An unknown person or persons covered the ROTC building at Reynolds Coliseum with red paint and anti-war messages Wednesday morning. The person or persons sent an e-mail to 27 various news outlets explaining the paint and messages were “a call to action.”

“Stop these recruitment centers that target poor people and people of color to fight to maintain the power structure that (literally and figuratively) imprisons us daily,” wrote the person or persons responsible in the e-mail, sent from [email protected] and with the name “celestial being.” The e-mail ended with the statment that “the war machine must be stopped.”

Anti-war messages appeared at UNC-Chapel Hill also, according to Sgt. Jon Barnwell of Campus Police. He said Wednesday that the crime committed was damage to property which will be relected in the formal charge and an investigation is still being conducted into who the person or persons responsible are.

“We are investigating some good leads and we’re coordinating with the UNC-Chapel Hill police department in light of the e-mail that came from the same source,” Barnwell said. “I don’t know if it’s the same person but it appears to be either the same person or same group of people that were responsible for both actions.”

He said he wasn’t aware of what the anti-war messages at both universities said, but indicated they were both anti-war related.

Lt. Colonel Carol Redfield said that, while she agrees with people having the right to express themselves, the actions taken were unnecessary.

“I don’t have a problem with folks having an opinion,” she said. “But anyone that vandalizes property — it’s just unacceptable.”

Several cadets in the ROTC program said they’re not phased by the paintings, but some feel it was an act of cowardice.

“I believe it to be a cowardly act, that we here at ROTC are not trained to murder,” John Fowler, an army cadet, said. “We’re trained to defend and protect our country.”

Redfield said that she has not experienced a lot of anti-war sentiment on campus.

“N.C. State’s a very conservative, supporting campus,” she said. “There are people that may not agree with the war but they do support the military and N.C. State has a great history with ROTC and the relationship with the military, so I think it’s pretty much an isolated event.”

Redfield said there are more cadets in the ROTC program this year than last year.

“It’s a great campus to be on and I just wish those people who expressed their sentiment — they would respect other people’s property,” she said.