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For the record - Nov. 1, 2014

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Halloween in Jordan: In the Oct. 31 Section A, an article about Jordan’s decision to ban celebrations related to Halloween said that alcohol is illegal in the country. Alcohol is legal there.

College rankings: In the Oct. 29 California section, an article about college rankings said that in 2012 Claremont McKenna College reported that a senior official had inflated freshman SAT scores to boost the school’s standing in the U.S. News & World Report survey. A later report found that the official had inflated some SAT scores, class rankings and other information because he wanted to placate the school’s then-president with false statistics and that he was not to trying to affect rankings.

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