tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-182829182024-03-07T17:51:06.800-05:00Ithacan AlumniWorking at The Ithacan, Ithaca College's weekly student newspaper, has been a defining experience for many of our alumni. The Ithacan Alumni blog is a response to their desire to stay connected with each other and with the paper, as well as to help bring along future generations of Ithacan students.Michael Serinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11209099583801777088noreply@blogger.comBlogger323125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18282918.post-490559424208279612017-04-13T22:44:00.002-04:002017-04-13T22:46:09.237-04:00Society of Professional Journalists Names Ithacan Website Best in the Northeast<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> The Society of Professional Journalists has named <i>The Ithacan</i>’s website the Best Affiliated Newspaper Website in the Northeast Region for 2016. The website received the first place Mark of Excellence Award at the SPJ Region 1 conference April 8 at John Jay College of CUNY in New York.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The website now goes on to compete against the winners in the other 11 SPJ regions for the national Mark of Excellence Award. That award will be presented at the SPJ national convention Sept. 7–9 in Anaheim, California. The SPJ is the largest professional organization of reporters and editors in the country.</span></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">(Shown in photo, from left: Ithacan Webmaster Evan Sobkowicz ’17 and Editor-in-Chief Kayla Dwyer’17 with the awards.)</span></em></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>The Ithacan</i> has been named the Best College Newspaper in New York State for 2016 by the New York Press Association. The award, the NYPA's top collegiate honor, was announced April 8 at the organization's annual convention at the Gideon Putnam Hotel in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. <i>Ithacan</i> Editor-in-Chief Kayla Dwyer ’17, Webmaster Evan Sobkowicz ’17 and Proofreader Ben Gaynor ’17 attended the convention and accepted the award on behalf of the paper. The award was for work produced during calendar year 2016 (Kira Maddox ’16, spring editor-in-chief; Kayla Dwyer ’17, fall editor-in-chief). </span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> In addition to being named the best overall college paper in the state, <i>The Ithacan</i> and its staff members received the following awards:</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">First Place for General Excellence</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">First Place for News Story — Sophia Tulp ’19 and Faith Meckley ’18</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Third Place for News Story — Lauren Murray ’18 and Matt Hornick ’18</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">First Place for Feature Story — Faith Meckley ’18</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Third Place for Feature Story — Mary Ford ’17</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">First Place for Photography — Yana Mazurkevich ’18</span></span></div>
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</style>Michael Serinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11209099583801777088noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18282918.post-84743780007216548562017-04-03T23:00:00.000-04:002017-04-12T16:59:46.648-04:00Ithaca College Publications Board Names Aidan Quigley ’18 2017–18 Ithacan Editor in Chief<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja4L_Ix2DJHspWw2RHRlwpk9bYK4JNjAGHoGoCXGDBKKbMmRxkGLJR0z5ceTZQwRk2jqbuRtz-IYSCapoY4AZcJOLRpZx94FCl5KGL4vPxXFX_VNQxGi2-zb-hCCyiCEXUaBD9nQ/s1600/Aidan+Quigley_SF+copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja4L_Ix2DJHspWw2RHRlwpk9bYK4JNjAGHoGoCXGDBKKbMmRxkGLJR0z5ceTZQwRk2jqbuRtz-IYSCapoY4AZcJOLRpZx94FCl5KGL4vPxXFX_VNQxGi2-zb-hCCyiCEXUaBD9nQ/s320/Aidan+Quigley_SF+copy.jpg" width="213" /></a><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The Ithaca College Board of Student Publications has selected junior Aidan Quigley ’18 as the 2017–18 editor in chief of <i>The Ithacan</i>. Quigley was appointed to the position by Diane Gayeski, dean of the Roy H. Park School of Communications, at the conclusion of the board’s annual meeting and candidate interview session on April 3. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Quigley is a journalism major and politics minor from Trumbull, Connecticut, who has previously served as a reporter, assistant news editor, news editor and managing editor for the paper over the past three years. A Park Scholar, he is spending the Spring 2017 semester studying in Washington, D.C., where he is also interning as a breaking news intern at Politico. He has previously interned a reporter at the Westbury (Conn.) Republican-American and as a Rapid Response Team intern at the Christian Science Monitor in Boston. This summer he will intern at Newsweek in New York City.