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DATEBOOK Guide to Weekly Mi The Association of College Entrepreneurs is seeking to expand the Gr number of campuses with chapters aci for the 1995-% academic year. Students interested in starting a chap- cy ter would request an application RI package from Drew Palmer at (213) 77 848-8758 or via e-mail at ace@annex.comm. tei Beta Alpha Psi will be available foi to help students with accounting 27 homework 4:30-7 p.m. Mondays and 4:45-6:45 p.m. Tuesdays in BA 008. po The African Students Associa- an tion will present a dance festival fea- 21 turing exotic food and dance from Africa Friday, April 21 at 7 p.m. in W the Golden Spur. For more information, call 939-0244. so< Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity will hold their annual spring Sorority Volleyball Tournament to benefit the p.] Multiple Sclerosis Society at Blatt Cc P.E. Center's volleyball courts April 23 from 12-4 p.m. 5 ] Sundays 6] Ballroom Dance Club, 4-5 p.m., Blatt P.E. Center 107. For more in- p.i formation, call Gabriele at 256-3140. Worship service and dinner, R1 5:30 p.m., PALM Center, 728 Pickens St. te: St Mondays Sorority Council, 5 p.m., RH 34 Theater. CPU Cultural Arts Commit- Gi tee, 7 p.m., CPU Conference Room, ca CPU Cinematic Arts Commit- 2c tee, 7 p.m., RH 203. CPU Publicity Committee, 7:30 15 p.m., RH 201. Men's Self Awareness Group, Hi 2:15-4 p.m., Counseling and Human Flovolnnmont Ppntpr 919 000 As- TV T -?7 i sembly St. tis Tuesdays Carolina for KIDS, 6 p.m., RH t? 302. Dinner and program, 6 p.m., lo Presbyterian Student Center, 1702 m Greene St. m Carolina Cares, 7 p.m., RH 204. Student Psychology Associa- "I tion, 7 p.m., Barnwell Conference Ci Room. fo Homecoming Commission, 7:15 p.m., RH 307. G USC Model United Nations se Club, 8:30 p.m., Gambrell 201. te Resource Phon If you think you or a friend migl the following resources are ava on campus: American Family Foundation This non-profit research ore mation on religious cults and m tion works to understand probk and provide solutions. Cult Awareness Network (70 CAN is a non-profit educati motes awareness of the effects also put callers in touch with e> un-uampus k Counseling and Human Develo University Chaplain 777-3627 University Committee on Religi (Office of Student Affairs) Mel Miller, Asst. Director for Re ART continued from page 1 "I certainly don't like censorship," said n John O'Neil, art department chairman. Julie McKay's sculpture displaying fi derogatory words for women was re- n moved from a lobby gallery in the art department before a group of 60 ele- Z mentary students visited the depart- a III FREE BASKETBALL FREE BASKETBALI eetings SAGE (Students Acting for a -eener Earth), an environmental tion group, 8 p.m., RH 302. Campus Coalition for Litera, every other Tuesday, 8:30 p.m., i 202. For more information, call 7-8402. Phi Alpha Delta pre-law fra-nity, 7 p.m. RH 203. For more inmation, call Cassie Sturide at 54400. Gay/Lesbian Students' Suprt Group, 4:30-6 p.m., Counseling id Human Development Center 9 ednesdays Bisexual, Gay and Lesbian Asciation, 8 p.m., BA 364. Beta Alpha Psi, 5:30 p.m. PALM Campus Ministry, 5:30 m., dinner and program, PALM inter. Student Government Senate, a.m., RH Theater. Women's Student Association, p.m., RH 348. Campus Rape Awareness, 7 m., RH 332. Student Ad Federation, 7 p.m., 3302 Bible Study, 7 pun., Presbyrian Student Center, 1702 Greene Young Democrats, 7 p.m., RH :8. College Republicans, 7:30 p.m., ambrell 151. For more information, 11 Mike at 544-0427 or Miles 254138. Academics Skills Drop-In, 12:101:50 p.m., RH 309. mrsdays Habitat for Humanity, 5:30 m., RH 302. "Heart to Heart," 7 p.m., Bapit Student Union, 700 Pickens St. CPU Ideas & Issues Commiti, 7:30 p.m., CPU Conference Room. Intervarsity Christian Felwship, 8-9:30 p.m, RH 315. For ore information, call Richard Grinmat 256-1211. Campus Crusade for Christ, 'rime Time," 7:30 p.m., RH 327. Bill Dave at 551-5577 for more inrmation. Dissertation Writing Support roup, 10 a.m.