CORRECTION:</p>
<p>Certain information about the University of California, Merced printed in the Aug. 10 edition of The Stanford Weekly was inaccurate. See Anderson’s letter for more. The yield rate was calculated based on referred students, not admitted students. More than three buildings exist on campus. The brief was not intended to give the impression of comparing the University to the new school.</p>
<p>LETTER TO THE EDITOR:</p>
<p>Merced brief inaccurate and unfair</p>
<p>UC rep tells Daily editors that brief on Merced doesn’t tell whole story about new $500 million school</p>
<p>Having read your brief article on UC Merced in the Aug. 10 edition of the Stanford Daily, we feel there are some errors that must be corrected.</p>
<p>First, of the 9,000 students who applied to UC Merced, 6,000 students were admitted. The 12,300 figure you used includes referrals.</p>
<p>Second, as of the date of your article, we had more than 600 SIRS, and had more than 550 in May when the first SIRs were reported. Actual attendance numbers will be confirmed during third-week census in September.</p>
<p>Third, more than three buildings exist on the UC Merced campus. We have two fully functional classroom buildings, one for science and engineering, which is complete with labs, and the other for social sciences, humanities and arts, plus a 120,000-square-foot library, a recreation-and-wellness center, a dining commons and several residence halls.</p>
<p>Fourth, your article states that there are no local eateries or businesses. We’d like to point out that Merced is a town of 75,000 people that was fully inhabited before UC Merced opened. There are hundreds of local businesses and restaurants in the welcoming downtown. Heck, we even have a Barnes & Noble. And three Starbucks!</p>
<p>Lastly, we’d like to point out the obvious ridiculousness of comparing UC Merced — at least for now — with Stanford. UC Merced is just starting its second year. Stanford has been around since 1891. Comparing the two is like comparing the successes of a fully grown adult with an infant.</p>
<p>In the future, we suggest that you and other Stanford Daily reporters actually contact someone here in the communications office to get the facts straight about UC Merced before writing articles.</p>
<p>Lorena Anderson</p>
<p>Public Information Representative</p>
<p>UC Merced Office of Communications