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Patricia Brownlee Garth Rosell
Richard Harris
Paul Mauger
Stanley Anderson James Bragg
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Volume XLIII—No. 2
Bethel College, St. Paul, Minn. Friday, September 20, 1968
Campus welcomes new group
of faculty and staff additions
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Burton Wessman, vice president
of Business Affairs, has cited "the
difference in facilities" as the rea-son
for higher rent assessed stu-dents
slated to live in the new cam-pus
residence when it opens la-ter
this semester.
Pointing out that building • costs
have gone up, Wessman said that
new facilities were the primary
factor in the higher rent assess-ment
for the new dormitory. He
added that providing bus service
between campuses was also a con-sideration
in determining rent.
Wessman acknowledged that rent
was based on the facilities, and
said that it was not the role of
the Business Office to weigh stu-dent
inconvenience in establishing
rental rates. (According to the
Student. Services Office, most stu-dents
assigned to the new campus
had requested housing on or near
the present campus as their first
choice.) New dorMitory residents
will have to commute the five
miles to this campus each day for
both meals and classes).
Rent for the new residence has
been set at $162.50 per semester
for double rooms, and $200 per
The all-school picnic will be
held tonight at the Arden Hills
campus. Buses and cars are sched-uled
to depart at 4:45 P.M.
The all-school picnic is an an-nual
event for Bethel students.
This year the picnic will be held
at the new campus-seminary loca-tion.
There, in Arden Hills, the
Students, faculty and staff not
in one of the regular choral groups
on campus are invited to sing in
the FESTIVAL CHOIR. Those in-terested
should see Mr. Whitinger
in the Music Office for audition.
Rehearsals are held each Thursday
from 4:30 to 6:00 p.m. The Festi-val
Choir sings for the Festival of
Christmas and other concerts on
semester for suites with two bed-rooms,
a living room, and bath.
Each suite holds four students.
Students currently pay $137.50
per semester for rent in Bodien,
Edgren, and Hagstrom residences.
Manor residents pay $180 each se-mester
for their apartments, which
provide cooking facilities. Students
living in Bethel owned housing
without cooking facilities are re-quired
to use the school's meal
plan which costs $200 per semes-ter,
New dormitory residents are also
required to use the meal plan, and
will bus to campus each day for
meals in the Bodien cafeteria. La-ter
in the year, arrangements may
be made to serve breakfast on the
new campus.
Students assigned to the new
campus residence are still living in
temporary housing until the new
dorm is ready for occupancy. Wess-man
was non-commital about ad-justments
in rent for these stu-dents.
"The whole matter will be
subject to review when the total.
extent of inequities are known,"
he said.,
rolling terrain will provide a sce-nic
setting for the picnic and for
the activities of the evening.
The picnic supper will include
such American traditionals as hot
dogs (in the foot-long variety) and
other gastronomical delights. There
is no charge for students already
on the meal plan and a 75c fee
for those who aren't. (There will
be no evening meal served on cam-pus
Friday night).
The evening's activities will be
highlighted by a bonfire hoote-nany,
with the California Dreamers.
In addition, there will be an op-portunity
to play touch football
and fling frisbees. In the event of
rain, the evening's activities will
be transferred to the Field House
at the present college campus.
(Second of two articles on new
faculty and staff members)
by Jeanne Seaholm
Scanning the Bethel community,
returnees find nine more new
faces among faculty and staff per-sonnel.
An enthusiastic addition to the
Physical Education Department,
Patricia Brownlee joins the wo-men's
staff. Coriginaly from Loui-siana
where she received her
B.S. from Louisiana Polytechnic
Institute, Miss Brawnlee claims in
her accent, "They say I don't speak
your language yet."
She received her M. S. from
Washington State University and
has been a mathematics and phy-sical
education teacher in Lake-wood,
Colorado. Through Campus
Crusade she became a Christian
and then lived with Bethel grad-uates,
who informed her about our
Richard Holt is Assistant Pro-fessor
of French. After he re-ceived
his B.A. from Houghton
College and his M.Ed. from St.
Francis College, he taught French
at Huntington College in Indiana.
Taking Dr. Johnson's American
History courses and special read-ing
students is Garth Rosell. He
received his B. A. from Whea-ton,
his B.D. and Th.M. from
Princeton Seminary, and is pres-ently
a doctoral candidate at the
University of Minnesota where he
has been a teaching associate.
Mr. Rosell's main concern is So-cial
and Religious History in the
Early 19th Century, stemming from
his background in theological and
church history. For two years he
has served as assistant minister
Assistant Professor of Education,
Richard Harris has received his
B. A. from Seattle Pacific Col-lege
and his M.A. from the Uni-versity
of Redlands. Since 1964 he
has been elementary school princi-pal
in Redlands, California. Also
Mr. Harris and his wife have been
leaders in many areas of Confer-ence
church work in Yucaipa.
Paul Mauger, Instructor i n
Phychology, believes strongly in
Christian higher education because
of his experience at Gordon Col-lege
where he received his B.A.
Presently he is completing his
Ph.D. at the University of Minne-sota
with major emphasis in clini-cal
psychology and minor atten-tion
in phychology and neurology.
At the University Mr. Mauger
leads a Bible study group com-posed
of older graduates such as
nurses and nuns.
Coming to the Department of
Philosophy as Instructor and
Chairman, Stanley Anderson re-ceived
his B.A. and M.A. at
Wheaton College, his B.D. from
Gordon Divinity School, and is now
a Ph.D. candidate at Boston Uni-versity.
For three years he has
been pastor of Calvary Baptist
Church in Dorchester, Massachu-setts.
Already introduced to Bethelites,
Reverend Maurice Lawson is now
Campus Pastor. After attending
Bethel College and Seminary, he
received his bachelor's degree at
Wheaton College and his M.A. at
the University of Minnesota.
Then he taught for fourteen
years in Bethel's English Depart-ment,
and he and his wife parented
Bodien Hall. Following two pas-torates,
one at the Olivet Church
in Minneapolis and the second at
Bethany Church in Whittier, Cali-fornia,
Pastor Lawson has come
The new Librarian is Mar-garet
Dewey. She received her
B.A. from Northwestern College
and her M.A. from the University
of Minnesota. Her position before
joining Bethel was Head of Instruc-tional
Resources at Florissant Val-ley
Community College in St.
