observer staff wins 17 awards at annual IcPA

By Observer Staff Report

The o bserver staff won 17 awards at the 2023 Indiana c ollegiate Press Association (I c PA) awards, including second place for d ivision I n ewspaper of the Year.

The staff won first place in the s ports Page d esign category for their Irish Insider post-game issue of the n otre d ame vs. c lemson football game. The o bserver staff also won second and third place for b est s taff e ditorial for the e ditorial b oard’s January 2022 editorial about supporting nonc atholic students and the o ctober 2022 editorial about

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con TIn U ed From PAGe 1 commitment our students have for this community,” harper said. “You all do work that builds a better tomorrow and a better notre dame.” connor Patrick, former president of club coordination council (ccc), delivered the evening’s first four awards. club of the Year went to the multiracial/multiethnic student Association of notre dame. The black business Association’s trek to silicon valley over winter break earned club event of the Year. Luke strawn of the rock-climbing club and Andrew bartolini of the University’s American society of civil engineers chapter were named officer and Advisor of the Year, respectively. next, the former student body president and vice-president, Patrick Lee and sofie stitt, issued four student Union awards.

For service to students, an Irish clover award was presented to howard hall rector Anna Kenny and former cavanaugh combating sexual violence to create a safe campus community, respectively.

This year, the n ews d epartment won two awards. Former Assistant m anaging e ditor Genevieve c oleman and n ews

Writer Liam Price won second place in the n ews s tory category for their o ctober 2022 reporting on students calling for accountability and prevention following social media posts about alleged sexual assault cases on campus. m anaging e ditor r yan Peters won third place in the c ontinuous c overage of a s ingle s tory category for his coverage hall president molly schroeder. mathematics professor brian mulholland received the Frank o’malley Undergraduate Teaching Award, and michael murakami won the michael J. Palumbo Award for his dedication to the student Union. hall Presidents council (hPc) co-chairs Jinny Gouldin and Lauryn Pugh then revealed the men’s hall of the Year, Women’s hall of the Year and hall of the Year awards. despite having one of its smallest first-year classes ever, carroll hall landed men’s hall of the Year. Goudlin said that carroll hall’s community soared beyond expectations due to events such as the restarting of their big brother program, their sustainability-focused water party, carroll christmas, newlywed games amongst roommates and talks about verbalizing affection and toxic masculinity.

Pasquerilla West hall, inciting the evening’s most animated applause, took home Women’s hall of the Year.

“[Pasquerilla West hall] went above and beyond in cultivating resident growth and well-being on the University’s revised plans for parking lots on Palmer s treet after residents raised their concerns. v iewpoint e ditor c laire Lyons won third place in the e ntertainment s tory category for her feature on Whisk, a n otre d ame indie band. m aggie Klaers won first place for her Feature Page d esign that accompanied the story about Whisk.

In the e ntertainment c olumn category, Lyons’ review of P emc o’s fall musical “ b are: A Pop o pera” took second place and Angela m athew, m anager of Talent & Inclusion, took third place for her review of Tess Gunty’s with the creation of an incredible wellness room, spearheading a completed gym renovation, resilience training and a revamped statement of inclusion and corresponding allyship pledge,” Gouldin said. next, maureen doyle, director of student centers, activities and events at sAo, and harper doled out 10 student Leadership Awards. sAo confers these awards annually to undergraduates who best exemplify the University’s spirit.

“Unwavering commitment to developing and fostering the well-being of their residents in every aspect” elevated o’neill Family hall to the 2023 hall of the Year.

“[o’neill Family hall] captured the interests of its residents across a multitude of different areas with events such as mental health mondays, caught in 4K and Acousticafe, while integrating themselves across campus with wildly creative events with the Kindness club, through TikTok collaborations with other dorms and the Wonder Association,” Pugh said.

This year’s winners were novel “The r abbit h utch.”

Klaers also won third place in the Illustration category for her illustration “Irish whip Tigers.” elijah mustillo, rose nguyen, Jin rui cai, camila sanchez siles, billy micard, Jill maudlin, david Webster, mary Grace scartz, Patrick Lee and sarah Wells. coughlin recognized claire reid with the denny moore Award for excellence in Journalism. blake Ziegler and Austin Wyman each received the mike russo spirit Award. schroeder earned her second accolade, the ray siegfried Award for Leadership excellence. John sexton won the John W. Gardner student Leadership Award. olinger congratulated award recipients and thanked the audience before honoring the last few students.

In the s ports d epartment, s ports e ditor Andrew m cGuinness’ June 2022 reporting from Knoxville, Tennessee about the baseball team advancing to the c ollege World s eries was awarded second place in the s ports n ews s tory category.

In the v iewpoint d epartment, columnist e llie Konfrst was recognized for her piece on class and wealth on campus which took first place for o pinion c olumns.

To close the evening, the division of student Affairs honored nine seniors. m brian coughlin, associate vice president for student development, turned over five awards, while vice president of student affairs Fr. Gerry olinger imparted the last four.

“Thank you for the many ways you share your God-given gifts with this campus,” olinger said.

“We’re really excited for the ways that you will go out and be a force for good in the world and share those gifts with so many others as well.” olinger granted Grace casper the blessed basil moreau, c s c. Leadership Award. A rev. Theodore m hesburgh, c s c. Award went to both molly doerfler and nicholas crookston.

Photographer m ax Petrosky took first place for his photo essay of n otre d ame men’s basketball vs. d uke. Petrosky also won second place in the Feature Photography category for his photo of clearing snow off a field.

Klaers and r yan v igilante rounded out the awards with their first place Irish Insider ahead of the b YU s hamrock s eries game in the s pecial s ection Front c over category. Photographer Gracie Lee, Klaers and v igilante also won third place for their Irish Insider for the 2022 Fencing n ational c hampionships.

Finally, eliza smith was named this year’s rev. A. Leonard collins, c s c. Award winner.

“I’d be remiss if I didn’t acknowledge the impression she made on me,” olinger said. “When I first became vice president for student affairs, she emailed me in the very first couple of weeks that I took over and started to engage with me in some really important conversations around celebrating martin Luther King Jr. as a day off here at the University — a task that she and I completed,” olinger said.

A performance of the University’s alma mater, “notre dame, our mother,” by the student a cappella group halftime ended the ceremony.

Contact Peter Breen at pbreen@nd.edu