The Nameless Writer Speaks

To the Editors:

I’d like to express my annoyance at the way the publishing of the letter me and my wonderful housemate Larissa Stuart wrote for last week’s Review was handled. As you may have noticed, the letter in it’s printed form is credited only to my housemate, while the copy of the emailed letter below shows it was signed by both of us. I had briefly considered writing below my name (on the letter) that I was a student on leave, but then remembered that the Review staff just writes whatever it wants under your name anyway. My point is proven by the fact that you incorrectly(!) identified my housemate as a fifth year, when in fact she is a senior. The worst part of all of this is that instead of perhaps emailing one of us to find out my status, (Considering my email address provided was Desiree.Herrera@oberlin.edu, I was obviously part of the “Oberlin Community”) you just left my name off entirely. Just because I didn’t show up in your computer database that doesn’t mean I’m a non-existant entity. I was proud of our bitchy letter, and am deeply hurt that you denied me my partial credit for writing it. Additonally, the letter was written in the plural. Leaving my name off makes my housemate sound scary. Please try checking more carefully next time before you decide someone doesn’t exist.

–Desiree Herrera
College fourth-year, on leave