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Among his stated goals for <i>The Ithacan</i> are the enhancement of the paper’s digital-first online strategies and increased collaboration with other Park School student media. </span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">He will officially assume the editor in chief position on May 4.</span>Michael Serinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11209099583801777088noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18282918.post-85757603813591445802017-03-19T16:23:00.003-04:002017-03-19T16:23:35.051-04:00High CSPA Honors for The Ithacan<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">From left: Ithacan Assistant Multimedia Editor Connor Duffy,<br />Assistant Life & Culture Editor Jake Leary, CSPA Executive<br />Director Edmund Sullivan, Assistant Photo Editor Connor Lange,<br />and Assistant Multimedia Editor Matt Mahoney at the Crown<br />Award Presentation in New York on March 12.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>The Ithacan</i> had a strong showing at the spring National College Media Convention in New York City, March 11–13. The paper was awarded the Columbia Scholastic Press Association Silver Crown for overall excellence for 2015–16 (Kira Maddox ’16, editor-in-chief), as well as the 2017 “Apple Award” for Best in Show in the newspaper category, presented by the College Media Association.<br />The Crown Award was in the “hybrid” category, which evaluates entries on the basis of the effectiveness with which they combine their print and online publications. The Best in Show Award was based on three issues of the paper submitted from the 2016–17 academic year (Kayla Dwyer ’17, editor-in-chief).</span>Michael Serinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11209099583801777088noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18282918.post-49207729241696449732017-03-19T16:00:00.000-04:002017-03-19T16:00:41.397-04:00Meeting the Family<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Helvetica;">At our last Ithacan editorial
board meeting before leaving for the spring National College Media Convention
in New York last weekend, I told the board that I would be bringing the current
editors who would be participating in the conference to “meet
the family” — namely our New York Ithacan alumni — at our annual
spring dinner. I compared it to an extended family reunion where you meet a
whole bunch of cool, interesting cousins you never knew you had.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">From left: Jake Leary, Scott McDermott, <br />Graham Hebel, Fernando Ferraz <br />and Connor Lange.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica;">And a family reunion is
what it always feels like. This year’s group spanned more than two decades,
from the class of 1997 to the current freshmen attending the conference. Forty
of us turned out on Monday night despite the impending blizzard scheduled to
start at midnight. The photo section was well-represented, with eight former
and current editors present, including a rare appearance by Scott
McDermott! And Jill Agostino stopped by — her first dinner with the New
York crew since the Times moved her back to the city from D.C. (where
our alumni are still missing her). <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica;">The alumni lineup consisted
of Jill Agostino ’86, Nicolas Barajas ’08, Evin Billington ’16, Jaclyn Cataldi
’15, Jack Curran ’15, Jared Dionne ’13, William Earl ’09, Aaron Edwards ’12,
Evan Falk ’09, Max Gillilan ’16, James Hawver ’07, Graham Hebel ’13, Frances
Johnson ’16, Sami Khan ’02, Kira Maddox ’16, Scott McDermott ’97, Tucker
Mitchell ’16, Casey Musarra ’11, Gillian Nigro ’14, Rachel Orlow ’13, Taylor
Palmer ’14, Steven Pirani ’16, Matt Quintanilla ’07, Deepa Shah ’06, Elizabeth
Sile ’11, Shawn Steiner ’13, Miles Surrey ’15, Andy Swift ’09, Andrew Weiser
’11, Jennifer Williams ’16, Stacey Coburn Williams ’07, Chloe Wilson ’14 and
Vicky Wolak ’14.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica;">Current students who
attended were Editor-in-Chief Kayla Dwyer ’17, Assistant Multimedia Editor
Connor Duffy ’20, Photo Editor Fernando Ferraz ’17, Assistant Photo Editor
Connor Lange ’19, Assistant Life & Culture Editor Jake Leary ’20 and
Assistant Multimedia Editor Matt Maloney ’20.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica;">It was terrific to see
everyone, as always. Thank you to the good people at Heartland Brewery and Chophouse at on
