Awards, awards, awards

The Orion was recognized in seven categories in this year's California Newspaper Publishers Association contest.

The Orion took home first place for column writing and second for general excellence among four-year schools in the 2015 Campus Excellence in Journalism awards announced recently by the California Newspaper Publishers Association.

The paper also had five other finalists:
- Online General Excellence
- Sports Action Photo - Ryan Pressey
- News Photo - John Domogma
- Best Column - Dylan Dewit
- Enterprise News Story - Gabriel Sandoval

The complete list of college contest awards is available online.

The writers can pick up their certificates in my office this week, if they like. Plaques for the first- and second-place awards will be displayed in The Orion office on the honor wall.

Congratulations everyone!