By Michael Piwowarski
UNIVERSITY CENTER – The Delta Collegiate has recently won 12 awards from the Michigan Press Association’s Better Newspaper Contest for content published during the 2018/2019 school year.
Most categories in the college contest were awarded in three different divisions, with the Collegiate competing in the third division for community colleges.
The Collegiate completely swept the “Original Cartoon – Editorial or Entertainment” category, which was open class, meaning all divisions competed in the same contest. There were a total of 24 entries in this category.
Staff illustrator Lindsay Lang won first and second place prizes, as well as honorable mention in that category, while former staff illustrator Piper Wood won third place.
Lang’s first place winner is her illustration for the article “Seasonal affective disorder: how the seasons impact our mental health,” published Feb. 5, 2019.
Illustration by Lindsay Lang
In second place, Lang scored a win for her editorial cartoon on global warming, published Feb. 5, 2019. This illustration was used for “Our View: Do you believe in global warming yet?”
Illustration by Lindsay Lang
Wood won third place for her illustration on the Aug. 27, 2018 issue front cover.
Illustration by Piper Wood
Finally, Lang took an honorable mention for her comic “Snowed In,” published in the Feb. 5, 2019 print edition.
Illustration by Lindsay Lang
That was not all Lang received recognition for. She snagged a third place win in the front page design category, along with former page designer Amanda Miller. This entry is the illustrated Black History Month front cover for the Feb. 19, 2019 print edition.
Illustration by Lindsay Lang
In addition, several staff members past and present have taken home awards.
In the front page design category, former page designer Cody Wiedenbein and former photographer Jaylie Dice snagged a first place win for the front photo cover of the Sept. 25, 2018 issue.
(Jaylie Dice/Photographer)
Former editor-in-chief Joe Thornton won first place in “Investigative Reporting” for his article “Adjunct faculty struggle to make a living.”
News director Michael Piwowarski and student correspondent Mateo Escamilla won first place in the “News Story” category for “The Green Era: the legalization of marijuana opens doors in Chesaning.”
Here is the complete list of awards won by the Collegiate:
Division 3 – Best Photographer
- Jaylie Dice, 2nd place
Division 3 – Column- Review or Blog- News or Sports
- Crystal Gwizdala, 2nd place
Division 3 – Feature Photo
- Jaylie Dice, 2nd place
Division 3 – Front Page Design
- Cody Wiedenbein and Jaylie Dice, 1st place
- Sept. 25, 2018 issue
- Amanda Miller and Lindsay Lang, 3rd place
- Feb. 19, 2019 issue
Division 3 – Investigative Reporting
- Joseph Thornton, 1st place
- “Adjunct faculty struggle to make a living”
Division 3 – News Story
- Michael Piwowarski and Mateo Escamilla, 1st place
- “The Green Era: The legalization of marijuana opens doors in Chesaning”
Division 3 – News-only photo
- Rebecca Roberts, honorable mention
- Donald Trump Grand Rapids rally (March 2019) – cover photo for our April 9, 2019 issue
All divisions – Original cartoon – editorial or entertainment
- Lindsay Lang, 1st place
- Seasonal depression (Lindsay Lang)
- Lindsay Lang, 2nd place
- Global warming
- Lindsay Lang, 3rd place
- Trump fake news
- Lindsay Lang, Honorable mention
- “Snowed In”