Louis, Missouri.
New to Student Services person-nel
is James Bragg._ He is As-sistant
Dean of Students in charge
of recruitment and financial aids.
After receiving his B.A. from Elm-hurst
College, his B.D. from Trin-ity
Divinity, and his M.A. from
the University of Minensota, he
was Athletic Director and Assist-ant
Professor of Physical Educa-tion
at Aurora College in Illinois
before coming to Bethel.
Election board
releases dates
Dates for the election of fresh-men
class officers have been re-leased.
Declarations of Candidacy
will be available in the Senate of-fice
from any member of the Stu-dent
Senate or the Election Board,
or from a box in the Coffee Shop
after chapel September 23.
All Declarations of Candidacy
must be turned in to a Senator or
Election Board member by 4:30
p.m., October 4. Petitions will be
due October 10 at 4:30 p.m.
The primary election, if neces-sary
will be held October 18. The
Final election will be held Octo-ber
25. Persons with questions
should contact Leonard Sammons,
Chairman of the Election Board,
through P. O. 778 or by telephone
at Arlington Hills Presbyterian to us because of his intense inter-
Church. est in young people.
Seminary campus hosts
annual all-school picnic
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Ed. Note : This independent column is prepared by an editorial
board currently composed of four Bethel alumni: Malcolm Avey,
Jim Brand, Al Brown, and Rich Runbeck.
A man with real concern for humanity can not exist within
an establishment and at the same time find the freedom to
express this concern. Somehow, establishments seem diametri-cally
opposed to the individual and total freedom of expres-sion.
The thesis of this article is seen in the simile that insti-tutions
are like people. That is to say institutions are systemic
and viable. They can be young and grow old.
They are defined into existence and are legally responsible
for much of their behavior. They need an effective cybernetic
system, e.g., the nervous system of a person, and a research
function or analytic function, e.g., the brain of the individual.
The simile does not, of course, prove that there is a need
for such a function. However, since we do know of the empiri-cal
results of individuals without their analytical processes, we
could speculate as to the results of an institution without a
research function. The institution void of analytical facilities
would at best be ineffective in the fight for human progress
and at worst it would be detrimental.
To relate these predictions of "brainless" institutions to
the Baptist General Conference is easy. In the first case the
Conference is void of research facilities.
In the second case, the conference does not realize the
"observable phenomenon" that this conference is tightly inter-cont'd
on page 5
Needs support
Dear Editor:
The people love peace and liber-ty
and enjoy those to the full.
All of them are so diligent, honest
and sympathetic for the poor.
Nothing is cruel and miserable
these. This is the country, Canada,
in my dream from my childhood.
Now I as an adult, know well
your nation do the very best as
the leader of the world. And I
have been feeling very close to
you. And yet I am going to write
this appealing letter for your help.
I keenly feel it is very shameless
deed but I cannot help appealing
to save my children. I hope you
would be kind enough to read
this and the enclosed brochure of
my work though you are in the
busy time.
I am a woman who run a tiny
vocational school and now I am in
a woeful plight. At a crisis of
closing the school, I can hardly
get into sleep at night with my
bitter anxiety if they would run
away to be beggars or thieves on
the streets again.
I used up all my personal fund
to build the present two rooms
and run the school until today. I
have no regular income and my
school is not associated with any
church, and get no financial as-sistance
from religious organiza-tions.
I believe we are the same sons
and daughters of God transcend-ing
the colour and the board, and
the same members trying to build
the world of peace and good will.
So I can appeal for help to you.
Would you extend your heart-warmed
sympathy for the poor
children who are thirsty in love
and burn with the desire for learn-ing
under these miserable circum-stances.
The pen is mightier than the
sword. Won't you wield a facile
pen so that your students may
participate in helping these poor
ones? I entreat you again that my
school will be affiliated with your
college and my children will get
your help and friendship.
Any help from you will be wel-comed
by the children and even
a cent contributed will make them
smile happily and fill them with
hope in the successful future. If
cont'd on page 5
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Bethel should lower current rent
assessed residents of new dorm
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may withhold the writer's name at his request.
A second look should be taken at the deci-sion
to establish a higher rate of rent for the
new dormitory than that currently paid by
students living in Bethel's older dormitories.
In view of all the factors involved, this deci-sion
scarcely appears to give adequate con-sideration
to student interests.
There was some disagreement among col-lege
officials over what rent policy should be
followed this year. The Business Office felt
that the differences in facilities between the
older dormitories and the new residence jus-tified
higher rent for the latter. The Student
Services Office, however, favored uniform rent
for all dormitories.
College de vision makers were agreed on one
point: rent in general was too low. But this
need to raise rent across the board was checked
by an unwritten rule: tuition and room or
board are not both raised during the same
year. With a two hundred dollar increase in
tuition for the 1963-69 academic year already
staring students in face, no one could realis-tically
argue that now was the time for a break
with precedent. Otherwise a uniform rent of
$162.50 would have been in store for all college
As a result, a compromise of sorts was worked
out, leaving rent unchanged in the existing
dormitories while a higher rate was set for the
new dormtory. Tradition was left at least tech-nically
intact, leaving an across the board in-crease
for food and housing until next year.
While a policy of raising tuition one year
and room and board the next is not particularly
appealing to any student, it does have some
sound psychology behind it and also seems
more desirable in terms of the student's finan-cial
status than raising tuition and other ex-penses
The current rent situation is extremely un-fair
to the residents of the new dormitory.
Room rent should not be raised in years when
tuition is increased. Technically this has not
been done. However, a difference in rent be-tween
the older dormitories and the new resi-dence
has been established, and it is not justi-fied
under the present circumstances. There
should be a uniform rent of $137.50 per semes-ter
for all college dormitories.
Why shouldn't a difference in facilities be
reflected in rent costs? In the case of the new
dormitory awaiting completion on the Arden
Hi's campus, there are two basic reasons.
