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CSPA is affiliated with the Graduate School of Journalism at Columbia University in the City of New York.

The Columbia Scholastic Press Association posted the list of finalists for its Crown Awards program for scholastic (middle junior and senior high school) publications at its official website, located at http://www.columbia.edu/cu/cspa.

One thousand five hundred and twelve publications actually sent their publications to Columbia for review by the Crown Awards Board of Judges, representing 84% of the total number of members eligible to enter the contest.

Five hundred and seven newspapers, two hundred and seventy magazines and seven hundred and thirty-five yearbooks published during the 2002-2003 academic year were judged for the 2004 Crown Awards Program.

Scholastic Crown Award finalists will be presented with either a Gold or Silver Crown Award during CSPA's 80th annual Scholastic Convention, held from March 17-19, 2004 at Columbia University.

The Awards Convocation for Scholastic Crown recipients will take place on on Friday, March 19, 2004 in the Rotunda of Low Memorial Library on Columbia's Morningside Heights campus.

Gold Crowns have been awarded annually since 1982, and Silver Crowns have been given since 1984.

Edmund J. Sullivan, director of the CSPA, will present plaques to those winners attending the Convention. Remaining awards will be mailed beginning March 29th.


The finalists for 2004 are:

Jr. High/Middle School Magazines

Between the Lines, Scarsdale Middle School, Scarsdale, NY;
Enlight'ning, The Harker School, San Jose, CA;
Inklings, Pierce Middle School, Grosse Point Park, MI;
Intermedia, Lewis F. Cole Middle School, Fort Lee, NJ;
Young Writers, Atlantic Middle School, Quincy, MA.


High School Magazines

Art Takes No Vacations, Crossroads School, Santa Monica, CA;
Daedalus, Greenwich Academy, Greenwich, CT;
Epiphany, Catholic High School, Huntsville, AL;
Erehwon, Winston Churchill High School, Potomac, MD;
Eureka, Clarkstown HS, South, West Nyack, NY;
Fine Lines, Richard Montgomery High School, Rockville, MD;
Gallimaufry, Cranbrook Kingswood School, Bloomfield Hills, MI;
Images, Jackson Academy, Jackson, MS;
Maret Literary and Visual Arts, Maret School, Washington, DC;
Molten Art, Colonial Forge High School, Stafford, VA;
Montage, Greenhill School, Addison, TX;
Parallax, Ramaz Upper School, New York, NY;
Pegasus, Pingree School, South Hamilton, MA;
Philomel, Nightingale-Bamford School, New York, NY;
Reflections, The Berkeley Carroll School, Brooklyn, NY;
Silent Voices, Woodward Academy, College Park, GA;
The Windmill, Manlius Pebble Hill School, Dewitt, NY;
The Works, Clayton High School, Clayton, MO;
Vibrato, The Hockaday School, Dallas, TX.


Jr. High/Middle School Newspapers

Bobcat Chat, Brink Junior High School, Oklahoma, OK;
The Daytime, Frank Ashley Day Middle School, Newtonville, MA;
The Trojan Times, Pierce Middle School, Grosse Pointe, MI.


High School Newspapers

Ahlahasa, Albert Lea High School, Albert Lea, MN;
Arlingtonian, Upper Arlington High School, Upper Arlington, OH;
Blue and Gold, Findlay High School, Findlay, OH;
Carpe Diem, Decatur High School, Decatur, GA;
Eagle Eye, DeSoto High School, DeSoto, TX;
Hoofbeat, Richard King High School, Corpus Christi, TX;
InPrint, Fenton High School, Fenton, MI;
Knight's Herald, Thomas Downey High School, Modesto, CA;
Lion, Lyons Township High School, LaGrange, IL;
Newtonite, Newton North High School, Newtonville, MA;
Northwest Passage, Shawnee Mission Northwest High School, Shawnee, KS;
Panorama, Ladue Horton Watkins High School, St. Louis, MO;
Panther Prints, Duncanville High School, Duncanville, TX;
Rocky Mountain Highlighter, Rocky Mountain High School, Ft. Collins, CO;
Scholar and Athlete, Tracy High School, Tracy, CA;
Spotlight, Ben Davis High School, Indianapolis, IN;
The A-Blast, Annandale High School, Annandale, VA;
The Blue and Gold, Center High School, Antelope, CA;
The Central Times, Naperville Central High School, Naperville, IL;
The Chronicle, Harvard-Westlake School, North Hollywood, CA;
The Crusader, Salpointe Catholic High School, Tucson, AZ;
The Epic, Shawnee Mission West High School, Overland Park, KS;
The Falconer, Torrey Pines High Schools, San Diego, CA;
The Gazette, Granite Bay High School, Granite Bay, CA;
The Green Raider, Ridley High School, Folsom, PA;
The HiLite, Carmel High School, Carmel, IN;
The Kirkwood Call, Kirkwood High School, Kirkwood, MO;
The Liberator, Lyndon B. Johnson High School, Austin, TX;
The Lowell, Lowell High School, San Francisco, CA;
The Marquee, Marcus High School, Flower Mound, TX;
The Orange and Black, Grand Junction High School, Grand Junction, CO;
The Raider Echo, North Garland High School, Garland, TX;
The Register, Central High School, Omaha, NE;
The ReMarker, St. Mark's School of Texas, Dallas, TX;
The Tiger Times, Shady Spring High School, Shady Spring, WV;
The Tower, Grosse Pointe High School, Grosse Pointe Farms, MI;
The Triangle, Columbus North High School, Columbus, IN;
The Update, H.H. Dow High School, Midland, MI;
The Visor, Archbishop Hoban High School, Akron, OH;
Tribal Tribune, Wando High School, Mt. Pleasant, SC;
U-High Midway, University High School, Chicago, IL;
Warrior's Word, Wausau West High School, Wausau, WI;
Wingspan, West Henderson High School, Hendersonville, NC.


