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College Station Monday, April 1, 2002 THE battaI <1> »■ Xt X od cn 'A 2818 Battalion honored fo journalistic excellent; Editor, Uncartoonist take top individual am, t By Sommer Bunce THE BATTALION CASTILLO The Battalion was ranked second overall among 4-year daily newspapers at the Texas Intercollegiate Press Association Saturday, winning first place awards in opinion columns, editorial cartoons and special sections. The student-run newspaper at Texas A&M recieved top honors for its Sept. 1 2 special edition of the news paper entitled ‘Evil Acts,’ which incorporated local reaction to the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon alongside the national news. Battalion Editor in Chief Mariano Castillo said he remembered how hard his staff worked on gathering photos, stories and information for ‘Evil Acts’ on Sept. 1 1 and how impressed he was with the teamwork. “It shows the talent and dedication the staff of The Battalion has,” he said. “It’s great to have The Battalion recognized as one of the best newspapers in the state.” Castillo was recognized for his opinion columns published in the past year. He placed first in general columns for his criticism of the then-top 25 percent plan. Chad Mallam, a senior architecture major and Art Director who once published cartoons under the pseudonym The Uncartoonist, took first and third place for two editorial cartoons. The first-place winning cartoon shows an Uncle Sam caricature with an airplane surpris ing him from the rear. In Mallam’s third-place editorial cartoon, a view of the American flag is obscured as bombs take the place of the stars on Old Glory. Mallam resigned from cartooning in February after an editorial cartoon published on Jan. 14 led to a storm of protest and bad publicity for A&M’s newspaper. “What I had done was legitimate in its right, but it made The Uncartoonist into a;): 1 wasn’t. I felt threatened creatively,” Mi said, explaining his reasons for endins Cartoon of the Day. “My cartooning wasti into something destructive, and I’ve chosen constructive and go down a different Winning these (awards) shows there are sides to w hat I do as well as bad.” Mallam’s cartoons, though no longer, fished in the newspaper, can be accessed www.uncartoonist.com. But Mallam can students looking to see his more controvr cartoons; he said he removed the Jan. 14 toon and a few others that have received, live feeback over the years because he doei want to perpetuate nen reactions to his work. Sports Editor True placed second for a sports umn that affirmed decu made by the NCAA ant NFL to postpone gamesir wake of Sept. 11. Mallam and Opinion Cayla Carr placed secos: opinion page design, and' and former opinion editor and now coin] Jonathan Jones received honorable mention another opinion page design. In picture page design, former Exeat Editor Jennifer Bales placed second foraSep: spreatl featuring pictures and a time line of Sept. 1 1 terrorist attacks. Photo Editor Guy Rogers was awarded n place and an honorable mention for two the news photography competition. Mallam, Rogers and former pholograpt Cody Wages received honorable mentioninp ture page design for a special tab onBonfiren ditions. Former Design Director Rhonda Weinta was awarded honorable mention in news pas design. Graphics artist Adrian Calcaneo received honorable mention in the illustrationcategoi}’ MALLAM Five ACU students killed in car crash NEWS IN BRIEF SPOR1 Aggies from Ci The Texa team scorec lected 34 h doublehead< 10-4 and Stadium in : afternoon. In the fir afternoon, A seven doul home runs past the Ger David Ev doubles wh and Neal S had a hom< and a single run was his and Stephe seventh. Ty Garner three hits , drove in four home ru Matt Alex Travis Won Wardinsky eai in the secom the A&M offe three of Alexa doubles. David Evan home run of E# fifth Women beat Soc and stu- ABILENE, Texas (AP) — A sport utility vehicle carrying five college stu dents from Nigeria ran off a highway bridge early Sunday and fell 30 feet to a concrete embankment, killing all five. The two men three women were dents at Abilene Christian University, located about 110 miles west of the crash, school spokesperson Wendy Kilmer said. “These were some of the best and brightest, and they always had a desire to study in America,” said Abilene Christian University Provost Dwayne D. VanRheenen. “This is a great loss for our school.” Trooper Gary M. Rozzell with the Texas Department of Public Safety said the truck went off Interstate 20 near Weatherford, about 50 miles west of Fort Worth, and landed on its roof shortly after 6:30 a.m. Kilmer said officials at the school of 4,700 stu dents were deciding what kind of memorial to hold and when. Rozzell said an investi gation was under way to determine the cause of the crash. Flight makes emergency landing in N.C CHARLOTTE, N.C. (/VH Delta Airlines flight made an emergency landing Sund? night at Charlotte-Do^ International Airport after tiif pilot suspected a mechanical problem with an engine. The MD-11 jet with 231 sengers aboard was flyingWj Atlanta to London when ed in Charlotte around 7:4j P-m., said Delta spoke5ma| Anthony Black in Atlanta. The flight crew reportejj smoke on board, said Jerry Oj the head of airport operations Nine people suffered injuries while evacuating ‘ plane, Orr said. 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