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David Jamiee, In Motion

In Motion, the student newspaper at Daytona State College, swept the 49th annual Florida Community College Press Association newspaper competition, winning 11 first-place awards in the contest's Division

A categories, including the coveted General Excellence Award.

For its outstanding work, In Motion once again took this year's General Excellence plaque, making it the top student publication in Division A, which includes colleges with student enrollment of less than 6,500 FTE. The first place winner of Division B was Pensacola Junior College's The Corsair. Points are calculated by the number of entries that win first, second and third-place awards.

The awards banquet marked the fourth time in five years that In Motion took top place. In 2004, In Motion lost its superior status by a single point.

Some 150 students and advisers, representing 15 state community colleges, attended the two-day event. Next year, the golden anniversary conference will be hosted by Central Florida Community College in Ocala.

In addition to In Motion's big win, DSC's literary magazine, Ole garnered eight awards, including four first places.

Judges for both contests included working professionals, published authors, a documentary filmmaker and Al Diaz of the Miami Herald, who assembled a professional panel of photographers to look over students' work. Judging for the magazines, among others, was by author Lester Goran, who started the creative writing program at the University of Miami and whose work includes a memoir of his association with Nobel Laureate Isaac Bashevis Singer. Bruce Cook and Elena Jarvis are co-advisers of In Motion.

And the winners are:
First Place, General Excellence, Division A, 2008, Staff of In Motion
First Place, Design - Steven Pruitt
First Place, News Photo - Bryan Kasm "Jenna, Louisiana Protests."
First Place, Feature Photo - Victor Rollins, Two Golfers."
First Place, Sports Photo - Jason Sweeters, "Skateboarding."
First Place, Picture Story - Jerry Englehart Jr., "Piece of the Ivory Coast."
First Place, Illustration - Scotty Holcomb, "Why No Soldier Mourning?"
First Place, Cartoon Strip - O'Seremi Odu, "Bigfoot."
First Place, In-Depth Reporting - Christien Bradt and Jerry Englehart Jr., "Military Presence Raises Questions."
First Place, Sports Column - Mike Lovecchio, "A Youthful Perspective."
First Place, Art Review - LaNae Riviera, "Cat is hot, hot, hot."
Second Place, Humor Writing - LaNae Riviera, "Valentine's Day: Affection or Affectation?"
Second Place, Editorial Cartoon - Scotty Holcomb, "No More "C" in DBCC."
Third Place, Ad Design - Sarah Gerace

Ole Magazine winners:
First Place Art Works - Scotty Holcomb
First Place Illustration with Text - Sarah Gerace
First Place Illustrations with Text - Jerry Englehart Jr., Sean Wright
First Place, Photo - Tara Koenke
Third Place, Photography - Sarah Gerace, Daniela Martine, Kim Primerano
Third Place Editing - Daniela Martine
Third Place Poetry - Steven Pruitt, Christien Bradt, Daniela Martine.

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