Playwickian Editors were awarded the Edmund J. Sullivan Award by the Columbia Scholastic Press Association.
The editors were awarded specifically for the editorial leadership they exhibited in instituting a ban on the name of their mascot, which they consider to be a racial slur, and the ensuing controversy.
The Playwickian editors were honored side-by-side at Columbia University with editors from the Foothill Dragon Press, a Californian student publication which started a crowdsourcing fund for the Playwickian. These proceeds were supposed to negate the financial losses The Playwickian sustained due to disciplinary sanctions.
The Foothill Dragon Press rose over $6,000, far surpassing their original goal of $2400.
Foothill editors and Playwickian editors met in-person for the first time on Thursday, March 19 to co-teach a seminar on their experiences. Playwickian editors taught a class on their experiences alone the next day, before both staffs received the award at the culmination of the CSPA Spring Conference.
