Original Contributor: http://www.units.muohio.edu/psybersite/cyberspace/folklore/legends.shtml
Title: Legends Of and On the Internet
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Contributor: Jade Bowman
Rumor has it that there are videotapes circulating from last Wednesday night when two people were arrested at King (Library) for getting caught fornicating (having sex) at the top of the third flight of stairs in King Library. Evidently, surveillance cameras have watched this couple be quite active for a while now, and when a head librarian saw what was going on, she called the police in to charge the individuals with Indecent Exposure, etc. . . . I think this is hilarious! Does anyone know more about it? I find the entire situation to be quite ironic since it’s so feasible. I’m surprised it isn’t the big joke in this week’s Miami Student Newspaper . . . sex always grabs the headlines(3).
Context: This email was titled “Sex in the Library???” and it was sent to approximately 307 students on April 16, 1998. The relevant context to the mail is basically that it was sent to students at Miami University and the members of the audience were the 307 students who received it. Also, it must have been circulated around campus fairly quickly and gained much attention. Emails that contain stories focusing on sex as well as a student’s school would rapidly increase the rate of transmission because those are two subjects apparent in student life.