Karen Owen’s now infamous PowerPoint “thesis” detailing the thirteen men she had relations with while an undergraduate student at Duke University has quickly become a social media cautionary tale.
Though Owen wrote her 42-page dossier, titled “An education beyond the classroom: excelling in the realm of horizontal academics” reportedly for a few select friends, nothing juicy stays a secret for long in today’s Web world — especially when said item is easily forward-able. After circulating amongst the Duke student body, the mock thesis went viral after it was published by several websites, including the Gawker-owned Jezebel and Deadspin.
A crudely nicknamed takeoff list has even hit the mainstream, with established newspapers writing up reports and the Today show sending out a correspondent to Duke’s Durham, North Carolina campus. (In the below clip, Today reporter Jeff Rossen hilariously points out “People gossip with their friends all the time about sex… I’ve been told.” Now there are even reports of book offers going out to Owen. Can a TV show be far behind?
Karen Owen's Duke Powerpoint: Horizontal Academics Goes Viral - Speakeasy - WSJ
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Oh, and here's the list.....
http://deadspin.com/5652280/the-full...yline=true&s=i
13 guys in 4 years is no big deal, but so much for discretion. I only hope she got a release (ahem) in writing from each of these guys she is writing about.