So the big gag everywhere today: At her pretrial court appearance, convicted West Campus murderer Colton Pitonyak‘s traveling partner, would-be Breed & Co. spokesmodel Laura “that’s just how I roll” Hall, was carrying a copy of – what else – Maureen Dowd‘s Are Men Necessary? You go girl!

While MoDo’s kvetching how guys are always scared off by how smart, successful, and fabulous she is, we think people might be wary of Hall for, err, other reasons.

UPDATE: Our Laura makes the big time, on Gawker.

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