Inaccurate depiction in D-Bar cartoon
I was impressed last Thursday to see the 'Prince' report on the current D-Bar situation in a well researched and accurate manner. Unfortunately it seems that certain members of the 'Prince' staff did not read their own paper's article.
Yesterday's 'Prince' features an editorial cartoon depicting the D-Bar with a "Grad Students Only" sign across the door. As reported Thursday, the current controversy is over a new policy that curtails D-Bar admission for roughly three-quarters of the graduate population, making it far from welcoming to all graduate students. The cartoon suggests that the present problem is instead that the bar cannot admit undergraduates who are not guests. This insinuation is supported by this week's 'Prince' poll which allows students to vote in favor of the bar being opened to all students of legal age. In addition, the caption below the cartoon ("They should have given them an F") suggests that graduate students have acted inappropriately to exclude undergraduates from the bar. As reported Thursday, the terms of the bar's license require that non-graduate students be accompanied by members — hardly a situation for which the D-Bar can be blamed.
Simply because one is a cartoonist does not absolve one of the journalistic responsibility for accurate reporting. It is unfortunate that opinions expressed on the editorial page can be based on information in conflict with that reported in the paper's own pages. Michael Levi GS
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