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Nico Vinuela
Mustang News, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
Paul Flores found Guilty

Carmen Guzman
The Et Cetera, Dallas College Eastfield Campus (TX)
TikTok banned from college networks

Milla Surjadi, Katie Tan
The Chonicle, Duke University (NC)
Duke looks to prove that graduate students are not employees, seeks challenging of 2016 NLRB ruling

Amber Mohmand
Iowa State Daily, Iowa State University
Update: Gunman knew victims, bought ammo one hour before shooting

Drew Shaw, Christine Vo
The Shorthorn, The University of Texas at Arlington
School shooting outside Lamar High School

Emma Balcom, Zachary Jarrell
The News Record, University of Cincinnati (OH)
One killed in hit-and-run with suspected stolen vehicle near UC campus

Patrick McCaslin
The Miami Hurricane, University of Miami (FL)
Drugging allegations, misogynistic chanting: SigEp chapter closes immediately

Sneha Dhandapani, Shannon Stocking
The Michigan Daily, University of Michigan
3 students dead following shooting at Michigan State University

Miles Anderson, Matthew Shanbom
The Michigan Daily, University of Michigan
GEO commences strike against UMich at 10:24 a.m.

Ethan Horton
The Daily Tar Heel, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
NC Supreme Court says NCGA has sole power over redistricting, makes two other decisions

In-Depth News Story

Elissa Maudlin
The Ball State Daily News, Ball State University (IN)
Tenants raise concerns about property management company

Ariel Kim, Meimei Xu
The Harvard Crimson, Harvard University (MA)
Dan Schrag, Top Harvard Climate Scientist, Faces Allegations of Bullying and Toxicity Spanning Two Decades

Sellers Hill, Sage Lattman
The Harvard Crimson, Harvard University (MA)
Still Unresolved: Harvard Student Group Missing Approximately $30,000 After Leadership Dispute

Jack McClellan
Iowa State Daily, Iowa State University
We just didn’t eat: VetMed students speak out about working conditions

Samantha Torre
The Graphic, Pepperdine University (CA)
Pepperdine Ambassadors Council Placed on Pause

Aiden Brady
Golden Gate Xpress, San Francisco State University (CA)
How Turning Point USA uses controversy to fuel growth

Staff
The NewsHouse, Syracuse University (NY)
Infodemic

Staff
The NewsHouse, Syracuse University (NY)
The Class of COVID

Lucy Alden, Celia Frazier, Isabella Hammond,
Henry Larson, Jessi Sachs
CU Independent, University of Colorado Boulder
CU Boulder signed football player with four-year history of sexual misconduct allegations

Henry Larson, Suvu Singh
CU Independent, University of Colorado Boulder
CU Boulder enrolled alleged white supremacist with knowledge of his past

Feature Story

Erin Flaherty, Spencer Steppe, Beth Verghese
The Heights, Boston College (MA)
The Absence of Abstinence: Students Reflect on Sex Culture and Policy at BC

Grace Crandall
Pursuit, California Baptist University
Thank You, Stranger

Ryan Doan-Nguyen
The Harvard Crimson, Harvard University (MA)
Napalm, Birthed in Harvard’s Basement

Kayla Pallotto
Indiana Daily Student, Indiana University
The Education of a Freshman: How freshmen navigate the transition into the “best years of their lives” and the Red Zone.

Gretchen Lenth
The Daily Iowan, University of Iowa
Iowa City Sober Living searches for a home

Roni Kane
The Michigan Daily, University of Michigan
Nothing as dramatic as the pawpaw’: Ann Arbor pawpaw farmer Marc Boone retraces memories through orchard

Sarah Akaaboune
The Michigan Daily, University of Michigan
Jonathan Vaughn: a portrait of healing

Delaney Parks
34th Street Magazine, University of Pennsylvania
The Radio Rebels of Penn

Meg Gladieux, Walden Green
34th Street Magazine, University of Pennsylvania
Working Hard, Partying Sober

Connor McNeely
The Magnolia, Wake Forest University (NC)
Homestretch

Sports Game Story

Jacob Kisamore 
Elon News Network, Elon University (NC)
Kathy Bocock becomes Elon University softball’s all-time winningest coach

Jack Silvers, Griffin Wong 
The Harvard Crimson, Harvard University (MA)
Yale Beats Harvard, 19-14, in 138th Rendition of The Game

