Collegian cited for sweepstakes in competition
by Rawly Bransom
editor-in-chief

The Collegian took Sweepstakes during the Texas Intercollegiate Press Association (TIPA) in Austin the first weekend in April.

Sweepstakes is given to the school in each division receiving the highest number of points based on individual awards in its division.

In Division 2, the Collegian competed against schools such as UT-Tyler, San Antonio College, UT-Dallas, UT-El Paso and UT-Pan American.

Division 2 is made up of larger two-year schools and four-year schools with larger enrollment and weekly newspapers.

Division 1 is comprised of large four-year schools that publish daily such as the University of Texas, UTA, NTSU, TSU, Texas A&M, TCU and SMU.

The Collegian also won second place in the Overall Excellence category, in which three back-to-back issues were submitted and graded for general quality and excellence.

Eddye Gallagher, director of student publications, and Diane Turner, assistant director, accompanied eight students to the competition. Gallagher is vice-president of the faculty organization.

Awards were given for work published in the newspaper from last spring and this fall.

Former Collegian cartoonist Austin Callaway won first place in cartoon for his entry Iraqi Flag.

Former photo editor Jamie Beck won first place in feature photo for Fairy Artisan and second place in illustration for Hackers Heaven.

Keith Ludwick, current Collegian photo editor, won second place in feature photo for Children Get Close Up, second place in news photo for A Hand in Need, honorable mention for sports action photo and first place for sports feature photo.

Production assistant Chris Ryan won second place for his information graphic, Carbon Dioxide.

Managing editor Diana De Leon won first place in feature story for South Student Faces Success Despite Abusive Background about Alice Eldridge and third place in series for Excellence in Teaching about the TCC Chancellor’s Award winners.

Connie Yu, ex-Collegian managing editor, won second place in feature story for Student’s Endometriosis, and second place as a part of a group including Brian Shults, Meredith Waits and Nick Nance, who wrote a series on growth around each campus.

Editor-in-chief Rawly Bransom was elected co-vice president of TIPA for the 2004-2005 year.

As a staff, the Collegian also won first place for its back-to-school edition, first place in picture page design, second place in feature page design and third place in both opinion page design and sports page design.

Last Updated: 4/21/2004
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