<p>So, I'm walking with my friend to class today on locust walk when three really shady guys (all middle-aged, and huge, and wearing ridiculous clothes; so clearly not Penn students), kept frequently staring at us and then looking down and giggling (this is just before the walnut intersection). We both felt so uncomfortable. </p>
<p>Why do randoms (people who have no affiliation with Penn) hang-out on campus? This is so weird!!!</p>
<p>Same reason random people hang out at Stanford back where I live =) It’s pretty and fun to go to. I actually hung out at Stanford a lot back at California.</p>
<p>How do you know they have no affiliation with campus? You’re stereotyping based on perceived appearances, not based on any actual facts.</p>
<p>There are plenty of middle-aged people who can be found on a college campus - employees or students. “Huge” and “ridiculous clothing” (maybe your clothing is ridiculous?) are total non-factors.</p>
<p>^ Um, they were middle-aged, gangster-looking types. You would be insane to think they were Penn students.</p>
<p>^ Why can’t ganster looking types attend Penn? If you are curious why don’t you go over to them and ask who they are. You might end up with life long friends.</p>
<p>BTW I saw your other threads this summer, you seem to not like Penn. Why would you go if your constantly criticizing the school and the city of Philly</p>
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<p>Because I value my life, and so does my friend. </p>
<p>Seriously guys, imagine people who look like the rapper Fat Joe. That’s what they looked like. Got it? I’m certain that they, and the rest of the creepers that frequent Penn’s campus daily and at every hour, don’t go here. Yet, they continue to hang-out here. This is honestly the worst campus in the country.</p>
<p>Maybe because its campus is open to the public…</p>
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<p>Again, you’re judging based on your cultural stereotypes and perceptions, which are not necessarily congruent with reality.</p>
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<p>I bet you’re the type who hugs people who mug you. Seriously, what’s up with the political correctness? They were clearly part of the West Philly culture, and were hanging out on campus like they own it, much like every random creep in Philadelphia does. But, does the administration do anything about it? NO. They are too busy finding ways to jack up the price of the mandatory health insurance so they can make a few more million off of unsuspecting Penn students this year.</p>
<p>You know, HafsaRox, there are no shady-looking people in New York City or around the Columbia campus. You really should do yourself a favor and transfer to Columbia. Or to anywhere else that’s not “the worst campus in the country.” I’m sure everyone else here on the Penn forum would agree. ;)</p>
<p>^ Why? I love Penn, and I turned down Columbia for it. I’m going to graduate from Penn, and will be a proud Quaker for life. But that doesn’t mean I’ll ever stop trying to make the school better. Penn is a mess right now. It is dangerous, badly managed, and effectively a shady business out to rip off its customers. There is little to no community here if you’re not a “bro” or didn’t go to Andover, the dorms are horrendous, the classes are huge, the campus is deeply divided and very dirty etc etc.</p>
<p>And no, random shady people do not hang out at Columbia’s campus. Columbia’s campus is essentially built like a fortress (covered on all sides to maintain community life in a traditional campus in the greatest city in the world) and is in the Upper West Side, a much, much, much, much nicer and safer area than even the best area of Philly.</p>
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You say that based on a total of 5 days there as a brand-new freshman, before three-fourths of the students have shown up and classes and activities have actually started. Do you seriously not realize how idiotic that sounds?</p>
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Have you ever been to some of the best areas of Philly? Do you even know what they’re called or where they are? Of course not. :rolleyes:</p>
<p>"So, I’m walking with my friend to class today ON LOCUST WALK when three really shady guys (all middle-aged, and huge, and wearing ridiculous clothes; so clearly not Penn students), kept frequently staring at us and then looking down and giggling (this is just before the WALNUT INTERSECTION). We both felt so uncomfortable. "</p>
<p>…clearly he doesn’t really go here. There’s no intersection of Walnut and Locust. They’re parallel streets. The end.</p>
<p>^ What are you talking about? Yeah, I may not be the best with directions. But, it’s the path you take from the Quad to Walnut (the one where Ben on the Bench comes in the middle).</p>
<p>And, it’s a she!</p>
<p>That’s called 37th street</p>
<p>^ Yeah, same. </p>
<p>I really need to start memorizing street names here.</p>
<p>Don’t bother her with pesky facts! They just get in the way. ;)</p>
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<p>This isn’t “political correctness,” it’s college-level thinking.</p>
<p>Let’s go through your post - you saw people who were “middle-aged, and huge, and wearing ridiculous clothes.” All three of those are subjective, meaningless categories that have nothing to do with whether someone goes to college or not.</p>
<p>On these outward appearances alone, you concluded, unequivocally, that they aren’t Penn students.</p>
<p>That is an unsupported assumption based on nothing more than your preconceived stereotypes and cultural notions. You have zero factual basis on which to ground this claim. Is it possible they aren’t students? Sure, it’s possible. Could they be students? Also possible, and you’ve submitted no actual evidence that they aren’t.</p>
<p>If you handed this in as a paper, I’d mark it with a big, fat red F on the top corner. Not a logical argument.</p>
<p>No one aside from a TA thinks in such a ridiculous way.</p>