The Daily Sundial won first place for best website and first place for best photograph by Andrew Lopez in the L.A. Press Club's competition for colleges.

Here is what the judges had to say:

L3. NEWS WEBSITE Staff, Daily Sundial, dailysundial.com Comments: Clean, simple design that leads to original content. Students are very well served by the pertinent hyper-local news the Sundial is providing in this website. Excellent use of video and photography.
2nd: Callie Schweitzer, Tracy Bloom, Ryan Faughnder, Paresh Dave and Dan Watson, NeonTommy.com, “Neon Tommy: Annenberg Digital News”
3rd: Staff, El Don News Magazine, “Eldonnews.org”


L5. PHOTOGRAPHY Andrew Lopez, Daily Sundial, “CSU Protest” Comments: Andrew Lopez’s shot of protesters facing off against police perfectly captures the anguish and anger of students over tuition increases.
2nd: Michael Yanow, Corsair, “Lucha VaVoom: Mustard Wrestling and Striptease”
3rd: Chris Alves, Corsair, “Dejected Wheelchair Bound Iron Man Denied Entry Because He Lost His Catheter Bag”

And, congratulations to incoming Sundial features editor Luis Rivas for his first place writing award.

L6. WRITING -- PRINT Luis Rivas, Los Angeles City College, “Community Within Communities” Comments: Out of all the articles we’ve read about Occupy LA, this is the only one that explained the “tribes”. Outstanding in its originality, informative and witty, Journalism at its best.
2nd: Tanya Flower, Los Angeles Collegian, L.A City College, “Alumna Receives White House Honors”