Corrections to stories printed in The Badger Herald appear on the second page of the print edition and are posted here. To request a correction, please contact our editor in chief by e-mailing or calling (608) 257-4712 x102 with the title of the article, its publication date and a description of the error.
Friday, May 2, 2008
Due to a reporting error the April 29 article “Candidates poll closely in Wisconsin” should have cited Maggie Raiken as the vice-chair of Students for Obama. We regret the error.
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
Due to a reporting error, the April 30 article “Broken windows, appliances lead to ‘worst’ honors” erroneously said landlord Patrick Corcoran did not return several phone calls seeking comment. The Herald did not make a sufficient attempt to interview the landlord and verify some of the complaints made by the tenant. We regret the error.
Thursday, April 24, 2008
Due to an editing error in the story “Party founder remembered after tragic, ‘ironic’ death” published April 23 the quote “It takes more courage to face the pain than to get high or drunk” should have been attributed to Robert Jung.
Monday, April 21, 2008
Due to an editing error, the caption with the April 21 article “Hundreds protest Chinese rights violations” should have included some of the individuals in the photo were voicing support for the 2008 Olympic games in Beijing. We regret the error.
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
Due to a reporting error, the April 14 article “Landlord may hold tenant to lease after fiancée’s murder at residence” should have said Wisconsin Management Company manages 517 W. Doty St. We regret the error.
Monday, March 24, 2008
Due to an editing error, the March 24 Letter to the Editor “No new nukes: Use solar, wind power” should have indicated that the city of Chernobyl is in the Ukraine, not Russia; the Three Mile Island accident occurred in Pennsylvania, not New York; and Yucca Mountain is in Nevada, not California. We regret the errors.
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
Due to a reporting error, the March 11 article “Student barred from Bascom” should not have said Assistant Dean Ervin Cox was arrested. We regret the error.
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
Due to a reporting error, the Feb. 26 article “Board to revise conduct policies” should have made clear UW students are not currently being unjustly punished for things that happen off campus.
Tuesday, February 12, 2008
Due to a reporting error, in the Feb. 11 article “Report offers solution for racial disparity issue,” Sen. Spencer Coggs’ name was misspelled as Cobbs. We regret the error.
Friday, February 8, 2008
Due to a reporting error, the Feb. 7 article “‘Porn Nation’ to present tonight” erroneously cited a pornographic website as the sexual addiction survey. The correct website is www.mysexsurvey.com. We regret the error.
Thursday, February 7, 2008
Due to an editing error, the headline with the Feb. 6 article “Baldwin comes to Madison to voice support for Clinton” should not have implied Rep. Baldwin visited Madison only to support Hillary Clinton. The congresswoman lives in Madison and works in Washington D.C. We regret the error.
Monday, February 4, 2008
Due to an editing error, the Feb. 4 article “Fridays to come First at MMoCA” should have said First Friday events are held on the museum’s rooftop in the summer, spring and fall, and in the lobby in the winter.
Friday, February 1, 2008
Due to an editing error, the photo with the January 30 article “Union to install new brew shop” should not have identified the Union’s second-floor Travel Center as the new site for a coffee shop. We regret the error.
Wednesday, December 12, 2007
Due to an editing error, the subhead with the Dec. 11 article “Clinton, Thompson lead Wisconsin” should have said 69 percent of voters have given at least some thought to the 2008 presidential election. We regret the error.
Monday, December 10, 2007
Due to a reporting error, the article Dec. 4 article “Finance committee votes to give themselves raises” should have said the vote to eliminate the original stipend was 4 to 3, with 2 abstaining, with Alex Gallagher voting in affirmative. The proposed $18,300 was cut and later replaced with a $13,725 member stipend, which was reintroduced by Jordan Lippert, not Brittany Weigand, and passed by a vote of 5 to 3. We regret these errors.
Monday, December 10, 2007
Due to a reporting error, the Dec. 7 article “Recruiting isn’t easy on campus” should have called Halliburton an energy company, focused on petroleum.
Tuesday, December 4, 2007
Due to a reporting error, the Dec. 4 article “Finance committee votes to give themselves raises” should have cited SSFC.
Sunday, November 25, 2007
Due to a reporting error, the November 20 article “Bedford Street blaze reminds tenants to check smoke alarms” should have said Peter Talen died in the fire at 123 N. Bedford St. We regret the error.
Wednesday, November 14, 2007
The Nov. 13 article “Lawton endorses Clinton for ‘08” should have made clear UW College Republicans Chair Sara Mikolajczak believes it would not be a good idea to elect a woman as president while women are still seen as the inferior sex in Iraq.
Wednesday, November 14, 2007
Also, due to a reporting error, the November 12 article “College Democrats host legislators” should have cited Mattie Duppler as Vice Chair of College Republicans. We regret the error.
Tuesday, November 13, 2007
Due to a reporting error, the November 12 article “SJ lets RCF-UW reapply for funds” should have said ASM Student Judiciary Chief Justice Sol Grosskopf and Associate Justice Jeremy Jewett were the two dissenters of SJ’s ruling. We regret the error.
