flashbacck
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Here's a list of the various passages that are similar: http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=512965
That's an awful lot of passages to "internalize."
That's an awful lot of passages to "internalize."
Big difference between a prospective student and one that has been there for over a year.
I was under the impression she got the deal after she was accepted to Harvard.
Although even if it was the book deal that sealed the deal it still seems a little too extreme.
Are you serious? It doesn't have to relate to schoolwork, but it certainly has to school related.
She took this on as an independent project. A job. It's between her and her publishing company.
What if she had gotten a DUI? Should we kick the thousands of students that get in trouble with the law every year out of school because they are not of outstanding moral character?
daniel1113
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Um... that is actually quite common in many colleges. Most universities believe there is more to an education than what is taught in the classroom and are quite involved in the non-academic aspects of student's lives. I don't agree with it, but it's true.
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Yes, I'm serious. No, I don't think something should be school-related to be considered cause for expulsion. See the reasons I posted previously in this thread. If a school had a policy that DUI would result in explusion, then yes I think a student should be expelled for it. I don't think any school has such a policy though.
It doesn't matter if her writing experience had any impact on her acceptance, and it doesn't matter that her plagiarism has nothing to do with her schoolwork. It's an embarrassment to the school, and they would be justified if they expelled her, even though they've chosen not to.
as a sidenote, there was an article in my local paper (fri?), which stated that publisher Little Brown asked bookstores like Barnes 'n Noble to pull the Opal book from the shelves.
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some streaming audio on it from npr
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5362379
Books
Harvard Student Accused of Plagiarizing Novel
Listen to this story...
All Things Considered, April 25, 2006 · Kaavya Viswanathan, a novelist who is a Harvard sophomore, is accused of plagiarizing from young-adult fiction in her recent novel How Opal Mehta Got Kissed, Got Wild and Got a Life. Melissa Block talks with David Mehegan of The Boston Globe. The charges first surfaced in the Harvard Crimson student newspaper.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5369768
'How Opal Mehta Got Kissed,' Then Got Pulled
Listen to this story...
All Things Considered, April 28, 2006 · The coming-of-age novel by Kaavya Viswanathan, a Harvard sophomore, has been recalled from bookstores after numerous passages were revealed to have been plagiarized. Karen Holt, deputy editor of Publishers Weekly, says withdrawing a book is not unprecedented, but it's extremely rare. Melissa Block talks with Holt.
oh she certainly took more than style. its pretty blatant.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5362379
Books
Harvard Student Accused of Plagiarizing Novel
Listen to this story...
All Things Considered, April 25, 2006 · Kaavya Viswanathan, a novelist who is a Harvard sophomore, is accused of plagiarizing from young-adult fiction in her recent novel How Opal Mehta Got Kissed, Got Wild and Got a Life. Melissa Block talks with David Mehegan of The Boston Globe. The charges first surfaced in the Harvard Crimson student newspaper.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5369768
'How Opal Mehta Got Kissed,' Then Got Pulled
Listen to this story...
All Things Considered, April 28, 2006 · The coming-of-age novel by Kaavya Viswanathan, a Harvard sophomore, has been recalled from bookstores after numerous passages were revealed to have been plagiarized. Karen Holt, deputy editor of Publishers Weekly, says withdrawing a book is not unprecedented, but it's extremely rare. Melissa Block talks with Holt.
oh she certainly took more than style. its pretty blatant.
She should have at least changed all the major words she copied and used a thesauruses.
Not that bright if you ask me.
Not that bright if you ask me.
It's a grey area, but closer to black than grey
Maybe if she'd done the exact same thing, but half as many sentences were similar...she'd get away with it. Right now it's clear that copying was her intention.
Maybe if she'd done the exact same thing, but half as many sentences were similar...she'd get away with it. Right now it's clear that copying was her intention.
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If their plagiarizing is as egregious as this, then they should fire the professors. This is just so blatantly obvious, it is almost laughable.
SKORPI0
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I don't think it's just your university.
My friend is Indian and he tells me that it's very well known that some Indians behave this way on the jobsite, too. They'll get a job by bullshitting their way in, they instantly install Yahoo IM on their computers, then they ask more experienced friends in the circle how to perform their work tasks.
His family has been here for the last 30 years, but he's leery of the Indians that have been coming lately.
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