To the Editor:
Throughout the grounds of the Dartmouth campus one can find various anonymous declarations and accusations written in chalk, all of which are unsigned. Indeed with the recent Psi Upsilon and Zeta Psi fraternity incidents, it seems that anonymous denunciations have become the normal means by which Dartmouth students criticize one another. While I do not have a problem with those unsigned statements that merely state a fact without accusation (e.g. "I love my fraternity" or "Generalizations hurt us too"), I do have a problem with the use of anonymity when used against another person or group. While anonymous denunciations had their place in Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union, they should have no place in an academic setting. To make an accusation and leave one's target with no means of reply is cowardly and should be detested by all those who support the ideals of free discourse and democracy itself.
