This is a lesson to why press releases can be terrible sources of reliable information.
I received a press release a week ago from Kaplan, a business that prepares students for the LSATs. The release said the UW Law School was the 8th highest in the nation for the number of student applicants.
With the security threat [...]
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Why to checkout press releases before asking questions
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged law school, press release, UW on December 8, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Reviving rumors of splitting the college of arts and sciences
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , college of arts and sciences, new dean, split, UW on November 26, 2007 | 1 Comment »
With the selection of a new dean, some faculty started talking about splitting the college into four parts.
In last Tuesday’s Seattle Times story “UW Names New Arts and Sciences Dean,” beat writer Nick Perry addresses the discussion of splitting the college of arts and sciences into four schools.
The college has about 25,000 students, which [...]
Ethical dilemmas regarding Amanda Knox story
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Amanda Knox, murder, Perugia, The Daily, UW on November 8, 2007 | 6 Comments »
As many learned Nov. 6, a UW student on an exchange study program was arrested for murder and participation in an act of sexual violence in Perugia, Italy.
It was a hot story, and from the chaos a controversy of ethical dilemmas quickly boiled to the surface.
The news tip hit our desks a few hours before [...]
Emmert says sex-offender kick out not a land-grab issue
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Board of Regence, Carol Clarke, Emmert, land grab, sex offender, UW on October 20, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Accusations that UW requested the relocation of sex offenders from North of 45th Street for a “land grab” are false, said the university’s president, Mark Emmert in Thursday’s Board of Regents meeting.
(UW president Mark Emmert)
The university did offer to buy the five houses owned by Carol Clarke, who was boarding the offenders.
Emmert said this [...]
CHID professor partially blamed for “Jena Six” protest not meeting expectations
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged CHID, failure, Jena Six, protest on October 4, 2007 | 1 Comment »
After the Jena Six protest failed to take off October 1, a comparative history of ideas student approached me in the newsroom to partly blame the failure on a professor from the CHID department.
Chaim Eliyah didn’t name the professor, but he said she told The Daily about the rally, but didn’t tell any clubs on [...]
