Should Wharton women be banned from GAPSA events?
Alex Grove, WG'07
Issue date: 11/13/06 Section: Perspectives
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Only rarely do I stir myself from the narcotics-induced stupor that is the life of a GND-era MBA to pen an opinion piece for the Journal. But the controversy I write about today is too important to ignore. Indeed, it is a tale of desperation, of lust, and of blackmail and extortion.
A crisis is emerging as increasing numbers of Wharton ladies are attending GAPSA social events. This creates antagonism across the university because, even in today's climate of distressingly loose sexual mores, society still deems it inappropriate for women in their late 20's to prey on young males barely out of college.
And that is precisely the kind of behavior that is occurring at GAPSA events. Biology Ph.D. candidate Matt Fink recounts "I got freaked by some, like, Wharton chick on the Moshulu. And she didn't even buy me a drink afterwards, which sucked cuz my parents don't give me a big enough allowance for me to buy drinks myself."
If only we knew who this unnamed Wharton woman was so that we could shame her into treating her male counterparts with more respect.
History MA student Li Jianguo recounts "At a recent GAPSA social, I met a nice Chinese girl who started calling me her 'elder brother.' I thought finally my bitter life as a foreign student will be sweetened by the company of a charming 'little sister' from my own province. But the next morning, after all her makeup had worn off, I realized she wasn't a little sister at all. She was an auntie!
Now all my friends ask me how my 'Wharton Ayi' is doing. It's so embarrasing for me, I am thinking of transferring to Peking University."
It is no wonder that this is why Wharton women are earning themselves ill-will from across the many schools of the university. While GAPSA publicly encourages the attendance of all graduate and professional students at its events, GAPSA officers tell a different story in private. "For the good of all graduate and professional students, I'd like to bar Wharton 'cougars' altogether," confided a highly placed GAPSA source. "But I'm afraid to ban them, because WIP (the highly secretive militant arm of WIB) has threatened to emasculate me if I do."
A crisis is emerging as increasing numbers of Wharton ladies are attending GAPSA social events. This creates antagonism across the university because, even in today's climate of distressingly loose sexual mores, society still deems it inappropriate for women in their late 20's to prey on young males barely out of college.
And that is precisely the kind of behavior that is occurring at GAPSA events. Biology Ph.D. candidate Matt Fink recounts "I got freaked by some, like, Wharton chick on the Moshulu. And she didn't even buy me a drink afterwards, which sucked cuz my parents don't give me a big enough allowance for me to buy drinks myself."
If only we knew who this unnamed Wharton woman was so that we could shame her into treating her male counterparts with more respect.
History MA student Li Jianguo recounts "At a recent GAPSA social, I met a nice Chinese girl who started calling me her 'elder brother.' I thought finally my bitter life as a foreign student will be sweetened by the company of a charming 'little sister' from my own province. But the next morning, after all her makeup had worn off, I realized she wasn't a little sister at all. She was an auntie!
Now all my friends ask me how my 'Wharton Ayi' is doing. It's so embarrasing for me, I am thinking of transferring to Peking University."
It is no wonder that this is why Wharton women are earning themselves ill-will from across the many schools of the university. While GAPSA publicly encourages the attendance of all graduate and professional students at its events, GAPSA officers tell a different story in private. "For the good of all graduate and professional students, I'd like to bar Wharton 'cougars' altogether," confided a highly placed GAPSA source. "But I'm afraid to ban them, because WIP (the highly secretive militant arm of WIB) has threatened to emasculate me if I do."
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r
posted 11/13/06 @ 9:32 AM EST
in conclusion, everyone needs to take time to develop relationships; act as human beings, not animals.
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