To the Editor:I write in response to Ilya Sobol's '08 article. Upon first reading this piece, I tried to dismiss it as the self-congratulatory ramblings of an individual who falsely identified himself as the average college male.

As time went on, however, I came to feel personally attacked and humiliated as a female on this campus. What put me over the edge, and forced me to write this letter, is my role as a Community Advisor for first-year students. These bright and talented women came to Brandeis to learn not only about their academic field, but, as Sobol puts it, "about people and how to communicate with them." What message does it send to them about their safety on this campus when an article published by the most widely read Brandeis newspaper marks them as targets for intoxicated men out looking for their next victim? Ilya Sobol should be ashamed of the treatment of women he has encouraged and condoned.

What's more, the Justice should be ashamed of publishing such an article. The media should present the news and promote positive discourse. Their willingness to enable Sobol to spread his dangerous, disgusting and sexist message is just one more case of unscrupulous conduct on the part of the Justice staff.

-Kate Pouilliard '06