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...nationals participants much in the same way that committees select at-large bids for their NCAA tournaments in sports like basketball and lacrosse.The committee had little sympathy for the Crimson, however, in its scheduling of nationals. This year’s event begins during Harvard’s exam period—May 24—and ends June 2.“It’s kind of tough for us because we have our exams right up to nationals, while all the other schools are out already,” Porter said. “But we?...
...with a prescription of Adderall, for legitimate reasons or otherwise, from whom they could illicitly purchase a couple pills to cope with that painful all-nighter. Adderall provides young people with an amphetamine-like stimulant that can improve focus and mask symptoms of fatigue, providing an unfair advantage on exams far beyond what caffeine offers. I, for one, become very jealous of my Adderall abusing peers when I attempt to take an exam exhausted and bleary eyed, having not slept for 24 hours. Aside from being unfair, it can also, like steroids, pose health problems to those that...
Harvard College graduate Rajesh Kottamasu ’02 boasts of a different kind of achievement. While his classmates trek the world with the Peace Corps, earn six figures on Wall Street, or pass the bar exam, Kottamasu has set up the “Daily Museum of Amazement” in his town of Somerville, Mass...
...dishonesty shows that the College administration has chosen to address the symptoms and not the illness. To actually address the core of the problem, Harvard should adopt a simple academic honor code stating two things: that the student neither gave nor received inappropriate aid on an assignment or exam, and that the student did not misrepresent his or her work or commit plagiarism.It may sound trite, but it is important to ensure honesty and trust in the undergraduate community, where Harvard students learn and live. Although individual professors’ policies on academic honesty are often outlined in syllabi...
...During exam time, I know I’ve got a steady stream of people who come to me and I don’t turn them away,” he says. “In my experience I’ve found that if people know it’s available, not a lot is holding them back...