FRAMINGHAM, Mass. -- Several female students at Framingham State College are accused of stealing about one-thousand copies of the student newspaper, apparently because they thought they looked fat in a front page picture.

A school official says the women face possible disciplinary action.

The color photo in "The Gatepost" shows seven female students at a women's lacrosse game wearing tank tops and shorts with the name of a player spelled out on their bare bellies.

Soon after the paper was distributed around campus, about half its two-thousand-copy press run disappeared.

Okay here is my first question.    Can you steal a free newspaper?   I’m guessing the Framingham State College newspaper is free right?   Because if you can sue people for stealing free newspapers than El Pres may have just found a new revenue stream.   

Anyway, who do these girls think they are? You can't wear belly shirts and than cry that you look fat! And let's not play dumb here either. No chick would be caught dead in that outfit if she really believed she was chunky. But being the humanitarian that I am, I say let’s give them the benefit of the doubt.    If they want to hit the gym and peel off those shorts, I’ll happily put them on the cover of the Stool to redeem themselves.     Although truth be told I don’t think any of these girls look fat in the picture.    Maybe the 2^nd to last girl could use a couple minutes in the tanning booth, but for the most part these chicks look like some of Framingham State’s finest.