RETRACTION: ‘Tiffani Thimesch: One student gets a record breaking deal to take her to the top’

The Explorer staff would like to apologize to our readers, and most importantly, Tiffani Thimesch, for printing a false statement and quote in the May 14 issue. In the story titled “Tiffani Thimesch: One student gets a record breaking deal to take her to the top,” it is said that Thimesch’s mother gave her a fake ID in order for her to enter and sing in bars when she was underage. However, this was not the case.

Please understand that though we are members of the student press, we take our jobs as reporters very seriously. The Explorer staff did not intentionally print false information, and we hope that in the future our readers will turn to us for the truth about news, events, and people at Northwest High School as we strive to produce a professional-quality newspaper and website.