A year in regrets for The Spectator

The Spectator runs corrections in the Opinion section when it has been brought to the editors' attentions that a mistake or oversight has been made in a story. These are errors made by The Spectator staff and the Seattle University community that did not necessarily fit the nature of the corrections section. We regret these errors.

• The Spectator regrets that the Associated Press did not change the official spelling of "Web site" to "website" sooner.
• The Spectator regrets the use of buzzwords, including but not limited to "admissions" and "bookstore," running on three or more consecutive issues' covers.
• The Spectator regrets that its fall issue containing a features spread on sex positivity was published during fall preview week. It does not, however, regret running a picture of varicolored dildos from Babeland in the spread.
• The Spectator regrets the number of hipsters featured in Campus Voice.
• The Spectator regrets the comments on its blog left by user MathewS.
• The Spectator regrets frequently quoting Mara Adelman and David Madsen for a variety of different stories throughout the year. But in its defense, The Spectator wants the rest of the faculty to know that if they said awesome things about George Orwell and sex more often, they'd have a better chance of getting quoted as well.
• The Spectator regrets that abysmal "Helter Skelter" cover played by Beehive at this year's Quadstock. It does not, however, regret the Dan Deacon Orange Crush chug-and-relay race.
• The Spectator regrets its failure to domesticate the adorable black-and-white bunny that frequently makes its home around its Campion office.
• It is a little known fact to non-Spectator personnel that the editors indulge in a weekly feast during Tuesday night layout meetings. Our collective digestive systems regret each and every night we ordered Ezell's chicken.
• The Spectator regrets being housed next to both KSUB and the Debate Team, who both generate as much noise as a small infantry unit of vacuum cleaners.
• The Spectator editorial board's collective waistlines regret the office's location next to The Cave.
• Matthew Martell, managing editor and copy chief and former entertainment editor of The Spectator, regrets his frequent overuse of the following music related terms: "indie," "experimental," "Reichean minimalism," "glo-fi," "noise" and "triumphal," among others.
• Fernando Sioson, news editor, regrets considering peoples' feelings while writing articles for The Spectator.
• The Spectator regrets many of its in-office decisions for workplace music (including, but not limited to: Rick Astley, The Cardigans and Three 6 Mafia). It does not however regret witnessing editor-in-chief Joshua Lynch dancing like a fiend to Lady Gaga's "Bad Romance."
• The Spectator regrets ASSU's decision to purchase an inflatable Rudy the Redhawk.
• Unrelated to Seattle University, The Spectator regrets the global proliferation of nuclear weaponry, the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Battle of the Bulge.

Though we try not to show it, The Spectator regrets. It regrets quite frequently, in fact.

The editor may be reached at opinion@su-spectator.com