During the closed-door portion of yesterday afternoon's Faculty meeting, the Faculty voted to dismiss Joshua M. Elster, Class of 2000, according to Dean of the College Harry R. Lewis '68.

Elster pled guilty last September in Middlesex Superior Court to raping and assaulting a female undergraduate in February 1998.

The former Kirkland House resident is the second undergraduate to be dismissed in two months.

At last month's meeting, the Faculty voted to dismiss D. Drew Douglas, also Class of 2000. Douglas pled guilty last September in Middlesex Superior Court to a charge of indecent assault and battery against a female undergraduate.

But unlike Douglas' case, in which more than 140 Faculty members deliberated for over an hour before voting to dismiss him, yesterday's closed-door session lasted less than 15 minutes.

When the vote to dismiss Douglas came before the Faculty, five professors introduced a motion to lessen his punishment to simply a requirement to withdraw for five years. No such motion was made for Elster yesterday.

Lewis would not comment on the nature of the Faculty discussion surrounding the vote and would not release the final tally.

Lewis introduced the case on behalf of the Administrative Board, which had voted to recommend Elster's dismissal. Dismissed students have the option to petition the Faculty for readmission after at least five years.

Chastising the "Children"

During the portion of the meeting reserved for questions for University President Neil L. Rudenstine, Kenan Professor of Government Harvey C. Mansfield Jr. '53 questioned the administration's silence on the "disruptive" protest that students held during last month's Faculty meeting.