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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...
...College, while 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...
...coverage of this incident has led to a number of ancillary stories, which have been helpful in raising awareness of issues surrounding sexual misconduct. However, with respect to the connection being made between this incident and a discussion of "date rape," we would note that the charges against Mr. Elster include two counts of assault and battery as well as three counts of rape, and that the only person, as far as we know, who has publicly suggested an amorous relationship gone bad between Mr. Elster and the alleged victim is Mr. Elster's attorney...
...accompanying profile, which ran under the headline "People close to Elster present differing views of alleged rapist," was included, according to Granade, because it provided another piece of information to Crimson readers regarding a pressing story. The profile in The Crimson attempted to answer the questions of who Elster is on campus, including his concentration and extracurricular activities, and how his friends and family feel about his arrest...
What I believe was more of a problem for The Crimson were the two accompanying articles. Both the character profile and the article criticize the University's role ("Students Shocked, Critical Of Harvard's Failure to Inform") included numerous quotations, both anonymous and attributed ones, which contained assumptions about Elster's character. The input of the defendant's father and fine arts professor, however, were important elements which added to the debate...