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USC September Series, feati ing the music of Brahms, Cava and Infante, at 3 p.m. Sunday the School of Music. For ticket i formation, call 251-2222. staff writer AMANDA PRESLEY Everyone dreams. We can all relate to childhood nightmares, anxiety dreams and fantasies that fulfill our deepest desires. But is there a purpose to dreaming? And if so, what does it mean? The answer is more complex than the average person might imagine. Dream interpretation has long been a controversial topic for psychologists. Sigmund Freud believed that dreams merely keep the body from awakening itself for other activities. For instance, the midnight munchies won't stir people from slumber if they're on a dream date with Leonardo DiCaprio or Pamela Anderson Lee. Freud's dream theories were disproved when scientists found that peo pie have five or six dreams on any given night, not just when their bodies crave something. ^ The next major dream theory came from Carl Jung, who thought that dreams compensate for a neglected part of our personalities. H if j f)SPECIAL TH fn r \uiuai/ cad niivn rv?* B pr /? vt: Date: MONDi Time: 11:004 Location: RUSSELI UNION Rain Locatio I DV No purchase or payment of any kii irlli at iiDrea The problem with Jung's research was its tendency to show a consisten cy between his subjects' dreams anc their conscious behavior, rather thai the gap he expected. That means people who drean they're killing someone are probablj pretty aggressive when they're awake After Jung, the researchers have di vided themselves on the issue of dream* and dream interpretation. Some believ< dreams can inform, whereas others think people read their own meanings into dreams. A scientist is unable to prove wha1 happens when people are dreaming primarily because they can't talk whil< they're asleep. Instead, researchers have to rely 01 the dreamers' memories of events tha happened while the dreamers were un conscious, which doesn't make for mucl sound scientific research. G. William Domhoff, a professor wh< teaches courses on dreams and drean interpretation at the University of Cal ifornia at Santa Cruz, questions wfy Ge - I A ^ OR II ANKS TO PRIZES. INSII esents: IY, OCTO M - 3:0< L HOUSE I PATIO n: id is needed to participate. Ei m a Li l Common Dreams and 1 i by Alex Luke i Q: I dreamt about someone las 1 dream is only about them? f A* Nnt lisnallv The nerson rpi qualities you associate with th that. Q: I killed someone in my drean A: You don't actually want that destroy or end something that p t Q: I have a recurring dream. W1 , A: Your mind isn't getting the r i itself until the information is re 1 Q: I dreamt I was naked in pub: t A: You're feeling insecurity and exposure. 1 people don't remember their dreams if 3 the content is so important. He claims the "problem-solving caf pabilities" of dream interpretation t ready for yet another lM not founi n a bush or de is where w BER 5 )PM JNIVERSIT ttle D % rheir Interpretations tman, Ph.D. st night. Does that mean the presents forces, patterns and em and see the symbolism of a. What does that mean? person dead, but you want to >erson represents to you. tiat does that mean? aessage across and will repeat ceived. lie. What does it mean? unpreparedness, and you fear are nothing more than personal insights we suppress. If we know the right answer to a problem but choose to ignore it, then we could opt to receive the information a pig picl !. CLUE NO. 3 ) UP IN A TRI ON THE GRO I CAN BE FO The Tour Stude your smarts ii One person wi m you've got gai f Basketball Sho from our spom Visit these sp ''^f/Kodvon^ E It': t "1 ream by believing that it came to us in a dream. Alex Lukeman, author of "What Your Dreams Can Teach You," is convinced that dreams are filled with meaning. He sees them as necessary to understanding personal identity. He lists three important things to keep in mind when looking for the meaning of dreams: Everything is related to you and your life Symbols are specific to you, although sometimes a more universal meaning is present. You must determine your personal language of symbols. Ask yourself quietly for information about, or the meaning of, your dream. Something in you created it and knows what it means. Michael Sheridan, head of Ireland's Aisling Dream Interpretation center, thinks individuals dream to heal imbalance, find direction and discover reasons for their actions. His four rules of dream interpretation have been taught around Ireland j Homecoming is s away, but Clic ^ Carolina Product! ^ Find the gari FF or garnet an< Go to Ci in n **oduct\oi Russell Hon ini) prize. Tha enou nts Have Been Screo ii the Earning Credi ill win a $1,000 scl me? Then, show yc ot-Out and win ton sors. onsors: ? is) ^oston/j 7/ s the seventh continent, not he seventh sign. Even the penguins agree. http//www.infinet.com/ ~erd/ to people seeking an understanding of their dreams. These rules, which also stress the dreamer as the focus, center on issues like personal responsibility, cause and effect of actions, and avoidance. Junior Jon Culp sees dreams as "not important really. (They) just kind of recap everything that's going on in your life." Graduate student Casey Kaufman agrees. He thinks that dreams are the way people's minds work through the problems they have in the daytime. Those who want to look more into what their dreams mean should try starting a dream journal, dream analysts say. The analysts suggest keeping a notebook by the bed and writing whatever you remember about the dream right after waking up. ITnnnmrr o imirnol oV?nnM m^roQCO U JUU1IIU1 Oliuuiu mvivu?JV what you remember about your dreams, making it easier to do a little research of your own. Good luck ? and sweet dreams. till two weeks Gamecock and Ions are ready. Ni - V let, black, I black pig. ^ irolina is in the ise. Win a f cf) j t's easy S gh. iming For! Show it Game Show. tolarship. Think * tur skills at the s of free prizes ama w NETWORK coustics '] 1171,17 ffiMr 15 |S *