W. 43rd St., who made sure we had a good time, as they have for many years now.
And special thanks to Deepa Shah, without whose organizational talents — and
generosity — these events would be a lot more difficult to manage.</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></div>
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Michael Serinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11209099583801777088noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18282918.post-37316257675447735412017-03-13T09:41:00.000-04:002017-03-13T09:41:04.571-04:00The Daily Signal Fights for Recognition<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlZA4ccEcwVTXofO9Uq8MwvNrBdaNYIemJQvSpmpPkRLoVedvpXjqO4pHRhp7oXDdhphlJSRw1Pa-mArxPOj1MQ7OEfSXWupDcA1TTqcktKqPegwdr7E8HNspW_Zd7vfpT0CvxIQ/s1600/Rob+Bluey+%25E2%2580%259901.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In 2014, the Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank, <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/heritage-foundation-starts-online-site-to-cover-news-it-says-is-unreported-or-under-reported/2014/06/02/2a7631ce-ea76-11e3-b98c-72cef4a00499_story.html" target="_blank">started its own journalism outlet</a>, <a href="http://dailysignal.com/" target="_blank">The Daily Signal</a>, installing former Ithacan editor-in-chief Rob Bluey ’01 as editor-in-chief. Since then, Bluey has been arguing for the Signal’s legitimacy as a news source </span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">in the face of criticism by mainstream news organizations and others that it practices not journalism but partisan political advocacy. Here's </span><a href="http://dailysignal.com/2017/03/12/the-daily-signal-wont-be-bullied-by-the-establishment-media/" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">the latest skirmish in that battle</a><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">. </span>Michael Serinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11209099583801777088noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18282918.post-43145338568128052502017-03-08T19:19:00.000-05:002017-03-08T19:29:46.907-05:00Looking Good!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The designed pages from the March 2 issue of <i>The Ithacan. </i></span>Michael Serinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11209099583801777088noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18282918.post-90351530120306394632016-09-04T13:14:00.000-04:002016-09-04T13:14:31.215-04:00The Return of the Alumni Blog!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It's back! Like a phoenix being reborn from the ashes, Dracula rising from the grave or Immanuel Kant awaking from his dogmatic slumbers, the Ithacan Alumni Blog is making its return after lying dormant for almost a year and a half. Very soon you'll be seeing news of the many <i>Ithacan</i> alumni making their marks on the world of media, politics, business and culture, as well as notes on the achievements of our current students as they gain the knowledge and skills that only <i>The Ithacan</i> can teach them. Watch this space for more.<span id="goog_1537458508"></span><span id="goog_1537458509"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>Michael Serinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11209099583801777088noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18282918.post-8531981539256163792015-04-02T19:40:00.001-04:002015-04-02T19:40:59.258-04:00Ithacan Website Named Best in New York State<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But wait, there’s more ...</span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In addition to the numerous awards presented to <i>The Ithacan</i> by the New York Press Association <a href="http://ithacanalumni.blogspot.com/2015/04/nypa-once-again-names-ithacan-best.html" target="_blank">mentioned in an earlier post</a>, the NYPA also named the Ithacan website the best in New York state. Congratulations to webmaster Evan Sobkowicz ’17 for his terrific website design and constant innovation. </span></div>
Michael Serinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11209099583801777088noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18282918.post-9889346157793905882015-04-01T15:55:00.002-04:002015-04-01T15:55:45.298-04:00The Ithacan’s New Banner: Forever May It Wave<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Grace Clauss, our design editor, created this cool new banner to use at Ithaca Today and other events. Also, after years of deliberation, we finally agreed on a new tagline. “Accuracy, Independence, Integrity.” I think it sums up <i>The Ithacan</i> pretty well.