Loyola’s Student Newspaper Apologizes for Calling Sheridan’s Alleged Killer “Illegal”

Sheridan Gorman, the girl with the sweet smile and the tennis racket, will never smile again. Loyola University Chicago’s student newspaper apologized for its coverage of freshman Sheridan Gorman’s alleged murderer. The editors called the alleged murderer an “illegal immigrant.” He’s actually an illegal alien. Immigrants come legally. The Loyola Phoenix originally reported that accused killer Jose Medina-Medina was an illegal immigrant after he was charged on Monday with the execution of 18-year-old Gorman. “Immigrant man charged in murder of Sheridan Gorman, DHS involved,” the student paper’s headline originally read, referring to Venezuelan national Medina-Medina, 25, as an “illegal immigrant.” The Phoenix later apologetically edited its story to describe Medina-Medina as a “Rogers Park