Campus media garner honors in competitions

University of La Verne communications students and publications have earned awards from two top journalism organizations in recent contests.

In the Columbia Scholastic Press Association’s annual Gold Circle Awards, a nationwide competition involving more than 400 colleges and universities, members of the Campus Times and La Verne Magazine staffs garnered five citations.

For writing, senior Tanessa Dillard won second place in General Column for her opinion piece “Crayola Politics” [Oct. 6, 1995].

In the design categories, sophomore Christie Reed took third place for Opinions Page Design (Tabloid) and sophomore Raechel Fittante earned a certificate of merit for Feature Page Design (Tabloid).

For art and illustration, alumnus Jeff Nicoll earned a certificate of merit in the category of Cartoons for Editorial News Publications and alumnus Yasuyuki Nagasawa won third place for Single Illustration Not Based on Photographic Material.

The awards were announced at CSPA’s 18th Annual College Media Convention in New York City last month.

At the 47th Annual California Intercollegiate Press Association (CIPA) convention hosted by the University of California, Irvine last weekend, ULV communications students earned 14 awards.

For the Campus Times, alumna Karen I. Argumedo took the first place award for Newspaper News Photograph for her photo of junior Anthony Rice’s reaction to the O.J. Simpson verdict. Senior Rosie Sinapi won third place in Sports Game Article for her story on the women’s soccer team’s playoff hopes, “Women beat Chapman, lose playoff bid” [Nov. 3, 1995]. Dillard also won third place in Humor/Satirical Column for “Crayola Politics.” Fittante earned an honorable mention in Newspaper Arts Review for “Garish ‘Seven’ explores deadly sins” [Oct. 6, 1995]. The Campus Times staff also won third place for Newspaper Opinion Section and an honorable mention for General Excellence.

For La Verne Magazine, junior Starr Carroll won first place for Magazine Color Photograph for her portrait of Habitat for Humanity volunteer Virgil Welch. Nagasawa took both first and third place for Magazine Illustration, while Sinapi earned an honorable mention in Magazine News Story for her profile of Welch. The staff also earned an honorable mention for General Excellence.

In the CIPA on-site competition, senior Vince Wetzel won second place for Radio Sports Story, sophomore Andrea Gardner won third place for Radio News Story and Carroll won second place for Sports Photograph.

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