Results from our 7th Semi-Annual StMU History Media Awards Ceremony

Best Descriptive Article

RUNNER-UP

There’s No Place Like Home, In Hollywood: The Story Behind Judy Garland

Audrey Uribe

Ted Kennedy: Reputation Drowns With Victim

Charli Delmonico

A Dangerous Request: Mother Teresa’s Call to Calcutta

Edith Santos Sevilla

WINNER

Who Wants to Live Forever: Freddie Mercury’s Last Years and his Battle with AIDS

Michael Lazcano

“Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe”: How the Apparitions of the Virgin of Guadalupe Changed the Catholic Faith and Mexican Culture

Nicole Ortiz

Diana Princess of Wales: A Fairy Tale Life that Quickly Became Grim

Vanessa Quetzeri

Best Explanatory Article

Battlefields, Bribes, and Brides: Rollo, a Viking’s Path to Dukedom

Annissa Noblejas

WINNER

Gun Violence in America: The Sandy Hook Story

Diamond Estrada

Contemporary Corruption: The Evolution of a Social Disease in Peru Since 1985

Jose Chaman

RUNNER-UP

ADHD Among Americans: From Childhood to Adulthood

Josephine Tran

The Aaron Hernandez Story: Football is More Than Just a Game

Luis Arroyos

The People vs. Angela Davis: The Black Intellect on Trial

Sydney Hardeman

Best Article in the Category of

"World History"

RUNNER-UP

Fighting Soviet Socialism With Music: Shostakovich

Amanda Uribe

WINNER

A Dreaded Nightmare: Reinhard Heydrich and the Start of the Holocaust

Amelia Hew

Menelik II: the Man who Conquered Europe

Emmanuel Ewuzie

WINNER

Contemporary Corruption: The Evolution of a Social Disease in Peru Since 1985

Jose Chaman

Sexual Violence as a Military Weapon in the Democratic Republic of Congo: A Testimony of Victory

Wilzave Quiles Guzman

Best Article in the Category of

"United States History"

The ’92 Dream Team: The Team that Changed the Game of Basketball Forever

Briley Perkins

WINNER

Ted Kennedy: Reputation Drowns With Victim

Charli Delmonico

The Impossible Record: The Legend Behind Babe Ruth’s 1927 Season

Jake Mares

“An Absurd Delusion”: Pride, Ignorance, and America’s Deadliest Natural Disaster

Kenneth Gilley

RUNNER-UP

Jackie Robinson: An Unexpected Hero of Business and Civil Rights

Todd Brauckmiller Jr.

Best Article in the Category of

"Social History"

RUNNER-UP

A Woman’s Shot at Making History: The First Female CEO of Mylan and the EpiPen

Courtney Pena

A Dangerous Request: Mother Teresa’s Call to Calcutta

Edith Santos Sevilla

Savant Syndrome: The Phenomenon of Natural and Acquired Genius

Isabella Torres

Katherine Johnson, The Brains of Freedom 7

Margaret Maguire

WINNER

The Central Park Five: How the Truth Set Them Free

Nicole Ortiz

Best Article in the Category of

"Political History"

RUNNER-UP

The Red Crown: The Story of Saint Maximilian Kolbe’s Sacrifice

Alexander Avina

RUNNER-UP

The Search for the Whitechapel Ripper

Azucena Cuevas

The People vs. Angela Davis: The Black Intellect on Trial

Sydney Hardeman

WINNER

Behind The Tapes: The Actions Taken Towards Impeaching Nixon

Thalia Romo

Clarence Norris: The Last Voice of the Scottsboro Boys

Kathryn Martinez

Best Article in the Category of

"Cultural History"

WINNER

There’s No Place Like Home, In Hollywood: The Story Behind Judy Garland

Audrey Uribe

RUNNER-UP

Excelsior!!! To The King of Comic Books

Eliezer Leal

Upton Sinclair: His Rise to Fame

Gabriella Urrutia

The Impossible Record: The Legend Behind Babe Ruth’s 1927 Season

Jake Mares

A Forgotten Finals: Bill Russell, and the 1966 NBA Finals

Kaleb Werku

Best Article in the Category of

"People"