First, the majority of its (future) occupants
did not ask to live there. Most students as-signed
to the new dormitory requested hous-ing
on or near the present campus. Conse-quently,
they will be paying fifty dollars more
(for the year) to live in their second choice of
Second, a considerable amount of inconven-ience
is attached to living on the new campus.
Students will have to bus to the present cam-pus
for classes and for meals. Since classes
and meal times have a disconcerting way of
being diffused throughout the day, most indi-viduals
will be faced with alternatives of spend-ing
long hours on campus or considerable time
in numerous bus rides.
This matter of inconvenience might be even
more apparent in winter, especially with occa-sional
three-foot snowdrifts and twenty below
zero temperatures. Yet the physical distance
separating the new residence from the rest of
campus life has not been considered in deter-mining
its rent.
True, a bus was purchased by the college to
provide transportation for residents of the new
dorm; according to Burton Wessman, Vice
President of Business Affairs, this was a con-sideration
in setting higher rent. What remains
to be explained is the rationale behind this
decision. If the inconvenience incurred by stu-dents
living on the new campus has no bearing
on determining rent costs, then it seems highly
inconsistent that expenses incurred by the col-lege
because of this inconvenience should be
,considered in setting rent.
Location and convenience have always been
key factors in the amount of rent charged for
all types of housing. They should also be, con-siderations
in determining rent for Bethel hous-ing.
It seems nearly dishonest to emphasize
a difference in facilities and ignore the matter
of inconvenience.
There is still one more factor which merits
consideration. An anonymous donor contribu-ted
a half millio& dollars towards building the
dormitory last winter, making its construction
at this time possible. In addition the contribu-tion
helps the college save a considerable
amount of money that would have been need-ed
for interest costs if Bethel borrowed funds
for construction.
The cost of the new residence is to be self-amortized,
which essentially means that the
gift of a half million dollars will not be con-sidered
when determining rent for its occu-pants.
While this in itself may be a legitimate
decision, students still are entitled to ask if such
a generous gift might not allow more flexi-bility
in assessing rent costs in the early, un-settled
If the Christian orientation of Bethel means
that human values are more important than
dollar signs, one would think that rents on
both the present and new campus could be
kept uniform until the college relocates, eli-minating
the problem of inconvenience. How
could the spirit of an anonymous donor giv-ing
$500,000 for construction of a new resi-dence
be more appreciably acknowlegded than
in showing the same spirit to those students
who are still patiently waiting to occupy that
dormitory? L.B.
Football again
I was surprised at Dr. Larson'S
letter. In talking with past Bethel
graduates, I understand that the
geographical location of the foot-ball
field, disequilibrium between
student expectation and reality in
certain aspects of college life and
the aversion of the male student
population toward dating Bethel
coeds contribute partly to the small
size of attendance in football games
—thus the resultant lack of cheers.
It would be a mistake, in my
mind, to hero-worship individual
football players or to ask for spec-ial
treatment. I hasten to add that
I love football games and if any-body
can get me two tickets to the
Bears-Viking game before Septem-ber
29, I will see to it that he gets
recognized. Moreover, "During my
own college days," I went to every
winning home game and cheered
heartily along with others despite
our lack of knowledge of who the
players were.
There are times that we "pass
and meet men on campus without
knowing that they are team mem-bers;"
there are also times we pass
men ' who are not greeted at all.
I see no reason that football play-
, ers or any other student attending
Bethel should have special treat-ment.
Imagine the havoc and in-justice
that would arise if a teach-er
favors a particular student or
a particular group of students.
I agree with Dr. Larson that we
should not blame low enthusiasm
on the players, nor should we
blame the students but let's do
make an effort of studying and
finding out real problems which
"may be far more subtle" and re-strain
quick diagnosis and conclude
what appears to be the obvious.
Thomas Choi
CONCERT TOUR OF EUROPE JUNE io:Aky 8.1968 CHOIRS OVERSEAS
lit/passim . places .
by Jonathan P. Larson
As the College Choir roamed the face
of the Continent this summer, it received
applause and adulation from nearly
every sort of people. From the school
children of Scotland, to the quaint farm
folk of Schleswig Holstein, from the
American community in Oslo, to the
sophisticated audiences of Germany's
great cities, the choir was embraced with
warmth and praise.
A friend recently asked me whether
the tour was really worth it. I silently
asked myself, - Worth what?- Worth the
$600 plus dollars? How could it possibly
be measured on a dollar scale? How
much in return for singing to visibly
moved East Germans in Leipzizg's St.
Thomas Kirke?
How much in return for the hospitality
extended by the friendly people who
kept us in their homes. Indeed, it may
seem saccharine to say so, but it is never-theless
true that the choir's experience
in Europe was priceless.
A whiff of tear gas and the clamor of
demonstrations in Paris. The stone-faced
St. John's church, the bowling greens,
and the endless lochs in Scotland, the
soaring arches in Holland's Dutch Re-formed
Church and a near empty shell
of a church in Bremen.
The strawberry pastries, finding a
drunken derilect by a dry fountain in
Copenhagen. The wild mid-summer fes-tivities
in Stockholm, and a choppy sea
enroute from Oslo to northern Germany.
The bishop at Hall Meuller amidst a 500-
strong crowd of Schleswig farmers.
Grim-looking East German border
guards stamping passports, the bleak
imposing ruins of Berlin's Prince Wilhelm
The black iron riveted door in Witten-berg
onto which Luther nailed his theses,
fluttering red banners and martial bands
marking Walter Ulbricht's 50th birthday.
The lazy green alpine meadows re-flected
in Lake Luverne, all of us thrash-ing
through the cobbled streets looking
for cuckoo clocks.
"Doc" Dalton leading the study tour tests his
yodeling skill in Switzerland.
acrd people . •- •
Circling above London's Health Row
airport in sight of Westminster Abbey
and the Towers of Parliament. Whirling
together through a tufted pasture in Ire-land
dancing the Hora and singing our-selves
hoarse. These are a few of the
kaleidiscopic images that thrust them-selves
into sight.
But in time these memories will be
blurred. I quietly applaud instead the
people discovered. Those whom I found
at home, in the shops, at school, adrift
on the streets, and even those people
found in the choir, including myself. The
People - that is what I will remember.
