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At the College Media Advisers/Columbia Scholastic Press Association conference in New York City last week, the IDS and the Arbutus yearbook garnered the Columbia Scholastic Press Association's top award.\nThe IDS won Gold Crown awards for the 1999 fall semester and the 2000 spring semester, picked out of 295 newspaper entries. Twelve newspaper Gold Crowns were awarded. \nThe 1999-2000 Arbutus yearbook was one of six yearbooks to win a Gold Crown, out of 436 entries. \nJunior Sheila Lalwani, one of the IDS region editors, was honored as one of five Scripps-Howard Foundation Most Valuable Staffers. She will receive a $5,000 scholarship.\nWylie House to have annual seed sale\nTwenty-five historic varieties of flower, herb and vegetable seeds will be available at the Wylie House Musuem's annual spring seed sale. \nThe sale is 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. March 3. All seeds are grown in the Wylie House garden with organic and germination-tested methods. All the types, many of which are rare today, were grown in America prior to 1850.\nThere will also be a resource area with information available on seed-saving and heirloom gardening. \nFor more information, call 855-6224 or e-mail libwylie@indiana.edu.\nABC News anchor, journalist husband to speak on campus\nThe Center on Congress is bringing the husband and wife team of Steve and Cokie Roberts to campus to discuss issues they face as journalists.\nThe two Washington-based journalists will make a series of appearances Feb. 26.\nCokie Roberts is an ABC News chief congressional analyst and co-anchor of "This Week with Sam Donaldson and Cokie Roberts." Steve Roberts is a contributing editor at U.S. News and World Report. They will speak on "Media, Politics and the Congress" 7 p.m. in Alumni Hall of the Indiana Memorial Union. The lecture is free.\nThe pair will also meet with students and faculty in journalism, political science and public and environmental affairs classes.\nFaculty newspaper receives honors\nIU Home Pages, the University's newspaper for faculty and staff on all IU's campuses, was honored with a gold award in the 16th annual Admissions Marketing Report's Admissions Advertising Awards.\nThe University's television advertisement, "Questions," also received a gold award in the TV advertising/single spot category and one of 13 best-of-show designations.\nA second commercial in the series will began airing in Indiana this week.