To all male students in the School of Engineering, math majors, or those living in Kings Court, I present you with an image you may have yet to see in person:
It’s called a bra.
Hold on boys, don’t get too excited now. Keep both hands on the keyboard where I can see them.
This was one of several objects of obsession of Diexia Wang, the Penn senior arrested recently for allegedly stalking females and stealing dozens of undergarments .
A casual observer would ask, what the #%*?!
Fortunately at the Spin, we are smarter than the casual observer, and after further analysis we formulated a series of questions that require further research:
1. To echo a point made on the blog Philadelphia Will Do, are Penn girls really worth stalking? The public deserves a photograph and a detailed physical description of all of the alleged victims so the people can rank their stalker-worthiness on scale from 1 - 10. (If any girl ranks higher than a 5.5, do a background check to make sure she indeed goes here.)
2. Despite the constant fear of being mugged by 12-year-old West Philly kids, why haven’t Penn students learned to lock their doors? How many laptops and designer wallets have to be stolen in the dorm or library before people realize that Ivy League students steal just like the general population. (We just have more finesse.)
3. All undergraduate ladies should be given official red and blue Penn “lock-boxes” to store their undergarments to guard them from perverts. There would be two keys to each lock-box. One would be held by the student, and the other by a pre-selected non-sketchy friend of her choice.
4. What happened to the colorful student health posters in the dorms? You know, the ones reminding you to wash your hands, sleep, and do other common-sense things students convince themselves they are too busy to do. New ones should feature a picture of Wang and read:
Lock your doors, ask us why.
Tags: Bra, Sketchiness, Wang
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November 28th, 2007 at 4:15 pm
per point number 1 - ARE YOU KIDDING ME?! that is the biggest piece of misogynist bullshit i have ever read. THIS IS A HUGE deal making another place of penn unsafe. at this point i feel incredibly vulnerable wherever i go, and this article taking light of the situation is disgusting. sure, it’s a bit comical that the guy was stealing panties at first glance, but then think it through a bit more…will stealing panties always do it for him? might he start assaulting his victims next? his BREAKING AND ENTERING in the LOCKED rooms and having an EXTRA key is NOT funny and VERY scary.
and just because you think you such a fraternity guy, but when was the last time a DTD has seen a bra other than his sister’s? perhaps your first line should have read: “to all cocky, self righteous penn males who belong to fraternities that disgrace their national name…”
November 28th, 2007 at 5:38 pm
Maybe Mr. Wang was inspired by this game: http://www.addictinggames.com/sororitypantyraid.html
November 28th, 2007 at 5:40 pm
So it sounds like sometimes he went into locked rooms and other times he had keys…I agree that if you leave your door unlocked (especially over break) then you’re inviting trouble, but how did he get keys? It didn’t seem to mention that anyone was looking into this. Did he find a bunch of spares in the basement or something?
November 28th, 2007 at 6:12 pm
I follow this writer’s blog and once a while someone takes an unnecessary shot at his frat. It’s probably you every time. Grow the hell up, loser.
OH and STOP hitting YOUR caps LOCK key. YOU look like a RETARD.
November 28th, 2007 at 6:33 pm
the story is very funny, i agree, but i seriously hope the guy can get some help. thank god he was caught and i hope he gets treatment he needs
November 28th, 2007 at 6:39 pm
yeah this on top of everything else this week is really a shitload of dirty for penn. This is just so SAD and scary. Once again, where was CAPS???? Def Agree with the above regarding treatments for the guy.
November 28th, 2007 at 7:16 pm
This hilarious…and the Phila weekly blog was funny too. Didn’t know they had one. Didn’t CAPS just increase their doctors on staff. I guess its needed. Sad. Penn needs to get some good press in the news fast
November 28th, 2007 at 8:41 pm
first time i’ve posted here. i did read those other comments though…and to be honest…it makes sense. he needs to do research before making blanket statements about groups of people, and then maybe people will stop making jabs at his fraternity.
math majors: i know one who has probably gotten more tail in the past academic year than you will get in your 4 years at penn.
as for the engineers…mse guys are smoking - three of them have made their way around the female population at penn (that i know of), meam = hotties
kings court: many football players are holed up there to keep them in a place where they will be least likely to get into trouble…and we all know that most college athletes (even at dear old penn) get some.
