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Plagiarism is a problem that is becoming widespread throughout society. By simply searching through newspapers one can notice increasingly more articles involving plagiarism. This particular article, “Age no excuse for plagiarism,” written by David Zhou is very thought provoking. The conflict is Harvard’s decision to revoke Blair Hornstine’s acceptance to the university for plagiarizing an article. In my eyes, Harvard University should not have taken away Hornstine’s acceptance because of a few important points. Blair Hornstine was accused of plagiarism in an article that she had submitted to the school newspaper. In my opinion, school newspapers are not as important as papers written for classes. An article in a school newspaper does not count for a grade in a specific class. It is an extracurricular activity in which Hornstine wi