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Joshua M. Elster '00 was arraigned in Superior Court Friday on three counts of rape, two counts of assault and battery and one count of indecent assault and battery of an undergraduate woman. Elster pleaded not guilty to all counts...
...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...
This statement disturbed me greatly. Does Smith actually feel that it is acceptable for Elster or anyone else, guilty, innocent or awaiting trial (as Elster is), to be excoriated on the front page as long as it brings attention to a pressing social problem? Probably not, but his highly incautious language suggests as much. In contributing to the campus-wide discussion on the sensitive issue of rape, Smith ought to be a bit more careful than that. R. BRIAN SOMMERVILLE...
...After the Elster case broke, I started talking about it with people on the staff of the Salient and also Dean [Harry R.] Lewis ['68]," Shapiro said...
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...