Toby Hammes 
The Kansas State Collegian, Kansas State University
Wildcats advance to Cayman Islands championship in thriller

Jon Christon 
Daily Bruin, University of California, Los Angeles
UCLA football loses tight battle to crosstown rival USC

Jon Christon 
Daily Bruin, University of California, Los Angeles
Another last-second shot from Gonzaga sinks UCLA men’s basketball

Kenna Roering 
The Daily Iowan, University of Iowa
Iowa men’s wrestler Real Woods earns first career NCAA Championship finals berth

Jared Greenspan
The Michigan Daily, University of Michigan
Michigan obliterates Hawaii in J.J. McCarthy’s first start

Lucas Thomae
The Daily Tar Heel, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Armando Bacot coronated as UNC’s all-time rebounding king in N.C. State victory

Shelby Swanson 
The Daily Tar Heel, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
UNC field hockey avenges last year’s loss to Northwestern in defining championship win

Aaron Heisen 
Daily Emerald, University of Oregon
Oregon safety Bennett Williams bounces back and leads Ducks in 20-17 over Utah

Sports Feature Story

Jack Bergamini, Sourabh Gokarn
The Heights, Boston College (MA)
They Were Part of BC’s Best Men’s Basketball Teams. Now, the Players Worry the Program Forgot About Them.

Sasha Richie
The Chonicle, Duke University (NC)
The new wave of football’: How Duke football’s game-day culture came roaring back to life in Elko’s first season

Jack Silvers, Griffin Wong
The Harvard Crimson, Harvard University (MA)
Ahead of 5th Annual Fundraiser at El Jefe’s, Ben Abercrombie Continues ‘Inspirational’ Recovery

C.J. Flores
The Express, Las Positas College (CA)
Hawks guard Isaiah Victor is getting exactly he wanted

Camila A. Gonzalez
The Southwestern College Sun, Southwestern College (CA)
Freewheeling Skateboard Culture is Zig Zag Zen

Emily Ingco
The Southwestern College Sun, Southwestern College (CA)
Keeping track of what is most important

Jonathan Perriello
The Shorthorn, The University of Texas at Arlington
Born to ride

Sam Settleman
Daily Bruin, University of California, Los Angeles
Coach on the court: How David Singleton became UCLA men’s basketball’s leader

Annabel Curran
Michiganensian, University of Michigan
50 Years of Title IX

Walker Carnathan
The Daily Pennsylvanian, University of Pennsylvania
All work, no pay: Athletic scholarship lawsuit threatens future of Ivy League conference

Editorial

Carmen Guzman, Moira McIntee
The Et Cetera, Dallas College Eastfield Campus (TX)
DEI hiring supports our student body

Carmen Guzman, Moira McIntee
The Et Cetera, Dallas College Eastfield Campus (TX)
Loan forgiveness is a Band-Aid on bigger issue

Kate Bent
Coast Report, Orange Coast College (CA)
Student journalists need support now more than ever

Staff
F Newsmagazine, School of the Art Institute of Chicago (IL)
To Mask or Not to Mask — That is Not the Question

Liliana Anguiano, Alicia Rivero
The Southwestern College Sun, Southwestern College (CA)
Ongoing corruption poisons our college

Editorial Board
Daily Bruin, University of California, Los Angeles
UCLA community deserves explanation for Professor Amarasekare’s suspension

Editorial Board
Kentucky Kernel, University of Kentucky
Hazing is life and death, not a game of semantics

Editorial Board
The Miami Hurricane, University of Miami (FL)
The UM community’s silence on the Sig Ep allegations is deafening

Editorial Board
The Michigan Daily, University of Michigan
How should we let ChatGPT change education?

Editorial Board
The Daily Tar Heel, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
UNC’s surveillance state

Column

Meghan Sawitzke
The Ball State Daily News, Ball State University (IN)
Guns Drawn in Spite of Tragedy: society falls into complacency until it happens again

George Schroeder
The Baylor Lariat, Baylor University (TX)
Back away from the political cliff

Moe Clark
The Et Cetera, Dallas College Eastfield Campus (TX)
Mental Health Boogeyman

Heather Sherrill
News-Register, Dallas College North Lake Campus (TX)
A mother’s nightmare becomes reality

Patrick Sloan-Turner
The DePaulia, DePaul University (IL)
Strength in community — How last week’s tragedy in East Lansing changed my perception of home

Alex Nettles
Elon News Network, Elon University (NC)
Future educators have a disproportionate burden to bear

Cheri-Ann Inouye
The Southwestern College Sun, Southwestern College (CA)
A Roaring Success

Elina Morrison
The Michigan Daily, University of Michigan
Conversation is the first step toward a healthier democracy

Benjamin McAvoy-Bickford
The Daily Pennsylvanian, University of Pennsylvania
Students like Charlie Javice want Penn. Penn wants students like Charlie Javice.