The People - that is what will be a part
of me. The People - that remains price-less.
The choir went to minister unto and
was itself the object of a ministry. The
choir went to sing and found in turn
something to sing about. The choir went
in search of others, and found them, but
in doing so found itself as well.
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Reflecti- ota.
By DAN JOHNSON
From the current student riots in Paris to
the ancient forums of Roman times students
on the History Study Tour experienced two
thousand years of living history. We realized
the contrast between our academic learning
in the clasroom and actually lying in another
part of the world.
The desire for travel grew deeper as we
first experienced a transition between various
foreign cultures. With a knowledge of the dif-ferences
throughout foreign countries many
students really learned to study and appreci-ate
their own environment.
One surprisingly sees many similarities be-tween
ourselves and Europeans, especially
when we know we are the foreigners in their
native country. Our American physical con-finement
often narrows us in our thinking and
forming opinions about the rest of the world.
As a touring group we often were presented
with a quick, favorable look at a city and its
people but many individual students would
seek out their own places of interest away
from the typical tourist attractions. Several
of our most exciting learning experiences while
traveling developed from our initiative to do
more then just see Europe as a foreign country.
One should really feel and live a part of
another cultural enironment rather then ob-serve
critically from a tourist point of view.
European tourists tend to limit themselves to
the popular, well traveled routes but, as college
students, we attempted to discover for our-selves
our ability to broaden our experiences by
foreign travel.
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Friday, September 20, 1968
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Maurice Lawson accepts position
as college's first full-time pastor
proach to and acceptance of theolo-gy
has also changed. "Kids today
reflect the questioning spirit of
our times. I would like to think
they are trying to find real mean-ing
in life and not willing to ac-cept
the cliches and patterns
handed down to them. Christians
today must give -better reasons for
our faith than we used to ��� kids
are searching for reality, for rele-vancy."
Rev. Lawson feels Christianity is
going through a difficult and cri-tical
stage in its development. He
attributes this to the increasing
secularization and institutionaliza-tion
of society, misrepresentation
of the Gospel by the divisiveness
in the church, the spirit of anti-intellectualism
that has character-ized
the evangelical church, and
extremism on the right and on the
"I feel there are many funda-mentalist
Christians who are Wal-lace
supporters. This hurts the
church's image and appeal to un-believers.
Also, Christians on the
left who are concerned primarily
with social, cultural, and political
events misrepresent Christianity
and confuse potential converts. We
don't have to abandon historic
Christianity in order to give mean-
Do you like food, talking, enter-tainment,
and more food? All you
have to do is have a ticket for
the Big and Little Sis Banquet and
be a girl (sorry fellows). On Sep-tember
24 at 6:00 p. m. cars
will be leaving for Trinity Baptist
Mrs. Duff Wessman, wife of the
late Duff Wessman who was alum-nus
of the year last year, will be
the featured speaker. Notes will be
If you have not purchased
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Rev. Maurice Lawson,
new campus pastor
ingful expression to our faith."
Concern for the total individual
is a keystone in Rev. Lawson's
philosophy, and he hopes to com-municate
this concern to Bethel
students this coming year. His gen-uine
desire to serve Christ and
the campus will aid in making Rev.
Lawson a vital, dynamic part of
Bethel's campus life.
in P.O. boxes telling everyone
with tickets who they are riding
Along with a catered Swiss Steak
dinner, officers Kathy Cotton -
President, Pat Sandberg - Vice
President, Sue Taft - Secretary,
and Cheryl Gemar - Treasurer have
planned special music, decorations,
and punch.
Bethel Women's Association
(B.W.A.), an organization for all
women associated with Bethel in-cluding
faculty wives, has many
other activities planned. One will
be the annual Nik - Dag week-end
which B.W.A. will co-sponsor in
November. B.W.A. is also in charge
of the Judiciary board. Comprised
of representatives from each wo-men's
residence, it will decide
upon the discipline for misde-meanors.
For Sermon Discussion
Witness Service Group
(Just South of Como Lake)
by Margie Rusche
This year, Bethel has been bles-sed
with its first full-time campus
pastor. Rev. Maurice C. Lawson de-scribes
his position in this manner,
"As the role was defined for me,
I am responsible for spiritual life
on campus—this includes chapels
and developing a meaningful coun-selling
relationship with kids."
Rev. Lawson is familiar with
the Bethel campus and way of
life, having taught English at
Bethel from 1946-60.
He noted the changes in the
character of the campus body that
took place from his former days
as a professor to his present posi-tion.
Then, he stated, the campus
body consisting of approximately
fifty rigidly orthodox Christians
from evangelical church famliies.
There was no question about
morals — particularly items like
drinking and smoking pot or cigar-rettes
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twined in promoting "The establishment." (When the Johnson
administration falls, all those who defended it will fall also).
Young people may not forgive Johnson and his defenders
The mechanics of this establishment promotion are simple.
Somehow, in a history which I am unaware, the Conference
found a dichotomy between man's soul and the rest of him.
Evangelism became the ministry to the soul, i.e., salvation for
the hereafter.
From such a dichotomy, the ministry of the spirit perpe-tuates
a status quo. How? If the body is economically, socially,
or politically oppressed because of the system, then any
change for the betterment of the body must mean a change in
the oppressive system. One can easily see that the emphasis
on the salvation of man's soul can go hand in hand with a sys-tem
which damns the body politically, economically, and so-cially.
What proof is there that the conference is part of the
establishment? In the March 11, 1968 editorial of the Standard,
the Standard endorses the Johnson policy in Viet Nam. The
editorial states that our chaplains "are part of half a million
men who are risking their lives for protecting the right of any
of us to dissent government policy. '
"Our chaplains were not sent to Viet Nam to preach poli-tics
to men in danger of dying." But what of other chaplains,
e.g., Yale University chaplain Coffin who obviously does not
recognize the Conference dichotomy?
The editor's reply is that "our chaplains consider their
calling to the Christian ministry more important than con-tending
for United States withdrawal from Viet Nam." That
s to say, Napalm is insignificant to the body if the soul has
been saved.
