(mentions CMT) S&B learns, wins at convention

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S & B learns, wins at convention

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On Friday Feb 20, a team of six S & B editors and writers traveled to

Minneapolis to attend the 18th annual Best of the Midwest College

Newspaper Convention hosted by the Associated Collegiate Press.

At the convention, held at downtown at the Crowne Plaza hotel, the

Grinnellians participated in training seminars on topics including

design and layout, news coverage of crime and accidents, writing and

reporting, and website and multimedia production.

The S & B also captured four awards at the Convention. Former Features

Editor Ali Sargent '10 won 2nd place in the Sports category for her

coverage of Paige's '09 attempt to swim a marathon to raise

awareness for Charcot-Marie-Tooth syndrome, a neurological disorder

that Paige himself has. Sargent documented Paige's journey from his

early struggles with the disease to his summer of intense training

and ultimately his epic swim.

Current Features Editor Chloe Moryl `10 won 3rd place in Sports for

her recent profile of the seniors on this year's men's basketball

team. Moryl tracked the record-breaking performance of the players,

considered by many the best recruiting class in years, and documented

their plans following graduation.

In the category for Editorial / Commentary, columnist Harsha

Sekar `08 won for his column " Diversity at Grinnell: the great

admissions myth, " in which he questioned Grinnell's level of

diversity amongst its student body compared to other peer

institutions. Sekar characterized diversity at Grinnell as a myth and

questioned the success of the College's Office of Admissions in

attracting students from diverse backgrounds.

The S & B's website, which recently underwent a full-scale renovation

at the hands of the S & B's recently hired Web Editor Tony Pan '10,

also placed 4th overall. Pan completely redesigned the aesthetics of

the website, making it sleeker and easier to navigate and integrated

new visual and multimedia elements produced by Photo Editor Ben

Brewer '10 and Graphics Editor Mike Kleine `10.