Zoe Abel
Vanderbilt Hustler, Vanderbilt University  (TN)
Don’t kill me on my morning run

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Yvonne Marquez
NYCity News Service, City University of New York
Respite for Deliveristas

Cam Rodriguez
14 East, DePaul University (IL)
The Long Shadow of White Supremacy at DePaul

Anthony Brinson III, Shakyra Mabone, Jada Vasser
The State News, Michigan State University
All Shades of Chocolate

Staff
F Newsmagazine, School of the Art Institute of Chicago (IL)
Flash Back Fight Forward

Timia Cobb
The NewsHouse, Syracuse University (NY)
Syracuse is growing its post-criminalized cannabis industry and killing stigmas

Sarah Dolgin
Jerk, Syracuse University (NY)
Dinner Table Discussions

Alexis Baker, Rayleigh Deaton, Karrington Garland
Kentucky Kernel, University of Kentucky
“Let this be a movement.” Peaceful protest conducted for victim of racial violence on campus

Cedric McCoy
The Michigan Daily, University of Michigan
The racialization of Washtenaw County’s unhoused population

Caleb Barber
Daily Emerald, University of Oregon
MEChA holds first in-person Raíces Unidas conference since COVID-19 pandemic

Alexandria Anderson, Madison Carter,
Michael Crimmins, Molly Dobberstein, Debra Murray
College Heights Herald, Western Kentucky University
City of Nations

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Naomi Priddy
The Arbiter, Boise State University
The role of storytelling in the fight for salmon conservation

Staff
NYCity News Service, City University of New York
Superstorm Sandy’s Long Wake

Samantha Moilanen
The DePaulia, DePaul University (IL)
Research team seeks to expand access to environmental data in Chicago: NASA grant provides funding for research, expansion of ChiVes database

Emily Shaw
The Graphic, Pepperdine University (CA)
Close to Home: Climate Change Disproportionately Affects Populations in Malibu and Neighboring Areas

Alec Matulka, Addison Whiten
The Graphic, Pepperdine University (CA)
Forged by Fire: Extreme Weather Events Threaten Malibu

Liza Esquibias
The Graphic, Pepperdine University (CA)
The Tip of the Sinking Iceberg: The Climate Crisis Impacts Mental Health Among Youth

Jonathan Perriello
The Shorthorn, The University of Texas at Arlington
Texas mitigates flooding damages

Nathan Wilson
Daily Emerald, University of Oregon
The Next Fire Generation

Jack Bingham
The Daily Gamecock, University of South Carolina
Gamecocks find parallels between identity, environment

Alexandria Anderson, Madison Carter,
Debra Murray, B Turner, Price Wilborn
College Heights Herald, Western Kentucky University
The Climate Issue

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Kyle Smedley
The Ball State Daily News, Ball State University (IN)
Justin Gillespie continues to hold on to hope while living with kidney failure for almost two years

Erin Flaherty
The Heights, Boston College (MA)
First and Foremost, Doxie McCoy

Nichole Whiteley
Ke Alaka’i, Brigham Young University Hawaii
Growing in pain

Nichole Whiteley
Ke Alaka’i, Brigham Young University Hawaii
Piloting your dreams

Naoufal Enhari
NYCity News Service, City University of New York
When Nearby is Out of Reach

Natalie Robbins
NYCity News Service, City University of New York
The Trauma of the Train Operator

Kim McGill
The Union, El Camino College (CA)
Justice for Cookie

Lauren Ulrich
Indiana Daily Student, Indiana University
She dreams of Afghanistan

Lesley Garate
The Southwestern College Sun, Southwestern College (CA)
Chicano Park’s Guardian Angel

Christa Dutton
Old Gold & Black, Wake Forest University (NC)
How a mother’s choice saved her child