Campus Police discovered on Saturday that anti-war graffiti had been scrawled on various campus locations, including Merrill Science Center, Keefe Campus Center, Valentine Hall and an Amherst mail truck. According to Chief of Campus Police John Carter, the messages read "They hate our government because they should," "Your flags scare me," "Fuck war" and "Ashamed to be an American."

According to Carter, similar graffiti also appeared in the town of Amherst.

"It could have been anyone," said Carter. "It's very wide open at this point ... but sooner or later we will have a name or direction to follow up."

According to Assistant Director of Physical Plant Dan Campbell, the College has already paid $785 in damage, which does not include what it will have to pay to an outside contractor who has been hired to do additional cleanup later in the week. Campbell estimated that this would cost the College an extra $500 to $700.

"In my opinion, it's just destructive behavior," Carter said. "The free speech component doesn't even come in here because this was done in paint, not something that could be removed ... Our reaction is based on the fact that it was permanent destruction."

Carter added that the College has a policy that permits students to write on horizontal surfaces in chalk. Unless what is written is not extremely offensive, he said, it will not be removed.