in-chief was Jim Simpson, and the first faculty advisor was Monty Jones. The staff was picked from interested students. Editors and reporters participated in journalism classes up until 2007. Courses that tied to the Challenge included Communications 100, circa 1967-1968; and Journalism 100, 201 (reporting), 202 (news and feature writing), 203 (copy editing, markup), circa 1974-1975. According the the 1986 Student Handbook, a few positions on the Challenge staff were paid. The newspaper published campus, local, and sometimes broader state and national news, as well as creative work by and for the students.
After 2006, The Challenge ceased publication of a print edition and went digital. As there is no longer a Journalism program at TCC, publication has become more sporadic in recent years.
These newspapers are part of a larger collection of TCC-related publications, the TCC Archives Special Collections Library. A finding aid describing the collection is available at the link below. - TCCA Special Collections Library Collection Guide
- Subject
- College student newspapers and periodicals
- Community colleges
- Creator
- Associated Students of Tacoma Community College
- Source
- Tacoma Community College Archives, Special Collections Library
- Publisher
- Tacoma Community College Archives
- Date
- 1965-1980
- Rights
- Use is governed by Tacoma Community College's Creative Commons Copyright policy requiring attribution and share-alike intentions.
- Format
- Language
- English
- Type
- newspapers
- Identifier
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TCCAL_CC
- Coverage
- Tacoma (Wash.)
- Is Part Of
- This publication is part of the Tacoma Community College Archives Special Collections Library, TCCAL.
Items
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The Collegiate Challenge - April 7, 1967Student newspaper of the Tacoma Community College. This issue is numbered volume II, number 11, is the first issue containing the dedicated Sports section and header, and is eight pages. This issue contains stories on passage of legislation moving the community colleges to state control; plans for an Associated Women Students fashion show; Drama Program plans to perform Tom Jones; speech instructor B. Howard Shull; summer registration; capping ceremony for freshman student nurses from St. Joseph's Hospital School of Nursing; a Debate Team tournament; Veterans Club news including an upcoming blood drive, social events; a Winter Sports Club ice skating party; the Titans first track meet; spring intramurals schedule; a Sports Car Club Autocross event; a light show in Olympia; summer classes at Oregon State University; a lecture by the Folk Music Club for the Artist and Lecture series. Also includes letters to the editor on registration frustrations; editorials on required course Psychology 110, school spirit; a want ad for an Advertising Manager for the Challenge; an interview with KVI Radio Sports Director Bill Schonely; poetry; the GASTCC budget; Dean's list for fall quarter; a brief note about a stray cat found in the library. -
The Collegiate Challenge - March 3, 1967Student newspaper of the Tacoma Community College. This issue is numbered volume II, number 10 and is six pages. This issue contains stories on the resignation of Dr. John Terrey from Dean of Instruction; Morality Week lectures and discussion on suicide, sexually transmitted infections, sex, morality; summer and freshman registration; passage of House Bill 548 in the State House of Representatives, which would move community college jurisdiction from the school districts to a new state board; a GASTCC meeting; unique needs of veteran students; a public hearing on House Joint Resolution No. 14, regarding changing the voting age to 18; resignation of Jack Heinrick as Titans men's basketball coach, and other basketball news; first events of Titans track team; student group "The Crown," which opposed all Associated Student Body Government actions; spring style; a state public hearing on LSD. Also includes letters to the editor on the colors of TCC letterman's jackets, installation of "Modesty Boards" in the Periodical Room, and a previous article's coverage of veterans; short stories. Staff credits: published by Associated Students of TCC; editor-in-chief Jim Simpson; editorial page editor Marshall Vigus; sports editor Tim O'Grady; assistant sports editor Mike Stork; feature editor Warren Churchward; assistant feature editor Dennis Kaperick; page one editor Rusty Rae; copy editors John O'Malley, Marji Williams, Jim Rancipher; business manager Shirley Coleman; circulation Hal Palmer; art Maryalis Clausen; secretary Mrs. Pat Loth; advisor Monty B. Jones; reporters Carol Van Horn, Jan Balding, Heidi Bysegger, Leaha Lund, Laurel Kooley. -