For instance, in the July 1, 1968 issue of Standard, there
was an article where the big issue was, "I am a Christian. I
can't bomb a church." A pilot wanted to bomb human beings,
but not a simple building! The argument of the editorial is
an indication how tightly the Conference is tied up with the
status quo.
I hope that I have proved the point that the Conference
is just as much a part of the establishment as the Johnson ad-ministration
if the Standard, the voice of the conference, is
indicative. The assumption in the beginning was that establish-ment
can crush the individual and the freedom to express con-cern.
In order that the conference might be led out of the quag-mire
of dichotomy a research function must be established.
Possibly the social phenomena of today could be analyzed and
disseminated to all conference people.
In the meantime, can there be a closing of the generation
gap? Possibly, but as Julian Bond put it, "they don't even know
what we're talkng about!"
Construction on the new dormitory continues. The
latest official comments from the student services office
indicate that some women will be able to move in by the
October I projected date. The men's section will not be
ready before October 15.
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Bethel Baalzdioite
Page 6 the CLARION
by Jim Youngquist
Hamline's Pipers crushed the
hapless, penalty prone Royals 36-7
last Saturday afternoon. For Beth-el
it was their second straight
setback while the Pipers made it
two wins in a row.
In a game dominated by the
powerful Hamline squad little can
be said for the Royals. Hamline
gained 328 yards rushing and 106
yards passing for a total of 434
yards. Bethel continued their poor
offensive attack with a total of 66
yards gained.
Rushing, the Royals were able
to improve over their first game
but still came out with a nega-tive
3 yards. Al Selander hit on
40% of his passes completing 10
of 25. In the first down depart-ment
Hamline had a 19 to 5 edge.
Two Bethel first downs were col-lected
on Hamline penalties.
Bethel, as in the first game,
played a good first quarter. Ham-line
did, however, score in the
quarter as they went 87 yards in
nine plays for a TD. Six of the
plays were rushes by number 30,
Dewey Kennedy.
Kennedy, a hard rushing back,
continually ran right through the
defense for large gains. Before re-tiring
from the game he had 14
by Wally Borner
Two new teams were formed
three days before the first slate
of football games with one win-ning
and the other losing in the
opening round of action.
The two off campus teams were
combined into one and combined
their talents to defeat defending
champions Second Old 14-7. Off
Campus completely dominated
play in the first half as their foes
were two men short of a full team.
Crippled by four interceptions,
Second Old could not develop an
Jon Bjorklund led the winners
down the field and ran over the
first touchdown from four yards
out. Larry Johnson grabbed
Friday, September 20, 1968
carries for 81 yards and a 5.8 av-erage.
A pass play from quarter-back
Dickman to Knuttila was good
for an 8-0 Hamline lead.
Hamline scored again with 9:29
remaining in the second quarter
on a 42 yard pass to Jon Latcham,
A unsuccessful extra point left
the score 14-0.
The first threat by the Royals
came on the next series of plays.
Three first downs brought Bethel
to the 21 of Hamline but that was
all. Failing to move beyond the
20 yard line, Swedberg attempted
a field goal but missed.
By the third quarter Hamline
completely dominated play. An
early fumble led to a Piper touch-down
only three and one half min-utes
into the half. Kennedy ran
for the extra points.
No sooner had the Royals given
up the ball when Hamline marched
again. Eight running plays and a
final 23 yard pass to Greg Petrie
brought another score.
Selander had his pass intercept-ed
on the first play following the
kick off. Hamline struck again,
making the score 36-0.
The lone Bethel touchdown
came against the third unit of
the victors. Following a recovered
fumble by Tim Weko, a run around
Bjork's pass for the extra point.
Later in the first half, Doug Carl-son
scored on a 37 yard pass play
with Rog Steen catching the extra
point to give Off Campus a 14-0
The second half found Second
Old with a full- team and, conse-quently,
a tougher defense. Late
in the game, quarterback Jim Ol-sen
scrambled nearly 100 yards
as he went from midfield back to
his goal line and back again and
barely got a pass away which John
Wiens plucked away from a de-fender
and dashed into the end
zone with their ice breaker. Marty
Mauk scored the extra point.
Bob Grabenkort and Jim Feld-man
were the offensive leaders
left end by Barry Anderson brought
the lone tally. Cal Harfst, getting
his first chance at kicking, was
successful, making the score 36-7.
What has happened to the fal-tering
Royals? In Coach Shields
words, "Lack of effort!" Shields
also had some comments on the
game. "In the second and third
quarters we were pushed around
because we did not put out the ef
fort. We did manage to scrape up
a TD against the third unit. We
expected the first two games to
be tough but not this bad.
"Despite the poor effort over-all,
good performances were
shown by Murry Sitte, Jim Lind-berg,
Vaughn Ekbom, Al Seland-er
and Barry Anderson. Swedberg
again was one of the bright spots
with his excellent punting." Fred,
with his 43 yard average in the
second game, now has a 42.1 aver-age
for the season.
What does the future hold?
Again Coach Shields had some
words. "Resulting from the two
poorly played games, practice will
be strong and hard for the next
three weeks. We feel strongly that
with the improved team we have,
the next six games can be Bethel
victories. It is all a matter of de-sire."
as First Floor walked away from
the New Dorm team 19-0. Graben-kort
threw two TD passes, and
Feldman scored two, one being a
97 yard run back on an intercep-tion.
The mornings cliff hanger came
when Second New faced Falcon.
On the first series of plays, Sec-ond
New's Doug Erickson tossed a
pass to Gary Hasselblad for a fifty
yard play. The extra point attempt
was unsuccessful.
The game was then played even-ly
with no scoring until — with
only a few minutes left — Dale
Saxon, starting from his own 35
yard line, unleashed a bomb of
which Dan Larson made a fine
catch, knotting the score at 6-6.
