Cornell Political Forum, a non-partisan political magazine published by undergraduate students, has received a national award from the Columbia Scholastic Press Association.

In a competition of 224 college magazines, Cornell Political Forum was one of six publications awarded a Silver Crown, which placed it among the top 11 (or top 5 percent) student publications nationally. The award was for work published in the 1994-95 academic year.

Members of the Forum's editorial board during 1994-95 were Robert Cunjak, editor-in-chief; Carrie Coberly, managing editor; Bridget Fitzpatrick and Brian Finch, assistant editors; Alice Goh and Catherine Biondo, layout editors; Lanhee Chai, business manager; Peter Michalik, global network coordinator; and Stephen Smith, graduate adviser. This is the first time that the Forum has received a Silver Crown from Columbia Scholastic Press. The publication was awarded the association's Gold Crown Award twice, for the 1989-90 and 1991-92 academic years.

In addition to publishing a magazine with contributions from college students across the country twice each semester, Cornell Political Forum sponsors yearly debates on important issues. Most recently, it organized a Civil Rights Symposium in which a panel of professors discussed affirmative action. The Forum is distributed on the campuses of Duke, Georgetown, Harvard and Stanford universities, King's and University Colleges in London, SUNY-Geneseo and Wellesley College. Cornell Political Forum receives financial support from the Cornell Student Assembly Finance Commission, the Einaudi Center for International Studies, the Office of the Vice President for Student and Academic Services, the Adelphic Cornell Educational Fund and Mr. Knight Kiplinger and the Kiplinger Foundation.

The Columbia Scholastic Press Association has been owned and operated by Columbia University since 1925 and functions as an educational press organization providing services to student newspapers, magazines and yearbooks in schools and colleges.