News Release
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May 3, 2005
THE ARBITER NAMED BEST COLLEGE NEWSPAPER IN IDAHO
The Idaho Press Club Saturday night named The Arbiter the best college
newspaper in the state. The Arbiter is Boise State University’s independent,
twice-weekly student newspaper.
At a ceremony in the Owyee Plaza Hotel, Press Club officers presented The
Arbiter staff a plaque for first place in the student newspaper General
Excellence category for 2004. General Excellence is the award Idaho
television and radio stations, newspapers, magazines, public relations
departments and Web sites use for bragging rights for the year. The Arbiter
last won the General Excellence crown in 2002.
The University of Idaho Argonaut won second place in General Excellence, and
the Brigham Young University-Idaho Scroll won third place.
The Arbiter won 15 awards among 15 categories, including six firsts.
According to judges, The Arbiter was “hands down the paper to beat.” The
stories are enticing and the layouts are beyond strong, the judges’ wrote.
Monica Price, The Arbiter’s former news editor, won first place in the
Watchdog/Investigative category for her story titled “ASBSU Senate passes
bill to raise salaries without debate.”
Former production chief Mike Roche and former designer Ben Wilson won first
place in Page Design for “Against all odds;” “Flu shots;; and “Face-off 9.”
Roche, Wilson and photographer Krista Adams won first place in Graphics for
“Home Improvement…;” “ASBSU weaves new…” and “Sold! Taco Bell!”
Photographer Stan Brewster won first place in Photography for “Memphis
Mermaid;” “Oops! I missed;” and “Intentional Foul.”
The Arbiter staff won first place in Special Purpose Student Web Site for
its online calendar, www.arbiteronline.com/vcalendar/
Aubrey Salazar won second place in Column Writing — “I’m sure you could talk
the masses into just about anything. Let your personality and voice shine
through a little more and you could be Idaho’s answer to Maureen Dowd,” the
judges commented.
Amber Fuger won second place in Sports News Report for “Home Improvement –
BSU Athletics studies feasibility.” The judges called Fuger’s story an
“ideal example of sports news writing.”
The Arbiter staff won third place in the Web Site General Excellence
category, and photographer Richae Swanbeck won third place in Photography
for “Changing of the Guard,” “Mono Jeet” and “Vinyl.”
The Arbiter’s current news editor, Randall Post, won an honorable mention in
the category of General News Story for his story, “Visiting professor
accused of plagiarism.” Other Arbiter writers who won honorable mentions
include Managing Editor Kyle Gorham, for “ASBSU budget funds centers, but
Morriss draws criticism regardless,” incoming Editor-in-Chief Mary Grace
Lucas for “Muslim students face challenges post 9/11” in the category of
Serious Feature; and Sports Editor Trevor Horn in the Sports News Report
section, for ”An undefeated record looks promising for a team with a few
question marks.” The Arbiter staff also won an honorable mention in the
Headline category.
The Idaho Press Club is dedicated to improving the practice of journalism in
Idaho. They organize workshops annually to assist media professionals
improve their skills. The IPC’s annual award ceremony recognizes the best in
Idaho journalism.
The Arbiter’s Editor in Chief Mary Dawson said she was beyond pleased with
the results from this year’s awards ceremony. “It’s nice to see the hard
work the staff has done this year come together.”
Aside from last weekend’s statewide recognition for the news staff, The
Arbiter’s business staff recently brought back three national awards. On
April 4, the paper took home Best Display Ad Campaign (first place), Best
Newspaper Promotion Ad/Color (second place), and Best Classified Group
Presentation (third place) from the College Newspaper Business and
Advertising Managers national convention in New Orleans. CNBAM represents
over 100 different newspapers across the country, including such large
schools as Columbia, Michigan State and UCLA.
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Contact: Dan Morris, Faculty Editorial Adviser, The Arbiter, (208) 345-8204,
Ext. 107, dmorris@boisestate.edu
Online at: http://news.boisestate.edu
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Last reviewed on Thursday, December 22, 2005