BY LAWRENCE SIMMONSStaff Writer

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals filed a lawsuit against Mississippi State University and Iams in January 2006 to gain access to documents related to animal experiments. Iams, a brand of Procter & Gamble produces pet food and health products.

PETA has requested a rehearing of its case as the Mississippi Supreme Court overturned the previous ruling of allow-ing the documents to be released, accord-ing to the Mississippi Public Records Act.

Lori Kettler, PETA senior counsel for legal and corporate affairs, said the court relied on Iams’ conclusions without hav-ing them backed up.

“We hope that the court will recon-sider its decision and allow the infor-mation that is clearly not confidential business information to be released,” she said. “At a minimum, we hope that the court will remand the case to give us an opportunity to present evidence on why the information is not confidential.”

In 2002 and 2003, PETA conducted an investigation and documented the conditions that the dogs were in, Kettler said.

“People have a right to know what happens to animals in these laboratories,” she said. “All we want is the information that tells us how the animals are being

treated, not proprietary information.”The evidence gathered from the inves-

tigation was part of the reason PETA requested information about Iams’ experiments from universities around the country, she said.

“These experiments are not required by law and are 100 percent unnecessary,” she said. “These animals suffer for no reason at all.”

If there is nothing to hide, why would Iams and MSU spend so much time and money trying to prevent access to this information, she said.

“We do wonder why Iams and MSU

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Today through Thursday The Clothesline Project, a program that gives a voice to victims of sexual violence, will display T-shirts made by

abuse victims. The program seeks to heighten awareness of sexual assault, which according to the U.S. Department of Justice, happens every

two minutes in the U.S.

“It is held to bear witness to women and men who have experienced a variety of sexual violence and injustice,” said Beatrice Tatem, Sexual

Assault Response Team coordinator. “It is a way to empower men and women and break the silence.”

The project gives victims of abuse a chance to tell their stories on T-shirts and then hang it on a clothesline for others to read and pay tribute too.

Randi Kellebrew, a data management assistant at MSU, said the Clothesline Project is close to her heart because at one time she was in a sexually and

emotionally abusive marriage.

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MSU officials announced changes last week to game day rules, prohibit-ing all pets on campus and closing all picnic and tailgating activi-ties at midnight.

The changes become effective during the next home game against Vanderbilt University on Oct. 11.

Chairman of the game day com-mittee Jim Jones said on campus game day activities and attendance have increased this year, causing crowding and expansion to many areas of campus.

“After discussions and review, we

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Mississippi State University is cur-rently drafting plans to build a new residential hall between Rice and McComas Halls. Construction on the estimated $25 million project could begin next year, and the hall is slated to open for the 2010 fall semester.

Ann Bailey, director of housing and resi-dence life, said the new four-story hall will provide 350 bed spaces for on cam-pus housing. The building is expected to be co-residential, housing freshmen, sophomores and upper classmen.

The new residence hall will team up with Hathorn, Cresswell and Rice halls, creating a four-building residence village mimicking Zacharias Village. Bailey said the university currently has no plans to dedicate the village.

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