Suggestions for the New Honor Code
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Over 400 students shopped Maria Tatar's new class on Folklore and Mythology: Fairy Tales and Fantasy Literature, more commonly referred to as the Harry Potter Class.The class which is capped at 28 had to be moved to Fong Auditorium and lotteried because of the outrageous turn out.
Recently, Harvard administrators initiated a community discussion on the possibility of instituting an honor code at Harvard. While the specifics of the code are still being figured out, we at Flyby thought we'd share our thoughts on the preliminary report by giving the Academic Integrity Committee some suggestions for honor code rules we'd like to see enforced. We're not sure how receptive the Committee will be—but hey, it never hurts to try!
1. All student work must be signed with a "declaration of integrity," though you are allowed to get your one friend with actual integrity to sign it for you.
2. Students shall not plagiarize another's work, unless the original author's name is difficult to spell and you're pretty sure you could have come up with that stuff he said anyway.
3. Eligibility for expulsion is entirely dependent on a student's vertical leap; the higher the leap the less likely it is you'll get expelled.
4. Any answers to assignments acquired through non-procedural e-mail searches are entirely acceptable.
5. Students shall not take exams in place of other students, unless two students are doppelgangers, in which case they must take each other's exams.