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Student newspaper deletes article because it included too many quotes from white students

In a March 23 column, the paper’s editors apologized for the original story, which ran in mid-February.

“In prioritizing urgency over thoroughness, we made misguided and insensitive oversights with whom we were representing in the article and failed to provide in-depth reporting of the issue at large,” wrote The Miscellany News’ editors.

“The majority of our quotations came from white students and therefore we reduced the positions of students of color to a singular, tokenized perspective. After this was brought to our attention, the paper decided to remove the article online in an attempt to prevent further harm among the communities we misrepresented.”

In the column, the editors do not explain what harm students suffered as a result of the story. Newspaper editor-in-chief Janet Song did not respond to an email from The College Fix seeking comment.

The original story detailed the decision former U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson made to withdraw as Vassar’s Spring 2022 commencement speaker.