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...Elster, who was convicted in criminal court on three counts of rape, two counts of assault and one count of indecent assault, is now serving three years probation and is not allowed on Harvard property. Douglas, who was convicted in criminal court on one count of indecent assault, is under house arrest for 18 months (subject to re-evaluation every six months) of his 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...
Almost a year after Joshua M. Elster, class of 2000, raped a fellow undergraduate, the shock of his actions may have faded from most of our minds. But for the woman he raped--and another undergraduate assaulted last spring by D. Drew Douglas, class of 2000--the nightmare continues, partially due to Harvard's apparent unwillingness to remove these students permanently from the rolls. Neither attacker has lost his official standing as a Harvard student. If attending Harvard is a privilege--and we think it is--these two men should have lost that privilege as soon as the Ad Board...
...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...
...interview with Perspective the womanraped by Elster said she could not find adequatecounseling on Harvard's campus and had to seekhelp else where...
...interview with Perspective, the oneHarvard official praised by the woman who wasraped by Elster was Nadja B. Gould, a counselor atUniversity Health Services who deals with rapevictims...