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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}’
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killed in car crash
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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.
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emergency
landing in N.C
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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. He said one pi
senger was taken to Carols
Medical Center due to a
existing medical condition.
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