I printed 4 problems with a Greek life newspaper on the College of Maryland known as The Greek Occasions, and I obtained a nastygram from a lawyer about content material within the third subject.
It was an recommendation column that prompted the difficulty. One of many employees members, Kendra, would reply questions submitted to the newspaper. They have been normally submitted by me and a few my associates.
However she mentioned she obtained one on to reply within the third subject, so I printed it verbatim.
The issue was that she included the telephone variety of somebody she had a beef with, and that particular person contacted a lawyer after the Greek Occasions subject got here out.
I used to be doing my typical routines, going to class, stopping by the IFC workplace, and so on., and noticed that there was a chunk of mail for me. And never the enjoyable type of mail.
Uh oh, this was how I came upon I had unknowingly printed one other particular person’s telephone quantity within the newspaper, and she or he apparently obtained harassing telephone calls due to it.
So, I known as Kendra up and let her know that her most up-to-date recommendation column was the final one. And I despatched a letter again to the lawyer to apologize.
Happily, that’s so far as it went. The following and remaining subject of the Greek Occasions featured a brand new recommendation columnist, my fraternity brother, Aaron Falcione (aka Ernst).
This one didn’t get me in any hassle, in order that was good. I actually loved placing out the newspaper, and it was useful in my growth and real-world expertise with budgets, deadlines, employees administration, and coping with a lawyer.
