Georgetown Law: Give me your poor, your tired, your plagiarists
Posted by: Molly Redden in News, Vox Populi, tags: Georgetown Law, Journalism, Kaavya Viswanathan
Kaavya Viswanathan
, the Harvard grad whose debut novel, How Opal Mehta Got Kissed, Got Wild and Got a Life, allegedly plagiarized several passages from two books by Megan McCafferty now attends Georgetown Law, Newsweek reports.
NBD, really, except the article pointed out that she’s not the first reknowned printed-word miscreant to gain entry into Georgetown Law. Stephen Glass, who The New Republic booted after they discovered he had fabricated quotes, sources, and even events for articles he wrote between 1995-1998, graduated LAW `00.
Newsweek found that Georgetown Law’s acceptance policy is lenient when it comes to sinners of the print:
Applicants can submit supplemental essays to explain themselves to the admissions committee, says Dean of Admissions Andrew Cornblatt. “It’s impossible to get amnesia about what we may have heard,” he says. “But in all cases we treat them just like any other applicant.”
I guess James Frey knows where to go if he ever feels like getting his JD.
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This is just an opportunity to say: everyone should read McCafferty’s excellent plagiarized books, Sloppy Firsts and Second Helpings. They’re great, although that red-haired love interest is a bit much for me.
Just like Steve Glass, this girl will have a terrible time trying to pass the bar. Glass is still waiting, or has given up.
I guess she fits right in with the ethically and morally sound alumni and student base of Georgetown: Bill Clinton, Gloria Arroyo, Jim McGreevey, Charles Prince, Pat Buchanan, Anwar Ibrahim, Lincoln assassination conspirators. Prolific company, to say the least.
Anwar Ibrahim isn’t an alumni, and the commenter above forgot King Abdullah II
What’s the beef with Anwar Ibrahim? He’s so fly.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXj5XE3XKk8
’nuff said
One of many reasons why I will never donate a dime to the alumni fund. This fucking school has zero ethics. As long as you are of the right political stripe, your ethics don’t matter. If you carry the right amount of melanin, that goes double.
Marc, are you on crack? What political stripe are Bill clinton and Pat Buchanan? How much melanin does Jim McGreevey and Charles Prince have? More than most I’ll wager but probably not as much as you think. If you’re too cheap to give to the school, can’t afford it, or just don’t want to, there’s no need to make up excuses. Just don’t give.