The Crimson published a retraction of the articles yesterday.

Serbanescu said that her writing process contributed to the unattributed quotes. She said that she begins writing by finding sources on the Internet, and then constructing a "skeleton" of the article she intends to write from those Internet sources.

"I wrote around those sources," she said, adding that she would sometimes paraphrase, sometimes quote and sometimes comment on the material she found.

"I now realize that the way I wrote was prone to unattributed sources," she said.

Serbanescu writes for two other campus publications, the Harvard International Review (HIR) and the Harvard Book Review.

"My trying to juggle four publications contributed to not being able to do a good job on each and every article," Serbanescu said.

HIR is conducting an investigation into the two articles Serbanescu wrote for the journal, said Editor Paven Malhotra '02.

Serbanescu resigned from the HIR staff following discussions with Malhotra and other editors on Sunday.