Texas Intercollegiate Press Association (TIPA) is the largest and oldest state collegiate press association in The United States. Each year the association recognizes top work in several categories for published and on-site pieces.
Below is a list of awards The Lasso received for the 2016 – 2017 academic year.
Honorable Mention for Photo Illustration – Tabitha Gray

Honorable Mention for News Photo – Emily Nickles

Honorable Mention for Literary Magazine Cover Design – Leah Moore
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Literary Magazine Overall Excellence – Daedallian 2016
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Third Place in Critical Review – – Kyndal Colon
“Overwatch:” Consolidation with representation
“Overwatch” is a team-based, first-person shooter game that’s set on a futuristic Earth and stars heroes of many nationalities, ethnicities, sexualities and body-types. Not only do our heroes battle in far-flung locales, including places like England, Egypt, China and Nepal, the heroes themselves hail from all over the globe…[Read More]
Honorable Mention for Sports Feature – Johnna Headley
Noel twins begin college volleyball careers
Twins, Courtney and Caroline Noel have been playing volleyball together since middle school, now as first-years at TWU, their adventure continues with the college experience…[Read More]
Honorable Mention for Feature Writing – Morgan Villavaso
After giving his all for his country, McGuffin Gives back to his community
When Sophomore General Studies major Cameron McGuffin entered Navy boot camp in Feb. 2010, he “had no understanding of medicine further than Grey’s Anatomy.” Not long after enlisting, he would find himself working fifteen months in an emergency room and later becoming responsible for the healthcare of roughly 50 United States Marines…[Read More]
Honorable Mention for Information Graphic – Marco Turrubiates
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