2015 Story of the Year

NEWS STORY

1. Avery Maehrer, Joey Cranney
Pain and the Game
The Temple News
Temple University
Philadelphia

2. Sarah Olsen, Taylor Feuss, Jacob Holzman, Cole Wangsness, John Reidel
Quality of life: A look inside UVM Sodexo
The Vermont Cynic
Univrsity of Vermont
Burlington, Vermont

3. Brian Molongoski, Maggie McVey
Fighting a wildfire: Plattsburgh State and the north countrys ongoing battle against drug abuse
Cardinal Points
State University of New York at Plattsburgh
Plattsburgh, New York

4. Parker Asmann
DePaul responds: 286 percent rise of adjunct faculty in academia
DePaulia
DePaul Univ.
Chicago, Illinois

5. Katy Canada, Mackenzie Roberts
Unaccompanied minors seek new homes and lives in NC
The Pendulum
Elon Univ.
Elon, North Carolina

HM. Jessica Lee
Gymnastics coaches out after harassment claim
Minnesota Daily
Univ. of Minnesota
Minneapolis, Minnesota

HM. Lorenzo Morotti
Shut Down Day’ urges outrage against system
The Advocate
Contra Costa College
San Pablo, California

HM. Fernando Echeverri, Brandon Jordan
CUNY financially tied to private prison industry
The Knight News
Queens College
Flushing, New York

HM. Staff
Timeline: Sigma Alpha Epsilon frat shut down, members expelled
The Oklahoma Daily
Univ. of Oklahoma
Norman, Oklahoma

HM. Justin Wise, Jonathan Hawthorne
Lauren Jones leaves lasting mark at University of Oregon
Emerald Media
Univ. of Oregon
Eugene, Oregon


FEATURE STORY

1. Staff
Years after rapper was convicted for killing, questions raised about his case
The Medill Justice Project
Northwestern Univ., Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communication
Evanston, Illinois

2. Karl M. Aspelund, Meg P. Bernhard, David Freed, Idrees M. Kahloon, Alexander H. Patel
Harvard Faculty Donate to Democrats by Wide Margin
The Harvard Crimson
Harvard University
Cambridge, Massachusetts

3. Elizabeth Lepro
Home, sweet zone: City officials crack down on overcrowding
The Pitt News
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

4. Katherine Hunt
Girls with guts: Giving a voice to an uncomfortable issue
The Traveler
Univ. of Arkansas
Fayetteville, Arkansas

5. Leena Dahal
Social media awareness campaign fosters visibility and acceptance for POTS
The Pendulum
Elon University
Elon, North Carolina

HM. Kate Mishkin
Sighting Andrea
The Knox Student
Knox College
Galesburg, Illinois

HM. Megan Jula
When students die
Indiana Daily Student
Indiana University
Bloomington, Indiana

HM. Staff
La Frontera’s disposable people
El Sol
Southwestern College
Chula Vista, California

HM. Anwesha Bhattacharjee
Ballot Bound
The Mercury
Univ. of Texas at Dallas
Richardson, Texas

HM. Andrew Braddock
WSU student and veteran remembers the day we went to war
The Daily Evergreen
Washington State University
Pullman, Washington


SPORTS STORY

1. Evan Hoopfer
Sold, not told
Indiana Daily Student
Indiana University
Bloomington, Indiana

2. Jacob D. H. Feldman
Playing with the rules
Fifteen Minutes
Harvard University
Cambridge, Massachussetts

3. Jasper Wilson
Former Panther wrestlers find work at NASCAR
The Pitt News
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

4. Caleb Lee, Samuel E. Liu, Ali M. Monfre
God of the playing field
The Harvard Crimson
Harvard University
Cambridge, Massachussetts

5. Malika Andrews
His way out
The Beacon
University of Portland
Portland, Oregon

HM. Colin Grylls
Lucky Number 40?
El Sol
Southwestern College
Chula Vista, California

HM. Joseph Beyda, David Cohn, Elizabeth Trinh, George Chen
Stanford softball in shambles after infighting, controversial resignation
Stanford Daily
Stanford University
Stanford, California

HM. Max Dible
Hoibergs Magic Act
Iowa State Daily
Iowa State University
Ames, Iowa

HM. Joe Mussatto
OU Athletic Department monitors student-athletes social media usage
The Oklahoma Daily
University of Oklahoma
Norman, Oklahoma

HM. Shehan Jeyarajah
Taylor Young breaks conventions for Baylor football
The Baylor Lariat
Baylor University
Waco, Texas


EDITORIAL/OPINION

1. Leah Johnson
Color of conscience
Indiana Daily Student
Indiana University
Bloomington, Indiana

2. Stephen Kolison
A racy topic
Observer
Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, Ohio

3. Sally Balcaen
Je ne suis pas Charlie
The Sentinel
North Idaho College
Coeur dAlene, Idaho

4. Anna Pryor
Administration botches Ebola scare
The Sun
Southwestern College
Chula Vista, California

5. Anonymous
My reality of surviving sexual assault
The Daily Northwestern
Northwestern University
Evanston, Illinois

HM. Alexis Hosticka
Healthy is beautiful
The Bison
Harding University
Searcy, Arkansas

HM. Staff
Tragedy of the Housing Commons
The Signal
Georgia State University
Atlanta, Georgia

HM. Angela Wolfe
Sex Offenders Mingling With Minors
The Voice
Cuyahoga Community College
Cleveland, Ohio

HM. Conner Williams
Up in smoke: The ethical dilemmas of a convenience store clerk
Journal
Western Oregon Univ.
Monmouth, Oregon

HM. Jonathon Platt
This outfit does not make me a Texan
Focus
Baylor University
Waco, Texas


DIVERSITY

1. Vycktoryja Selves
Experience of a lifetime: Sierra Leone
Wingspan
Laramie County Comm. College
Cheyenne, Wyoming

2. Kevin Truong
Street Level
The Daily Bruin
University of California, Los Angeles
Los Angeles

3. Helen Bezikyan
Many share one family’s story
Collegian Wired
Los Angeles City College
Los Angeles

4. Grant V. Ziegler
Noriega Bill Helps Students
News-Register
North Lake College
Irving, Texas

5. Staff
Angola Warden Says Black Panther Party Advocates Violence and Racism but Is It True?
The Medill Justice Project
Northwestern Univ., Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communication
Evanston, Illinois

HM. Madison Farkas, Cameron Perrier
Jamaican food stall gives Necole Hines freedom to dream
The Calgary Journal
Mount Royal University
Calgary, Alberta, Canada

HM. Parker Asmann
Child, not alien, migration
DePaulia
DePaul University
Chicago

HM. Gabriel Galvan
Squandered
Panorama
University of Texas Pan American
Edinburg, Texas

HM. Lorain Ambrocio
Outreach, resources for transgender people progressing in El Paso, on campus
The Prospector
University of Texas at El Paso
El Paso, Texas