The Harvard Crimson published an oped on Dec. 31, written by an anonymous undergraduate, titled I Vote on Plagiarism Cases at Harvard College. Gay is Getting Off Easy.
Two days later, Claudine Gay resigned as president.
When my peers are found responsible for multiple instances of inadequate citation, they are often suspended for an academic year,wrote the student who sits on the Harvard honor council, which adjudicates peer academic integrity violations. [/b]
When the president of their university is found responsible for the same types of infractions, the fellows of the Corporation unanimously stand in support of her,as the body declared in a Dec. 12 statement.