</span>Michael Serinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11209099583801777088noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18282918.post-67983101219512040642015-04-01T10:12:00.000-04:002015-04-01T10:12:51.785-04:00Kira Maddox Named Next Ithacan Editor-in-Chief<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMMLKYTWwOffG2fAdT4eV3pKYAz6RaLYjvfvg1Lb0uSZiNvoGaTfbMdPnfR2aKSpKwa-blT2vIJNeyxWCKMq8C7inSnWhZM5mgTtZkTFq2PLvhMXSuqWu7_mpeBx38HojbI0DFxw/s1600/Kira+Maddox.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMMLKYTWwOffG2fAdT4eV3pKYAz6RaLYjvfvg1Lb0uSZiNvoGaTfbMdPnfR2aKSpKwa-blT2vIJNeyxWCKMq8C7inSnWhZM5mgTtZkTFq2PLvhMXSuqWu7_mpeBx38HojbI0DFxw/s1600/Kira+Maddox.jpg" /></a><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Junior journalism major Kira Maddox has been selected as the 2015–16 editor-in-chief of <i>The Ithacan.</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Ithaca College Board of Student Publications interviewed Maddox and junior integrated marketing communications major Sabrina Knight on March 30 and recommended Maddox to Roy H. Park School of Communications Dean Diane Gayeski, who made the appointment.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Maddox began at the paper as a copy editor, then joined the editorial board as proofreader and, this year, as managing editor. In the latter two position, she has read and edited every story published in <i>The Ithacan</i> for the past two years. She will be the paper’s first managing editor to also serve as editor-in-chief.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In addition, she has interned at the Utica (N.Y.) Observer-Dispatch and will be interning at the Syracuse Media Group this summer. </span>Michael Serinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11209099583801777088noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18282918.post-80533059205231043302015-04-01T09:57:00.001-04:002015-04-02T19:30:23.465-04:00NYPA Once Again Names The Ithacan the Best College Newspaper in New York State<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i class="">The Ithacan</i> has once again been named the Best College Newspaper in New York State by the New York Press Association. The award, the NYPA’s top collegiate honor, was announced March 28 at the organization’s annual convention at the Gideon Putnam Hotel in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. <i class="">Ithacan</i> Editor-in-Chief Jack Curran ’15, Managing Editor Kira Maddox ’16, Assistant Life & Culture Editor Mary Ford ’17, Multimedia Editor Alexis Forde ’17 and Chief Copy Editor Rachel Wolfgang ’17 attended the convention and accepted the award on behalf of the paper.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The award is for work produced during the calendar year 2014 (Megan Devlin ’14, spring editor-in-chief; Jack Curran ’15, fall editor in chief).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In addition to being named the best overall college paper in the state, <i class="">The Ithacan</i> and its staff members received the following awards:</span></div>
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<li class=""><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">First Place for Best Sports Coverage</span></li>
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<li class=""><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Second Place for General Excellence</span></li>
<li class=""><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Second Place for Best Editorials, for <a class="" href="http://theithacan.org/opinion/pay-raise-reveals-disengagement/">“Pay Raise Reveals Disengagement,”</a> February 6, 2014, <a class="" href="http://theithacan.org/opinion/editorial-survey-says-tell-us-now/">“Survey Says: Tell Us Now,”</a> February 13, 2014, and <a class="" href="http://theithacan.org/opinion/editorial-transparent-sga-puts-up-wall/">“Transparent SGA Puts Up Wall,”</a> May 1, 2014.</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">First Place for Best Feature Story — Steven Pirani ’16, for <a href="http://theithacan.org/life-culture/campus-pursuit-connects-students-with-local-businesses/" target="_blank">“Hot Pursuit,”</a> September 11, 2014.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Second Place for Best Photography — Caitie Ihrig ’18</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Third Place for Best Photography — Yana Mazurkevich ’18</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Third Place for Best News Story — Elma Gonzalez ’14, for <a href="http://theithacan.org/news/rochons-compensation-out-paces-faculty-salaries/" target="_blank">“Rochon’s Compensation Outpaces Faculty Salaries,”</a> January 30, 2014.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Third Place for Best Column — Amelia Erikson ’16, for <a href="http://theithacan.org/columns/mental-health-slurs-are-considered-microaggressions/" target="_blank">“Mental Illnesses Are Not Slang,”</a> September 11, 2014, and <a href="http://theithacan.org/columns/myers-briggs-personality-test-should-be-treated-as-a-novelty/" target="_blank">“Personality Test Is Only a Novelty,”</a> December 4, 2014.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Honorable Mention for Best News Story — Jack Curran ’15, for <a href="http://theithacan.org/news/a-look-at-the-millennial-mindset/#jobs" target="_blank">“Millenials Facing Greater Competition in Labor Market,”</a> November 6, 2014.</span></li>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Spring 2014 Sports Editor Steve Derderian, Fall 2014<br />Sports Editor Miles Surrey and current Sports Editor<br />Kristen Gowdy</td></tr>
