The Mask and Wig Club copied the same nude photograph that launched a sexual harassment investigation against the Acacia fraternity in the program for its annual parody afternoon last March. The photograph was displayed as a classified personal advertisement, according to Engineering senior Craig Martin, who said he saw the program after the parody afternoon from a friend. "It said something like a single, Jewish female in search of mate -- short, dumpy, Jewish, male -- interest in porn films is a must," Martin said this weekend. Martin said he was the roommate of the complainant's boyfriend and added that he never kept a copy of the program and only saw someone else's. Mask and Wig Chairperson Alfred Bingham and Acacia President Brian Baxt did not return several telephone messages left at their houses yesterday. College junior Judy Schlossberg, who filed the complaint and has publicly discussed the Acacia case, said last night that she did not publicize Mask and Wig's involvement since they were not investigated, charged or sanctioned by the Judicial Inquiry Office. "The Judicial Inquiry Office was made fully aware on April 26 of everyone's involvement," Schlossberg said. "I told her of Acacia and Mask and Wig to the fullest extent that I knew." Schlossberg added that a major factor in the JIO's decision on collective responsibility hinged on the group's behavior following the incident. "While Acacia was voting to ban me, Mask and Wig had everybody calling me," Schlossberg also said. "[Mask and Wig] did not want to keep me from the JIO. Supporting me was their first concern. The second concern was the club's well being." Schlossberg said she and her boyfriend first found out that the photograph had been stolen when the program was distributed and that prior to that she had just heard rumors. "I did not think [Mask and Wig's actions] were in anyway appropriate. They were most certainly damaging. The only mitigating thing was their actions folowing the incident," Schlossberg said. Acacia has been found collectively responsible for a complex incident regarding the photograph, which was highlighted in a pledge skit. Four Acacia brothers, including the then-president and rush officer, were individually charged in connection with the incident.
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