What is irony?

Interestingly enough, just after my original letter concerning bias in the school paper, this story was printed on the front page of the Arkansas Traveler (U of A school paper).

Headline: Kimple Hall is falling down
(Kimple Hall is the home of the journalism department... and the Arkansas Traveler)

Exerpts from the story:
"The journalism department might be headed for a crack-up - literally. Some offices in the journalism department are sinking because the grade of the slab on which that part of the building is based has settled, said Bob Beeler, associate director for design and construction. Officials with UA Facilities Management have known about the sinking for three months, and have tried to measure its progress by putting motion-monitoring devices on the cracks that have appeared in Kimpel, Beeler said. The movement stopped momentarily, and then began again three weeks ago, he said."We know it is a problem and we are on course to fix that," he said."

"The sinking could be caused by a dry summer, he said. A lack of moisture could have affected the soil on which the building is based."

The journalism department is sinking.
The foundation is crumbling.


Oh, the irony...