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...shocked and disappointed by your unprofessional coverage of the arraignment of Joshua M. Elster '00 (News, Feb. 3). With so many important facts confidential, your articles resemble the Monica Lewinsky coverage in the news. I'm angry without knowing whether my anger is unfounded, and I'm confused because the only thing I'm sure about is that Elster has not gotten a fair trial on campus. Your personality account, like your entire coverage, is vague. I'm not sure what to make of an anonymous student who says that Elster was "very good at making people feel uncomfortable...
Joshua M. Elster '00 returned to Kirkland House yesterday evening to gather his personal belongings and meet with the house's senior tutor...
First, I consider it inappropriate for The Crimson to have published a large photograph of Joshua Elster on the front page. Elster is an undergraduate who has been accused of a serious crime. Within the framework of the law, Elster will attempt to establish his innocence, and if successful, will rightfully want to resume his undergraduate career. The stigma that The Crimson helped create against an accused member of our community would make it very difficult for him to ever return-even if he is innocent of any crime...
Second, the article containing quotes of friends, family and acquaintances of Elster's smacked of the kind of tabloid journalism that I pray The Crimson does not endorse. An undergraduate in trouble with the law should not be subjected to the humiliation of an article in which people that know him talk pejoratively about his personality or relationships...
...have never met Joshua Elster and had never heard of him before Feb. 3. If he is found guilty, he should be punished and stigmatized. But as a colleague of ours, and a fellow human being, he should not be punished before then. ZACHARY L. SHRIER...