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A delegation of winning student journalists from SouthernIllinois University gathers in celebration after being named2nd place winners in the News Division student newscastaward competition. That’s SIU faculty member Ken Fischer,former News Division Chairman, hiding in the back row,second from right.Tim Brown atUSC/Columbia is onceagain coordinating the2003 BEA NewsDivision student radionews awards programwhile Rosengard willagain handle theprocess for studenttelevision news entries.Competition categorieswill stay the same—newscast, hard newsreporting, feature newsreporting and sportsreporting. Only oneVHS copy of eachentry is necessary withall entries onindividual, clearlylabeled tapes (slug,school, category).Anchor leads and tags should be included with a completed application form availableon the BEA Festival website. All entries must be received by December 12, 2003, inColumbia, SC (radio) or Memphis (television). Entry fees will once again be sentdirectly to BEA headquarters in Washington, DC. Complete details are available atwww.beaweb.org/festival/student.htmlRemember, you can’t win if you don’t play. Let the dubbing begin!BEA—Educating tomorrow’s electronic media professionals 59