The poster, pictured here, contained various descriptions of alleged crimes that have occurred across campus.
Credit: Alex FisherA sign was put up on Locust Walk Tuesday evening mapping out the "unsafe spaces" at Penn.
The banner included detailed notes about specific locations where various events, both "safe" and "unsafe," have supposedly occurred. The sign, reportedly made by a female College senior, had been taken down as of 7:37 p.m.
Under the title "King's Court English College House" the sign read, "the community is very open and accepting of all of its members." Despite some similar positive messages, the majority of the sign described instances of alleged sexual and verbal abuse.
One part gave a specific location with the caption, "sexual aggression of young men who live in an off campus frat." This was not the only mention of sexual assault on the poster, which also detailed similar events occurring at specific affiliated fraternities. At one on-campus fraternity, the banner said "rape culture is normalized, racism is normalized, hazing."
The Daily Pennsylvanian is withholding the names of the organizations mentioned in the poster because the claims currently stand unsubstantiated.
These public accusations of sexual misconduct mirror the OZ email scandal that occurred this past September.
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