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I published four issues of a Greek life newspaper at the University of Maryland called The Greek Times, and I got a nastygram from a lawyer about content in the third issue.<\/p>\n

It was an advice column that caused the trouble. One of the staff members, Kendra, would answer questions submitted to the newspaper. They were usually submitted by me and a couple of my friends.<\/p>\n

But she said she received one directly to answer in the third issue, so I printed it verbatim.<\/p>\n

\"the<\/p>\n

The problem was that she included the phone number of someone she had a beef with, and that person contacted a lawyer after the Greek Times issue came out.<\/p>\n

I was doing my usual routines, going to class, stopping by the IFC office, etc., and saw that there was a piece of mail for me. And not the fun kind of mail.<\/p>\n

\"lawyer<\/p>\n

\"lawyer<\/p>\n

Uh oh, this was how I found out I had unknowingly printed another person\u2019s phone number in the newspaper, and she apparently received harassing phone calls because of it.<\/p>\n

So, I called Kendra up and let her know that her most recent advice column was the last one. And I sent a letter back to the lawyer to apologize.<\/p>\n

\"my<\/p>\n

Fortunately, that\u2019s as far as it went. The next and final issue of the Greek Times featured a new advice columnist, my fraternity brother, Aaron Falcione (aka Ernst).<\/p>\n

\"Ask<\/p>\n

This one didn\u2019t get me in any trouble, so that was nice. I really enjoyed putting out the newspaper, and it was helpful in my development and real-world experience with budgets, deadlines, staff management, and dealing with a lawyer.<\/p>\n

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