A panel of professional journalists judged the Grand Valley State University Lanthorn the best weekly student newspaper in the state.
The Michigan Press Association awarded The Lanthorn the 2000 General Excellence Award in its annual collegiate newspaper contest.
Richard Williams, GV Lanthorn editor-in-chief, will accept the award at this weekend's press association winter conference in Grand Rapids.
Along with the general excellence award, The Lanthorn won more than 16 other editorial and business awards in the competition against other Division II (weekly) newspapers in the state.
The awards include:
¿ 1st place Deadline Story-News, Lindsey
Hugelier
¿ 1st and 2nd place Non-Deadline Story-News, Melissa
Dittmann (both)
¿ 2nd place Non-Deadline Story-Sports, Sarah
Buysse
¿ 1st and 2nd place Spot News Photo, Adam Bird (both)
¿
1st place Feature Photo, Kim Block
¿ 2nd place Feature Photo, Adam
Bird
¿ 1st place Sports Photo, Josh Fedoruk
¿ 2nd place Sports
Photo, A.J. Smuder
¿ 1st place, Best Editorial, Melissa
Dittman
¿ 3rd place, Best Editorial, Richard Williams
¿ 1st
place, Best Column, Stephanie Davis
¿ 1st place, Best Color Ad,
Staff
¿ 1st place, Best House Ad, Staff
¿ 1st place, Best Rate
Card, Staff
