Wednesday, June 25, 2014

Me? I'm a University of Chicago man.

My husband (marriage equality fully arrived in the Land of Lincoln this month!) teaches at Philip Peabody Horton University here in Barona, about which the less said, the better. It has a well-deserved and even much-sought-after reputation for weirdness.

But the latest weird story about higher education in the Prairie State is not about PPHU, but about that highly regarded university in Evanston, Northwestern University.
 Northwestern's Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communication recently gave 30 diplomas to graduates on which the word "integrated" was spelled without the 'n.'
Kit Fox, who was one of 250 students who graduated from the school Saturday, tweeted a photo of a friend's diploma that showed the error.
The diploma would have been tagged with a "Medill F" — a stamp earned by students who commit factual or spelling errors. Fox said graduates greeted the error with humor.
Desiree Hanford, Medill's journalism residency coordinator, said that diplomas are issued by the university and that new diplomas will be provided.
Northwestern is considered one of the finest universities in the country.

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