Tuesday, November 13, 2007
Due to a reporting error, the Nov. 13 opinion column "Fair Trade Practice Virtuous Endeavor" should have said that America imports more than 1,200,000 tons of coffee each year. We regret the error.
Wednesday, November 7, 2007
Due to a reporting error, the October 31 article “Orpheum owner turns to keying rival’s car after financial dispute” should have said Henry Doane and Eric Fleming are still business partners and Doane, not Fleming, did not pay his bills on time. We regret the error.
Wednesday, November 7, 2007
Due to a reporting error, the November 1 article “AIDS rates fall in Milwaukee area” should have said the incidence of AIDS has decreased, gender disparities in incidence rates have dropped and AIDS incidence rate among men is still much higher than in women in Milwaukee. We regret the errors.
Wednesday, November 7, 2007
Due to a reporting error, the November 7 article “New ‘City View’ receives licence” should have said the store Capitol Centre Foods is not changing its name and the City View Market name is being used strictly for legal purposes. We regret the error.
Thursday, November 1, 2007
Due to a reporting error, the October 31 article “Calling all cars: Police miss equality alliance discussion” mistakenly said UW Police department Lt. Bill Larson had confirmed his attendance to an Alliance for Programming Equality meeting Tuesday, Oct. 30. The same article also had a comment made by Associate Dean of Students Argyle Wade about UWP taken out of context. We regret the errors.
Wednesday, October 31, 2007
Due to a reporting error, the October 26 article “State braces for Freakfest” and October 29 article “Attendance up 2,000 people” should have cited Ra Fury, not Raw Fury. We regret the errors.
Friday, October 19, 2007
Due to a reporting error, the October 5 story “Struggling with the uncontrollable” should have cited Carla Wefefnstette as a source, not Jamie Weffenstette. We regret the error.
Friday, October 19, 2007
Due to a reporting error, the October 11 article “Council clears frat of charges” should have made clear that the case against the Alpha Epsilon Pi is not completely over. The Judicial Board still needs to make a final decision on the sanctions in place.
Also, due to an editing error, the caption accompanying the story should have said Alpha Epsilon Pi not Alpha Epsilon Phi. We regret the errors.
Thursday, October 4, 2007
Due to a reporting error, the Oct. 3 news story, “Greek fraternity under investigation for alleged misconduct” should have said the Intrafraternity Council’s Judicial Board investigates allegations of misconduct, not the Advisory Board. We regret the error.
Tuesday, October 2, 2007
Due to an editing error, the photo accompanying the October 2 article “Journalist has own brand of brainy humor” should have identified Terry Devitt as the man in the photo, not Steve Mirsky. We regret the error.
Thursday, September 27, 2007
Due to a reporting error, the Sept. 27 article “Iraq veteran returns medals” should have said the march to the Capitol occurred Wednesday, not Tuesday. We regret the error.
Friday, September 21, 2007
Due to a reporting error, the Sept. 20 article “Teaching group looks to inspire” should not have cited Garrett Bucks as a UW student. We regret the error.
Monday, September 17, 2007
Due to a reporting error, the Sept. 17 article titled “Organization seeks clear ‘benchmarks’ for funding” should have said the Student Judiciary debated whether to grant a Student Services Finance Committee motion for summary dismissal. The article also should have said contract status would have allowed groups to manage their finances apart from SSFC. Shaun Hernandez should also have been cited as Vice Chief Justice of SJ, not SSFC. We regret these errors.
Wednesday, September 12, 2007
Also due to a reporting error, the Sept. 11 article “City committee debates pending budget” should have cited all of Mark Clear’s quotes to Ald. Zach Brandon, District 7. Brandon also appeared in the photo accompanying the article. We regret the errors.
Wednesday, September 12, 2007
Due to a reporting error, the Sept. 11 article “Antiwar network kicks off” should have made clear the Haliburton Company and KBR Inc. have been independent of each other since April 2007, and KBR currently handles the logistic support services provided to the United States government. The article also should not have said Dick Cheney still receives deferred payments from Haliburton.
Monday, September 10, 2007
Due to a reporting error, the Sept. 7 story “Commission calls for Ziegler to be reprimanded” should have quoted Mike McCabe as saying, “We are extremely pleased the judicial commission found that Justice Ziegler engaged in judicial misconduct.” We regret the error.
Tuesday, September 4, 2007
Due to a reporting error, the Aug. 31 news article “Cranes and cones: Signs of progress” should have said State Rep. Spencer Black, D-Madison, has not served as a member of the building commission for the Microbial Sciences Building since 2002. We regret the error.
Tuesday, September 4, 2007
Due to a reporting error, the Aug. 6 news article “Berquam selects associates” should have said Alicia Jackson was appointed director of diversity and geographic outreach at the Wisconsin Alumni Association. We regret the error.
Tuesday, May 8, 2007
Due to a reporting error, a May 8 article titled “Faculty vote to check records” quotes University of Wisconsin professor Lawrence Kahan were incorrectly attributed to Stephen Lund, director of the UW Academic Personnel Office. All quotes from Lund should have been attributed to Kahan. We regret the error.