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Michael Serinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11209099583801777088noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18282918.post-38975844406700179712015-03-27T21:51:00.000-04:002015-03-27T21:51:39.960-04:00More from Aaron Edwards<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Former EIC Aaron Edwards ’12 just published a BuzzFeed piece on <a href="http://www.buzzfeed.com/aaronedwards/app-app-app-like-you-dont-care?utm_term=.pxKz7vjNZR#.no3GGyEo0" target="_blank">“Creating Editorial Process Before a Finished Product.”</a> And yes, he manages to work Beyonce in there. </span>Michael Serinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11209099583801777088noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18282918.post-26442295881665996222015-03-24T15:58:00.000-04:002015-03-24T15:58:49.152-04:00Spring 2015 New York Ithacan Alumni Dinner<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The spring National College Media Convention in New York brought current <i>Ithacan</i> students attending the conference together with our New York–area alumni for our annual dinner at Heartland Brewery on W. 43rd St. We had a great turnout, giving our alums a chance to catch up as well as to share their wisdom and experience with their current counterparts on the editorial board. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">From left, Taylor Palmer ’14, Chloe Wilson ’14, Proofreader Christie<br />
Citranglo, Photo Editor Corey Hess, Michelle Boule, Alex Evans ’13,<br />
Rachel Orlow ’13 and Shawn Steiner ’13.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">From left, Chief Copy Editor Rachel Wolfgang, Graham Hebel ’13, Online<br />
News Editor Max Denning, Gillian Nigro ’14, Editor-in-Chief Jack Curran<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">From left, Nic Barajas ’08, Deepa Shah ’06, Matt Quintanilla ’07,<br />
Assistant News Editor Aidan Quigley, Assistant News Editor Natalie<br />
Shanklin, Erin Geismar ’09, Casey Musarra ’11, Vanessa Leong ’00<br />
and Kelli B. Grant ’04.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">From left, Assistant News Editor Jonathan Beck, Libby Sile 11, Casey<br />
Musarra ’11 (again), Andrew Weiser ’11, Bill Earl ’09, Patrick Doyle and<br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>Michael Serinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11209099583801777088noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18282918.post-55620201227363334102015-03-23T16:23:00.003-04:002015-03-23T16:23:51.879-04:00Ithacan Wins CSPA Gold Crown and Apple Award<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">From left, Assistant News Editor Natalie Shanklin, Online News Editor<br />Max Denning, Editor-in-Chief Jack Curran, Photo Editor Corey Hess,<br />Assistant Sports Editor Jon Beck and Assistant News Editor Aidan<br /> Quinn accepted theCSPA Gold Crown Award in New York City.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> <i>The Ithacan</i> was presented with a Gold Crown award by the Columbia Scholastic Press Association at the spring National College Media Convention on March 13 at the Sheraton Times Square Hotel in New York City. The Gold Crown awards are the highest honors presented by CSPA.<br /><br /> The award was in the “hybrid” category, described as “a publication that works to combine their digital and print publications as one.” The award was for work produced during the 2013–14 academic year (Megan Devlin ’14, editor-in-chief).<br /><br /> The judges’ commented that, “It’s so easy to find ‘must read’ stories in every issue of <i>The Ithacan</i>. The paper excels at campus news reporting on relevant topics. Substantive research and strong interviewing skills are evident throughout <i>The Ithacan</i>. Facts, stats, surveys, and infographics expand the coverage. Editorial leadership is evident on the ‘Opinion’ page. The tag line ‘at your fingertips’ introduces a reader-friendly digital site with diversified coverage on serious topics, such as racial inequality. The website has engaging bloggers who comment on everything from the minutiae of everyday college life to anthropomorphic advertising. Diversity is the key to <i>The Ithacan’s</i> success.”