An anonymous group sent approximately 500 flyers criticizing behavior at "frat parties" through Hinman mail to every freshman female last week.
None of the flyers had a return address, but Hinman Post Office Postmaster Howard Durkee said clients who send more than 500 pieces of mail have to complete a bulk-mailing form which includes a return address.
Durkee said perhaps the only way the flyers could have reached the Hinman boxes without a return address is if they were sent in smaller batches, and the Hinman Post Office staff was "really busy" and missed them.
The flyers include a "schedule of events" which implies that sexual assault occurs every night at the College. It also features a drawing of a building that resembles the physical plant of Theta Delta Chi fraternity.
Some leaders in the Greek system said the flyers are counter-productive.
The Coed Fraternity Sorority Council President John Muckle '99 said the claims on the flyers were slanderous and did not accurately describe life in the Greek system. "That's not the way things work," he said.
He also said the Greek system is one of the most active groups on campus when it comes to addressing sexual assault on campus.
Theta Delt President Tom Murphy '99 said the details about the schedule of events in the flyers were "completely over exaggerated." He said any reason behind using a sketch of his fraternity house was unfounded, especially since both he and other members of the house are Sexual Abuse Peer Advisors.
Elizabeth Kleinerman '01 said she found the flyer offensive. "I don't agree with how they made the point," she said.
Laura Enomoto '01 said the mock invitation was both annoying and inappropriate.
Nicole Miritello '01 said the mailing has not stopped her from going to fraternity parties.
This is not the first incident of anonymous warnings concerning sexual assault and fraternities.
Last spring, an anonymous group posted flyers in residence halls across campus. The posters not only accused individual fraternities of harboring rapists and using offensive language, but also criticized sorority practices which, the flyers said, degraded women.
