A front-page, above-the-fold story in the Sep. 21 issue of The Sun, “Undergrads May Teach FWS to Reduce Cost,” caused some distress; it turned out to be wrong. When a front-page story is not correct, a comprehensive look is worth the effort. A few factors were at play here, and The Sun has since taken steps to do right by its sources and its readers.

Taken at its face, the story seemed like a real scoop. With a foundering endowment and a call for spending cuts, departments across Cornell are making difficult decisions on a tighter budget; hypothetically, having undergraduates teach First-Year Writing Seminars might help reduce costs. It might also alleviate problems associated with a growing undergraduate population but a declining number of graduate students.

To the Editor:

Re: “Undergrads May Teach FWS to Reduce Cost,” News, Sept. 21

I am writing to provide some clarification to my quotes in this article. I feel that, through no one’s fault but my own, my quotes may have been slightly misunderstood. I now realize that I was unclear in expressing my sentiments aptly during the interview.