Posted by
Jill Cowan on Monday, February 23, 2009 02:03 am
Berkeley has been bested again! And by “bested,” we actually mean “been given a ‘Best of College Newspapers Award‘ by the Paper Trail.” Aha! Gotcha! You totally thought we were gonna say Berkeley lost, didn’t you?
Yes, in all fairness, we (that’s Berkeley as a collective whole, just to be clear) nabbed “Nonstory of the Year,” and not “Best Alternative Media Outlet,” as we’d hoped, but a) we all know the BAMO race was fraught with corruption, anyhow, and b) the tree-sit had no viable nonstory competition. Also, this is the oak grove showdown’s second “Nonstory of the Year” win in a row. Hey-o.
Image Source: leekelleher under Creative Commons
The Best of College Newspapers Award Winners [Paper Trail]
Earlier: CMM Cries Scandal(ish), Sticks Up for Clog in BAMO Race
Posted by
Jill Cowan on Tuesday, February 17, 2009 12:52 am
Remember how a couple weeks ago, we kinda begged you guys to vote for us for Paper Trail’s Best Alternative Media Outlet? Well, that was when we were younger. More innocent. We actually had faith in the democratic process, faith in the integrity of our peers and above all, faith in the inability of small liberal arts schools to produce adequately skilled hackers for bumping up their blogs’ vote totals. Unfortunately, that faith has been trampled by the harsh realities of competition. Never again will the Clog be so naive.
“Why,” you ask, “have you become so embittered and mistrusting of humanity, Daily Clog?” The answer, friends, is simple. We–along with Alison Go of the Paper Trail, herself–suspect foul poll play from a couple of the leading blogs. Observe: read more »
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