Just so you know …
The SEJC’s Best of the South awards banquet was tonight. This featured the Troy Jazz ensemble, a wonderful story by our organizer who stole the show with a dance with his wife, a First Amendment keynote speech by Student Press Law Center director Frank LoMonte, turkey, brisket and perfectly acceptable peach cobbler.
(Hint: Almost all peach cobbler is perfectly acceptable.)
Also, there were the Best of the South award presentations.
These are awards for which we submit in the fall. We send off a bunch of nominees covering a wide range of specialties across the print discipline, television, online and radio. This year we did not send as many as we normally do because of time constraints, but nevertheless we had an excellent night.
Out of 331 entries covering 24 categories with submissions from 29 schools, Samford students claimed seven honors in categories like best magazine writer, best press photographer, best radio journalist, best research paper and best magazine page layout designer. Exodus placed third in the magazine contest. The Crimson placed eighth in a talented field.
On the night Samford’s name was called as much as any other school in the state. Our students are doing something right.
We celebrated with Dairy Queen. And then I went back to my room to iron and work.
Tomorrow we’ll find out how we did in the on-site competitions and return to campus.