<br /><br /> <i>The Ithacan</i> was one of only four newspapers in the country to win the Gold Crown in the “hybrid” category. The others were the Indiana Daily Student (Indiana University), The Iowa State Daily (Iowa State University) and the Rocky Mountain Collegian (Colorado State University).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> In addition, <i>The Ithacan</i> took the First Place Apple Award for <a href="https://twitter.com/ithacanonline/status/571330659538632705">Best Tweet</a> and Third Place for Best Homepage in the convention’s on-site Best of Show awards at the March 14 closing session.<br /><br /> Founded in 1925, the CSPA is owned by Columbia University and operated as a program affiliated with its Graduate School of Journalism. The Crown Awards, first presented in 1982, are the organization's highest recognition of overall excellence.</span><br />
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Michael Serinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11209099583801777088noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18282918.post-71617346274789059142015-03-23T16:23:00.002-04:002015-03-23T16:23:44.534-04:00Ithacan Ranked Gold Medalist in Annual CSPA Newspaper Critique<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>The Ithacan</i> has been named a Gold Medalist for the 2013–14 academic year in the Columbia Scholastic Press Association’s annual college newspaper critique.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />Among the judge’s comments, “Congratulations on publishing an outstanding print and digital newspaper and your Gold Medalist and All Columbian honors. You entertain, inform, practice enterprise journalism and serve as a student forum, all in an exceptional manner.”</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />Each year the CSPA evaluates member papers on overall content, news, depth reporting, features, opinion/editorial, sports, arts/entertainment, editing/headline writing, and design/graphics based on more than 150 specific criteria. This year the paper scored 963 on the critique’s 1,000-point scale. The CSPA consistently ranks <i>The Ithacan</i> as a Gold Medalist, its highest category. All Columbian Honors are given within a scorebook section when the sectional total reaches 95% or more of the possible points.</span><br />
<br />Michael Serinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11209099583801777088noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18282918.post-76517159256562591512015-03-23T14:21:00.000-04:002015-03-23T14:21:57.689-04:00Ithacan Students Honored for Individual Work<br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Five <i>Ithacan</i> students have been honored with 2014 Gold Circle Awards in the Columbia Scholastic Press Association’s annual competition honoring work by individuals in collegiate publications. The 2014 awards are for work produced during the 2013–14 academic year. The individuals honored were:<br />
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<li>Gillian Nigro ’14, Certificate of Merit for News Writing for <a href="http://theithacan.org/news/ic-sugar-babies-seek-wealthy-benefactors/" target="_blank">“Who's Your Daddy?”</a> (<i>The Ithacan</i>, April 17, 2014)</li>
<li>Jackie Eisenberg ’14, Certificate of Merit for General Feature Story for <a href="http://theithacan.org/accent/skin-care/" target="_blank">“Break Out”</a> (<i>The Ithacan</i>, March 20, 2014)</li>
<li>Corey Hess ’16, Certificate of Merit for Single Sports Photograph for “Who’s on First?” (<i>The Ithacan</i>, April 24, 2014)</li>
<li>Durst Breneiser ’15, Certificate of Merit for Single Sports Photograph for ”Raising the Bar” (<i>The Ithacan</i>, December 12, 2013)</li>
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Michael Serinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11209099583801777088noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18282918.post-62306874423203837772015-01-27T13:34:00.000-05:002015-03-23T13:35:28.625-04:00Lauren DeCicca Shortlisted for “30 Under 30”<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMti7d3YR2Faz2A3CSJRyos2U001GWYEL2AC1d_Ebn5IK4DGp6THp7fuIpQFXiUnR5qHuirapdS6zqFZlN7Zayl5Rn-GxodjH-u4QoFUFIeD5WxWsM2klD32qeTutzxO-bIV02pA/s1600/Screen+Shot+2015-03-23+at+1.31.45+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMti7d3YR2Faz2A3CSJRyos2U001GWYEL2AC1d_Ebn5IK4DGp6THp7fuIpQFXiUnR5qHuirapdS6zqFZlN7Zayl5Rn-GxodjH-u4QoFUFIeD5WxWsM2klD32qeTutzxO-bIV02pA/s1600/Screen+Shot+2015-03-23+at+1.31.45+PM.png" /></a>Lauren DeCicca ’11 made <a href="http://www.ideastap.com/IdeasMag/all-articles/30-under-30-2015-shortlist" target="_blank">the 2015 shortlist of in the “30 Under 30”</a> an annual ranking honoring talented young photographers under the age of 30. The competition is