For the extra point, Saxon
again threw to Larson, but al-though
the ball was a little off the
mark, Dan's outstretched hand
managed to balance it on his finger
tip and then pull it in to win the
In the last game of the day,
Third New 8-0, with Gary Clark
scoring on a 25 year pass play from
Al Berg. Late in the game, the
Third Old defense scored a safe-ty
to finish the scoring.
by Tom Stocking
One of the few encouraging as-pects
of the current Bethel foot-ball
season has been the play of
several upperclassmen who until
this year had never played for the
Royals. Bill Malyon, a five year
man from Glenwood, Minnesota,
has competed in both basketball
and track during his four previous
years at Bethel, but never played
Rumors that Malyon was coming
out for football have been circu-lating
for years, and past Bethel
preseason football forecasts indi-cated
that Malyon would be count-ed
on heavily during the upcom-ing
season. With this reputation
as one of the greatest non-playing
legends in Bethel football history,
Malyon's appearance at the first
squad meeting was greeted with
some skepticism, but later the Glen-wood
flash proved that he was
serious about playing football.
Tennis begins September 23.
Bowling begins October 23.
See your team captain or Jerry
Loomis or Wally Borner if you
wish to bowl.
At the Wood Lake training camp
the oldest rookie on the squad was
required to provide entertainment
like any other rookie, and he re-sponded
with an excellent imita-tion
of a can-can girl.
On the practice field head coach
Mo Shields inserted Malyon in the
defensive backfield. Last fall the
secondary was one of the weaker
parts of the Bethel defense, and
it was hoped that Malyon could
use his speed and strength to cov-er
the opposition's receivers and
sweeps around end.
Against Macalester Malyon start-ed
at defensive halfback, and per-formed
well. Unfortunately the
Royal's running attack did not
perform very well at all, and in
the Hamline game Malyon started
at tailback to add punch to the
ground attack.
The rugged Hamline defense
managed to contain the Bethel of-fense
through most of the game,
but on a kickoff return Malyon
managed to give the fans one of
the few thrills of the afternoon
when he returned the ball 23 yards
to the Bethel 41 yard line. In fu-ture
games Malyon will start on
either offense or defense, and his
talents are one of the factors which
may yet salvage some glory for
this twice tarnished season.
Pipers top Bethel gridmen 36-7
Restructured intramural league
opens season with football action
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With Aftermath on hiatus, it seemed only fair to allow RB a bit of a breather too. There is plenty of material to bring back some of my favorites.
Something Can Be Done About It
Jill Hunter says
I have been digging through the wikipedia entry on LRH. This is excruciating but pretty concise. I keep shaking my head when I am not laughing in disbelief.
LRH was a parasite. He leached on people for as long as they allowed, then sulked and pouted and tickled the story line to make himself the undervalued hero. They bald faced lies are in themselves more entertaining than anything he wrote. For every epic fail her re-wrote it to be some great feat to be lauded.
I especially liked this line: The FBI did not take Hubbard seriously: an agent annotated his correspondence with the comment, "Appears mental."[195]
*laughing* Ya think???????
This lying parasitic waste of skin, no wonder co$ doesn't want it's members on the *net*. The truth is out there, and they certainly don't want members to realize just how much of a load of BS they have been buried under for so long.
freebeeing says
Phil & Trudy have a stuck flow for sure. Flowing to the Infernal Assoc of Scilons.
Ammo Alamo says
Curious – are FICA payroll taxes deducted from the weekly stipend paid to Sea Org and Staff volunteers? In other words, does the CoS treat them as paid employees, including deducting taxes and providing Workers Comp insurance?
Wynski says
Ammo, you are thinking of regular employees. S.O. is not. It is in the same class as monks at a monastery. They do not make enough in "allowance" to pay net Federal taxes. Maybe a few pennies in SS contribution. Workers comp doesn't apply to them.
Maria B says
Hey Mike and fellow posters:)
I do love reading RB. At the surface of it, these posts are funny. But I never forget the negatives lying underneath.
Just being flippant, but….. what is the outcome??!!!! Which way did they go?!
Cecybeans says
I know this may sound stupid but can someone explain to me how an ex-Scientologist could possibly turn into an SP? Does the magic wear off that easily? Is it that reversible or weak?
And why would other busy little good Scientologists have to worry about associating with them? What OT level makes you immune to SP influence? Wouldn't that seem to be a number one goal of paying all that money? To be immune to the Evil Influence of the Frozen Beef Pies, um Suppressive Persons?
Especially since they are approximately 2.5 percent of the population. That's almost a couple hundred million of them floating around.
Also, who is creating SP's faster – the general public or CoS? Cuz they sure seem to be cranking them out at an alarming rate. Has there been a study commissioned? Just curious.
Marie guerin says
I remember that conversation…I didn't know RB was listening…hahaha
Crazy accurate , give or take a few words.
Thank you RB for the memories , thank God it's in the past.
Bonnie L. says
What would happen if you sent certified mail with signed return requirement, to any one being held by DM, would they let them sign, would they forge it, or would they just lie, and say that person moved? Just curious at how they handle messing the federal mail system.
Mike Rinder says
Certified mail cannot be accepted per policy.
I Yawnalot says
Even if it contained money?
Bonnie L. says
Wow, that is crazy, and sad. There is so much a person must justify to themselves in order to accept this way of life.
Reade Adams says
So any mail I send my brother in Clearwater will be opened by Scientology before it gets to him?
Mike Rinder says
If he is a Sea Org member, Yes.
Alcoboy says
That's true, Mike, and it also goes for contracted staff as well. I remember all the mail I got while I was on staff had been opened by HCO prior to it coming to me.
Joshua Belyeu says
Its a simple rule – if your outgo exceeds your income, your upkeep will be your downfall.
hgc10 says
Alright, gosh darnit! When the Phil and Judy Show was first run a couple years back, I asked if there would be a follow-up to see which way Phil went. But, nope. Nothing. Now we get a re-run. RB, for the love of Xenu, please draw the sequel.
Phil seems like a real simpleton. But then Judy made things crystal clear. Can Phil be that stupid?
Cognited and Out says
I was married to him, and yes. And he chose Co$ over family. A decade later he's still broke, frustrated, and has not and will not move up the Bridge.
Alcoboy says
He hasn't been to Kool-aid drinkers anonymous yet.
WhatAreYourCrimes says
Scientology is SO DREARY!
Spike says
It took me ten years to get out of debt, LOL …
JBX says
Question: could a public Scientologist (not stafff or sea org) be married to a non-Scientologist? Just curious how the comic strip would look if she wasn't even a Scientologist.
