UA Media Planning Board Selects New Student Leaders

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — The University of Alabama Media Planning Board has named a group of students to serve in leadership positions for student-run media on campus.

For the 2003-2004 Crimson White (CW), UA’s daily student newspaper:

Chris Sanders of Smoke Rise was named CW editor. Sanders, a senior majoring in journalism, is beginning his fourth year on the CW staff; he served as last year’s news director. He has served internships at The Birmingham News and The North Jefferson News. He also has been recognized for many academic achievements. He is a National Merit Scholar, a recipient of the Ruth W. and Henry Andrews Scholarship and a member of UA’s Blackburn Institute. Sanders is a member of five honor societies including Golden Key, Omicron Delta Kappa and Phi Kappa Phi.

Mary Beauchamp of Fayette was re-appointed as the CW’s retail sales manager. The senior advertising major served in this position during spring 2003. Beauchamp is a member of the UA College Republicans and won the CW’s 2002 New Client Award for recruiting and selling the largest number of advertisements for the newspaper’s back-to school edition.

Entering its 110th year of publication, The Crimson White is a 14,000-circulation newspaper that publishes four days per week during the fall and spring and once per week during the summer.

For the 2004 Corolla, the UA yearbook:

Ashley Clayton, a public relations major from Jacksonville, was named Corolla editor. Clayton served as photography editor of the 2003 Corolla. Clayton also served as photography editor of her high school yearbook and as a photojournalism instructor for a high school yearbook workshop.

LaShondra Jones of Birmingham (35207) was named the Corolla’s business manager. Jones, an international finance major, has previously served as assistant business manager of the yearbook. She is in the Culverhouse College of Commerce and Business Administration Business Honors Program and a member of Phi Eta Sigma and Golden Key International honor societies.

The award-winning yearbook is beginning production on its 112th volume.

For WVUA-FM (New Rock 90.7), the campus radio station:

Jarrod P. Shadrick, a broadcast news major from Trussville, was named the WVUA-FM (New Rock 90.7) station manager. The junior has been the on-air play-by-play “Voice of Crimson Tide Softball” and assistant sports director during spring 2002. He has also announced Alabama baseball, men’s basketball, soccer and volleyball. The Broadcast Education Association honored him with the “Best Play-by-Play” award at its 2003 Student Festival.

New Rock 90.7 transmits a stereo FM signal 24 hours a day to the UA community and much of Tuscaloosa.

For the 2003-2004 Marr’s Field Journal:

Bonita Weaver, an English major from Tuscaloosa, was named editor of Marr’s Field Journal. The senior has served on the staffs of the Marr’s Field Journal, New College Review and The Axiom. She is a member of the Society of Professional Journalists and the Capstone Association of Black Journalists.

Lisa Rudden, a sophomore English major from Hoover, was named managing editor of Marr’s Field Journal. Rudden has served as assistant layout editor and poetry editor for Marr’s Field Journal. She is a member of the Blount Undergraduate Initiative and several honor societies including Phi Eta Sigma, Alpha Lambda Delta and Sigma Tau Delta.

Marr’s Field Journal is the University’s undergraduate-produced literary magazine that publishes fiction, poetry, art and photography.

For the 2003-2004 Black Warrior Review:

Dan Kaplan of Tuscaloosa was named editor of Black Warrior Review. The master’s of fine arts candidate in poetry served as managing editor of BWR during the 2002-2003 academic year. Kaplan is a cum laude graduate of The University of Pennsylvania and has served as a teaching assistant at UA, a writing instructor at East-West University in Chicago and a grants administrator at The University of Chicago. He has an extensive background in editing and has published articles in publications including Mid-American Review, Tomorrow Magazine and First Draft.

Aaron B. Welborn of Tuscaloosa was named managing editor of BWR. The master’s candidate in creative writing has a bachelor’s in English from Birmingham-Southern College, where he graduated summa cum laude. He has served as assistant editor of Alabama Heritage Magazine, special projects manager for Birmingham Family Times Magazine and served as editor of The Hilltop News, Birmingham-Southern’s student-run newspaper. He is a member of Phi Beta Kappa, was named Most Outstanding Graduate of the BSC Honors Program and has won awards for his writing.

Black Warrior Review is preparing to mark its 30th year as a nationally known literary magazine published by graduate students in the University’s creative writing program. It features fiction and poetry from contemporary writers as well as literary essays and book reviews.

For the 2003-2004 Southern Historian:

Stephen I. Schwab of Tuscaloosa was named editor of Southern Historian. Schwab, a doctoral candidate in history, served as assistant editor of the journal during the 2002-2003 academic year. Schwab has both bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Washington University in St. Louis and has won the Albert Burton Moore Memorial Award for outstanding graduate work in history from UA. He was in the Washington University Honors Program in history and has extensive teaching and professional experience, having worked for the Central Intelligence Agency in Montgomery and South America.

Jonathon Hooks of Tuscaloosa was named assistant editor of Southern Historian. Hooks is a doctoral candidate in history with a master’s degree from East Carolina University and a bachelor’s from Elon College. He has extensive teaching experience and is a member of Phi Kappa Phi, Phi Alpha Theta and other honor societies.

The Southern Historian is an annual journal of Southern history written, edited, and produced by graduate students.