The Collegiate Challenge - December 16, 1966Student newspaper of the Tacoma Community College. This issue is numbered volume II, number 6 and is eight pages. This issue contains stories on the cornerstone and dedication event for the Wanamaker Library, Pearl Wanamaker's thoughts on the A. D. Little Report and its effects on community colleges; the upcoming Christmas Ball; a new resolution requiring club representatives at Activities Council meetings; formation of an Audit Committee for the Associate Students Government (GASTCC) budget; a winter concert by the Music Department; student Gunnard Johnson; the Model United Nations workshop at Green River Community College; TCC Young Republicans (YR) president Dan Howell's bid for Western Washington Vice-Chairman of the College YR Service board; developmental reading programs; hosting servicemen for the holidays; Titans men's basketball; ski season; hopes for a football team and a larger gym; intramural wrestling and swimming competitions; formation of the Sports Car Club; a Christmas party at Remann Hall held by Associated Women Students; upcoming Santa picture day. Also includes announcements regarding the Christmas fund for children at Remann Hall, book buying at the bookstore; editorials on expressing one's opinion, demanding the resignation of Doug Grande from GASTCC, the quality of TV, and individualism in education; letters to the editor regarding the lack of covered walkways at TCC, criticism of the editor-in-chief, and support of the Vietnam War; Christmas poems. Staff credits: published by Associated Students of TCC; editor-in-chief Jim Simpson; assistant editor Marshall Vigus; feature editor Warren Churchward; sports editor Tim O'Grady; assistant sports editor Mike Stork; photographers Robert Peterson and Marshall Vigus; drama editor Jan Balding; business manager Shirley Coleman; circulation managers Miriam Beal and Hal Palmer; copy editors Marji Williams, Leaha Lund, and Jim Rancipher; advisor Monty B. Jones; secretary Mrs. Pat Loth. -
The Collegiate Challenge - December 1, 1966Student newspaper of the Tacoma Community College. This issue is numbered volume II, number 5 and is four pages. This issue contains stories on the upcoming cornerstone ceremony for the new library, its naming for Pearl A. Wanamaker, and Wanamaker's career history; sophomore class-led outreach about the Associate Degree; debate over a campus reader board; the establishment of a Christmas fund for purchasing gifts for Tacoma children; Chess Club tournaments; a Christmas Ball; the Pierce County Sheriff's Office; the upcoming first game for Titans men's basketball; a new Sports Car Club and upcoming events; intramural swimming, wrestling, volleyball, and badminton; frustration with the current state of American boxing; bookstore refund policy; French instructor Harry Markowicz; the attendance of TCC Model United Nations at a workshop at Green River Community College. Also includes letters to the editor criticizing the editor in chief; condolences to Doreen Faure on the loss of her husband; editorials on case law and judicial process, frustration over noisy study spaces. -
The Collegiate Challenge - October 28, 1966Student newspaper of the Tacoma Community College. This issue is the first to include classified ads, is numbered volume II, number 3, and is six pages. This issue contains stories on freshman elections; the eligibility of students for the associate degrees; a visit by Senator Robert Kennedy to Washington state; a Halloween-themed dance sponsored by Associated Women Students; the separation of community colleges from local school districts; cross-country meets; basketball season opening; the first events of TCC intramurals; a Washington State Cougars football game; School District No. 10 athletic director Bill Post; intramural club membership lists; anthropology instructor Anthony Thomas; Debate Club; a new Pep Club; Young Democrats elections; plans for a Christmas Ball; Model United Nations upcoming participation in a convention at Lewis and Clark College (Portland, Oregon); a visit to the Young Republicans by Republican candidate for the 29th District Senate seat Howard O'Connor; a report on academic honesty from a University of Rochester (New York) committee; planned Artist and Lecture Series events, including film screenings; intramural funding approvals by the Associated Student Body; a recent law providing education assistance for veterans. Also includes editorials on Initiative 233 (which sought to repeal Washington state's full train crew law), Tacoma city Propositions A and B (which would provide various school funding), and frustration with the Washington Association of Community College Student Governments; a request for preserving jars by the biology department; photo portraits of freshman representative candidates. -
[Untitled Tacoma Community College newspaper] - March 2, 1966Student newspaper of the Tacoma Community College. This issue continues without a title, is numbered volume I, number 3, and is four pages. This issue contains stories on new courses, progress on the constitution, ideas for an artist and lecture series, a new language lab, instructor and advisor Robert Rhule, planning for a Young Republicans Club, progress of the TCC Stage Band, a Friends of the Library meeting, a planned talk by Dr Irving Lieberman on librarianship, deposits for fall enrollment, filing for associate degrees. Issue also includes short stories; editorials on the constitution. Staff credits: editor-in-chief Jim Simpson; copy editors Penny Drost, Joan Schneider; feature editor Warren Churchward; photo editor Stephen M. Olds; music editor Gary Westcott; Dean of Students' office Robert Hyde; Dean of Instruction's office Bob Ehly; advisers Mr. Monty B. Jones, Mrs. Rita Trujillo; staff writers Robert Hyde, Hal Palmer, Verna Watt, Jan Kennedy, Rusty Rae, Shirley Coleman, Dan Howell, Tania Kurka; T.C. is drawn by Bill Barner.