8 THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN WWW.KANSAN.COM | OPINION | WEDNESDAY, JUNE 13, 2007 FREE FOR ALL Call 864-0500 Free for All callers have 20 seconds to speak about any topic they wish. Kansan editors reserve the right to omit comments. Slanderous and obscene statements will not be printed. Phone numbers of all incoming calls are recorded. Hello? Hey, I'm stuck in the mud back out in BFD Kansas. What a great day to be alive. Summer Free-for-All, why did you repeat some of the comments that have already been used in the paper? Why? Why? know there have been stupid, drunk people on graduation. Come on now. I don't think Kelly is in here. I think she's still at that party. Anyway, Free-for-All, I'm drunk. Well, I think I'm drunk. I know you only print once a week now, but there are guys chasing a dog outside my apartment. OK, bwe. THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN RYAN SCHNEIDER, EDITOR 864-4854 OR RSCHNEIDER@KANSAN.COM ERICK R. SCHMIDT, MANAGING EDITOR 864-4854 OR ESCHMIDT@KANSAN.COM ASHLEE KIELER, CAMPUS EDITOR 864-4810 OR AKIELER@KANSAN.COM DREW BERGMAN, DESIGN EDITOR 864-4810 OR DBERGMAN@KANSAN.COM JON GOERING, PHOTO EDITOR 864-4821 OR JGGERING@KANSAN.COM CHRIS PUMPELLY, BUSINESS MANAGER 864-4014 OR CPUMPELLY@KANSAN.COM MALCIO GIBSON, GENERAL MANAGER, NEWS ADVISER 864-7667 OR MGJBSON@KANSAN.COM JENNIFER WEAVER SALES AND MARKETING ADVISE 846-766-1098 or JENNIFERWAVER$AN$AN.COM The Kansas welcome letters to the editor and guest columns submitted by faculty, faculty and alumni. The Kansan reserves the right to edit, cut to length, or reject all submissions. For any questions, call Ryan Schneider or Erick R. Schmidt at 864-4810 or e-mail editorkansan.com. LETTER GUIDELINES MAXIMUM LENGTH 200 words INCLUDE: Author's name, class, hometown (student) position (faculty member/staff); phone number (will not be published) SUBMIT LETTERS TO 111 Stauster Flint Hall 1435 Jayhawk Bld. Lawrence, KS 66045 (785) 864-4810 editor@kansan.com GUEST COLUMN GUIDELINES MAXIMUM LENGTH: 500 WORDS **INCLUDE:** Author's name; class, hometown (student); position (faculty member/staff); phone number (will not be published) Also: The Kansan will not print guest columns that attack a reporter or another columnist. Opinion Grant Snider/KANSAN >> A NOTE FROM THE EDITOR Graduation special section contained name errors We at The Kansan have received numerous phone calls and e-mails about our graduation special section that was printed at the end of the spring semester. At issue was the number of names — or lack thereof — of candidates for graduation. After consulting with spring editor Gabriella Souza, I'd like to offer an explanation as to why many names didn't appear in print. In fact, there are a few reasons why some of the names didn't appear in the section. The first explanation is that some students didn't check the box at the bottom of the graduation application that allowed the University of Kansas to use BY RYAN SCHNIEIDER KANSAN EDITOR RSCHNEIDER@KANSAN.COM their name for promotional use. That promotional and media use includes The Kansan's graduation special section. The second explanation is that some students didn't apply for graduation before May 1. There's another problem that Kansan editors discovered after ed. Many names throughout the section — and in various schools and colleges — aren't in alphabetical order. So, if a name wasn't where you expected it, there's a chance it was there—just not in alphabetical order. We're not exactly sure why this error occurred, but we'll try in the future to make sure it doesn't happen. If not seeing your name in the graduation section caused any undue worry or stress, we certainly apologize. As always, The Kansan welcomes your questions or comments about the job we're doing. the section had been printed ThanksforreadingThe University Daily Kansan. Want to see your opinion on this page? E-mail opinion@ kansan. com or stop by the newsroom in Stauffer- Flint Hall.