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THE BIG ARISTOTLE TELLS LSU HIS PHILOSOPHY ON EDUCATION

          Lakers C SHAQUILLE O'NEAL received his Bachelor's
     degree from LA STATE UNIV. (LSU) on Friday, and during the
     ceremony, LSU Chancellor DR. MARK EMMERT joked, "I'd like to
     thank Mr. O'Neal for dramatically increasing the starting
     salary of this graduating class" (N.Y. TIMES, 12/16). 
     O'Neal also "delivered some words of advice" to his fellow
     graduates during the exercises when he said, "All the young
     people think money and fame are important, but you need an
     education to be secure in life" (Baton Rouge ADVOCATE,
     12/16).  Lakers Assistant coach Jim Cleamons wrote in his
     weekly column in the L.A. DAILY NEWS that O'Neal "sent a
     wonderful message to young people and other players in the
     NBA this week" by graduating (L.A. DAILY NEWS, 12/17). 
     FoxSports.com's Darryl Richards wrote that the NBA and LSU
     "will showcase O'Neal's academic accomplishment to tell kids
     to stay in school" (FoxSports.com, 12/15).  But in N.Y.,
     Phil Mushnick writes that he was discouraged by all the
     attention given to O'Neal: "If my kid spent four years and
     all of my money earning a degree from LSU, I don't know how
     pleased I'd be to see the school turn Graduation Day into
     Shaquille O'Neal Degree In General Studies Shaq-Foo Circus
     Day.  In fact, I'd resent it" (N.Y. POST, 12/18).

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