I think it looks pretty bad on them. They mentioned Harvard enough times in the article that I think people will notice. There's already so many assertions about Harvard (I don't know how true they are) - that they inflate grades and that the hardest part is getting in - they ought to work on their image as a serious academic college in my opinion. I don't want to feh on the girl too much either, but seriously, how can you be applying to / attending an Ivy League school and not know about plagiarism.