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jyjjR the Rev. Sun Myung Moon By Janet Gibson Staff Writer A student organization affiliated with the Rev. Sun Myung Moon's Unification Church will request a campus license early this fall, according to the organization's Columbia director. Ulrich Tuente, director of the Collegiate Association for the Research of Principles, said members of the group are in Columbia, but they have set up no formal organization yet. ^ T /ws/\rvV*n nt*An nnrlnnf fnr II7r? rf^ CfiiJ/iMf IVldlACiAU ouocjjuo, an;a v,ui a ^povnuv/iit ivi tt vi iu uvuu^nv Times, the associations newspaper, is one of several Moonies attending USC this fall. Josephs, a 22 year-old international relations major, says most people don't understand the association. "AS A MOVEMENT, we're so misrepresented," Josephs said. She exolained that the group studies the principles and teachings of the Unification Church, but is not financially dependent on it. Tuente, also a USC student said university regulations require that a group have at least 10 full-time student members to get a license. The association has not applied for a campus license yet, according to Tim Grimm of the Student Activities Office, but the group will be eligible to apply during the year. A group called the Moonies was licensed as a campus organization several vears ago. but its charter was revoked after less than a year. James Campbell, vice president of the Division of Student Affairs, said the license was revoked because of student complaints. The members interrupted student group meetings to express their beliefs, he said. THE MOONIES WERE not suspended for political or theological reasons, according to Robert Alexander, former dean of students, but becau&c they broke regulations concerning chartered organization. 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The organization's purpose is vague, according to a number of campus ministers. They say Moonies have bothered members of campus religious centers. Steven Lynch, director of the Thomas Moore Catholic Center, said he has been approached by members of the Unification Church who are interested in establishing a USC branch of the Collegiate Association for the Research of Principles. "I'VE HAD ABOUT 10 or 12 come in here.They usually travel in twos," Lynch said. "They're a mixecf bag of things, but mainly on the cult side." Lynch said he is unsure of the association's specific plans for organizing on campus, but he said he expects them to be very active. He added, "If they're willing to follow university rules, they have just as much right as any other organization to apply for a license." Presbyterian Center director Jerry Hammet said he agrees that the association has a right to get a campus license, but expressed doubt about the group. "THEY HAVE A perfect right to be here. I just don't like their tactics," Hammet said. "They should tell everyone exactly who they are and what they're doing." A member of the Citizen's Freedom Foundation, a nationwide anti-cult organization, said the association's local unit is "nothing more than a recruiting arm of the Unification Church on the university level " i WE WELbOMI Most students really have to 1 college and the last thing you nee your checking account. At Republ this and that's why the service ch account is just $2.00 a month - nc you write or how small your balan "ah moinHin o (tlAH minimi im ha vuu i i ion iiciii i ci v|r i w 1 iii iii 1 iui 1 1 k/u Republic is convenient... downtow Sumter and Lady. You'll like our f doing business at "the downtown Republic National Bank... we look i j ) I to Moonies dus license The foundation member is involved in a lawsuit with members of the Unification Church in another state and requested that her name be witheld. 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