Yesterday's news article "Panel discusses transgender identity," contained a number of quotations that cannot be substantiated.
Upon review of the reporter's notes, the Daily has concluded that many quotes taken from the speakers were negligently transcribed and thus effectively fabricated.
As there is no transcript of the event, we cannot now accurately determine the specific topics discussed by each panelist, only that they were present to discuss transgender identity issues.
Although the Daily can verify certain details, such as those related to ongoing legislation concerning gender-based discrimination, due to the extent of the error we must retract the article with apologies to the panelists and students who have been misrepresented. We have removed the article from our Web site to protect those to whom false quotes were attributed.
The Daily takes full responsibility for and greatly regrets this error. The reporter has been dismissed and we have begun an investigation into his prior work to determine its accuracy.
