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VOL. LXII -NO. 18 University of South Carolina. Columbia, S. C. 2920R MONDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1971 HomeC See related picti Drug prob] offers hom4 A walk-in center for persons who have any physical or emotional problems relating to drug use opened Friday, Oct. 15, at 709 Santee Ave., in the building known as Maudy's Bosom. The center is directed by Dr. Genevieve Skypek with Robert Hill as assistant director. It is an. outgrowth of the Columbia Drug Abuse Education Project--an agency of the Columbia Urban Service Center. A most important facet of the center is the fact that it will be open 24 hours a day and will func tion as a hostel for that length of time for anyone with drug problems who has no place to go or who is unable to go anywhere until he has waited off the effects of a drug. It will be manned round-the clock by a professional staff and trained volunteers, and offers the drug user a chance for treatment in a non-threatening atmosphere. Services will Include crisis In tervention for those In such drug dilemnas as bad LSD trips or with drawal, and mediation in the case of emotional problems that might lead to dru use such as parent - htlLt Mft tIes. * --Wis Phillips ires on page 5. lem center . and help services for those in need of medical assistance or in-depth counseling or psycho-therapy. Information and referral on other specific services--such as hepatitis testing, legal counsel or vocational rehabilitation--will be available as need arises. In addition to the Five Points center, three satellite centers of the same type are being planned for different areas of Columbia. For further information call the Columbia Drug Abuse Education Project at 265-3531. Kunstier speaking tonight William Kunstler, educator, Star author and lawyer, will appear in lecture at 8 p.m. tonight In the Campus of Capstone. Kunstler was a member of the citizens committee which at tempted to negotiate a settlement in the recent trpgedy at Attica 'St ate-Prison,,i Ij e~lsp,wehJ Jcppwn From trustees Jon esg The USC Board of Trustees gave Idence Saturday to President Thon Jones has been under political pres mign. The statement the board released uis "imaginative and progressive a( "This position is restated here to persistent and, we think, unwa nggestions that the board's attitu tones and his administration is som me of approval," the statement sai The University Alumni Council, go he Alumni Association, passed a re =pressing support for Jones and prai accomplishments as president. The council's resolution cited "... achievements of Dr. Jones and t progress enjoyed by the univer. Jynamic leadership since becoming 1 and to pledge to him the support of its The alumni association represer graduates of the university. The resolution was presented te iustees for its information late Sat The Student Senate also passe resolution Sept. 29 pledging its "f Jones. Dadajii sc) Thursday i On Thursday, Oct. 21 at 7:30 p.m. in Currell College, the Univ. Union Lectures Committee presents Acharya Yatiishvarananda Avadhuta, from the Ananda Marga (Path of Bliss) Yoga Society. The guru will be lecturing on the philosophy of Yoga. During the day he will give individual meditation instruction. Yoga, in spite of its increasing appeal in recent years, is still misunderstood by many people. Some think it is merely a useless set of physical exercises and contortions like standing on one's head. Others think it is a body of abtruse metaphysical doctrines, incomprehensible and valueless to the man in the street. To many, a yogi is one who sleeps barefooted over a hot bed of coals all day, sleeps on a bed of nails and swallows flaming torches for breakfast. Many people still believe that to become proficient in yoga, one must renounce everything, flee from society and meditate continually in a lonely cave or mountain top. To banish all of these confused misconceptions, Acharya Yatish v^srananda Avadhuta has come to this country from India and has been lecturing and teaching from coast to coast. During his lec tures, Dadii (or "respected elder SCPIRC The South Carolina Public Interest Research Group (SCPIRG) will hold an ,alumni ets 'O.I a vote of con- Jones was stroi as F. Jones. Julio Bortolazzo, sure recently to technical educat Solomon Blatt J cited Jones for Trustees. Both m iministration. day because of At a special exe rrented public elected trustees Si de toward Dr. asked Jones to rf thing less than university but that d in part. any decsision or I verning body of solution Friday One of the other t sing him for his expressing confide journ was offered the outstanding could be taken on he tremendous In other action t ,ity under his North "Columbia >resident in 1962 new Law Center members." Ground was broke its over 26,000 The board appr the board of recommendations Lirday. mittee which stuc d a supporting A $15,000 gift fi All support" to was also accept( scholarships. ieduled for >n Yoga ph brother" as he is lovingly called) describes the long history of the philosophy of Yoga and its ap plication in solving the problems of modern man. He explains that yoga is not a religion but a total science of mind, body and per sonality. Ordinarily man uses less than 15 per cent of his mental capabilities: through concentrated neditation he can accumulate habitually wasted energy and channel it toward the development of his intellectual, creative and spiritual powers. By following a clear and simple program of respiratory exercises and mental discipline, the anxious men of this turbulent century can replace their tension with "dynamic relaxation." If this path is followed properly, the mind can, at will, rise above the mundane sense-world and enter into the blissfull state of ecstacy in which it is com~pletely absorbed in the supreme Consciousness, in God. This indeed, is the meaning of the Sanskirit world "yoga": the "union" of the individual con sciousness with the Divine Ground that underlies and directs this phenomenal world. Dadajii is young; only 28 years old; he has been practicing and teaching yoga since an early age. r to meet p.m. in Room 310, Russell House, Wednesday, Oct. 20. :CPfR ffi.ces are Irt..SEOIp . vote igly critized this summer by Dr. former director of the state's ion system, and federal judge r., a member of the Board of en called for Jones' resignation. cutive session meeting of only the ,pt. 16. Blatt told the board he had sign in the best interests of the he did not ask the trustees to make ake action. rustees sought to offer a resolution nce in Jones, but a motion to ad and approved before any action the resolution. he board voted to name Capstone Hall" and the law library in the 'Coleman Karesh Law Library," ri for the new law center Saturday. )ved with certain amendments the in a report from a special com Lied the Gamecock this summer. om the will of Florence P. Shillito d. The money will be used for lecture ilosophy He is dynamic; a man of endless energy, Yatiishvarananda often lectures all day and then gives private instruction throughout the night as he requires very little sleep. Dadajii gives personal in struction in all systems of yoga raja yoga, kriya yoga, Kundulini yogaf tantra yoga, hatha yoga, astranga yoga-by selecting the most appropriate method for each individual aspirant. Wherever he visits he establishes meditation centers and a conducts retreat seminars consisting of 48 hours of philosophy classes, yogic exercises and foods, and intensive meditations. For those people interested, Dadajii will be available during Thursday morinng & afternoon for private consultations and in tructions in meditation at 1532 Gladden St. The phone number is 254-2848. He will also be giving personal instruction for a time after his lecture at Currell College. Dadajjii continually points out that yoga is not at all a cultish religion but a scientific system of self-development which If properly followed, cannot fail to produce immediate results. People have been permantly cured of migraine headaches, peptic ulcers, diabetes and many other diseases caused by emotional imbalance; they have stopped smoking, drinking and using dreps; thqgipqgteyed a .calm .y d.h:.mao modaeni.