Although I am the first to admit that typos and misspellings are one of my biggest flaws, it is almost inevitable when my morning consists of rolling out of bed and trying to write-up RagTime as I simultaneously brush my teeth so that I can get to my 9 am class in time. (This calculation also has to take into account the time it takes to navigate the Pacman layout that is Columbia’s campus which now has the extra obstacle of essentially being a ice rink in front of Butler. Seriously, kids were sliding like penguins to class yesterday.)

However, one would think that the Harvard Crimson full production staff would have caught this one, or at least spellchecker.(They do have a full copy edit team and a series of editors unlike some of the less-sophisticated productions… a.k.a IvyGate.) Nevertheless, rather it was their coffee failing them or just icepocalypse-driven madness this is the front page of their January 31st paper courtesy of the Juli O’ Clock tumblr/blog:  

However, there is always the chance that a third-party has edited this picture. Although, who would be THAT low?  Unlike Spec, the Crimson does not have the snazzy Issuu feature where you can read the paper online and pretend that your holding an actual print copy, so the original evidence is not readily available. Unless, someone would like to run from Cambridge to NYC and yell the paper is coming so we could have a physical copy. (I thought not.) 

If you check the online version, the word is spelled correctly.

Now if they had anonymous commenters who would nit-pick every last thing they did wrong, who knows what else would make them explain “Ooops… I missed that again.” (It’s ok, it took me five epic fails to learn how to spell “Zuckerberg” correctly.)  Maybe, it’s a good thing they don’t - I can’t have Britney Spears songs stuck in my head any longer.