We're all proud of our children's accomplishments in school, and it's natural to want to share that information. Newspapers accommodate that desire to varying degrees. For Stars and Stripes, that means annual special sections dedicated to graduation proceedings in the DODDs high schools, or reports on spelling bee or sports standouts.

When it comes to college students, recognition in print is harder. That's by way of answering a query from blog contributor dolce2u, who asked: "How do I get press releases (announcements) about my son's college success in the Stars and Stripes?"

There are just too many far-flung colleges, and thousands of military-raised students in them, to name dean's list honorees, say, or even valedictorians. "We don't have the resources to gather or space to print this," says Executive Editor Robb Grindstaff. But he says in the future Stripes might develop "micro-local" sections or publications that could publicize college accomplishments.

Of course there are college success stories that transcend the usual and call for separate personality-style news articles: Some great athletic accomplishment, for instance,  or a student scientist making some noteworthy discovery. As with all news tips, the information can go to one of the paper's news bureaus, found on the Opinion page of the paper, or the "contact us" link on the Web site home page.