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smg01 ([personal profile] smg01) wrote2006-02-15 10:04 am

Why proofreading is important

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.

[identity profile] tourogal.livejournal.com 2006-02-15 05:13 pm (UTC)(link)
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.