-ll:30 a.m., Coun1* ITT _ T"V 1 X n ling ana numan development ^enr 212,900 Assembly St. ie Numbers it be in a religious cult, ilable both nationally and (617) 893-0930 janization gathers inforlind control. The organizajms with religious cults 4) 771-7800 on organization that pro; of mind control. They (it counselors if necessary. esources: pment Center 777-5223 ous Affairs 777-4172 isidence Life 777-4129 . lent. "They were getting tours of differer acilities that belong to the art depar lent," CNeil said. "Julie's case is different from mine, 1 --- * "1 ?W. 1 X -1 X L 111 inou saia. iviy case is not auoui art. it bout another culture and religion /-j^ "Can yo this? Yoi ? J|to.Jam - FREE VOLLEYBALL Mar i Semii in i mmJS ^01 . FREE VOLLEYBALL Senate deb MATT PWUirr Staff Writer A revised version of a resolution supporting recommendations from the Student Activity Fee Task Force was defeated Wednesday, while a resolution requesting tuition caps and a bill confirming the law school budget both passed The defeated resolution offered support for the task force recommendations to raise student activity fees and require graduate students taking more than nine hours to pay the fee. The resolution also supported the changes in the allocation process proposed by the task force. Sea Trav Robertson was a main source of objection to the resolution. Robertson feared the additional funds would not be totally devoted to student use because of the administrative deductions taken fWvm tVio faac TVia roa/\lntinn W99 Hp USC student Adam Katzman, who went through exit couseling last fall after his involvement with the Columbia Church of Christ, was concerned that University 101's coverage of religious cults was discussed too late in the se1 mester. In his class, the topic was not touched on until, ironically, the day after he returned from exit counseling. Berman said the point in the semester when religious cults were discussed varied from professor to professor. "I let my students help plan the class," Berman said. "Probably fairly early in the semester we would touch on the subject when talking about groups." Berman said University 101 professors would encourage students to use caution before joining certain groups. "Any group that would use any type of unethical tactics or group thinking would be discouraged," he said. "This fits into the whole idea 01 students Daiancing ideas with freedom. They need to make responsible decisions. "We want to help students reason for themselves and make the best possible choices for themselves." Exit counseling vs. deprogramming Religious cults latch onto students through a process of mind control and information control, according to Dave Cloutier, a graduate student at GordonConwell Seminary in Massachusetts. He was a member of the International :Pfhe~Gj 99 's 99 u hear II AI x want me | I ituprjlll , FREE STEP AEROBICS \r umir rnlpvtrl, V v/j L/ l/l' I H/H Annual US1 ME NIGH1 iday, May 1,19 Blatt] , FREE STEP AEROBICS ??1 ** k feated by the narrow margin of 17 to 15. Another resolution requested that the General Assembly of South Carolina pass caps on tuition and fees at USC. The resolution was originally part of an amendment to last week's finance resolution but came to the floor Wednesday as a result of collaboration between EARTH continued from page 1 jects, representing the environmental crisis they felt was developing. Members of USGs Students Advocating Greener Earth (SAGE), will plant another time capsule Thursday that will also demonAAVk/tAWk ?-VV? fV* A ofof A rtf tV\ A AA A n SLiai/C lA/iUCI II 1UI LUG OLULC VI tlig OH*!" ronment in 1995. "The 1995 time capsule will include a variety of items that show some positive and negative aspects of our environment," said Tricia Cooper, SAGE president. "Included in the capsule will be items such as a campus environment audit, an eco mug, recyclable items and some items like styrofoam, which cannot be recycled. We hope to increase RELIGION continued from page 1 and recruit new members, some groups use recruiting tactics that may be deceitful, manipulative, and coercive These organizations often are damaging and not in the best interest of the student members." iats fee bill the Senate Finance Committee and Sen. Dan Griffith, who authored the amendment. Minimal objection was raised to the legislation, and it passed by a vote of 24 to 1. A roll call vote was called for in both cases in order to make each senator accountable to his or her constituents. Listings of the roll call vote are available through Student Government. Senator John Martin also requested a that a listing of those senators who at tenaea tne meeting dui leu Deiore tne vote was taken be published. Martin said he wanted students to know how they were being represented and which senators were performing their duties. The number of senators dwindled from 33 to 25 over the course of the meeting. Finally, the budget for the law school was placed into effect by a unanimous vote. The law school prepares its budget annually and sends it to the Senate Finance