More importantly, when I spoke to the editor on the telephone, he did not seem to know whether the reporter had contacted anyone to verify whether I was a student or what the context of the photo was. This leads me to believe that the reporter and editor are unconcerned with facts.
3. Your lack of interest in the main issue of the protest, symbolized by focusing on an irrelevant side issue. There were important issues at stake, but your reporter was more interested in mocking me (regardless of any impact this might have on me), and only glanced over these issues. Clearly the point of the article is entertainment rather than dissemination of information. I wonder what kind of protest would possibly interest the Chronicle in the continuous enrollment issue, and I suspect that none would. For this reason, I don’t see any reason why I shouldn’t read a book – at least someone will be learning about important issues.

In fact, I left my office to attend my first rally, because I feel strongly that the continuous enrollment policy is a terrible idea which not only reduces student freedom, but also reduces the quality of education by making fieldwork, internships, and other opportunities financially infeasible. It is unclear to me why an internship or study abroad program such as a Fulbright is acceptable if it takes place in summer, but not if it takes place during fall term. Yet these programs would be cost-prohibitive if the student needs to pay tuition in two universities at once, or needs to spend more on tuition than would be earned during the internship. (Note that non-doctoral graduate and undergraduate students are not subject to the same policy.) Also, I fear that some students who may need time off for personal reasons would find it difficult to return, thus increasing dropout rates.

I was unaware that there are rules for attending rallies. As a graduate student, I feel that working while attending a rally is perfectly acceptable behavior. Having to take time out of my day to protest a policy which might seriously harm other students is a double harm – and then to be criticized for doing so responsibly, offends me.

Note that no one from this website contacted me, whether to verify that I was a student, or to determine whether I was in fact interested in the rally. As no one asked whether I am a student, and yet you printed that I am, I believe I have found this website to be publishing unverified information.

Therefore, I encourage readers not to trust information they read on this website, since the content producers do not adhere to standard journalistic practices such as verifying their facts before printing them (whether I am a student).

Having read several of your reports of the Regents meeting with similar wording, I’m wondering where and when the real work gets done.

BTW: “Gold permits will cost $1,143 in fiscal year 2010, up from $1,381″ — should that be $1,443?