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Aid Beyond Money

Apr 15, 2009

Although the Office of Financial Aid faces the large responsibility to serve all students, some recently reported errors on its part extend too far beyond the pale. It is understood that this time of year, amidst the shuffle of acceptance letters and registration forms, the office faces stressful working conditions and a high volume of materials to process. But many managerial mishaps have now resurfaced, which the recently announced and commendable expansions to students’ financial aid packets cannot fix.

Editing Mistakes Equal Headaches

Rob Tricchinelli  —  Aug 31, 2009

Another summer has flown by, and it’s time to get back to business. I was brought on as the public editor for about a month at the end of the spring semester, soon after the new editorial board took over. I’m now back again to address reader comments and offer my own critiques of what The Sun is up to.

Any public editor’s relationship with his newspaper must have the flavor of an outsider’s perspective. Ultimately, a public editor has to maintain his distance from the paper’s editorial process; the crux of this job is giving an unaffiliated, independent opinion of the paper’s decisions.

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