The Warrior Wins Awards

The Marquette campus alternative newspaper, The Warrior, has won four awards in the Excellence in Wisconsin Journalism Competition of the Milwaukee Press Club.

According to a form e-mail send out by that organization:

We received hundreds of entries for the contest from news organizations and individuals throughout Wisconsin. The competition was judged by professional journalists and journalism scholars from across the country, from San Diego to Cleveland to Orlando to Dallas, with the judges expressing pleasure at the high quality of work done by Wisconsin journalists.

The winners in the collegiate category:

• Best Sports Story, First Place, Cassie Kowaleski “What it would take to bring D-1 football back”
• Best Feature Story, First Place, Kyle Shamorian “A night in the life of a karaoke singer: The story of one such troubadour”
• Best Editorial or Commentary, First Place, Lucas Fuller “Victory over diversity”
• Best Editorial or Commentary, Honorable Mention, Daniel Suhr “To transform the campus, adjust scholarships first”

The awards will be presented at the 77th Annual Gridiron and Awards Ceremony on April 28th at an event held at the InterContinental Hotel Milwaukee.