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...five-year probation term. A charge of rape against Douglas has been filed without a determination of guilt or innocence and could be taken up in the future. In both cases, the Ad Board ruled that rape had occurred, but in both cases recommended that the students be dismissed, not expelled. A motion to dismiss a student from the College--a move which would allow him to reapply for admission after five years--requires the vote of the full Faculty, votes which have not yet been taken for either Elster or Douglas...
...women involved in these cases, the lack of official action has been both astonishing and frightening. Even if the College is reluctant to expel these students, it is still unclear why the votes to dismiss have not yet been taken by the faculty. As the woman raped by Elster told Perspective last week, "The way I think about it is, that when the administration doesn't expel the person who raped me, my safety and my welfare doesn't amount to a hill of beans. If Harvard is so concerned with their name, then why do they have a student...
...woman raped by Elster said she was told by the administration that she would be notified if the College decided to dismiss or expel Elster...
Unfortunately, Tobin then proceeds to characterize abortion as a religious issue. For a long time, this approach has conveniently allowed supporters of abortion rights to dismiss undisputed biological facts about human development. Indeed, at the time of its abortion, each fetus is a human being with a unique genetic code...
That's no way to avenge a lost battle--unless, of course, you have already won the war. Daschle and his 43 Democratic colleagues may have failed in their attempt to dismiss the case against Bill Clinton, but in that vote and four others, Democrats held together (well, except for the free-spirited Russ Feingold), making it virtually certain that the G.O.P. will never get the 67 votes needed to convict. Though Monica Lewinsky, Vernon Jordan and White House aide Sidney Blumenthal will be deposed this week, even stalwart Republicans privately admit that the trial is basically dead...