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http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=513015
Harvard undergrad Kaavya Viswanathan was getting paid 500,000 to write two novels, but turned out she plagiarized parts of her first novel. Should Harvard expel her?
Samples of her internalizations from Megan McCafferty's novel:
From page 6 of McCafferty?s first novel: ?Sabrina was the brainy Angel. Yet another example of how every girl had to be one or the other: Pretty or smart. Guess which one I got. You?ll see where it?s gotten me.?
From page 39 of Viswanathan?s novel: ?Moneypenny was the brainy female character. Yet another example of how every girl had to be one or the other: smart or pretty. I had long resigned myself to category one, and as long as it got me to Harvard, I was happy. Except, it hadn?t gotten me to Harvard. Clearly, it was time to switch to category two.?
From page 7 of McCafferty?s first novel: ?Bridget is my age and lives across the street. For the first twelve years of my life, these qualifications were all I needed in a best friend. But that was before Bridget?s braces came off and her boyfriend Burke got on, before Hope and I met in our seventh-grade honors classes.
From page 14 of Viswanathan?s novel: ?Priscilla was my age and lived two blocks away. For the first fifteen years of my life, those were the only qualifications I needed in a best friend. We had first bonded over our mutual fascination with the abacus in a playgroup for gifted kids. But that was before freshman year, when Priscilla?s glasses came off, and the first in a long string of boyfriends got on.?
Edit: She is caught internalizing a second book.
http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=513213
Harvard undergrad Kaavya Viswanathan was getting paid 500,000 to write two novels, but turned out she plagiarized parts of her first novel. Should Harvard expel her?
Samples of her internalizations from Megan McCafferty's novel:
From page 6 of McCafferty?s first novel: ?Sabrina was the brainy Angel. Yet another example of how every girl had to be one or the other: Pretty or smart. Guess which one I got. You?ll see where it?s gotten me.?
From page 39 of Viswanathan?s novel: ?Moneypenny was the brainy female character. Yet another example of how every girl had to be one or the other: smart or pretty. I had long resigned myself to category one, and as long as it got me to Harvard, I was happy. Except, it hadn?t gotten me to Harvard. Clearly, it was time to switch to category two.?
From page 7 of McCafferty?s first novel: ?Bridget is my age and lives across the street. For the first twelve years of my life, these qualifications were all I needed in a best friend. But that was before Bridget?s braces came off and her boyfriend Burke got on, before Hope and I met in our seventh-grade honors classes.
From page 14 of Viswanathan?s novel: ?Priscilla was my age and lived two blocks away. For the first fifteen years of my life, those were the only qualifications I needed in a best friend. We had first bonded over our mutual fascination with the abacus in a playgroup for gifted kids. But that was before freshman year, when Priscilla?s glasses came off, and the first in a long string of boyfriends got on.?
Edit: She is caught internalizing a second book.
http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=513213
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