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...opinion seem unaware of how far the impact of Kaavya Viswanathan’s actions has extended “off campus.” This is not an on-campus, off-campus issue. Furthermore, plagiarism is not a seepage problem. The author did far more than overstep her bounds. Harvard is bound up with Viswanathan and has been since before the plagiarism story came out. Not taking disciplinary action would smack far more of “elitism,” Harvard “ivory tower”(ism), and even arrogance than the authors seem to understand...

Author: By Walter H. Howerton jr., CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Plagiarism Reverberates Beyond Harvard Walls | 5/8/2006 | See Source »

...letting the influence (if not the words) of other writers seep into her own prose, Viswanathan overstepped her bounds. Let us hope that the Ad Board does not overstep...

Author: By Emma M. Lind and Ramya Parthasarathy | Title: DISSENT: On Campus, Off Campus | 5/4/2006 | See Source »

...House by only two votes, the bill will allow the government to continue to use the terror-fighting tools that were first passed in the panicked aftermath of the 9/11 attacks. Although we recognize the necessity of taking steps to fight terrorism, parts of the Patriot Act overstep reasonable bounds. This sort of legislation makes way for more laws that encroach on personal liberties, and it marks a dangerous precedent. The intention of the Patriot Act—to protect the citizens of the United States—is a sincere one. Of course, security is a continuum that comes...

Author: By The Crimson Staff, | Title: Not So Patriotic | 3/13/2006 | See Source »

However, some officials worry that consultants overstep the boundary between acceptable proof-reading and writing the admissions essays for the students...

Author: By Joyce Y. Zhang, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: HBS Mulls Criteria for Admits | 2/14/2006 | See Source »

...socks/ But all of that's what the point is not/ The point's that there isn't no romance around there." But by the end of the song, he admits that a lot of those hopeless, materialistic and thoroughly sauced people are his friends and that "They might overstep the line/ But you just cannot get angry in the same...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: A Barrel of Monkeys | 2/12/2006 | See Source »

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