sponsored by <a href="http://www.ideastap.com/" target="_blank">IdeasTap</a>, <a href="http://www.magnumphotos.com/" target="_blank">Magnum Photos</a> and <a href="http://www.photographyshow.com/" target="_blank">The Photography Show</a>. Her work was featured in <a href="http://theithacan.org/life-culture/photojournalist-alumna-freelances-in-burma/" target="_blank">a September 2014 interview in <i>The Ithacan</i></a>.Michael Serinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11209099583801777088noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18282918.post-51806512204840159412015-01-22T12:38:00.000-05:002015-03-23T12:41:09.574-04:00Kevin McCall ’12 is Assistant SID at Marist<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Former sports editor Kevin McCall ’12 is an assistant sports information director at Marist College in Poughkeepsie, N.Y. He has overseen publicity for seven of the Division I institution’s 23 varsity sports teams and created content for the Marist Athletics website since he began the position in September. Kevin had been interning in the New York Mets media relations department. </span></div>
Michael Serinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11209099583801777088noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18282918.post-43035399705437050532015-01-09T12:49:00.000-05:002015-03-23T13:13:47.122-04:00Compelling Work from Aaron Edwards<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7UUTtWM-TAGGbHaBMsaIqO4GvipveIrw9UV_lX8mUciKNu-MYp_lJdrOKB3y-vt7IbbNZUXc1vmpSAb3p27NSjCfD10fyX5zBQR3ZtgfxZLgcgoAUEelK5VfhAbkoI76ZTvJHLw/s1600/Aaron+Edwards.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7UUTtWM-TAGGbHaBMsaIqO4GvipveIrw9UV_lX8mUciKNu-MYp_lJdrOKB3y-vt7IbbNZUXc1vmpSAb3p27NSjCfD10fyX5zBQR3ZtgfxZLgcgoAUEelK5VfhAbkoI76ZTvJHLw/s1600/Aaron+Edwards.jpg" height="200" width="171" /></a><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In addition to producing digital news, Aaron Edwards ’12 has been busy reminding us what a talented writer and journalist he is. </span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In December, his piece </span><a href="http://www.niemanlab.org/2014/12/newsroom-diversity-dont-talk-about-it-be-about-it/" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">“Diversity: Don’t Talk About It, Be About It”</a><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> was featured as part of the </span><a href="http://www.niemanlab.org/collection/predictions-2015/" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">“Predictions for Journalism 2015”</a><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> series on the Nieman Foundation’s </span><a href="http://www.niemanlab.org/" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">NiemanLab</a><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> site. And now <a href="http://www.buzzfeed.com/aaronedwards/my-grandfather-rests-on-a-hill-that-leads-to-heaven" target="_blank">“My Grandfather Rests on a Hill That Leads to Heaven” </a>— his moving account of attending his grandfather’s funeral in Jamaica — has appeared on BuzzFeed. Check them out!</span>Michael Serinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11209099583801777088noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18282918.post-41069221030359510602014-12-17T19:00:00.000-05:002014-12-18T07:57:11.601-05:00The Happy Couple Returns<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Former <i>Ithacan</i> managing editor Whitney Faber ’12 and fiancé Chris Roach ’11 returned to campus today to make arrangements for their Sept. 16 wedding in the college chapel. The couple, who live in Boston, stopped by the <i>Ithacan</i> to check out our new office. It was great to see them again and have the chance to congratulate them on their engagement, to introduce them to current editor-in-chief Jack Curran, managing editor Kira Maddox, news editor Kayla Dwyer, Life & Culture editor Steven Pirani, design editor Grace Clauss, assistant design editor Allie Teodore and webmaster Evan Sobkowicz. Plus it’s always fun watching alumni who graduated before Sept. 2013 react to our new space.</span>Michael Serinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11209099583801777088noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18282918.post-46284709762979194742014-12-16T11:21:00.000-05:002014-12-16T11:23:53.466-05:00Lauren DeCicca’s Photo Selected for Time’s ‘Defining‘ Instagrams of 2014<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A photo by former <i>Ithacan</i> photo editor Lauren DeCicca ’11 has been selected by Time magazine as one of <a href="http://time.com/3633777/29-instagrams-that-defined-the-world-in-2014/" target="_blank">“29 Instagrams That Defined The World in 2014.”