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...Joshua M. Elster '00 is arrested on charges of rape and battery of an unnamed undergraduate woman. Three days later, a spokesperson for the Harvard University Police Department admits his department inadvertently but illegally omitted the arrest from its public blotter...
...HUPD was criticized for failing to report both an alleged rape and the subsequent arrest of Joshua M. Elster '00 in the HUPD blotter...
HUPD failed to report the Jan. 31 arrest ofJoshua M. Elster '00, charged with the rape of aHarvard student...
Living in the bubble that is Harvard Yard, I had forgotten that there was a real world where real things (like rape) happen. The Elster case was a shock, but it can easily be classified as an isolated event. With the exception of the ad-hoc committee that formed to foster greater awareness of rape on campus, all the excitement died down shortly after the case broke. Life has gone on--and not necessarily with any greater sense of awareness...
...feelings and thoughts that have arisen on campus due to the Elster case and The Crimson's anonymous op-ed have the power to change the way women are viewed and view themselves on campus. Women can either shape that view or stand by as someone else shapes it for them...