The Shorthorn Online | CORRECTIONS

• Thursday’s story “Ralliers focus on peace coalition” should have said the rally took place Wednesday.

• In Thursday’s calendar, Friday’s entry for “Last Class Blast” should have stated that the cost is $3 or $2 with membership or canned good.

• Because of incorrect information given to The Shorthorn, Wednesday’s story “Two students start trading site” should have stated that the Web site will not accept returns.

• In the map that went with Tuesday’s story “Ms. UTA injured in fatal wreck on I-30,” Irving, Grand Prairie and Linh Nguyen’s name was misspelled.

• Tuesday’s photo caption “Examining plant sales,” should have stated that the plant sale was to raise money for Phi Sigma biology honor society.

• Wednesday’s story “Tornados hit Metroplex” should have stated that a tornado touched down west of the university.

• In Thursday’s story “Ralliers attempt to show bias on Israeli conflicts,” Israeli was misspelled.

• Wednesday’s story “Junk turns to Earth Day treasures” should have stated that Don Davis Toyota in Arlington will display the Toyota Prius at Thursday’s Earth Day event.

• In Thursday’s story, “Candidates address issues”, Dr. Jack Kilby’s name was misspelled.

• Wednesday’s story “Student employees honored” should have stated that nominees had to be a part-time employee at the university for at least six months between July 2001 and present.

• Wednesday’s story “Measure pushes senator presence” should have stated that the Academic Affairs committee passed the constituency council involvement and table of contents resolutions, while the Community Affair committee killed the “Office of Admissions: Student Tour Guides & Orientation Leaders,” resolution.

• In the Feb. 20 brief, “College Republicans to hold candidates forum for campaigns,” College Republicans chair Julia Drummond said she feels she was misinterpreted in reference to Criminal Justice Court 4 judge candidate Glynis McGinty as being a “rare African-American Republican.”

• The sports page “Down the Line” item, “Lady Mavericks win 3rd shutout,” should have stated the women’s tennis team will play at 10 a.m. Saturday and Sunday at the UTA Tennis Center.

• In Tuesday’s “Annual Growth Rate for Total NonAgricultural Employment” graphic, the number of jobs for Fort Worth and Dallas were switched.
In Tuesday’s “Family Following” photo, Kristy Ritvalsky’s name was misspelled.

• In Tuesday’s story “UTA to honor woman pioneer,” the founder of Christian Science Mary Baker Eddy’s name was misspelled.

• In Wednesday’s story “Congress supports abridged yearbook,” Dean of Students Kent Gardner announced the Student Service Fee Advisory Committee will help fund a magazine-like yearbook.

• Dustin Bozarth’s name was misspelled in the photo caption on page seven of Tuesday’s paper.

• Wednesday’s story, “New students mingle with old ones,” should have stated that brothers Richard and Raymond Daniels said they were responsible for starting the film project, along with their friend Bill Fentum, in 1979 with the viewing of “The Maltese Falcon.”

• Due to an editing error, Thursday’s story “Bringing good luck,” should have identified broadcast sophomore Tavy Um as an Asian-American student of Cambodian decent.

• Wednesday’s brief, “Federal reserve official to explore economic and global issues,” misidentified finance and real estate chair Vince Apilado.

• In Tuesday’s “Everyday People,” the third question should have asked “Whom do you admire and respect and why?”

• Thursday’s story “Poor revenue leads to Coffee Haus closing,” should have stated that the coffee shop was located in the back of the bookstore.

• Wednesday’s letter to the editor, “Scholar Athletes” should have stated, “Congratulations to the Athletics Department for turning out athletes who are not only great at their sports but also dedicated to their athletics as well.”

• Tuesday’s story “Apartments slated for July finish,” should have stated that Arbor Oaks and Timber Brook apartments will open in August before classes begin.

• In Tuesday’s story “Tutoring offices experience big crowds,” Davina Beschoner’s name was misspelled in some instances.

• In Wednesday’s story “Group to perform Mexican dances,” admission should have been stated as $5 for adults and $3 for children.

• In Wednesday’s story, “President to evaluate maps,” Student Congress Senator Dean Aubin’s full name was not printed. He is the congress’ community affairs chair.

• In the headline for Tuesday’s story “ ‘Building Bridges,’ ” Michele Bobadilla’s name was misspelled.

• Wednesday’s story “Council accepts transit proposal” should have stated that the council is scheduled today to take a formal vote on calling a February election on transit. Council members must finalize the vote by Nov. 27 to have an election on the transit plan in February.

• Friday’s story “Yearbook initiation research continues” should have stated that if funding comes from the Student Services Fee, no legislative approval will be needed. Legislative approval would be needed only to enact a designated fee that could be used only for the yearbook and nothing else.

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• In Thursday’s story “Novelist’s third book debuts,” Eduardo Paz-Martinez said some of the comments in the story were incorrect. “I do not see women as ‘animals,’ ” he said. “For me to allow such a wild and false characterization is absurd.”

