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Plagiarism is typically caused by desperation, such as rapidly approaching deadlines. Naturally, this is not an acceptable excuse. The Ad Board is quicker to discipline students for academic dishonesty than Larry Summers is to gobble an entire platter of mayonnaise sandwiches, and rightfully so: plagiarism undermines the basic trust so fundamental to the academic experience. According to Secretary of the Administrative Board John T. O’Keefe, the typical response to documented cases of plagiarism is a requirement to withdraw from the College—effectively a two-semester suspension from school—although a range of disciplinary...

Author: By Jason L. Lurie, | Title: A Plague of Plagiarism | 2/16/2005 | See Source »

...sending troops into Iraq (and perhaps Iran in the future) was merely politically expedient. If the President's commitment to freedom is as idealistic as it sounds, why not invade North Korea? And one might also consider the detainees in Guantánamo Bay, who lost their basic right to a fair trial while they were imprisoned for years. Freedom is not a word you can bandy about as verbal punctuation. Let's hope Bush will learn what it actually means. That would bode well for the future. Iona Sharma Merseyside, England Bush is a great leader. He spoke about...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters | 2/15/2005 | See Source »

...Employee Free Choice Act now before Congress, if passed, could start to restore this basic American freedom. So could Harvard—but first we have to change our attitude towards our unions...

Author: By Michael Gould-wartofsky, | Title: Workers' Liberty Lost | 2/15/2005 | See Source »

...large corporations outweigh those granted to working Americans. Apparently, the freedom of faceless institutions is more important to some than the freedom of individuals. We must ask ourselves which side we are on. And ultimately, we must come to recognize union rights for what they really are: a basic thread running through the fabric of a free society. If employers keep pulling away at it, the rest of our freedoms might just unravel...

Author: By Michael Gould-wartofsky, | Title: Workers' Liberty Lost | 2/15/2005 | See Source »

...want a good old-fashioned hot vacation? Here are a couple of spots that can fill the basic need for midwinter pampering in all ways solar, culinary and vinous...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Spicing Up Your Winter Travel | 2/14/2005 | See Source »

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