Errata

By Staff Editorial     2/19/09 6:00pm

Two weeks ago, the Thresher mistakenly reported that the speaker at a debate regarding the U.S. Public Service Academy was USPSA co-founder Chris Myers Asch ("Debate considers pros, cons of public service academy," Feb. 6). In fact, the speaker was USPCA co-founder Shawn Raymond. Asch was not present at the debate, and all quotes attributed to him should have been attributed to Raymond. The story has been updated online at www.ricethresher.org.Last week, the Thresher reported that the proposed future rent rates for Valhalla totaled a 137% increase from current rates ("Rent increases proposed for pubs," Feb 13). However, we were unaware that the current rent numbers do not include custodial fees, while the newly proposed number does. Re-calculating the numbers and taking this into account, the increase becomes 30 percent, instead. The story has been updated online at www.ricethresher.org.

In last week's article on Executive Vice President of Electronic Data Systems Corporation John Castle's lecture ("BSA sponsors King lecture," Feb. 13), we credited the Black Student Association with sponsoring Castle's visit to campus, failing to mention that the principal credit should have gone to Leadership Rice, which played a major role.

The Thresher regrets the above errors.

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