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...editors: Re: “A Tarnished Opal,” editorial, Apr. 27. I am a parent who toured Harvard with my daughter. I remember exactly where I was standing when the guide told us that the freshman class included an author who was published at age 17 and is working on her second book. My heart froze, it took my breath away. A voice inside my head said “we don’t belong here—she cannot compete with these students.” During the senior year my daughter served...
...four years of her life should not strip her of her personal identity. She should be held accountable, above all, to herself, not to an institution—even if that institution, at least in the public eye, defines her first. In her (dubious) authorship of “Opal Mehta,” we should see Viswanthan as a writer first, and a Harvard student second...
...case prove more complex than those previously mentioned, because many perceive plagiarism to be more of an issue of personal character rather than isolated actions. However, this seems to be a matter of scope rather than her Harvard affiliation. The writing and publication of “Opal Mehta” lie entirely beyond the purview of her academic work and therefore beyond the purview of the Ad Board. That she drafted the manuscript in a Lamont carrel is wholly irrelevant...
Perhaps one of the most frequently discussed aspects of the Opal Mehta controversy, and one of the most divisive, is the possibility of disciplinary action against its author, Kaavya Viswanathan ’08, by the Administrative Board of the College. Had her work been submitted for course credit, there would be no question that the Ad Board should act, whether or not the offense was intentional. But the current situation raises important questions about the distinction between a student’s academic career and personal life, and what the limits of the College’s disciplinary jurisdiction...
...been plagued by plagiarism accusations, will not be re-released, and the sophomore’s two-book deal has been cancelled, her publisher said yesterday in a statement.“Little, Brown and Company will not be publishing a revised edition of ‘How Opal Mehta Got Kissed, Got Wild, and Got a Life’ by Kaavya Viswanathan, nor will we publish the second book under contract,” said Little, Brown’s publisher Michael Pietsch ’78. Viswanathan admitted last week that she borrowed language from two of Megan...