Show laughs at killing
Published 12:00 am Thursday, November 18, 2010
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — A comedy news show run by Harvard University students is making light of last year’s killing of a Yale University graduate student in a parody video.
The “On Harvard Time” show released the “Why Did I Choose Yale?” video on Tuesday ahead of this weekend’s annual Yale-Harvard football game.
The spoof of a Yale admissions office video refers to the slaying of Placerville, Calif., resident Annie Le (lay) when a prospective student asks a tour guide, “What happened to that girl that got murdered and stuffed in a wall?”
The 24-year-old Le’s body was found behind a research lab wall in 2009. A former lab technician has pleaded not guilty to killing her.
The Yale Daily News says the video’s creators are guilty of “gross insensitivity.”
“On Harvard Time” says it expects to release a statement later.