SPORTS EDITOR • The Bachelor won the prize for best Division III newspaper at the Indiana Collegiate Press Association (ICPA) awards on Saturday, April

1. The student voice of Wabash picked up a total of 28 awards, including best themed issue, best staff editorial and all four firstplace prizes for photography.

There was fierce competition in DIII, with five small colleges from across the state submitting entries.

Last year’s winners, The Record of Goshen College, finished in second place ahead of The Echo from Taylor University. The Andersonian (Anderson University) and The Oak Leaves (Manchester University) also took home a handful of awards.

“It’s an absolute honor, and I’m so proud of our team and the work we’ve accomplished,” said Senior Editor-in-Chief Cooper Smith ’23. “Unlike many of our competitors, we don’t have a journalism program here at Wabash—so all of our writers and editors are learning as we go. I think it’s a strength of our paper, and I think it’s a quirk that has made us so successful in true liberal arts style.”

The Bachelor newsroom picked up seven awards for its editorial work. The Monon Bell special issue “Beat DePauw!” from November 2022 won best themed issue, while the final issue of the fall 2022 semester placed second for best single issue.

“Student journalism often doesn’t seem sexy, but I think it’s an opportunity to take big-picture stories— national and international headliners—and find connections to college campuses,” said Smith. “We’ve

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Student Senate election season is heating up. At this team most years, the candidates would take the state for a debate. But with Cole Bergman ’24 and Luis Rivera ’25 running unopposed, a debate could not take place. Still, the Bergman-Rivera ticket took the opportunity to answer questions during a town hall.

One such international-focused story with a Wabash angle was Smith’s “Phil Goss ’90: ‘Fixer and knower of things.’” The featured interview with Goss, an alumnus who is currently delivering humanitarian aid to Ukrainian refugees, placed second in the feature page design category. Benjamin Bullock ’23 also took second place for his opinion column titled “Rishi Sunak epitomizes Britain’s flawed democracy,” a commentary on the U.K.’s recent political woes from the eyes of a Wabash international student.

On the design front, The Bachelor staff won top honors for front page design and sports page design, as well as placing third in overall design.

“The Bachelor being recognized by the ICPA as one of the best college publications in the state is a greatly deserved salute,” said Allie Northcutt, one of The Bachelor’s advisors. “The editorial board had a steep learning curve with a young staff as they started the year with a complete redesign of the paper. I’m incredibly proud of these student journalists who never stopped working hard to continuously improve and raise the bar for themselves.”

But among the many awards, it was The Bachelor’s photographers who really stole the show. Photo editors Jake Paige ’23 and Elijah Greene ’25 picked up a combined seven awards, including best news photography (Greene,