unable to create issue

When I try to create an issue in my project called "I.T. Requests", I get this error before the create issue screen:
An error occurred whilst rendering this message. Please contact the administrators, and inform them of this bug. Details: ------- org.apache.velocity.exception.ParseErrorException: Lexical error: org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.TokenMgrError: Lexical error at line 6, column 21. Encountered: after : "" at org.apache.velocity.Template.process(Template.java:141) at org.apache.velocity.runtime.resource.ResourceManagerImpl.loadResource(ResourceManagerImpl.java:423) at org.apache.velocity.runtime.resource.ResourceManagerImpl.getResource(ResourceManagerImpl.java:341) at org.apache.velocity.runtime.RuntimeInstance.getTemplate(RuntimeInstance.java:831) at org.apache.velocity.app.VelocityEngine.mergeTemplate(VelocityEngine.java:440) at com.atlassian.velocity.DefaultVelocityManager.getEncodedBody(DefaultVelocityManager.java:76) at com.atlassian.velocity.DefaultVelocityManager.getEncodedBody(DefaultVelocityManager.java:60) at com.atlassian.velocity.DefaultVelocityManager.getEncodedBody(DefaultVelocityManager.java:55) at com.atlassian.jira.issue.fields.AbstractOrderableField.renderTemplate(AbstractOrderableField.java:84) at com.atlassian.jira.issue.fields.AbstractTextSystemField.getEditHtml(AbstractTextSystemField.java:71) at com.atlassian.jira.issue.fields.AbstractTextSystemField.getCreateHtml(AbstractTextSystemField.java:36) at com.atlassian.jira.issue.fields.AbstractOrderableField.getCreateHtml(AbstractOrderableField.java:43) at com.atlassian.jira.issue.fields.screen.FieldScreenLayoutItemImpl.getCreateHtml(FieldScreenLayoutItemImpl.java:98) at com.atlassian.jira.issue.fields.screen.FieldScreenRenderLayoutItemImpl.getCreateHtml(FieldScreenRenderLayoutItemImpl.java:47) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39) at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:324) at webwork.util.InjectionUtils$DefaultInjectionImpl.invoke(InjectionUtils.java:61) at webwork.util.InjectionUtils.invoke(InjectionUtils.java:52) at webwork.util.ValueStack.findValue(ValueStack.java:429) at webwork.util.ValueStack.findValue(ValueStack.java:178) at webwork.view.taglib.WebWorkBodyTagSupport.findValue(WebWorkBodyTagSupport.java:60) at webwork.view.taglib.BasicPropertyTag.doStartTag(BasicPropertyTag.java:55) at org.apache.jsp.issuefields_jsp._jspx_meth_webwork_property_15(issuefields_jsp.java:898) at org.apache.jsp.issuefields_jsp._jspx_meth_webwork_if_8(issuefields_jsp.java:875) at org.apache.jsp.issuefields_jsp._jspx_meth_webwork_if_7(issuefields_jsp.java:846) at org.apache.jsp.issuefields_jsp._jspx_meth_webwork_iterator_3(issuefields_jsp.java:818) at org.apache.jsp.issuefields_jsp._jspx_meth_webwork_iterator_2(issuefields_jsp.java:688) at org.apache.jsp.issuefields_jsp._jspService(issuefields_jsp.java:77) at org.apache.jasper.runtime.HttpJspBase.service(HttpJspBase.java:137) at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:853) at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.service(JspServletWrapper.java:210) at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFile(JspServlet.java:295) at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:241) at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:853) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.invoke(ApplicationDispatcher.java:684) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.doInclude(ApplicationDispatcher.java:575) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.include(ApplicationDispatcher.java:498) at webwork.view.taglib.IncludeTag.include(IncludeTag.java:60) at webwork.view.taglib.ui.ComponentTag.doEndTag(ComponentTag.java:183) at org.apache.jsp.createissue_0002ddetails_jsp._jspx_meth_webwork_component_1(createissue_0002ddetails_jsp.java:723) at org.apache.jsp.createissue_0002ddetails_jsp._jspService(createissue_0002ddetails_jsp.java:223) at org.apache.jasper.runtime.HttpJspBase.service(HttpJspBase.java:137) at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:853) at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.service(JspServletWrapper.java:210) at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFile(JspServlet.java:295) at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:241) at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:853) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.invoke(ApplicationDispatcher.java:684) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.doForward(ApplicationDispatcher.java:432) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.forward(ApplicationDispatcher.java:356) at com.atlassian.jira.web.dispatcher.JiraServletDispatcher.service(JiraServletDispatcher.java:260) at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:853) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:247) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:193) at com.opensymphony.module.sitemesh.filter.PageFilter.parsePage(PageFilter.java:142) at com.opensymphony.module.sitemesh.filter.PageFilter.doFilter(PageFilter.java:58) at com.atlassian.jira.web.filters.SitemeshExcludePathFilter.doFilter(SitemeshExcludePathFilter.java:38) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:213) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:193) at com.atlassian.seraph.filter.SecurityFilter.doFilter(SecurityFilter.java:168) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:213) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:193) at com.atlassian.seraph.filter.LoginFilter.doFilter(LoginFilter.java:177) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:213) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:193) at com.atlassian.util.profiling.filters.ProfilingFilter.doFilter(ProfilingFilter.java:132) at com.atlassian.jira.web.filters.ProfilingAndErrorFilter.doFilter(ProfilingAndErrorFilter.java:25) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:213) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:193) at com.atlassian.jira.web.filters.ActionCleanupDelayFilter.doFilter(ActionCleanupDelayFilter.java:37) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:213) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:193) at com.atlassian.johnson.filters.JohnsonFilter.doFilter(JohnsonFilter.java:91) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:213) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:193) at com.atlassian.jira.web.filters.gzip.GzipFilter.doFilter(GzipFilter.java:72) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:213) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:193) at com.atlassian.core.filters.AbstractEncodingFilter.doFilter(AbstractEncodingFilter.java:36) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:213) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:193) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:256) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:643) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:480) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:995) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:191) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:643) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:480) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:995) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.invoke(StandardContext.java:2417) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:180) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:643) at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorDispatcherValve.invoke(ErrorDispatcherValve.java:171) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:641) at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:172) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:641) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:480) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:995) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:174) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:643) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:480) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:995) at org.apache.coyote.tomcat4.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:193) at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:781) at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.processConnection(Http11Protocol.java:549) at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.TcpWorkerThread.runIt(PoolTcpEndpoint.java:589) at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.ThreadPool$ControlRunnable.run(ThreadPool.java:666) at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:534)