Craigslist of the Young and Restless:
Penn Grad Student Will Trade Sex 4 Tix
Susan Finkelstein, a 43-old University of Pennsylvania grad student, posted an ad on Craigslist offering sex for money. Well, not exactly money. World Series tickets. They're as good as money.
According to FoxSports, the ad read:
DESPERATE BLONDE NEEDS WS TIX (Philadelphia) Diehard Phillies fan--gorgeous tall buxom blonde-- in desperate need of two World Series Tickets. Price negotiable--- I'm the creative type! Maybe we can help each other!
Well, the ad is certainly suggestive. (Who doesn't have a "gorgeous tall buxom blonde" friend, of "the creative type," "help" them out every once in a while?) But an undercover officer who replied to the ad claims that after meeting Finkelstein at a bar and having a few beers, she offered to perform explicit sexual acts. He slapped the cuffs on her, threw her in his car, and, err, took her to the big house for some punishment.
So is this an innocent he-said-"Will you..."-she-said-"If you..." situation? The Daily Pennsylvanian can explain the defense with two quotes:
“She was willing to — if she could afford it — pay money or work some type of deal to get tickets, but we completely dispute and deny that there was an offer a trade of sex for tickets,” [Finkelstein's lawyer] told KYW.
“I didn’t do anything wrong, so I’m not embarrassed about my actions,” Finkelstein told the Associated Press.
After the jump, the full on explanation (in photos) of why this lady is awesome either way.
Whether or not this woman indeed deserves being charged a prostitute is up for debate. The American justice system will decide. Whether or not she's the coolest Phillies fan EVER is not up for debate.
If you're from Philly there are a few things to be proud of: Rocky, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, and Condom Kingdom. The Phillies are alright as a team, but who gets excited about this mascot?
Ok, ok, and Mike Schmidt also did a helluva job playing third base and wearing a mustache:
Alright, yeah, and this girl (who is NOT Finkelstein) wins some enthusiasm awards as well:
But when it really comes down to it, sex is the most dangerous sport of them all. If Finkelstein wants to go to the game that badly, she should get to go. It's a recession. Tickets are like $1,000. There will probably be a line---and that's a headache.
Will some sugar daddy please step up to the plate and just buy this woman a ticket to the game. (Her husband might appreciate a +1.)
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October 29th, 2009 at 11:56 am
WHY NO HOMECOMING POST?!
October 29th, 2009 at 4:01 pm
Dammit. This should not be illegal. Men already buy drinks for women in exchange for sex, why can’t they trade baseball tickets for sex???
October 29th, 2009 at 5:53 pm
This sucks for us. This makes me sad about going to Penn. Plus, 43-years old!
October 29th, 2009 at 6:06 pm
Because IvyGate has sucked this whole year. I like the titty pic and all, but seriously guys, if you don’t have time to keep the quality up to the old standard (albeit that was a long time ago), then get new editors.
October 29th, 2009 at 7:08 pm
I agree with the two Dartmouthians. The Ivy Sports Round-Up, which is supposed to be weekly, hasn’t happened since the 7th — 3 weeks ago. Dartmouth beat Columbia at its Homecoming, Princeton lost by more points to Harvard than ever before in its 100+ year rivalry, three Ivy teams are ranked in hockey, the media’s love affair with Cornell basketball has gone to new and absurd heights, and I’m sure lots of interesting things happened in sports that I don’t follow as well.
Maybe Max Wasserman hasn’t written his post yet because the Princeton Band hasn’t recently done anything noteworthy enough for him to make fun of.
October 29th, 2009 at 7:11 pm
@CornellianEli: Apparently what she told the officer when they met in person is much more damning than the Craigslist ad. While I see your point, women [usually] don’t solicit a drink from a man with the explicit offer of sex in return. That would be illegal, and creepy.
October 30th, 2009 at 10:28 pm
Do the dignified thing and shut the blog down.
October 30th, 2009 at 10:46 pm
She is not a Penn Grad Student- she works for the Veterinary School in the public relations department and sometimes takes classes at the school of Lifelong and Professional Studies at Penn, which is the extension school. Why she chose to identify herself as a student when in fact she is an employee of the University is rather curious, and the fact that neither the Daily Pennsylvanian or Ivygate caught this is testimony to the laziness that has become pervasive in both institutions…Hilarious nonetheless..
October 31st, 2009 at 5:55 pm
Ivygate was interesting for a while, but it is sort of an embarrassment now. Keep archives of the good old days and close up shop.
November 3rd, 2009 at 8:09 am
A Princeton student is suing the school. What the hell are the editors of this blog doing with their heads up their collective asses? Call for new editors or shut down.
November 21st, 2009 at 1:52 am
Hey, PC,
Can’t she say she’s a student – albeit a backward one – if she is getting a graduate degree? I mean, the DP couldn’t have identified her as a Graduate Student under false pretense. But if so, that’d be incredibly weird and, yes, lazy.