To The Editor:
Just wanted to commend Keith Barry for his inspired and courageous Viewpoints column "I'm not Dave Mitchell" (Feb. 22, 2006). Being confused for someone else (or, "the misidentification problem," as scholars term it) is a serious challenge facing the modern world, and I think the countless victims of this affliction would agree with me when I say that Mr. Barry's column is an important first step in encouraging a robust discourse on the matter.
Perhaps the reason I feel so strongly about this issue is because of my own struggles with the misidentification problem during my first few years here at Tufts. I am, of course, referring to the world-class ice dancer and former DTD brother David Mitchell.
Not only did his very presence at Tufts force me to use the dreaded underscore in my e-mail address, but I am also still faced with the unfortunate task of regularly denying Facebook friendship status to his ice-skating buddies.
Enough is enough-together we can make the misidentification problem a thing of the past!
P.S. I mean no disrespect to Mr. Mitchell or his sport of ice dancing. In fact, I'd like to congratulate him for his fourth place performance at the Nebelhorn Trophy competition in Oberstdorf, Germany last October, which was really something special to watch.
