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...sentiments expressed by Edward G. Smith '97 on acquaintance rape (Opinion, Feb. 23), although I feel the likening of rape to murder is indefensibly extreme. Where I disagree with him most pointedly, however, is in his dismissal of the debate over The Crimson's coverage of the arrest of Joshua M. Elster '00. Smith claims that this debate is "misdirected," taking our attention away from the issue of campus rape itself, which he seems to feel is the only real problem to come to light following Elster's arrest...
There's been a lot of criticism regarding The Crimson's coverage of the Jan. 31 arrest of Joshua M. Elster '00 resulting from rape and assault charges. Maybe the paper went too far in revealing facts about the suspect in custody. Maybe it didn't Either way, a great deal of energy has been wasted and misdirected on this question. I don't mean to minimize the injury resulting from any part of this tragedy. But all the personal harm possible from character misrepresentation or even from defamation, whether valid or not, pales in comparison to the life-altering...
After the arrest of Joshua M. Elster '00 on Jan. 31, it was assumed by everyone concerned that the arrest was on the public record, or would be very soon. A press release, stating the charges and giving directory information about Mr. Elster, was available on request from the News Office Saturday night. An arraignment in public court was scheduled for Monday morning. The omission of the incident from the police blotter was due to a clerical error...
...being as open as it can legally be in response to inquiries, should not go on the offensive against its own students in the court of public opinion. A different issue would have been presented had the safety of the community been at stake, but with Mr. Elster under arrest there was no question of public safety. (We had also done our best, before charges had been pressed, to ascertain that Mr. Elster was not a community danger--though our freedom of legal operation during that interval would have been very limited...
Harvard Medical School student Raul Ruiz could spend up to three years in jail after his arrest during a Thanksgiving Day protest last fall...