Best of Student Media is CollegeJournalism.org's weekly selection of outstanding work from collegiate journalists across the country. The list is curated by CollegeJournalism.org and Student Press Report editor Barbara "Bob" Allen, who monitors almost 900 RSS feeds from student news publications nationwide — roughly 80% of all college student media.

New stories are selected each week for their quality, creativity and potential to inspire collegiate journalists and those who lead them.

To submit a story for consideration, email bob@collegejournalism.org.

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'It's Something That Keeps Me Up At Night': The Burdens Undocumented Smithies Face(The Sophian, Smith College)

What are the tunnels? Exploring the world beneath Wellesley(The Wellesley News, Wellesley College)

The life of a Stanford tree(The Stanford Daily, Stanford University)

Timeline: Enforcement of BU signage policy on pride flags, protest signs(The Daily Free Press, Boston University)

Funding the future: A look into some of UT's most influential donors(The Daily Texan, University of Texas at Austin)

Inside UTEP's Special Collections: Preserving the Stories of El Paso and the Border(The Prospector, The University of Texas at El Paso)

'Dad, I think I might have got drafted': Drew Schock and his unconventional journey to Michigan — and beyond(The Michigan Daily, University of Michigan)

Flock transparency data disappears from the Columbia Police Department(The Maneater, University of Missouri)

Legal name vs. chosen name: Queer students' fight to be called who they are at BGSU(BG Falcon Media, Bowling Green State University)

Rock Defaced After Being Painted for Transgender Visibility Day, Campus Reacts(The Albion Pleiad, Albion College)

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