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Dozens Suspended In Harvard University Cheat Scandal

johnsnails writes "Around 60 students at Harvard University have been suspended and others disciplined in a mass cheating scandal at the elite college, the campus newspaper reports. The Harvard Crimson quoted an email from Faculty of Arts and Sciences dean Michael Smith that said more than half of the cases heard by administrators in the scandal, which erupted last year, had resulted in suspension orders. 'After professor Matthew B. Platt reported suspicious similarities on a handful of take-home exams in his spring course Government 1310: “Introduction to Congress,” the College launched an investigation that eventually expanded to involve almost half of the 279 students enrolled in the course.'"

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  1. Fight Fiercely, Harvard! by Okian+Warrior · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Fight fiercely, Harvard, Fight, fight, fight!
    Demonstrate to them our skill.
    Albeit they possess the might,
    Nonetheless we have the will.
    How we shall celebrate our victory,
    We shall invite the whole team up for tea (how jolly!)
    Hurl that spheroid down the field, and Fight, fight, fight!

    Fight fiercely, Harvard,
    Fight, fight, fight!
    Impress them with our prowess, do!
    Oh, fellows, do not let the crimson down,
    Be of stout heart and thru.
    Come on, chaps, fight for Harvard's glorious name,
    Won't it be peachy if we win the game? (oh, goody!)
    Let's try not to injure them, but Fight, fight, fight!
    And do fight fiercely! Fight, fight, fight!

    (by Tom Lehrer)