Wednesday, December 15, 2004
Oh, To Be A Wal-Mart Heiress...
It must be like being Paris Hilton, minus the readily-available sex tapes...
Such is the life of Paige Laurie, whose parents helped found Wal-Mart. An easy life, that is...
So easy, in fact, Paige apparently couldn't be bothered to complete most of her course work at the University of Southern California.
In an interview on the ABC news program “20/20,” Laurie’s former roommate, Elena Martinez, said Laurie paid her $20,000 over 3 1/2 years to do Laurie’s schoolwork at the private University of Southern California.
The story only gets weirder from there.
I'll remind you that Paige's parents helped co-found Wal-Mart. As you might imagine, they have a little bit of disposable cash lying around. They used some of that cash to make a donation to the University of Missouri (which is odd since she didn't go to Mizzou...or USC for that matter!) in the amount of $25 million. In return, Mizzou named their brand-new sports arena the Paige Sports Arena.
As you can imagine, once the 20/20 story broke, the shit hit the fan at Mizzou...
Laurie, who attended Rock Bridge High School, is the daughter of Bill and Nancy Laurie, who recently donated $25 million to MU for construction of the $75 million arena. The donation earned them naming rights to the arena, which they dubbed the Paige Sports Arena. After the “20/20” report, the Lauries transferred the rights to the University of Missouri Board of Curators, which changed the arena’s name to Mizzou Arena.
You just can't make this stuff up...
|
