Association recognizes students
Campus Times
March 19, 1999
Thirty-two was the magic number for students from the University of
La Verne Communications Department at the 50th Annual California Intercollegiate
Press Association (CIPA) convention hosted by Cal Poly San Luis Obispo last
weekend.
ULV students took home a total of 32 awards, the school's best performance
ever.
ULV's strongest showing was in the new Best Web Site categories, in
which La Verne Magazine
won first place among the magazines, LVTV
finished first among the television stations and KULV
earned second place in the radio station competition.
The CIPA competitions recognize the best of college journalism from
throughout the state of California.
The Campus Times staff won 12 citations in the weekly newspaper
division, including a third place award for Overall Design, Tabloid. Junior
Johnny Hagerman won first place in Opinion Column for "Murder
provides harsh awakening" (Oct. 30), a column about the pressures
of being openly gay. Simon W. Bouie, a senior, won second place in the News
Article category for "Housing deals
with crowded halls" (Sept. 18). Senior Laura Ambriz won second
place Feature Photograph for her image of a fire-eater at the Universal
Studios Halloween Haunt (Oct. 9).
Junior Araceli Esparza won two awards -- second place and honorable
mention -- in the Opinion Section category. Also winning two newspaper awards
was senior Danny Eckardt, who earned honorable mentions in Sports Game Article
for "Water polo sets tradition, winning
ways" (Dec. 4) and in Sports Feature Article for "Henry
bumps CPP for return to ULV" (Nov. 6). A third place award went
to senior Ryan Sones for Sports Photograph for his coverage of the men's volleyball championships (May 1). Alumna
Stephanie Lesniak's cartoon on overcrowding
in the residence halls (Oct. 2) earned an honorable mention for Editorial
Cartoon. Another honorable mention went to senior Michael P. Bailey for
his coverage of the fire in Davenport
Dining Hall (Oct. 9).
Among the magazine competitors, La Verne Magazine finished with
five awards, including a tie for honorable mention in the Sweepstakes category.
Sones picked up two of the awards -- a first place for Color Photograph
and an honorable mention for Magazine Cover -- for his cover of the Spring
1998 issue. This is the fourth consecutive year that La Verne Magazine
has been recognized as having the best color photography in the state. The
other two awards were won by Lesniak, whose two illustrations for the Spring
1998 issue tied for honorable mention in the Magazine Art/Graphics category.
Besides its Sweepstakes honorable mention, KULV also won another award
for Sports Play-By-Play, earned by juniors Landus Rigsby and Sergio Paredes.
LVTV earned a second place Sweepstakes plaque among its five awards.
These also included a second place for alumna Andrea Gardner in the News
Story category for her piece on an armed robbery at Vons. LVTV also earned
a second place in the News/Entertainment Magazine Story category for an
episode of "La Verne Spotlight" produced by junior Gina Cerullo,
senior LaShanda Maze, alumnus Scott Fitzgerald, Bouie and Eckardt. There
were two La Verne winners in the Feature Story category -- third place for
alumna Julieta Ramirez for "The Zone" and an honorable mention
for senior Tamar Garabedian for "Glendora's Nature Boy."
ULV also won five awards in the CIPA on-site competitions. In Sports
Photography, senior Summer Herndon finished second and sophomore Isela Peña
finished third for their coverage of a lacrosse match. Bouie won second
place for Radio Feature Story, junior Kelly Young earned third place for
Television Entertainment Story and junior Michelle Thornton won honorable
mention for Editorial Writing.
