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By JOHNNA GOODWIN
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USC ? The concept of reincarnation
has been the center of fierce
debate for years.
Those religious leaders who
believe in it have been accused of
being ungodly or unholy. But to
them, it is a logical way of explaining
people's knowledge and experiences.
According to Webster's dictionary,
to be reincarnated is to be
reborn into a new body or form of
life.
The two main religions associated
with this belief are Buddhism
and Hinduism, both of which have
a smaller following in the United
States than traditional Christian
religions. This factor helps explain
why the American mainstream has
trouble accepting this belief, along
with its believers' numerous
accounts of past lives.
For example, actress Shirley
Maclaine has been under public
scrutiny for years because she
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Psychology professor William
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role in the Hindu belief.
"In the Hindu religion, which is
based in India, the religious belief
is that you are bom many times,"
he said. "This occurs because you
don't learn everything if you could
only live for a short time period,
such as three hours."
Drennen also explained this
process might occur over many
lifetimes and in many places with
those mostly being reincarnated
into human forms.
"If you were born poor, you
need to learn a lesson," he said.
"But everyone has a lesson. Karma.
Those are things you do to provide
opportunity for self-growth.
Reincarnation provides an opportunity
to learn and is not there for
punishment."
However, most USL students
don't buy into this idea.
"Reincarnation goes against
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undo Christian teaching."
"I don't believe in it," said computer
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"Because I have had too much
biology and history to believe that.
Once everyone dies, we become
food for worms, and where the soul
goes is what religion answers. I
believe it just dies away with the
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No matter what their religious
affiliation, some students take the
theory of reincarnation as something
as lighthearted as a dream.
"I had a dream in which two
men realized they were each other's
true love just before each was
tragically killed," marine science
freshman Ann Parren said. "They
were later reincarnated into a statue
where they were able to live the
rest of that life together."
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By College Press Service
About 300 male and female students
stripped naked and sprinted
through 25-degree weather at
Princeton University in New Jersey
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However, that didn't dampen the
spirits of the runners who skidded
around the icy grounds Jan. 4 while
clothed spectators cheered and the
strains of "Chariots of Fire" wafted
from a dormitory window. Joggers
in the Nude Olympics took some
precautions from the cold weather,
however. They wore shoes, socks,
hats and gloves, and one donned a
football helmet.
"It was a mob scene," student
Danny Hoffman told The
Associated Press.
Not all was fun and games,
though. Two students were taken to
a nearby hospital, one for treatment
for extreme intoxication and another
for lacerations of the back and
legs. A third student was treated for
an ankle injury at the school infirmary.
The nude run has caused some
trouble in the past, and university
officials have tried to discourage
the practice.
"It was a lark 10 or 20 years
ago, but it's turned into a huge
event," said Jacquelyn Savani, a
university spokeswoman. "It has
lost its innocence and spontaneity."
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heavily before the run to loosen
inhibitions and make the cold seem
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impaired. Two years ago, two
young women were found passed
out and naked in the cold after
they drank too much.
That same year, about two dozen
male students dashed through a
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smashing a large plate-glass window.
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incident, and the young men were
later prosecuted.
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Meanwhile, a group of about 15
University of Pennsylvania women
decided to carry on a campus tradition
in December by jogging nude
through the school's quadrangle in
Philadelphia, the Daily
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The newspaper, which ran a photograph
of the women's backsides,
said it was the second annual
female streak at the school.
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what they're doing," one male
onlooker said. "It's cold out here."
As a group of five or so men
gathered to witness the 7 a.m.
event, the streakers nearly suffered
a pre-run panic.
"There are guvs over there!" one
said. "Oh, we'll run anyway,"
another answered.
So they quickly shed their
clothes near the statue of the Rev.
George Whitefield and ran screaming
around the courtyard. One
streaker who was a veteran of the
first female streak in 1992 said the
event was "a reminder not to take
life too seriously."
"This is a once-in-a-lifetime
opportunity," she said. "It's exhilarating."
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he was required to attend the event
as part of his fraternity , initiation,
said he respected the women's
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