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THE BATTALION
Monday. Aprl
Vlonday, April 1'
The Battalion, The Aggieland win regional await
BY RICHARD BRAY
The Battalion
The members ofTexas A&M’s Department of Stu
dent Media always knew that they were among the best
in the state. Now they have proof.
Over the past weekend, The Aggieland and The Bat
talion received top honors from the Texas Intercolle
giate Press Association (TIPA) and the Southwestern
Journalism Congress (SWJC).
The Battalion was awarded Overall Best Newspa
per from SWJC, The Aggieland was awarded Best
Yearbook and The Battalion was awarded Second
Overall Best Newspaper from TIPA
TIPA is a competition among the collegiate stu
dent publications from within the state of Texas,
drawing entries from universities such as the Univer
sity of Texas-Austin, Texas Tech University, Texas
Christian University and Baylor University . The
schools were divided into two categories, those larg
er and smaller than 4,000 students. Texas A&M was
in the larger division.
SWJC is a similar competition among the universi
ties from Texas, Louisiana, and Oklahoma.
Texas A&M media won numerous awards at SWJC.
The Battalion w'on Best Newspaper, Best Sports Fea
ture, Best Sports Photograph. Best News Photograph,
Best Editorial, and Best Investigative Story. The Ag-
gieland won Best Black and White Photo, Best Color
Photo, Best Sports Action Photo, Best Overall Book
Design, Best Yearbook and Best Cover.
Robert Wegener, professor and general manager
of student media, said the aw ards came as no surprise
to him.
“We have great students and great resources, so it
makes sense that we would be recognized,” he said.
Marium Mohiuddin, the Spring 20(X) editor in chief
and a senior English and biology major, said the awards
reflected highly on the quality of statfin the media pro
grams despite limited resources.
“We came in second behind [the University of
Texas-Austin newspaper] at TIPA, and we won first
over them at SWJC,” she said. “That says a lot con
sidering we don't have the large stall'or funding that
The Daily Texan does.”
Sallie Turner, the Fall l l )99 editor in chief won the
TIPA Best On-Site Feature Photo for the second year
in a row, she said felt the SWJC Best Newspaper award
best reflects the quality of The Battalion.
“I think the Best Newspaper award from SWJC' is
the most important award because we were competing
against three different states,” said Turner, a senior jour-
Trisha Morelock, the editor of the 1999
and a senior journalism major, said the awardssj
the yearbook the respect they deserve.
“Those aw ards mean we are the best ye
state ol Texas,” she said. “It gets the yearbookij
respect. It shows that we have a top-notch pul
department here.”
Morelock said the numerous traditionsher;
easier for the Aggieland\o stand apart Iromtj
yearbooks.
“()ur traditions are so strong and so
other univ ersity that it makes our yearbook tmii
all the others,” she said. “If you look in the
book, you get a real sense of the history am
lion and how proud A&M is of their traditio
nalism major.
Turner said The Battalion received Texas Intercollegiate Press Association Southwestern journalism
the award due to the quality of news overall
BEST NEWSPAPER
coverage throughout the year.
“Our coverage of Bonfire was ex
emplary,” she said. “It was the finest
piece of student journalism that I’ve
ever seen. If we had done a mediocre
job on it, we would not have won
awards. Texas A&M should be proud
of the student journalists who work for
The Battalion."
Turner said the 1999 Aggie Bonfire
collapse was a particularly challenging
story' because the reporters had to play
the dual role of student-in-mouming
and impartial reporter.
“We were students, and we had to
mourn and to grieve, but at the same
time we had to be journalists because
there w ere a lot of others who were
looking to The Battalion to figure out
what was going on,” she said.
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Monday
Campus Calendar
Catholic Student Association Sin
gle Women's Bible Study. Every
Monday 6:30-7:30p.m. at St.
Mary’s Activity Center room 204.
Catholic Students Association:
There will be a general meeting in
Rudder 707 at 7 p.m.
uate Student’s Fellowship meets
every Wednesday, 7:30p.m. in St.
Mary's Activity Center room 207.
Catholic Student Association - ES-
CALA every Monday 7:30pm-
9:30p.m. at St. Mary's Activity Cen
ter room 207
Hispanic Graduate Students' As
sociation: Tomorrow, there will be
a reception and book reading hon
oring Dr. Marco Portalis on his book
“Crowding Out Latinos” at 7 p.m. at
Barnes and Noble.
Catholic Students Association Ag
gie-on campus Bible Study every
Wednesday 8:30-9:30p.m. in Rud
der Tower.
Catholic Student Association - St.
Mary’s Youth Retreat Team. Every
Monday 9-10p.m. in St. Mary’s Ac
tivity Center room 201.
Circle K International: There will be
a general meeting open to everyone
at 8:30 p.m. in Rudder 504.
TAMU Amateur Radio Club: There
will be a general meeting followed
by a tour of the station at 7 p.m. in
MSC 352. Contact Sampath Sama-
rasinghe at 268-8158
Wednesday
Tuesday
Prepharmacy Society: There will
be a general meeting with a guest
speaker from a surrounding Texas
city pharmacy. The time and lo
cation are TBA.
Hispanic Graduate Students’ As
sociation: There will be a reception
and book reading honoring Dr. Mar
co Portalis on his book “Crowding
Out Latinos” at 7 p.m. at Barnes
and Noble.
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Aggie Lutherans Treehouse reached the level
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at 7-8:30 p.m. at OutSawrt?
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information please call 695-2833.
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Wednesday 6-8p.m. at St. Mary’s
Activity Center room 204.
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