**Study abroad suffers cuts, continues providing opportunities**
LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY — Various academic programs have had to make sacrifices in order to preserve their quality of education with more limited funding.
The LSU department of academic programs abroad is an example of where budget cuts are taking a toll. Director of Academic Programs Abroad Harald Leder explained how the cuts have affected his department.
“What is affected is our Swahili Safari program, which is in Tanzania,” Leder said. “Since we no longer offer Swahili, as of next year we are not going to have a Swahili Safari.”
As the budget crisis continues, faculty and students in the academic programs abroad department are holding on to keep study abroad as an integral part of LSU.
By Kasey Ball
The Daily Reveille
**Teen rapist tries to hire hit-man on Facebook**
BOISE STATE — Corey C. Adams of Chester County, Pennsylvania admitted to posting a hit on Facebook to kill a woman he’d raped. The posting offered $500 for “a girl’s head.”
The victim reported the rape and the Facebook post to police. An officer drove to Adam’s house and asked that Adams accompany him to the station. The 19-year-old Adams posted another Facebook entry within 10 minutes, saying he “needed this girl knocked off right now.”
Adams signed a plea agreement to rape, criminal solicitation of murder and other charges. He’ll face 11 to 22 years in prison.
By Kimberley O’Bryan
Arbiter Online
**Technology helps break down society walls**
KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY — The use of Facebook, cell phones and Skype has made technology a part of society’s infrastructure instead of just another tool. Professor of Communication Studies Craig Brown said he credits much of the ease of communication in society today to technology.
“Technology does not affect how well someone communicates,” Brown said. “The advancements simply provide a new venue to express existing strengths and weaknesses in communication.”
Brown said people could be allowing technology to play a major role in their lives without intending for it to be.
“The main concern is not about whether society is becoming too mediated or too involved in technology, but instead we do not fully understand the affects it has on us,” Associate Professor of Anthropology Michael Wesch said. “Learn to harness media so that it doesn’t harness you.”
By Sandi Lam
The Kansas State Collegian