Alcoboy says
I believe so as it would be a way to get someone else into Scientology.
Alex De Valera says
You can't give away tyre apples when you only have two! Oh yes you can ! You might as well sell your grandmother to the slave market in slower Slovobia and your little niece to an Arab Prince and you'll be praised for your "humanitarian contribution" to the most ethical group in this planet. All for the greatest good…in the only worthwhile game, the game of Scientology where everybody wins! Good Lord where is my underwear? I am exterior, I quit the physical universe!
Cindy says
I see a Regraded Being coffee table book. And if you put wooden fold out legs on it, it will be a coffee table book that you serve coffee from. (credit to Kramer on Seinfeld show.)
Cindy says
RB, it wasn't even a satire. It was the truth. The only difference is that at the end the wife gave him the ultimatum. That I never saw happen in real life. Too bad though.
Cognited and Out says
I did. He close Co$. He's miserable and broke and still stuck. I have the family, friends, and a good life.
MIndy Scott says
Mike, I hope you and Leah do an episode on the Scientology NARCONON scam….I would like to contribute to it, from a non- scientologist who has been at one….as an RN, the things I want to share are almost unbelievable….people need to be protected from such cultish places…..there are others who are also voicing this, from their experiences, as well…
Jens TINGLEFF says
That would be a very important contribution. I assume you have made contact at "reaching for the tipping point" where good people have been doing great work for a long time.
The criminal organisation known as the "church" of $cientology gets away with too much, and the ignorance-based quackery they practise in narCONon needs to be stopped.
Teen says
I second this recommendation!
Annie nominuse says
I'd be very interested in hearing your story. I have a friend who works at a narconon in southern California. She assured me that it's not associated with scientology and it's never mentioned to clients. HAH! As a never-in I'd really like to know your take on how it's run, effectiveness (if any) and any scientology related stories.
Xenu Was Right says
Somewhere there's a parallel universe where scientology is still a cult, but Regraded Being has just been released as a new "cult" movie with a huge budget.
Gravitysucks says
I like this movie idea!!!
I Yawnalot says
Bit of a sideways skip off topic but there's an interesting read on Ortega's site today. That geological survey Hubbard did in Puerto Rico and is raved about in Scioland has had some interesting research done on it. I'm not saying everything you read is always 100% true or accurate but the connotations exposed by the very reason Hubbard was there and the reason he was SENT there seems to lay the groundwork and give an explanation of his mindset for the repetitious scamming aspect of the organisation in later years. He was an incredible opportunist (who failed at that particular scam) and so very, very far from being a humanitarian. The only thing missing in that photo of Hubbard in Puerto Rico is the yellow T shirt. Geezers than man could twist the truth & his PR dept. could sure spin a yarn to cover his tracks!
It's not easy come to terms with the level of deceit of the founder of the Cof$ after so much effort and wherewithal under the guise to help mankind was given to him. Damn sobering!
TitleWaves says
"Wow! You're such a BIG BEING!" So goes the praise and "love bombing" as one's credit card is charged tens of thousands of dollars for sh*t nothing in return…. Everyone is fair game.
When the credit card bill comes in the mail, the donor is literally sick over it and he's an "out ethics, PTS POS."
Way to go from hero to scumbag in one billing cycle. The sheer avarice of this cult is so obvious it's mind boggling.
How could I have been so stupid?
Newcomer says
Well someone once said "stupid is as stupid does" and safe to say we aint doing that stupid stuff anymore!
No more events, no more regges, no more calls at midnight, no more surprise visits, no more IAS beggars, No more confirmation calls, no more surveys, no more knowledge reports, no more ethics chits, no more course supervisors, no more graphs, no more student points sheets, no more Flog world tours, no more mail, no more no more and no more bullshit ………………………with lots more freedom!
Yo Dave,
The best thing you have ever done was to declare my grody ass a suppressive person! I love being a fully suppressed person having to live life out here on the fringes of the known universe. And I can't wait for next weeks new A&E episode which no one is going to tell me I cannot or should not watch. That's what you call TOTAL FREEDOM Dave! You will never have it good buddy.
Gloria Anima says
You are not stupid, you wanted a better life and got scammed in the process.
Old Surfer Dude says
Title, we all were. When you left, you got your old life back! And I celebrate that with you! When I left staff in Honolulu, I headed for my favorite surf spot in Waikiki. I hated being on staff.
Wynski says
And THAT is why only suckers ever attended a scamology "prosperity" seminar.
TitleWaves says
Exactly right on, RB. I've often wondered how many other scn households were like mine! Now I know!
As predictable as the phone calls from the org on Thursday before 2:00 begging for money, money, money–every month went like this:
Spouse and I at kitchen table paying bills. Suddenly, spouse leaps up and says, "M F – ing SOB &^%$#@!! The damn electric bill his $50 higher this month than last and the water company is raising rates by two percent! The M-F-ing greedy B*stards! We've got to cut back somewhere…"
(With a middle class income we had over $65,000 in credit card debt for cult 'services" not used — just sitting there for the distant future – bridge,IAS, etc… but small increases in the utilities were killing us)..
Maybe we could conserve by showering twice a week instead of daily? Ride the bus instead of driving?
Pitting husband and wife against one another over finances was common. Criticizing one spouse to the other for one not being "a big being" having "counter intention" and "going into agreement with MEST" (matter, energy, space and time) was such a despicable con. However, it did provide an excuse to sell marriage counselling to "handle it" right?
When things came up such as car and home repairs, dental work, etc., we'd get scoffed at. "Well, that's just MEST and you're in a meat body, aren't you?"
(It's "just MEST" when it's yours (roof over your head) but cherch assets; posh brick and mortar idle orgs., are "spiritual…."
Oh, wait…then there's the food thing. Eating is just a "sacrifice to the GE" (genetic entity). Rice and beans offer all the nutrition necessary for a meat body.
Old Surfer Dude says
"Right now you have a very important choice to make." RUN FOR THE HILLS AND DON'T LOOK BACK!
I Yawnalot says
I'm a bit too old to run, can I catch a bus instead?
Dio says
COS HQs for Canada moving to Guelph, Ontario.