Committee for review, after which it comes before the entire Student Senate for confirmation. awareness on campus and show that concern for environment should not be a fad, it should be something we continue for a lifetime." In addition to the Earth Day events on campus, the City of Columbia and WNOK radio will host a celebration at Finlay Park Saturday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. The festivities include live entertainment, numerous food vendors and over 20 Earth Day exhibitors. Festival goers will also have the chance to tour the new Paperstock Dealers Recycling Center and to take home a tree to plant. Church of Christ, formerly the Boston Movement, until September 1988. Cloutier assisted in a USC student's exit counseling last fall. "If s not an issue of religion," Cloutier said. "If s an issue of unethical practices." He explained the concept of information on a continuum, where a subject is given only certain pieces of information. He said the results are subconscious. For example, on the harmless end of the spectrum, department stores give information on a continuum in the form of music played over a store-wide intercom system. The purpose is to put customers in a certain frame of mind or mood. "Thafs not mind control," Cloutier said. "At the other end of the spectrum, it is." He said controlling the information given to new members of the International Church of Christ means the new member "is giving up to someone else unconsciously," allowing that person to make decisions for the new member. "What we're doing (the exit counselors) is providing information about what's really going on," he said. "In essence, having the information and processing, dialoguing with the counselors is a freeing experience." In the past, stories have been told about how parents had to kidnap their children in order to get them out of religious groups such as the Moonies. This method, often called deprogramming, was highly criticized and exit counseling has taken its place. "There was a process of forceable denmovammina Ppnnlf reallv feel civil Fl r~ u - -rights were being violated," Cloutier amecock. f the dee FREE FOOD FREE DOOR I ars now ? it '5 C STRESS Bl r AT THE B 95 8 pm -12 n P.E. Center FREE FOOD FREE DOOR 1 i BOMBING continued from page 1 floors like a dollhouse. ' Cables and other debris dangled from 1 the floors like tangled streamers in a scene that brought to mind car bomb- < ings at the U.S. Embassy and the U.S. Marine barracks in Lebanon in 1983. Mayor Ron Norick said the blast was caused by a car bomb that left a crater eight feet deep. He said the car had been outside, in front of the building. "Obviously, no amateur did this," Gov. Frank Keating said. "Whoever did this was an animal." Paramedic Heather Taylor said the 17 waro rlaarl of cnona Tko X V/ililUi V/ll II V/l U UMAU Ub WXV kJWllV/. X 11V children, all at the day care center, ranged in age from one to seven, and some were burned beyond recognition, said Dr. Carl Spengler, who was one of the first doctors at the scene. About 20 of 40 children in the daycare center were missing. The explosion, similar to the terrorist car bombing that killed six people and injured 1,000 at New York's World Trade Center in 1993, occurred just after 9 a.m., when most of the more than 500 federal employees were in their offices. The blast could be felt 30 miles away. Black smoke streamed across the skyline, and glass, bricks and other debris were spread over a wide area. The north side of the building was gone. Cars were incinerated on the street. Christopher Wright of the Coast Guard, one of those helping inside the building, said rescuers periodically turned off their chainsaws and prying tools to listen for calls of help, "but we didn't hear anything ?just death." "You're helpless really, when you see people two feet awav. you can't do anything, they're just smashed," he said. The building had offices of such federal agencies as the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, Social Security, Veterans Affairs, the Drug Enforcement Administration and Housing and Urban Development and a federal employee said. "People coming out were being scarred and there was a feeling of resentment." The difference between deprogramming and exit counseling involves the ?C 4-Vi ? v\/\i?flan V*ai r-vrr aalinoalo/1 UUIlSClit U1 UlC JJC1 ovil ucing wuii0vivv4. The idea is that the person consents and the family has been educated about the group, about the process of mind control," he said. Cloutier was in the MIBS program at