The Red and Black has acknowledged its mistakes yesterday and has printed a front page correction.
The Red and Black calls yesterday’s multiple screw-ups “a reporter’s error.” Even if this was the fault of the reporter, it would still be interesting to see who in SGA gave this faulty information to the reporter.
The Red and Black also explains that even the headline printed yesterday (”SGA on the line, Feb. election to determine its future”) was wrong, because the elections will be held January 24th to 26th.
A letter to the editor, written by your’s truly, about the errors was printed on the Opinion’s page.
Yesterday’s article, “SGA on the line, Feb. election to determine its future,” is completely inaccurate.
I am extremely disappointed that Carolyn Crist did not bother to check the facts in the story, probably given to her by some SGA lackey.
Her article states that it would take 16,500 students voting against SGA to kick SGA off campus.
In fact, it would take two-thirds of the students voting, not two-thirds of the entire student body.
Even the first sentence of the article is incorrect; this is not the first time since 1985 that SGA could be abolished, as SGA has been abolished before.
This vote, on whether or not to disband SGA, has taken place every four years since 1987.
These blunders make it seem as if it is extremely difficult to get rid of SGA, and will cause some students to think their vote will not matter.
Everyone should remember that, while not simple, SGA can be kicked off campus.
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