Jerry Jones and the Rise of America’s Team

Juan Arceo

RUNNER-UP

Who Wants to Live Forever: Freddie Mercury’s Last Years and his Battle with AIDS

Michael Lazcano

Adrian Vidal: A Tejano Caught Between Two Wars

Paul Garza

Watson and Crick’s Fundamental Structure

Roberto Rodriguez

WINNER

Diana Princess of Wales: A Fairy Tale Life that Quickly Became Grim

Vanessa Quetzeri

Best Article in the Category of

"Crime"

RUNNER-UP

Gun Violence in America: The Sandy Hook Story

Diamond Estrada

Woman Made of Stone: The Murder of Albert Snyder

Patricia Arechiga

The Green River Killer: Gary Ridgway

Priscilla Poorbaugh

WINNER

The Brutal Murder of The Black Dahlia

Saira Locke

The Murder of Kitty Genovese

Stephanie Cerda

Best Article in the Category of

"Public Health & Medicine"

The Opiate Epidemic: The FDA’s Struggle to Control Opiate Abuse

Abigale Carney

RUNNER-UP

The Discovery of Insulin: Medical Necessity for Type 1 Diabetics

Ashley Martinez

WINNER

E-Cigarettes: An Incredible Invention or Complete Catastrophy? Adam Hergenreder Shares His Catastrophic Experience

Elizabeth Guardiola

Jonas Salk: Discovering The Shot that Saved the World – 20th century Polio Virus Epidemic

Jeremiah Durand

Diabetes: Don’t Sugarcoat It

Pablo Medina

Best Article in the Category of

"Gender"

Olympian Aly Raisman: More than a Survivor, an Advocate!

Ashley Martinez

WINNER

A Woman’s Shot at Making History: The First Female CEO of Mylan and the EpiPen

Courtney Pena

The First Woman Jockey Who made History in a Pari-mutuel Race

Kelsey Sanchez

Sexual Violence as a Military Weapon in the Democratic Republic of Congo: A Testimony of Victory

Wilzave Quiles Guzman

RUNNER-UP

Diana Princess of Wales: A Fairy Tale Life that Quickly Became Grim

Vanessa Quetzeri

Best Article in the Category of

"Human Rights"

The Washington Riots: The Fight that Never Stops

Judy Reyes

RUNNER-UP

The Central Park Five: How the Truth Set Them Free

Nicole Ortiz

WINNER

The Consequences to Conquer Freedom: The Perilous Journey of Female Migrants across the U.S. Mexico Border

Rosa Robledo Martinez

RUNNER-UP

The People vs. Angela Davis: The Black Intellect on Trial

Sydney Hardeman

Johnnie Cochran’s Battle Of The 27 Year Long Court Case

Victoria Davis

Best Article in the Category of

"Best Use of Images"

RUNNER-UP

Mother or Martyr? (The Martyrdom of Saint Perpetua)

Amanda Quiroz

Saint Alphonsa: An Inspiring Modern Saint to be Looked Up To

Rinnu Joy

Calculating the Death of Learning

Sabrina Doyon

WINNER

America’s Greatest Escape: Alcatraz

Shea Slusser

The Victory Strategy of Agincourt

Malleigh Ebel

Best Article in the Category of

"Best Overall Undergrad Research"

A Dreaded Nightmare: Reinhard Heydrich and the Start of the Holocaust

Amelia Hew

Battlefields, Bribes, and Brides: Rollo, a Viking’s Path to Dukedom

Annissa Noblejas

RUNNER-UP

Contemporary Corruption: The Evolution of a Social Disease in Peru Since 1985

Jose Chaman

Caesar’s Abduction by Pirates

Marco Montes de Oca

WINNER

Sexual Violence as a Military Weapon in the Democratic Republic of Congo: A Testimony of Victory

Wilzave Quiles Guzman

Best Article in the Category of

"Best Intro"

Adolfo de Jesus Constanzo and His Satanic Cult

Briana Montes

WINNER

“An Absurd Delusion”: Pride, Ignorance, and America’s Deadliest Natural Disaster

Kenneth Gilley

Quiet Man On the Run: The Story of Frank Abagnale, World-Renound Con-Artist

Lilia Seijas

RUNNER-UP

Nikola Tesla’s Tower of Dreams

Mark Dominguez

RUNNER-UP

The Murder of Kitty Genovese

Stephanie Cerda