Harvard Takes Back Hornstine Admission Offer

Harvard Crimson ^ | July 11, 2003 | ELIZABETH W. GREEN & J. HALE RUSSELL

[Alberta's Child]

Hornstine has become a pariah in her town, residents say. Her house was battered with eggs and spray-painted with obscenities . . .

Kudos to the good folks of Moorestown.

[PPHSFL]

She gets exactly what she deserves. As Nelson would say, "HA-HA!"

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[schaketo]

Daddy’s a judge.
Daddy and his lawyer found a left leaning activist judge.
Blair couldn’t take gym class, which would have brought her GPA down, but she could have a personal trainer at the local YMCA.
She has a debilitating disease that caused her to have to be tutored at home because she got tired but she could go to Disney World and ride every possible ride available.
She and daddy sued the school district for $2.7 million, but it’s not about the money.
She lifted line after line from internet searches and used them as her own in published newspaper articles. Ironically, most lifted lines were from Clinton speeches and proclamations. She pleads ignorance. She’s a liar.
It goes on and on.

[TruthShallSetYouFree]

Following a widely-publicized report that Hornstine had plagiarized material in articles she wrote for her local paper, the Harvard admissions office has rescinded her offer to attend Harvard in the fall, according to a source involved with the decision.

She sounds perfect for Jayson Blair's vacant position at the NY Times.

[Pharmboy]

These people have no shame.

[Pharmboy]

See here, post #12

[Intolerant in NJ]

See ya in court, Harvard.........

[Liz]

I am confident that, at the end of the day, Harvard will see that this is a non-issue, and, .....that is another example of Blair being singled out and victimized,” (her spokesman) told The Crimson.

Hornstine is suing her high school for naming co-valedictorians and is asking for monetary damages, a variation on the " I'm-A-Victim-Pay-Me" scam.

These types need to be victims like the rest of us need ozygen. They can't feel food about themselves unless they're playing the part of "victim."

These warped individuals thrive on being "victims," and making themselves and others "victims," so that they can feel good about themselves by being "tolerant and compassionate."

The self-hatred of these people is monumental. That wouldn't be so bad for us, but these warped individuals continually inflict their neuroses on our culture. They wallow in the idea of being hated b/c hatred enhances victimization.

Self-made "victims" like Hornstein are ego-driven with an outsized sense of entitlement by which they extort rewards through political correctness and victimology.

Victimology is defined as the art of blaming and finding others responsible for your own personal failures, then looking and expecting others -- like the taxpayers -- to bail you out.

[Pharmboy]

...and, whatever they achieve, because they are victims, they are better than the rest of us.

[OldFriend]

She lifted an entire paragraph from a speech given by former President Clinton. WORD FOR WORD

[Tacis]

What the story doesn't say is that, while Harvard University has denied her admission to the undergraduate program, the Harvard University Law School has sent a team of recruiters to sugn her up. She may not meet the intergrity statndards of the undergraduate program but she's probably perfect for the Law School.

[bootless]

...she “was incorrect in…thinking that news articles didn’t require as strict citation scrutiny as most school assignments because there was no place for footnotes or end notes.”

That's what source attribution is for.

[jagrmeister]

> “an act of necessity, aimed at saving others from apathy.”
>I am confident that, at the end of the day, Harvard will see that this is a non-issue, and, quite frankly, something that is another example of Blair being singled out and victimized,” he told The Crimson

Look at the way these morons speak. Oh, please- "save us from our apathy"! I'm being "victimized" again. No, your admission was rightfully rescinded for a serious academic violation. You filed a petty, mean-spirited lawsuit that used your handicapped status to nullify the school's choices for valedictorian. Now you're receiving life's payback. The universe is in balance again.

[Mears]

I doubt if this young lady is what our government had in mind when the ADA was passed. This is one of the most abused laws ever and this case is a classic example of that abuse.

Fatigue and back pain are used all the time. I guess I've been handicapped for years.

I never thought I'd say"Good for Harvard" but I'm saying it now.

[Cicero]

Hornstine defended her lawsuit in a written press release, calling her decision to litigate “an act of necessity, aimed at saving others from apathy.”

The way I read this, she considers herself to be a revolutionary radical. The phrase radicals used in the 60s was that they were out to "raise people's (political) consciousness."

[Malesherbes]

What color is she? That's important. We just learned that the Constitution says that that can be considered as a factor in an admissions decision.

[tracer]

So very, very sweet.

I hope that her daddy da judge and his mafia lawyer sue Harvard and for their trouble get their clymers shredded by sharks bigger and meaner than they are.

Perhaps the Little Princess can fill the vacancy left by Jayson B-liar at the ScrewDork Slimes. He didn't have an undergraduate degree, either.

Hey, she still can live at home -- if she doesn't mind a very long commute......

[martin_fierro]

In a column by Hornstine in June printed next to the Courier-Post?s note about the "misused sources," Hornstine said her citation problems stemmed from a lack of training in journalism.
"I kept notes on what I had read," she wrote. "When finalizing my thoughts, I, like most every teenager who has use of a computer, cut and pasted my ideas together. I erroneously thought the way I had submitted the articles was appropriate."
Hornstine wrote she now understands that she "was incorrect in" thinking that news articles didn't require as strict citation scrutiny as most school assignments because there was no place for footnotes or end notes.

Deja Vu all over again.