The Daily Californian, as I suppose with many other college newspapers, seems a little bit too prone to errors and ambiguities, as I pointed out on this page not long ago. Well, here are a couple more little examples.

On May 9, 1997, in an article entitled Strike's Effectiveness In Doubt, it says, "In November 1992, a two-month-long strike by GSIs effectively shut down the campus during finals, although the university made no concessions." Let's think about this. There was a two-month long strike in November? How can this be? November is only one month. You can't fit two months in one month. Maybe they should have said that the strike began in November, or maybe just that it occurred during the fall of 1992.

Also in the May 9 Daily Californian, there is an article called, Cal Looks to Break UCLA Spell, Win Title about the Women's Water Polo Team. Quoting the article, "The National Championships will include 12 women's water polo teams from around the nation. Cal is scheduled to play seventh-ranked Massachusetts at 10:10 a.m. EST, followed by a game against USC tonight at 7:30." This is May. We are on Daylight Saving's Time. Presumably they meant that the game is at 10:10 am Eastern Daylight Time (EDT), and not Standard Time. 10:10 am EST is equal to 11:10 am EDT. So, if someone took them literally, then they'd show up an hour late and miss the game. Obviously, no one is going to take them literally. (Although there are some states in this country that don't observe daylight savings time. If this tourney were in Indiana, there might be more confusion.) Then, I must ask, why even bother being so specific. They could have just left off the S or the D. No one would have missed it. They could have just written ET and we all would have figured it out.