1. Alden Woods
The unsettled
Indiana Daily Student
Indiana University
Bloomington, Indiana
2. Olivia Proffit, Georgie de Mattos
Sex trafficking in the ‘Happiest city in America’
Mustang News
California Polytechnic State University
San Luis Obispo, California
3. Lena Masri
Predator’s web
NYCity News Service
CUNY Graduate School of Journalism
New York, New York
4. Staff
A mother’s care
The Medill Justice Project
Northwestern University
Evanston, Illinois
5. Rachel Hinton
Behind closed doors: Students forced to live with an accused rapist
DePaulia
DePaul University
Chicago, Illinois
6. Emma Kinery
Still waiting: A look at mental health on campus
The Michigan Daily
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan
7. KiMi Robinson
‘Difficulty becomes catastrophe’: Students play waiting game with SPS
Los Angeles Loyolan
Loyola Marymount University
Los Angeles, California
8. Amrith Ramkumar, Rachel Chason
Duke’s Executive Vice President Tallman Trask hit parking attendant with car, accused of using racial slur
The Chronicle
Duke University
Durham, North Carolina
9. Alec McPike
Addiction, risk thrive in southern california porn industry
Currents
Pepperdine University
Malibu, California
10. Nadia Spock, Carly Taylor
Calling for change
The Knox Student
Knox College
Galesburg, Illinois
1. Haley Hansen
Searching for care
Minnesota Daily
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, Minnesota
2. Hannah Alani
The little sister
Indiana Daily Student
Indiana University
Bloomington, Indiana
3. Forrest Welk
Naming rights
Flux
University of Oregon
Eugene, Oregon
4. Rachel Fobar
House of lies
The Medill Justice Project
Northwestern University
Evanston, Illinois
5. Rachel Hinton, Shelley Mesch
‘I was raped’
DePaulia
DePaul University
Chicago, Illinois
6. Amy Han
HelWell’s role and reputation: Do students have unrealistic expectations?
The News-Letter
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, Maryland
7. Cole Norum
Where scripture meets pasture
Urban Plains
Drake University
Des Moines, Iowa
8. Nick Reimann
Loyola professor and Bernie Sanders share an unlikely background
The Maroon
Loyola University New Orleans
New Orleans, Louisiana
9. Peter Kotecki
As Lyrica profits dry up, Northwestern seeks another ‘blockbuster’ drug
The Daily Northwestern
Northwestern University
Evanston, Illinois
10. William Wright
The woman behind the mask
Kentucky Kernel
University of Kentucky
Lexington, Kentucky
1. Alec Lewis, Bruno Vernaschi, Will Jarvis
A sideline stand
The Maneater
University of Missouri
Columbia, Missouri
2. Brady Vardeman
Two weeks of hell
The Oklahoma Daily
University of Oklahoma
Norman, Oklahoma
3. Rori Kotch
No pain. No game.
Distraction
University of Miami
Coral Gables, Florida
4. Morganne Mallon, Erin McCarthy
Former Penn State women’s hockey players allege emotional abuse by current head coach Josh Brandwene
The Daily Collegian
Pennsylvania State University
State College, Pennsylvania
5. Scott Chasen
Marlene Mawson continues to impact KU nearly five decades later
The University Daily Kansan
The University of Kansas
Lawrence, Kansas
6. Jessica Piper
Concussed at Bowdoin
Bowdoin Orient
Bowdoin College
Brunswick, Maine
7. Robert Clinton
Cancer diagnosis shocks ‘family’
The Advocate
Contra Costa College
San Pablo, California
8. Ryan Hoerger
X’s, O’s and hashtags
The Chronicle
Duke University
Durham, North Carolina
9. Meghan Rowland
Timeout. Replay. Commence.
Pursuit
California Baptist University
Riverside, California
10. Zoe Schaver
The high price of an MVP
Southern Neighbor
University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
1. Sarah Olsen, Bryan O’Keefe, Kelsey Neubauer, Meghan Ingraham, Craig Pelsor
Kake Walk: Alumni, faculty and students reflect on 73-year tradition
The Vermont Cynic
University of Vermont
Burlington, Vermont
2. Mariana Alfaro
Searching for safe spaces
The Daily Northwestern
Northwestern University
Evanston, Illinois
3. Zoe Schaver
106 acres ago
Southern Neighbor
University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
4. Staff
The wait
NYCity News Service
CUNY Graduate School of Journalism
New York, New York
5. Molly Longman
Day 91
Drake Magazine
Drake University
Des Moines, Iowa
6. Victoria Ison
The American-Muslim divide
Ball Bearings
Ball State University
Muncie, Indiana
7. Samantha Matsumoto
Still marching
Flux
University of Oregon
Eugene, Oregon
8. Falon Opsahl
The ‘invisibles’: The tale of the silenced farmworkers who put food on the nation’s tablebut can’t find a decent place to live
Currents
Pepperdine University
Malibu, California
9. Zach Kram and Noah Jodice
Invisible on campus
Student Life
Washington University in St. Louis
St. Louis, Missouri
10. Temeria Taper
F*#!nism: Not a dirty word
Arches
Mount Mary University
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
1. Nate Gatter
To journalists covering Mizzou protests, please take a breath
The Maneater
University of Missouri
Columbia, Missouri
2. Staff
Confronting Trump, confronting ourselves
F Newsmagazine
School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Chicago, Illinois
3. Editorial Board
Speaking of free speech
The Daily Tar Heel
University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
4. Editorial Board/ Staff
What students should think of the Rust Belt’s romance
The Pitt News
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
5. Daniel Funke
State lawmakers fail Georgians in fight over campus carry bill
The Red & Black
University of Georgia
Athens, Georgia
6. Staff
GW should have revoked Cosby’s honorary degree
The GW Hatchet
George Washington University
Washington, District of Columbia
7. The Crimson White Editorial Board
University must address sexual assault
The Crimson White
University of Alabama
Tuscaloosa, Alabama
8. Staff
For student safety, Maybank shouldn’t be able to overturn sexual assault cases
The State News
Michigan State University
East Lansing, Michigan
9. Staff
Why you gotta be so Hartless?
Arizona Daily Wildcat
University of Arizona
Tucson, Arizona
10. Adira Polite
Cultural appropriation: why they’re not ‘just clothes’
The Bowdoin Orient
Bowdoin College
Brunswick, Maine