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...word spread fast—and faster still when we reported on his shady consulting firm, fake charity, and partially plagiarized book about the Holocaust. All that Aleksey Vayner had wanted was a job at Goldman Sachs. Instead, by Monday, he became the most scrutinized student celebrity since Kaavya Viswanathan ’08 “internalized” another author’s novels...
...last Harvard student to publish a book while a fulltime undergraduate was Kaavya Viswanathan ’08. Viswanathan’s book, “How Opal Mehta Got Kissed, Got Wild, and Got a Life,” was pulled from shelves by the publisher after plagiarism concerns were raised—initially reported by The Crimson...
...Prof. of Second Life Charlie Nesson, for rolling up the windows. 3. The Z-list, for making Jared “Charles Foster” Kushner possible. 4. Kurtz-ian football coach Tim Murphy, for proving you don’t need players to win games. 5. Kaavya Viswanathan, for her contributions to literature. 6.Cine-ass Andrew Bujalski, for really, you know, capturing the zeitgeist or whatever. 7. Pretzel-in-Chief Will Marra, for being a good sport. 8. God, for being cool with everyone thinking they’re Him. 9. Filmmaker James Toback, for somehow not being dead...
Favorite Movie: "The Departed" Favorite Song: Shakira--"Hips Don't Lie" Favorite TV Show: Colbert Report/Daily Show Favorite Medical TV Show: Grey's Anatomy Favorite Book: "How Opal Mehta Got Kissed, Got Wild and Got a Life" by Kaavya Viswanathan '08 Percentage of people who say they don't read: 30% [the same percentage that said "Opal Mehta" was their favorite book] Favorite Mainstage Show: American Grace Favorite Harvard Performance: H.M.S. Pinafore Average number of times per semester a Harvard student goes to the theater: 5 Favorite Fashion Trend: Ballet Flats Band students most want to play here...
...enjoy a good wallow in Schadenfreude as much as the next voyeuristic American mediaholic, but please, don't insult me. I have some pride left. At least Frey's and Viswanathan's books were lousy. For all the ink that's already been spilled over what I refuse to call a literary imbroglio, the only person who's gone on record with any public anger at McEwan is Andrews' former agent, Vanessa Holt. "I was very angry about it," she told the Daily Mail. "I felt that it was at the very least discourteous of Ian McEwan not to have...