1st Place, In-Depth Feature2021-22, Division 1, News Writing By Hannah LockeKnight LifeLoy Norrix HS In 2019, records showed that, from August to October, there were 747 suspensions in Kalamazoo Public Schools. In 2021, most recently, records …
The Whiteness of Dark Academia: Centering Authors of Color
1st Place, In-Depth Feature2021-22, Division MS, News Writing By Nishka KalantryThe Cougar StarClague MS Rain pattering softly on the roof as you sip tea and read Wuthering Heights in a wingback armchair in front of a crackling fire. …
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The Indian In Me Runs Deeper Now
1st Place, Personal Narrative2021-22, Division 4, News Writing By Sana SchadenThe CommunicatorAnn Arbor Community HS My middle name is Satya. It was my great-grandmother’s name and the only connection I’ve ever had to her: I am the last living …
In Over Our Heads
1st Place, In-Depth Feature2021-22, Division 4, News Writing By Noah BernsteinThe CommunicatorAnn Arbor Community HS In 1971, Ann Arbor Public Schools (AAPS) tried some-thing new. Under the leadership of Dr. Bruce McPherson, the district’s …
Community mourns another victim of drive-by shooting
1st Place, In-Depth Feature2021-22, Division 3, News Writing By Joelle AllenScriptorWylie E. Groves HS "Something is wrong. She isn't moving." That's what Dionne Weathers thought as she checked the location of her daughter, Carlesa …
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Divided Detroit
1st Place, In-Depth Feature2021-22, Division 2, News Writing By Eleni Tecos & Meghan WysockiThe TowerGrosse Pointe South HS Toyia Watts calls it a tsunami.A lifetime Detroit resident of the Islandview neighbor-hood and president of the …