Brandeis cancels an exhibit of art by Palestinians.

Joel Brown: Brandeis looks gutless on this one, and the censorship will fuel the resentment of those hostile to the Israeli cause.

He notes the exhibit might be shown at MIT, which is having some censorship issues of its own.

Dan Kennedy notes the involvement of the Zionist Organization of America in the protest and tells the Globe to dig deeper into what's going on in Waltham.

Meanwhile, over at BC, some people object to Condoleezza Rice getting an honorary degree, which leaves Carpundit wondering:

... If a speaker has a history of hostility to racial groups, or religious ones; or a criminal history; or views antithetical to the college's stated purpose (Rosie O'Donnell speaking at Liberty University, say). But I cannot understand why anyone would oppose the presence of the Secretary of State of the United States. Is BC just another college full of clueless, lefty professors?

That was rhetorical.

What, nothing on the Harvard internalizer case? Michael says the real plagiarism scandal is not some 19-year old getting caught, but the head of a local multinational getting away with plagiarism (also see today's piece on how he even stole from Dave Barry):

... [A] 57-year-old should presumably have better judgment than a 19-year-old. Shouldn't he admit his mistake and take steps to see that credit goes where credit is due?

At the very least, it does seem unfair that Viswanathan is undergoing such a public pillorying at the same time that Swanson's plagiarism is essentially being ignored.

Want to be a best-selling author but can't find the time to actually write? Steve is getting into the book packaging business.

Oh, wait, he's only packaging books for bears. Guess that rules Stephen Colbert out as a potential client.

Mats Tolander puts together a package of Kaavya Viswanathan links.

Back Bay Bob shows off his writing chops in an open letter to Little, Brown.

James Cormier is young and has dreams of being a writer, so when he read about the Harvard student with a book contract, he was thrilled. Today, he isn't:

... [H]ere I was not too long ago hoping that, for young authors, some light existed at the end of the tunnel. I was even willing to overlook the suburbo-pop-culture-bubblegum subject matter if it meant a younger (particularly Boston-based) generation was being published. ...

Call me old-fashioned, but serious writing is not something done in one's spare time. Serious writing is a career unto itself, and for most people, simultaneously writing a novel and dealing with a Harvard education might be too much. ... In an age of consulting firms specializing in writing and even admission to the Ivy League (Viswanathan paid thousands of dollars for private, outside assistance in getting into Harvard), maybe some have deluded themselves into thinking that one can have it all without the sacrifice.

John Daley ponders the "internalizing" Harvard sophomore and concludes:

... [F]rom reading the details of the suspect passages, I'd say she has an incredible internal memory.