Friday, May 4, 2007
Due to an editing error, a May 4 story titled “Light-rail gains steam from public” did not state that Mike Cechvala is a board member of Madison Area Bus Advocates.
Thursday, May 3, 2007
A May 2 article titled “Dukies caught cheating” should have reported that Mark Matosian was the senior student services coordinator for the School of Business at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. We regret the error.
The article also should have made clear that no allegations of academic misconduct have come before the School of Business honor board.
Thursday, May 3, 2007
Due to an editing error, a May 3 article titled “Board tosses out mayoral ad gripe” reported that “neither Borchardt nor any other party” could file another complaint. The article should have said “Borchardt or any other party has the opportunity to files the complaint again.” We regret the error.
Wednesday, May 2, 2007
A May 2 article titled “UW awards ‘Wiscontrepreneurs’” should have cited two winners of the “Most Value Created” award — “Impregnated Wall Sconce,” by Brittany Seabloom, and “SWAP for $1 Million a Year,” by Richard Qian and Jake Stauber.
Wednesday, April 25, 2007
An April 25 article titled “Clerk under fire fails to respond” should have made clear that Madison City Attorney Michael May granted Michael Quieto a continuance to submit a formal written response to allegations against him, and may still submit one before the city’s ethics board hears his case Wednesday, May 2.
Wednesday, April 25, 2007
An April 23 article titled “U.S.-bound students reverse declining trend” should have cited new statistics revealing an 8 percent increase in the number of foreign applications to American graduate schools for next fall. We regret the error.
Friday, April 20, 2007
Due to a reporting error, the April 19 article “City allows new bars to drink up” should not have said the Majestic Theater will be required to have one security guard present for every 30 people on site. We regret the error.
Wednesday, March 28, 2007
A March 28, 2007, headline reading “Election board probes Cieslewicz ads” should not have said that the State Election Board is investigating the contested advertisements. City attorney Mark May will be looking into the matter. We regret the error.
Thursday, March 22, 2007
A March 21 article titled “New Club Majestic on tap” should have said the Schiavo family owned the Cafe Continental. We regret the error.
Tuesday, March 20, 2007
Due to an editing error, the March 19 “Nation in Brief” subhead should have said “Iraq war’s 4th year anniversary sparks demonstrations across nation.” In addition, the photo from the story “Unlucky 13: UW comes up short” should have credited Mike Montgomery. Also, the photo from the story “No rust in Badgers’ WNIT victory” should have credited Steve Apps of The Associated Press. We regret the errors.
Tuesday, March 13, 2007
Due to a reporting error, the March 12 article "Candidates raising cash" should not have said Mayor Dave Cieslewicz will have a March 16 campaign event at Genna's Lounge, nor should it have cited any connection to the Madison Film Festival. In addition, the article should have said both Cieslewicz and opponent Ray Allen have been invited to two events on Wednesday — a candidate lunch debate hosted by the Madison Rotary Club at the Monona Terrace and a Madison Chamber of Commerce debate at Madison Area Technical College. Finally, the article should have said both mayoral candidates released updated campaign funding statistics before the February primary.
Monday, March 12, 2007
A photo caption accompanying a March 7 article titled "New bill to aid assault victims" should have said Lt. Gov. Barbara Lawton was speaking. We regret the error.
Tuesday, March 6, 2007
A March 2 article, "UW reacts to allegations," should have reported that 95 percent of rape cases go unreported. We regret the error.
Tuesday, February 20, 2007
A Feb. 9 article, "Risser: Allow breastfeeding," should have made clear that Juliane Appling, executive director of the Family Research Institute of Wisconsin, is a proponent of breastfeeding, even public breastfeeding, but is concerned with legislation that allows for non-discreet public breastfeeding.
Thursday, February 8, 2007
Due to a reporting error, the Feb. 5 article, "Business team captures prize," should have cited Luke Farrell as saying, "We were well prepared; we put a lot of work into it ahead of time; we did our best, and we were satisfied." We regret the error.
Wednesday, February 7, 2007
Due to a reporting error, the Feb. 6 article, "Students support soldier's protest," should not have said Paul Pryse, member of the Campus Anti-War Network, said the conviction of Ehren Watada would be an indication of President Bush's support of the war. We regret the error.
Thursday, February 1, 2007
Due to a reporting error, a Jan. 31 article titled "Dems rally for Cieslewicz" misquoted Semmi Pasha. The quote should have read, "We would not throw a wet blanket on Halloween." The article also should have identified Pasha as a male. We regret the errors.
Tuesday, January 30, 2007
Due to an editing error, yesterday's stand-alone photo, "Father of 'the Pill,'" should have said Carl Djerassi was the inventor of the Birth Control Pill.
Tuesday, January 30, 2007
Due to a reporting error, yesterday's article, "Students join D.C. war protest," should have said Lt. Ehren Watada was an officer. We regret the error.
Friday, January 26, 2007
Due to a reporting error, the Jan. 25 article "City asks for new condo proposal" should not have said Rosemary Lee, member of the State-Langdon Neighborhood Steering Committee, recommended a "referral" on the new condominium proposal. We regret the error.
