<p>Plagiarism is a form of cheating, so was this. People are suspended and/or expelled for plagiarism all the time. She plagiarized in a particularly egregious way while a student on their campus. Of course, admissions also had a certain amount of egg on its face since they fell for the highly packaged candidate who had to resort to plagiarism to make good on her supposed accomplishments. Better to say “I see nothing.” This, they cannot sweep under the rug. It will be interesting to see if his background is investigated and what that reveals. I would expect that the university would try to avoid anything of that nature, to minimize potential embarrassment. Same thing with his HS. And since it is apparently an open and shut case, they will likely succeed.</p>
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At a minimum. Part of the job of the HUPD, of course, is (as The Crimson put it when I was a freshman) “to keep rowdy Cantabs out of the hands of the Cambridge PD, the city’s real law-enforcement agency.” But while I was in College, the HUPD went in with the Cambridge PD to take a freshman rooming group out of Canaday in handcuffs. They’d been dealing cocaine from their dorm room. At the time, some people were shocked that HUPD would cooperate with the Cambridge cops in sending Harvard students to prison, but it was the right thing to do.</p>
<p>I’m sure this kid will be fired from the College, but I expect he’ll also serve time in federal prison. And, honestly, I’m OK with both of those consequences.</p>
<p>Consolation, just wanted folks to see the actual Harvard language concerning missed exams.</p>
<p>I don’t think this offense is anything like the plagiarism incident: in this case, many students were impacted and a very expensive law enforcement action (including FBI, Homeland Security, as well as Harvard and Cambridge police) resulted. And it is a felony, according to federal law.</p>
<p>“Plagiarism is a form of cheating, so was this.”</p>
<p>I guess you could see this as a form of cheating, but it was ALSO a federal crime that victimized hundreds of innocent people, including dozens of first responders who weren’t available to handle real problems. It would be the exact same crime even if the perpetrator didn’t himself have a final that day. Moreover, it got Harvard splashed all over the national news with images of bomb-sniffing dogs and police blockades for nervous prospective parents to see. There is no way on Earth that Harvard isn’t expelling someone who admits to committing a felony on campus. The cheating question is moot. It’s all over for this guy. What a waste.</p>
<p>It’s kind of like if a student mugged a professor and stole an exam at gunpoint. Yeah, that’s cheating, but since it’s also assault with a deadly weapon, no one is going to care about the cheating part.</p>
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<p>That’s is certainly true for most occasions for students, but it could be a crime in some other instances.</p>
<p>[U.S</a>. Copyright Office - Copyright Law: Chapter 5](<a href=“Chapter 5 - Circular 92 | U.S. Copyright Office”>Chapter 5 - Circular 92 | U.S. Copyright Office)</p>
<p>It doesnt say where his parents are. He will be released into custody of his uncle & his sister.
Hes been a naturalized citizen since 5th gd.
Probably wont hurt his political career too much.</p>
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<p>I seriously doubt this incident will have any effect on prospective parents and their interest in having their kids attend Harvard.</p>
<p>Poor kid. I feel bad for him.</p>
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<p>Ain’t that the truth! :D</p>
<p>On the other hand, we will probably see it cited by the sour grapes contingent. Actually, I think it already has been. :)</p>
<p>The report says that his father has died. Actually, the finals were at the anniversary of his father’s death.</p>
<p>Where is this report, californiaaa? I’ve searched and haven’t found any real background on him.</p>
<p>Kim’s lawyer, Ian Gold, said after the brief court hearing that Kim regretted what he had done. </p>
<p>“He’s a very remorseful, shattered young man,” Gold said, calling his client a young man who was dealing with his studies and struggling this month with the three-year anniversary of his father’s death.</p>
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<p>The third anniversary of his father’s death is “this month.” Mother lives in South Korea.</p>
<p>[Lawyer:</a> Eldo Kim, accused of Harvard bomb hoax, ‘was under a great deal of pressure’ | masslive.com](<a href=“http://www.masslive.com/news/boston/index.ssf/2013/12/lawyer_eldo_kim_accused_of_har.html]Lawyer:”>Lawyer: Eldo Kim, accused of Harvard bomb hoax, 'was under a great deal of pressure' - masslive.com)</p>
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<p>I read the Associated Press story that indicated that Kim was an American, that he reportedly succumbed to grief as well as pressure over his American Politics class final exam…blah, blah, blah.</p>
<p>I’ve got a hunch that this is a privileged kid whom has been exploiting loop holes and god knows what else to get an advantage for quite some time. Apparently he graduated from high school in a suburban Seattle school district. He’s spent significant time in South Korea but he’s American enough to know that what he did was atrocious. I’m willing to thoughtfully listen to his eventual explanation (and apology and plan for personal redemption), but I am not sympathetic to anything that I have read about him thus far.</p>
<p>From the Crimson:
[Eldo</a> Kim ?16 Described as Bright, Studious, Kind | News | The Harvard Crimson](<a href=“http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2013/12/17/eldo-kim-threat-profile/]Eldo”>Eldo Kim ’16 Described as Bright, Studious, Kind | News | The Harvard Crimson)</p>
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<p>I don’t think so. I read somewhere (maybe the comments section of an earlier Crimson article?) that he was a low-income student. He also accepted a public defender for his case, not some fancy lawyer that he would undoubtedly have if he had the means.</p>
<p>It’s too bad about the 3 year anniversary of the death of his father. I’m sure his father would have been proud. </p>
<p>It’s hard for me to have sympathy for a Harvard kid committing a felony of this magnitude. I don’t think the African-American kid from Dorchester, whose had an even harder life, would get quite the same consideration that Mr. Kim is getting. </p>
<p>Sorry, I think he needs to spend some months in prison as a deterrent. </p>
<p>I’m glad he’s sorry but that’s just not good enough.</p>
<p>“I seriously doubt this incident will have any effect on prospective parents and their interest in having their kids attend Harvard.”</p>
<p>That is likely true, but my point is that a bunch of negative press at a sensitive time is the last thing Harvard is looking for. I used to answer the phone in the admissions office; parents stressed about <em>everything</em>. You might think that with such a great global brand, Harvard doesn’t have to worry about public relations, but they defend that brand like a mama grizzly bear. In the eyes of the administration, bringing bad national media attention to the university is a very, very serious matter.</p>
<p>I feel bad for almost any remorseful criminal. This student must have been in such a panic that he couldn’t think clearly about the consequences.</p>
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<p>Americans have special insight into how atrocious this is? It would be just as logically fallacious to say that he’s American enough to have done it.</p>
<p>What’s especially sad, is that probably the worst that would have happened had he taken the final, would be getting a B+.</p>