The profile of Yale College Council President-elect Jon Wu ’11 misstated the class year of Vidur Sehgal ’10, a YCC representative from Ezra Stiles College..
The story “Elis take No. 2 spot in finance challenge” misstated the relationship between the company the Yale team analyzed, Phillips-Van Heusen, and the clothing company Kenneth Cole, which P-VH licenses but does not own. In addition, the story misleadingly stated that the team representing Singapore had to overcome language barriers to present its business analysis. In fact, English is the first language of instruction in all Singaporean schools.
The Sports column “Experience a must for Yale teams” misstated the hockey league — the Atlantic Hockey Association — in which the University of Connecticut plays.
The story “Nobel laureate to lead Institute” and its accompanying headline mistakenly described Rajendra Pacahuri, the newly-appointed director of the Yale Climate and Energy Institute, as a winner of the 2007 Nobel Peace Price. In fact, the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and former Vice President Al Gore. While Pachauri represented the IPCC at the Nobel Prize Ceremony as its current director, he is not the founding director of IPCC nor does his name appear in the official announcement of the prize.
The story “Obama aids city economy” mistakenly stated that New Haven has experienced budget deficits in past years, when in fact, the city has closed out recent fiscal years with budget surpluses, including a $773,000 surplus to close out the 2007-08 fiscal year. In the current fiscal year, City Hall expects a balanced budget.
The story “Law prevented consideration of GESO” contained factual errors in its headlines. That the inclusion of the Graduate Employees and Students Organization would have complicated 2010 contract negotiations was not an official statement of the Yale unions Locals 34 and 35. In addition, though graduate student teaching at private universities is not protected by the National Labor Relations Act, an individual’s association with any union is a Constitutional right.
In the Briefly item “Psychologists’ organization weighs in on Ricci case,” an amicus brief filed in support of the city of New Haven was mistakenly described as an official statement by the Society for Industrial-Organizational Psychologists. Instead, it was filed independently by several prominent members of the organization and is not necessarily indicative of SIOP viewpoints.
The story “Alumni explore Latino issues at conference” misspelled the name of Eduardo Padro ’75, who founded Despierta Boricua, an organization for Puerto Rican students.
The story “Plans for Morse, Stiles revealed” incorrectly stated that Silliman College was the residential college that was most recently renovated. Jonathan Edwards College, which reopened for the fall semester, was the most recent college to be overhauled; Silliman was renovated the year before.
The Opinion column “Committed to Ward 1” misstated the year former Ward 1 Alderman Nick Shalek ’05 graduated from Yale.
The story “Yale honors filmmaker” mistakenly reported that Miranda Popkey ’09 is the current undergraduate chair of the Cinema at the Whitney. Although she held that title last year, Joe Geylin ’11 is the current undergraduate chair.