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Maranatha cen By Nancy Young The Maranatha Christian Center is getting a new home, and the center's chaplain said he hopes it will bring the evangelist firoun a npw o r ? *T The center, at Pickens and Blossom streets, will be moving to 1830 Greene St. as soon as the chaplain, the Rev. Brian Diver, can find a buyer for the present building. "Our purpose in trying to get this one (the Greene Street house) is to be visible to the students on campus," Diver said. "The (present) one on the corner is too shut off from the rest of campus." Mararvatha whiph mpans I Jesus" in Hebrew, is not a cult, Diver said. Rather, the center's goal is "to evangelize the campus and to show that in 1982, it's possible to serve Jesus." Diver said the group hopes to provide an alternate lifestyle to the immorality on campus. "We're an immoral-age group," Diver said. "The Christian ethics have gone. For instance, the university sponsored 'Let's n J mi * t a- m - -- it ? * a % a i " ? ? apenu i ne iNigni iogeiner une meme 01 tne All-Niter) with alcohol and a joint-rolling contest. To me, that's a license to sin. It rips people off." The Maranatha Christian Center, a student organization, is licensed by the university to preach to students on the Pickens Street bridge. Evangelist Tim Barlow often witnesses there. "I don't feel we're pushy," he said. "I rlr?n 'f f lr nTr uuiI l ncai inuac iviuu ui tuiII[JlctlllIS. II yUU don't love people, then you can't tell them about Jesus." Diver said the group is committed to its beliefs but would never pressure anybody. "If someone does pressure people, I want to know so I can stop it," he said. Maranatha member Sam Benton, a senior criminal justice major, is a hall adviser in Bates House. He said although his job sometimes challenges his Christian beliefs, "I separate my job from my life. I try to set an example to the other students of what the Christian life is like." One way he sets an example is by teaching a Bible study in his dorm room. His is one of several dorm Bible studies Maranatha uiuiuia:i a unci . No problems with By Rachel Waterhouse Faculty members missing classes have no problem at USC, some USC deans and depart said this week. All professors are expected to attend class? at scheduled times, according to the 1978 Faci In case of illness or emergency, a profes notify his dean or department chairman action can be taken. Assistant Provost Mike Welsh stressed that relationship with the university in attending r Ulitchy U)omen & A^;rr fitness freahs (If ^X\Don'lrnissthe | u iy?^ pumpKi zb? Sign up now IM/REC Sports < 1'^MKr Mon. 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Some ministers from student centers near USC said Thursday their congregations do not practice evangelism similar to the Maranatha members' preaching on the Pickens Street bridge. "Ours is a more responsive ministry than an evangelical ministry," said David Stewart, Episcopal chaplain at the Episcopal-Lutheran-Methodist Center. "Our position on campus is more of making ourselves available than imposing our views on others." George Duffie, United Methodist campus minister, said the Maranatha preaching "has its historical roots." However, he added, "I do not believe it is the most effective way to preach the Good News...it is not in our culture. "It is very important for them to have the right to get up there and preach, though," Duffie said. Lutherans believe preaching should be more of a dialogue than a monologue, Lutheran campus pastor Robert Dasher said. "We like to deal more with people than to people." Father Steve Lynch, director of the Thomas More Catholic Student Center, said he is not familiar enough with the preaching to comment. Chaplains at the Baptist and Presbyterian student centers could not be reached for comment. faculty attendenc( employee-employer relationsh t been a serious "The student-teacher relati ment chairmen should not be compared relationship when it comes to a Welsh said students' class is regularly and penence. "Students learn as n ilty Handbook, classes as from the professor,' sor is asked to Welsh said that students wb so aooroDriate to other students, hurting the c "There is no parallel betw< the professor's the faculty obligation to atten ; classes is "an just a different relationship all f n R\ in I I Catholic Stude in the S 1610 Greene St 8 Sunday Masses Ej Monday thru Thursday M? ? HSffl tssa B&eB ft a Friday Mass I i First Wed. of each mo 0am-1:00am ! I 11:3C !:00 midnight 3 H Fr. Stephen L 77 I-4455 ? Expires | ---J % Sg, *|gj| Lj,' Rlb??y? 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