Jr. High/Middle School Yearbooks

Bear Saga, Canton Middle School, Canton, NC;
Bobcat, Brink Jr. High School, Oklahoma City, OK;
Cub Trax, Cupertino Middle School, Sunny Vale, CA;
Eagle, Maize Middle School, Maize, KS;
Lion's Den, Hyde Middle School, Cupertino, CA;
Panther, Newhart Middle School, Mission Viego, CA;
Panther Paw, Pistor Middle School, Tucson, AZ;
Retrospect, Woodside Middle School, Fort Wayne, IN;
Sentry, Robinson Middle School, Fairfax, VA;
Spartan, Tarpon Springs Middle School, Tarpon Springs, FL;
Tiger Stripes, Singapore American School, Singapore.


High School Yearbooks

Above and Beyond, Robinson Secondary School, Fairfax, VA;
Carillon, Bellaire High School, Bellaire, TX;
Ceniad, East Lansing High School, East Lansing, MI;
Citadel, W.C. Overfelt High School, San Jose, CA;
Cohiscan, Connersville High School, Connersville, IN;
Crusader, Kapaun Mt. Carmel High School, Wichita, KS;
Decamhian, Del Campo High School, Fair Oaks, CA;
Don't Even Think About It, Hooker High School, Hooker, OK;
Dragon, Lake Orion High School, Lake Orion, MI;
Droflim, Milford High School, Milford, OH;
Ebb Tide, Carlson High School, Gibraltar, MI;
El Paisano, Westlake High School, Austin, TX;
Equus, Dobson High School, Mesa, AZ;
Etruscan, Glenbrook South High School, Glenview, IL;
Expedition, William T. McFatter Technical High School, Davie, FL;
Falcon, Glendale High School, Springfield, MO;
Fentonian, Fenton High School, Fenton, MI;
Helios, Sunny Hills High School, Fullerton, CA;
Hi-S-Potts, Pottsville Area High School, Pottsville, PA;
Historian, McClintock High School, Tempe, AZ;
Islander, Singapore American School, Republic of Singapore;
Lair, Shawnee Mission Northwest High School, Shawnee, KS;
Legend, North Crowley High School, Fort Worth, TX;
Little Things, Bay High School, Bay Village, OH;
Mako Fuka, MAST Academy, Miami, FL;
Mustang, Crane Union High School, Crane, OR;
Odyssey, Chantilly High School, Chantilly, VA;
Panther Tale, Duncanville High School, Duncanville, TX;
Panther Tracks, Putnam City North High School, Oklahoma City, OK;
Panther, Spring Hill High School, Longview, TX;
Quest, Lexington Catholic High School, Lexington, KY;
Quinault, Aberdeen High School, Aberdeen, WA;
Rampages, Casa Roble High School, Orangevale, CA;
Re-Wa-Ne, Reno High School, Reno, NV;
Saga, Loudoun Valley High School, Purcellville, VA;
Shield, Thomas Downey High School, Modesto, CA;
Spectator, Dallastown Area High School, Dallastown, PA;
The American, Independence High School, San Jose, CA;
The Epic, Center High School, Antelope, CA;
The Hawk, Pleasant Grove High School, Texarkana, TX;
The Lion, McKinney High School, McKinney, TX;
The Oviedian, Oviedo High School, Oviedo, FL;
The Pilot, Redondo Union High School, Redondo Beach, CA;
The Talisman, Saratoga High School, Saratoga, CA;
Tiger, Tahlequah High School, Tahlequah, OK;
Tom Tom, Danville Community High School, Danville, IN;
Tonitrus, Rocklin High School, Rocklin, CA;
Unaliyi, Souderton Area High School, Souderton, PA;
Volsung, Downey High School, Downey, CA;
Warrior, Utica High School, Utica, MI;
Westwind, West Henderson High School, Hendersonville, NC;
Wings, Arrowhead Christian Academy, Redlands, CA.


CSPA is an international student press association uniting student journalists and faculty advisers at schools and colleges through educational conferences, idea exchanges and award programs. Owned by Columbia University since 1925 and operated as a program of its Graduate School of Journalism, the Association now enrolls 1,860 members throughout North America and in certain overseas schools and colleges following the American plan.

Its three major services include: 1) annual competitions and awards for members, including the Crown Awards, 2) planning three conventions (two national, one regional) and a week-long summer workshop at Columbia, plus 3) small press publishing activities to support a quarterly magazine and one to two books per year.

For further information, contact the CSPA directly.