USC during the summer of 1987. He came to Columbia while still in the Boston Movement, or ICOC. He is now working on his masters in marriage and family counseling. For parents "We become involved'' For parents, sending their son or daughter away from home is hard enough without worrying about involvement in a religious cult. However, USC has many resources available to students and parents. "There are lots of support systems here," Miller said. "Staff members at the university are very involved with students. If a student has a problem with a religious cult, we become involved." If parents are concerned their student may be involved in a cult, Miller suggested they call the residence hall or the student's RA. She also said the chaplains are good resources for parents. "They're helpful in helping parents, students, and sometimes in intervening with the group," Miller said. One USC student's parents got in touch with others who had been involved in the International Church of Christ, or whose children had been members. "I think you have to be fortunate enough to find someone who knows what's . Read it /M >p end. I >RIZES FREE FUN ; BACK! LOWOUT LATT" nidnight PRIZES FREE FUN V + l ed it was the work of "anarchists" and came up with a list of suspects, but all had fled to Russia. Emergency crews set up a first aid center nearby, and some of the injured sat on the sidewalks, blood on their heads or arms, awaiting aid. St. Anthony Hospital put out a call for more medical help, and at midday, posted a list of more than 200 names of injured so worried relatives could look for loved ones. "It was like Beirut; everything was burning and flattened," said Spengler, who arrived minutes after the blast. Carole Lawton, 62, a HUD secretary, said she was sitting at her desk on the seventh floor when "all of a sudden the windows blew in. It got real dark and the ceiling just started coming down." going on," said Kathy Katzman, a parent. "Go to the professionals, the awarenpss network and the exit counselors. I feel it's something we could not have done without professional help." Fidler also said he recommended national organizations. "We need to make them aware of the Cult Awareness Network, get them (par- v ents) in touch with each other," Fidler said. Although college students will make changes in their lives the first year away from home, Cloutier said parents should look for warning signs and extreme changes in behavior. "I would say obviously if there's any strange changes in behavior, like if the child is reducing their contact with the family drastically," Cloutier said. "Just the warning signs, take them seriously. If parents confront their son or daughter about such changes, and the student attributes the changes to a religious society, then there is room for concern, Cloutier said. Thafs not to say that a person cannot have a religious conversion," he said. "But its veiy important to educate themselves." If parents think their son or daughter might be involved in a cult, there are many resources available both on campus and nationally. For more information, please contact the resources and people listed. The Columbia Church of Christ did not return phone calls from The Gamecock and there was no answer to calls to Crossroads Ministry, the original church located in Gainesville, Fla. you. / i WTTTTTrTTTTTTV HpfUHvi -,5 I LI?LLJ|j jMSttSayj l4^ivnvvvvi^^^Bi *? 11 h|| |KjdB MH 1^^ nfl B-4 Bh II 1 H n I >-fl ^ j M W911J ^ I **^l "^B H i ^S^Tl I ]i| 11 Bill i j credit union and military recruiting offices. The office was built in 1974 and includes an underground parking garage. The bomb was perhaps 1,000 to 1,200 pounds, said John Magaw, ATF director. As for whether his agency suspected terrorists, he told CNN: "I think any time you have this kind of damage, this kind of explosion, you have to look there first." More than two hours after the ex plosion, people were still trapped in the building. "We have to crawl on our stomachs and feel our way and we're talking to victims who are in there and reassuring them that we're doing everything within the good Lord's power to reach them and get to them," Assistant Fire Chief Jon Hansen said. "Ifs going to be a very slow process." The explosion heightened U.S. fears of terrorism. Federal buildings in several cities were evacuated because of bomb threats, and the government ordered tightened security at federal buildings throughout the country. In 1920, a bomb blast in New York's Wall Street area killed 40 people and injured hundreds. Authorities conclud