</a> The photo, captioned “Goodbye Thingyan, catch ya next year!” can also be viewed <a href="http://instagram.com/p/m2f_B-w0bP/" target="_blank">on Instagram</a>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Lauren returned to campus in September during a visit back to the States and sat down for a Q&A with <i>Ithacan</i> Life & Culture editor Evin Billington. Check out the audio slideshow <a href="http://theithacan.org/life-culture/photojournalist-alumna-freelances-in-burma/" target="_blank">here</a>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Twitter certainly picked an interesting place to cut off the subject line when I shared that last post.</span>Michael Serinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11209099583801777088noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18282918.post-6034925771376223222014-12-16T07:39:00.000-05:002014-12-16T07:39:22.364-05:00NewsPro Ranks Ithaca College Journalism Program #11 in Country<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFV4icZH_VsZEme7hustE-Fy6u9bkRdEqH-Z2WUX0DUjYugeu2sG10n43N1QPoPk89HTvOQZImaV7CeH8ROfViK2e4e_FOKjBbYZOXr3N3GfRbCdG4OMYP1gjp_VSPpLc1fh-G-A/s1600/Screen+Shot+2014-12-16+at+7.27.43+AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFV4icZH_VsZEme7hustE-Fy6u9bkRdEqH-Z2WUX0DUjYugeu2sG10n43N1QPoPk89HTvOQZImaV7CeH8ROfViK2e4e_FOKjBbYZOXr3N3GfRbCdG4OMYP1gjp_VSPpLc1fh-G-A/s1600/Screen+Shot+2014-12-16+at+7.27.43+AM.png" height="400" width="257" /></a><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ithaca College’s journalism department made NewsPro’s 2014 list of the top-25 journalism programs in the country, coming in at #11. You can find the complete story in <a href="http://www.tvweek.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/NewsPro-12-15-141.pdf" target="_blank">their December 2014 issue</a>, along with the Park School’s latest promotional ad.</span><br />
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Michael Serinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11209099583801777088noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18282918.post-80991558743626650362014-11-03T16:30:00.000-05:002014-12-18T10:33:12.697-05:00The Fall Conference in Philly<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Four current students attended this fall’s National College Media Convention Oct. 29–Nov. 2 in at the Downtown Marriott in Philadelphia. Managing editor Kira Maddox, assistant news editor Taylor Zambrano, assistant sports editor Kristen Gowdy and design editor Grace Clauss attended three days of workshops run by journalism professionals and college newspaper advisers. </span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Kira also co-moderated a discussion session on diversity in the newsroom, and I presented a session titled, “Philosophy for Journalists: Journalism and the Problem of Suffering.”</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In addition, alumnus Chris Baxter ’08, currently a reporter with the Newark (N.J.) Star-Ledger, presented two conference sessions which were scheduled as the result of his having been a recipient of the prestigious <a href="http://www.livawards.org/winners/" target="_blank">Livingston Award for Young Journalists for 2013</a>, sponsored by the University of Michigan, in the Excellence in Local Reporting category for his story, <a href="http://www.livawards.org/pdf/2013/baxter.pdf" target="_blank">“Private Schools, Hidden Riches,”</a> which investigated spending practices at New Jersey private schools for students with disabilities.</span><br />
<i style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Ithacan</i><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> was presented with Finalist Awards in the National Newspaper Pacemaker and National Online Pacemaker competitions. The Pacemaker is widely regarded as “the Pulitzer Prize” of collegiate journalism.” In addition, the paper won 7th place in the conference’s on-site Best of Show competition in the newspaper category and 8th place in the website category.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">From left, Taylor Zambrano, Kira Maddox, Kristen Gowdy<br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The high point of the trip, apart from the cheesesteaks, was getting together with our Philadelphia alumni. We’ve built up a small concentration of alums there, so we got them together with the students attending the conference. Most of them were able to make it to dinner at Smokin’ Betty’s for an evening of good food and good conversation.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Clockwise from left, design editor Grace Clauss, Tricia Nadolny ’09, assistant<br />
news editor Taylor Zambrano, Josh Mellman ’09, Cory Francer ’10, Michelle<br />
Skowronek Horner ’11, assistant sports editor Kristen Gowdy, Noria<br />
Litaker ’06, Chris Baxter ’08 and managing editor Kira Maddox.</td></tr>
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