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...Some victims of date rape, however, still opt to persecute their sexual offenders through the Ad Board. Granted, there are reasons that justify such a decision: First, the Ad Board is a surefire way to keep any information about the sexual assault from the newspapers and the public eye. The Ad Board mystique, by far its most frustrating and enigmatic aspect, ensures an anonymity to all parties involved in a sexual assault. Addressing the rape through the Ad Board is also a means of keeping a tender, sensitive issue within the Harvard-extended family. Recognizing the positive results that arise...
...That sense of security is false, however, and could not possibly hold up to the lasting punishment that would have been awarded had the rape investigation been conducted by HUPD rather than a computer science professor. Ad Board criminal convictions have no permanence or durability. Rapists leave Harvard only to return and eventually graduate with the same diploma and same clean police record as any other student. In contrast, police department criminal convictions stick, and rightfully so. A formal legal conviction would taint any job application and mar the history of any adult who has committed a sexual offense. Rapists...
...last night's Days of Dialogue discussion on rape and sexual assault at Harvard, a HUPD officer eloquently explained the Ad Boards Catch-22. He described the process as a tool that is as good or as bad as it gets used...
...University's best interest will always be in the University. It would be antithetical for the Ad Board to function otherwise. But there is one sacrifice that Harvard can--and should--make to its reputation that would work to the benefit of its community: Acknowledge that rape happens at Harvard and release information disclosing the crime and punishment, but not the names of those involved. That way, the Ad Board can sustain its badge of anonymity while still addressing and finally confronting an epidemic that preys upon the Harvard campus...
...think that the Ad Board deals with cases of sexual assault very well," said David B. Orr '01, a member of the Coalition Against Sexual Violence...