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Occidental鈥檚 student-run newspaper, The Occidental, placed in the top three for seven awards and won the Best Newspaper award for the four-year colleges and universities with under 15,000 students division at the 2023 California College Media Association Awards March 9.

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By The Occidental Staff

The senior leadership team of the Spring 2023 to Fall 2023 semesters 鈥 former Editor-In-Chiefs Anissa Basnayake (junior), Mia Anzalone (senior), Meghan Lee 鈥23 and current Editor-In-Chief Sebastian Lechner (senior) 鈥 received the Best Newspaper award, which spanned all issues published from Jan. 1 to Dec. 15 2023.

Monserrat Maldonado (first year) also placed first for the Best Illustration award for her  in 鈥淥pinion: I wish Cinderella was gay.鈥

Current senior editor Anzalone鈥檚 鈥溕绨 SJP occupies AGC after two-day demonstration, next steps are unclear鈥 for the Best Breaking News Story.

The Occidental placed third in four categories: Lee, for  in 鈥淐ollege finance breakdown: Budgeting for today and 40 years from now鈥; Managing Editor James Miller (sophomore) for for his reporting in 鈥淥ccidental football held the line for more than a century, myriad factors forced a punt鈥; Anzalone for  for 鈥37 professors sign pro-Palestine email, face pushback from colleagues鈥 and Arts and Culture editor Mollie Barnes (sophomore) for  for 鈥淥utside Occidental: 鈥楯ean-Michel Basquiat: King of Pleasure鈥 exhibit.鈥