• In Thurday’s issue, the photo caption for the story “Clash of the Chords” did not identify Brandon Vanderford of the band Asphalt the Purple Monkey, who was pictured bottom right.

• Friday’s story “Comedy show raises $1,400 for children” incorrectly identified Dan Williams, senior vice president for finance and administration.

• Friday’s guest column, “Positive Exercise” contained the wrong photo. The correct photo is Abu Yilla, right.

• Wednesday’s editorial, “Regional letdown” should have stated that the four U.S. cities selected will compete against each other for the Olympic bid.

• The photo caption to Thursday’s story “Man of Honor” should have stated that the motion picture “Men of Honor” was inspired by Brashear’s life.

• In Friday's issue, the campus brief "Muslim organization to hold informative meeting about Islam" inadvertently ran in the paper because of a production error.

• In Wednesday's story "Library fee incease proposed," the increase would make the fee $7.50 per semester credit hour. Ut-Dallas students pay $10 per semester credit hour and UT-Austin students pay $9.45 per semester credit hour.

• In Thursday’s story, “Social work professor dies from cancer,” Coleen Shannon was an associate professor.

• Wednesday’s story “Lady Mavs win in 5” and the “Down the Line” should have stated that the volleyball team recorded 16 service aces Tuesday night.
In Thursday’s story “Grant to fund Chicano archiving,” the definition of Chicano should be a Mexican-American.

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• Thursday’s story “Program promotes disabilities awareness” should have stated that Pi Kappa Phi has held scaffold sits and quarter races in the past.

• Friday’s letter “Terrorists distort religion, not vice versa” should have been attributed to marketing senior Esther Wong.

• In Friday’s story “2002-03 recruiting under way,” the McNair Scholar Office is 121 Hammond Hall and the telephone number is 817-272-3715.

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• Tuesday’s story “Police investigating assault,” should have stated that a Phi Delta Theta fraternity member punched a Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity member outside the Sigma house at 705 S. Davis Drive, according to police reports.

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• In Tuesday’s story “Students make plays come to life,” Virginia Woolf’s name was misspelled.

SEP. 05

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• Tuesday’s story “Program helps students with graduate school” should have stated that Asian students who are permanent residents or U.S. citizens may enter the McNair Scholars Program only if they are also first-generation and low-income undergraduates.

• In Tuesday’s story “Economic decline may boost numbers,” Richard Wilson should have been identified as an economics assistant professor.

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• In Tuesday’s story “Economic decline may boost numbers,” Craig Depken’s name was misspelled.

AUG. 31
• The Down the Line number in Monday’s issue should have stated that Lady Mavericks outside hitter Amber Pack is 898 kills shy of the university career record.

• In Monday’s story “New faculty one of fall highlights,” assistant professor Manfred Cuntz’s title was incorrect.

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• In Tuesday’s album review, “Aaliyah leaves gift of song behind,” the biographical information should have been attributed to the Associated Press.

AUG. 29
• In Monday’s story “Race for 2012 Olympics ongoing,” Richard Greene’s name was misspelled.

• In Tuesday’s story “Groups helps orient new, all students,” Ms. UTA Linh Nguyen’s name was misspelled in the stand-alone quote on Page 9.

AUG. 02
• In Tuesday’s story “Traditions recounted in booklet,” the name of Jeff Sorensen, Student Governance and Organizations director, was misspelled.

JUNE 21
• Tuesday’s story “Perry accepts tuition increase” should have stated that with both fees combined, in-state students taking a 12-hour course load will face an extra $48 in tuition and designated tuition each semester.

• Because of incorrect information provided to The Shorthorn, Tuesday’s campus brief “ ‘Music Under the Stars’ outdoor concert to feature pianist tonight” should have stated that the second of the three concerts will feature the UTA Jazz Orchestra.

JUNE 19
• In Thursday's campus brief "Campus community service group to make repairs to Salvation Army," the AmeriCorps telephone number should have been 817-272-2084.

• Thursday's story "fish brains under study" should have stated the catfish awaiting their turn to serve science were in the Life Sciences Building basement.

JUNE 12
• In Thursday’s story “Group on a Mission,” Christián Zloloniski’s name was misspelled. Also from that story, Sergio Espinosa will join the Music Department as a visiting assistant professor.

• The Office for Students with Disabilities requested $9,490 in “wish list” funding from the Student Service Fee Advisory Committee, not the figure shown in a graphic that accompanied the May 29 story “SSFAC gives $252,168 for addendum request.”

JUNE 05
• In Thursday’s story “Flagship funding measure ends,” university President Robert Witt said, “It will enable us to make a meaningful, significant start at improving our recreational sports facilities.” The extracted quote refers to funding from a bill increasing the recreational sports fee, not to the flagship funding bill.

May 29
• The May 1 story “Growth spurs honor society” should have stated that the number of Philosophy and Humanities Department majors has increased from about 20 to 30 in the past two years.