University of Texas apologizes for ‘pubic affairs’ commencement typo

[meow2u3]

The University of Texas at Austin's public affairs assistant dean has issued an apology after a commencement listing for the program's forthcoming graduates contained a typo citing the Lyndon B. Johnson School of 'Pubic' Affairs.

Even the best writers, reporters and editors fall prey to the occasional typo. And it's probably bad karma to revel in someone else's unintentional mistake. But media critic Jim Romanesko reports that the LBJ school issued an apology via Twitter, reading, "Our deepest apologies to our 2012 graduates for the egregious typo in our program. We are working to distribute corrected programs."

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/university-texas-apologizes-pubic-affairs-commencement-typo-183616371.html


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Freudian slip IMO.

[drm604]

1. If they're like most college students

they'll be fighting to get a copy that has the typo.

[Drale]

2. O THE HORROR!!

WON'T SOMEBODY THINK OF THE CHILDREN!!!!

[Fumesucker]

3. "Unlimited Possibilities"

The jokes, they write themselves..

[Spike89]

4. Exact same typo made its way into a book we published last year

We're an education-oriented publisher, so "public schools" appears hundreds or even thousands of times a year in our new books. As far as I know, pubic schools appeared but once in the past 5 years, but of course we heard about over and over (it has been fixed in further printings). Even though they are rigorously proofread multiple times, errors happen.

[hifiguy]

5. Collector's item for sure!

[SDjack]

6. LBJ would have laughed it off. He was proud of his pubic hairs, which he frequently displayed by

swimming nude in the pool in the White House. UT and sensitive jerks need to move on. (UT-Austin grad)

[Skittles]

7. LOL *snort*

[tammywammy]

8. I laughed when I heard about this on the radio today

[dalearthurl]

9. proofreading difficult

Our old high school in Bridgeport, IL was built and opened in 1909. In 1918 a sidewalk was added in front of the main entrance. Names of the school board members and principal at that time were impressed in the concrete. I went to that school for four years and did not know that the following error or typo was present. It said "Byron R. Lewis, Princial". I learned about it in the 1990s while visiting the school. Byron was my first cousin, twice removed. Byron was prominent at Vincennes University and the University of Illinois. He founded Sigma Pi fraternity and was a noted educator, historian and genealogist. I wonder what he thought about the error.