Word: kaavyaã
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Dates: during 2006-2006
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...remaining copies of Kaavya??€™s book. Laugh a little. Cry a little. Resell on eBay...
After planning a column condemning judgment, I felt like the biggest hypocrite in the world considering my reaction to Kaavya??€™s plight. When my friends judged her, labeling her as someone who had done something egregiously wrong, I went right along with them in condemning her actions. But I too have done things that can be considered morally wrong. We all have. I have yet to meet someone who has not done something they regretted, but did it anyway because they thought they wouldn’t get caught. So perhaps we don’t have...
...There is a difference between judging someone in order to ostracize them, and telling them that what they did was wrong and that you hope that they will not do it again. These are simple lessons that we learned (or should have learned) in kindergarten, but in light of Kaavya??€™s plagiarism controversy, it is obvious that there are many of us at Harvard, and elsewhere, who need to be reminded of this. Behold the glee and malice in a Gawker quote, “Let’s just sum it all up with the obvious: Isn?...
...needs to be made clear that her behavior is not acceptable. But the role of passing judgment and of meting out punishment belongs to the authorities; in the case of rape, murder, or theft, it is not the community that passes judgment but rather, the courts of law. In Kaavya??€™s case, judgment will and should be passed by the Administrative Board of Harvard College, her publisher, and perhaps the courts. As a community we should refrain from mercilessly condemning her actions. But perhaps there is room for gentle, constructive judgment, where we might say that...
...dared to add one more accomplishment to her tower and fell all the way back to New Jersey. Somewhere in the sky there is a tier of security, but Kaavya??€™s fall shows us that right now we are nowhere close...