Tiger Stadium on a Saturday night is often referred to as a party with "90,000 of your closest friends." But some students opposed to the changes to student ticket policies said they now feel divorced from the rest of the LSU fanbase. "It really has kind of diminished the sense of community that we had felt," said Rusty Ware, full-time graduate student in kinesiology.
Religion has always advertised - regardless of the denomination. That's not a value statement, but one of fact. Some say it's brainwashing disguised as philosophy and others consider it existential salvation. The reason doesn't really matter - in order to acquire new members and continue their heavenly mission most religions must press the flesh and bring in new converts.