November 28th, 2007 at 9:21 pm
this is my first time posting too. I always read the comments and never understand why they often have anything to do with the article.
“he needs to do research before making blanket statements about groups of people”
Research? It’s satire…its a joke blog, not a serious column pretending to be facts. Have you read the spin before? Do you really believe prof Robb is really going to teach class from jail or half of the other crazy shit they say?
This is not serious commentary people, take a joke..I’m an engnieer too, don’t feel like you have to defend us engineers. Its an old and cliched joke we all heard a million times, like saying all wharton kids are greedy and college kids are stupid.He calls wharton students evil in like every other post. Yes, youre right, it’s not true.There are attractive people in every major. We’ve all known that. Its called sarcasm.
November 28th, 2007 at 9:34 pm
I agree with the first poster. Point number one is generally offensive (though not a new sentiment, it seems.) More importantly, however, is that it is incredibly insensitive to the women this man targeted. Even if he didn’t physically injure them, stalking can be a terrifying experience. Please apologize for asking that these VICTIMS be photographed, etc (with their identities revealed, no less!) and then have a background check done.
While we can understand that the author was being facetious and can appreciate he was not *trying* to exacerbate this (probably) difficult experience for these women, he should find that the “humor” may take a toll on the wrong party.
November 28th, 2007 at 10:27 pm
As the author, I would like to put an end to the debate and sincerely apologize to any readers who may have misinterpreted any of the commentary. I see how it could have been misinterpreted and I wish to clarify once and for all to end the speculation.
My writing is, has always been, and always will be satirical and not meant to be taken as fact. While not required, I would like to step out of character and personally address the feelings of my readers out there who support me every day. I take their feelings very seriously and wanted to move quickly to address this issue before it got out of hand.
The intention was not meant to make fun of those who were harassed, but rather to make a reference to a post from the Philadelphia Weekly blog (linked in the post) and a column which appeared earlier in the DP last month, where another writer (jokingly of course) wrote sarcastically about ranking college women on a scale (this article was not linked).
The point I was trying to convey from the blog post’s ending, was that everyone should do their part in being aware of the dangers around our campus by either locking their doors or taking other precautions.
Thanks to Penn police and other law enforcement for bringing this disturbing episode to a peaceful end. They deserve to be receiving the bulk of the attention, not the perpetrators, for protecting us from this and other criminal acts recently occurring on campus.
Thank you for this opportunity to clarify and your continued support of the Spin. Happy reading!
- Simeon McMillan
November 28th, 2007 at 11:38 pm
Fortunately, I have been able to hack the state prison computer system and go online to prove my innocence in this matter.
While DPS, the police, the local news media, and the DP are pinning me down as a villain who is stalking and harassing women, I am actually a hero. The truth is, there is someone out there stalking and harassing these women, and I am out to find him or her. The collection of women’s underwear in my room is simply evidence I was searching to find the true identity of this menace.
This is a miscarriage of our justice system, just like when they accused OJ of killing his wife. Or when they accused Spiderman of trying to kill J. Jonah Jameson. As we all could plainly see, the glove did not fit, and Spidey was there to fight the Goblin! You, the very women who I was trying to protect, are now trying to malign me, and in turn are helping the true villain.
Through my research, I have discovered that the stalker is a one-armed, bushy-haired man. Once I escape from imprisonment in a heart-racing crash and chase scene, I will proceed to sneak into Huntsman to search the OCR records for the job candidates who are the most likely to be the culprits. Hopefully I will not be forced to climatically dive off the roof of the Fresh Grocer roof into McDonald’s parking lot as Maureen Rush pulls out her back-up pistol to shoot me.
But until I can find the culprit and free us from this scourge, be sure to lock your doors, and as ever, keep your delicious panties and bras hidden except from your closest friends. Unless, of course, your closest friend is a one-armed, bushy-haired man.
November 29th, 2007 at 2:06 am
Personally I think whoever wrote “ummm WHAT” should next attack all white comedians who make black jokes, all black comedians who make white jokes, all female comedians who make jokes about men, and all all male comedians who make jokes about women. In fact, I think we should all jump on the NO MORE COMEDY bandwagon.
Learn to take a joke. People say the same things about the Penn guys. The author even makes fun of guys in this article directly before he makes fun of girls. It’s funny…. people laugh. Its obvious he’s not being serious.
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