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
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
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
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
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