Why proofreading is important

[smg01]

Someone at work passed along this little tidbit:

Story from the Chronicle of Higher Ed

Admissions forms that Seton Hall University mailed to tens of
thousands of prospective students abroad contained a misprinted
telephone number that instead connected callers to a phone-sex
line, a New Jersey newspaper reported.

Comments

[tourogal.livejournal.com]

HA! that's funny. a PR nightmare and an admissions officer's worst day, but still, now that i am out of higher ed, i can laugh nice and loud about it.