In the April 21 issue, The Miami Student published a story titled "The Baron of Brick Street," a profile of Will Weisman, co-owner of Brick Street bar. We have learned that we cannot vouch for the veracity of the story. Therefore, we retract it.
The story was originally written for a journalism class. The Student has occasionally published articles written for classes, but only if the writer has informed his or her sources that the story was to be published, and if the sources have agreed to be quoted for publication.
The editors were led to believe the writer of "The Baron of Brick Street" had followed these steps with her sources. After the story was published, we learned the writer did not do so. Therefore, we cannot stand by any part of the story.
In addition, the article attributed a quotation to Jay Williams of the Miami hockey team; the writer of the article has now told us that Williams did not say the words attributed to him.
We have removed the story from our website. We apologize to those quoted in the story, including Will Weisman and Jay Williams, and we apologize to our readers for publishing a story that fails to meet our standards.
Reis Thebault
Editor-in-Chief
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