Adriana Heldiz, Gabriel Sandoval, Nicholas Baltz
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Crime & Campus

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The Calgary Journal, Mount Royal Univ., Calgary, Alberta
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The Daily Pennsylvanian, Univ. of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa.
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Talisman, Western Kentucky Univ., Bowling Green, Ky.
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Andrew M. Duehren, Madeline R. Lear, Emma K. Talkoff
Fifteen Minutes, Harvard Univ., Cambridge, Mass.
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The Maneater, Univ. of Missouri, Columbia, Mo.
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Emerald Media, Univ. of Oregon, Eugene, Ore.
Into battle: The bruises and bonds of brotherhood

Jeff Collins
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The Harvard Crimson, Harvard Univ., Cambridge, Mass.
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Laura Paolino, Max Antonucci, Tyler Piccotti
The NewsHouse, Syracuse Univ., Syracuse, N.Y.
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Emerald Media, Univ. of Oregon, Eugene, Ore.
Mariota: A Heisman Case

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The Daily, Univ. of Washington, Seattle, Wash.
Art of the alley-oop

Alexa Philippou
Stanford Daily, Stanford Univ., Stanford, Calif.
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Do-Hyoung Park, Nicholas Radoff, Jordan Wallach
Stanford Daily, Stanford Univ., Stanford, Calif.
Committed: #CardClass2015

Perry Kostidakis, Drew MacFarlane
FSView & Florida Flambeau, Florida State Univ., Tallahassee, Fla.
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College Heights Herald, Western Kentucky Univ., Bowling Green, Ky.
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David Freed, Robert F. Worley
The Harvard Crimson, Harvard Univ., Cambridge, Mass.
A new era for Harvard recruiting

Brandon Choe
The Daily Bruin, Univ. of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, Calif.
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Chad Phillips
The Baker Orange, Baker Univ., Baldwin City, Kan.
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College Heights Herald, Western Kentucky Univ., Bowling Green, Ky.
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Sam Maller, Alexandra Hootnick
The NewsHouse, Syracuse Univ., Syracuse, N.Y.
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Kyra Bailey
Flux, Univ. of Oregon, Eugene, Ore.
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Karli Evans
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College Heights Herald, Western Kentucky Univ., Bowling Green, Ky.
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Chelsea Stahl
The NewsHouse, Syracuse Univ., Syracuse, N.Y.
Quiet/Loud

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The Daily Tar Heel, Univ. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, N.C.
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The Daily Pennsylvanian, Univ. of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa.
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