Thursday, November 25, 2004

Arena Won't Be Named for Wal-Mart Heiress

The University of Missouri is removing the name of a 22-year-old Wal-Mart heiress from its brand-new sports arena, a week after she was accused by a classmate of cheating her way through another college. . . (Snip)given the naming rights after donating $25 million toward the building campaign. . . (Snip) One alumnus, Chris Cary, called it "Dad buying the biggest dollhouse." Nancy Laurie is the daughter of the late Bud Walton, co-founder of Wal-Mart.
Then, last week, Paige Laurie's freshman roommate at the University of Southern California, Elena Martinez, said in an interview on ABC's "20/20" that Laurie paid her about $20,000 over 3 1/2 years to write papers and complete other assignments for her

I am glad the owners of Wal-Mart still reflect the values of middle America. Her family must be real proud today.

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