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RE: Quotes in “Accreditation committee evaluates Pierce College.”

I’m pretty sure I was misquoted in an article in yesterday’s Roundup. I believe the interview was recorded, so perhaps the student(s) could go back to the recording to see if I’m incorrect.

Short stories: There is an ungrammatical formulation that renders the sentence pretty much unintelligible, and there is an inaccuracy about courses being accredited. I wouldn’t intend to say the latter – I know that courses are not accredited – and I hope I wouldn’t have formulated an ungrammatical sentence.

Here are the (alleged) errors:

1) “Accreditation is important to students because it enforces good health and validation to the school.” a. I am confident I did not make this exact claim, which to me is not really a claim, since it is almost nonsensical.

2) “Courses that are accredited in this institution give students the chance to transfer to a four-year institution.” a. Courses are not accredited. I am confident I did not make this claim.

I’d like to support the students’ learning experiences, and do not wish them to feel unduly criticized. If I really did say these things (ouch!), then it’s good the students have a record to support their reporting.

Thank you, Mia Wood (associate professor of philosophy)

Editor’s Note: The Roundup checked the reporter’s notes and found that Mia Wood was misquoted in the story.

RE: Information in “Confusing campus needs more visible direct...”

I’d like to politely correct the erroneous information that was published in the opinion column of Issue 1 of the Roundup to ensure that students receive the most accurate information possible—which I know was the sincere intention the columnist of the opinion section.

These things need to be investigated in greater depth before this information (or any) is published; this seems to be a common trend with the Roundup over the past 5 years: misquoting individuals during interviews and stating incorrect information as fact.

Larry Kraus (Associate Vice President) has made provisions for approximately 2,000 double-sided black and white campus maps to be printed and made available to students at the information desk located on the first floor lobby area of the Student Services building. These maps have been available since the beginning of the Spring semester.

You are correct that one of the reasons why Pierce College no longer prints paper schedules of classes is because we are striving toward going green in efforts to reduce our carbon footprint and be more eco-friendly, but budget cuts are also a factor.

What I do think would be a good idea is if the college added a legend to the map with an explanation of what the abbreviations for the various buildings are, such as “EB”, so that students aren’t as confused.

Also, I feel that when Lauren declared that the college “eradicated” the catalogue there could have been a better choice of words, since it usually has a negative connotation (not that Pierce making printed class schedules no longer available isn’t frustrating or crummy).

I hope that the Roundup will make a collective effort to ensure that the information that they are publishing is as accurate as possible.

Thank you, Anthony J. Abates (Student Services)

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Free tax prep is pleasant

A thumbs up to the Business Adminstration Department’s free tax preparation program for helping out lowincome families. The program also teaches student volunteers how to do tax preparation. Thanks for this service.

Thursday concerts are capital

A thumbs up to the Thursday concerts being held by the Music Department in room 3400 that run from 1 to 2 p.m. This Thursday features the Los Angeles Baroque Players.

These concerts allow students to see topnotch musicians perform first hand and hear a variety of different classical genres.

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In the “Club Rush hits the Mall” story on the front page, the Associated Students Organization is called the Academic Senate Organization. In the “Club Rush hits the Mall” story on the front page, Marieve Elliott’s name is spelled differently twice.

On page 3, the photo for the “Suspect identified” story was credited to Carlos Carpio, whereas it was actually taken by Kristen Aslanian.

On page 5, the caption for the photo in the “LA painter shows work in Art Gallery” names Monika Del Bosque as Monika Macias.

Volume 118 - Issue 2

On page 2, the editorial cartoon is credited to Maria Salvador, whereas it was actually drawn by Austin Faber.

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