I Yawnalot says
Very good RB, you've nailed the ridiculous Scio fundraising bs perfectly. Personally, I'm placing my bet with the physical universe over Scientology. Trudy obviously wants a piece of that action too.
There is little that matches the heart wrenching reality of realising you're a victim of a scam.
Old Surfer Dude says
I guess I should tell them that Fatso said, 'If the GI is down, do not resort to selling postcards or FUNDRAISEING. Solve with more Scientology.'
I Yawnalot says
They are aren't they? Isn't that Scientology – applied religious scamology?
KatherineINCali says
I wonder what management/regges/etc say when anyone has the balls to point out these words from Hubbard regarding fundraising.
I Yawnalot says
Absolutely zip… (the sounds of crickets would be deafening if such a scenario every presented itself).
Madge Filpot says
"Fatso". lolol
Rick Pyle says
The entheta flowing from this Regraded Being is restimulating my bank! And I couldn't be happier…
Old Surfer Dude says
Rick, I re stimulated my bank once. They threw me out of the building.
TitleWaves says
Every time I re-stimulate my bank, they charge me interest…
I Yawnalot says
That's some funny shit Dude lol!
kengullette says
Old Surfer Dude, you are my role model. 🙂
Mark Fulton says
I guess I missed this one, RB. I did not understand this kind of pressure would be applied in such an underhanded manner. I had seen mention of these tactics many times before but today I can see how detrimental it can be when you are cornered at one of these 'let us help you make more money' events.
Does anyone have their own stories of this type of treatment at these 'seminars'? I apologize if this causes pain to relate old mental (and financial) scars, but I just have a hard time with $cn when they pressure people for money to no other purpose than to enrich the 'company'.
Gimpy says
This is a common practise in scientology, making it really difficult to say no to handing over yet more money to them. I just stopped going to the events in the end, once they realize that threats don't work on you any more there is no hold there.
Old Surfer Dude says
As a cheap Scotsman, they never got a lot money from me.
Cindy says
We all have stories of seminars for money. Come on. We all have not one but many stories. One that comes to mind is I went to a seminar to learn the thing that they advertised and instead it was just a few token references thrown out by Drew Johnston and then the rest was regging for money. The bad part was they posted big and fat or big and burley SO members at the doors who wouldn't let you out. Even if you had to go to the bathroom, they'd follow you to the bathroom to escort you back in. And the IAS had the Big Being close where you are the only Big Being responsible enough to do something about it. So they stroke you with love for being such a big being and then leave you gutted after they take your money. YOu can go home and tell your spouse, "but they gave me this IAS pin to put on my lapel.., at least I'll look good to my friends with this pin…"
Teen says
"..followed you to the bathroom?" "Wouldn't let you leave?" This is more than a "prison of the mind" (quote by another blogger). Geesh…when will this frickin cult and all it's insane ideology blow the f**k up?
Barney says
I was on staff in the late 70's. It was great. The focus then every single day was on helping people improve in life. True success stories were in abundance. I myself had life changing wins and still do from those times. Without getting into my case, LRH tech, saved my life.
Back then the ONLY time anyone was asked for money was from just one registrar on their next step up the bridge or from the book seller who was a very knowledgeable guy and who always took time to get to know the person, then shared references in the books to help him improve his condition. People wanted to see him and to buy because of this. So do I think LRH designed SCN to be a greedy money grab like it is today? No.
Update to todays SCN, I went on the Freewinds hoping to find theta and bonding with like minded souls and enhancement. Instead I was approached in piggy back style with heavy rigging from many staff members of all different posts to buy or contribute to this or that the whole time I was there, even at 10 pm while visiting with friends the seminar speaker came buy to beg for money. I held firm and gave them nothing. The last cycle was so bad I was brought to tears and told I was not a Scientologist because I wasn't a member of the IAS. This shook me to my core because I was always proud of my contributions and felt it meant something. (Evidently years on staff and FSMing, volunteering and applying SCN are no longer qualifiers) I told the guy he needs to look up the definition of what a Scientologist is as I had been applying SCN everyday. Now knowing what I know about the RPF and stats, someone probably had to do time because financially I couldn't be had. I feel sorry about that. But geesh what other cruise does one go on where they have already spent a couple thousand, then bombarded with to spend more money, or else?
Today SCN church / IAS is nothing but a shell to the basic and true purpose it was meant to be. With all the alterations of the tech and the way it is run now, it is a wonder as to how anyone can get any gains from services anymore. If there is anything to be gained at all, it's going to be by an independent who has your best interests at heart and not your wallet.
Spike says
The earlier part of your story parallels mine, Barney.
PeaceMaker says
Barney, I realize that it seemed like that – particularly if you were at the right mission or org, and perhaps in the right place as public or lower-level staff to not to be exposed to some of the uglier management goings-on. There were a lot off well-intended people, public and staff, trying to help each other out and carry out their vision of what they thought Scientology was, or could or should be.
What I started to figure out, and have since confirmed from real old-timers and people close to Hubbard himself, is that Scientology was always a totalitarian, money-grubbing operation from the start. What Hubbard worked out on the ships he commanded in the 1960s, with military-style discipline, the RPF to punish and control people, and international money-laundering operations involving suitcases and even pallet-loads of cash, didn't make it out into the orgs, and then the missions, until the 1970s and 1980s. At that point the Baby Boom had crested and was turning into the Baby Bust, and the waves of idealistic recruits and the flow of easy money ebbed, leaving Scientology to fight over retaining people, and squeezing larger amounts of money out of each of them (hence, for instance, the insane Hubbard-mandated 10% monthly price increases).
Sorry to hear that was so disappointing to you.
Jill Hunter says
It doesn't have to be Scientology. Walk down the Vegas strip and get cornered into a *time share advantage*
LRH didn't invent snake oil, he just found a new way to package it.
PeaceMaker says
Jill, he also found a way to use all the power of the "religion angle" as he put it, such as belief and hope for a better future, to make it especially compelling and coercive. That's what's different – and scary.
Joe Pendleton says
Is there a part 2? Cause I wanna see what Phil's gonna do next.
Cre8tivewmn says
Then R.B. did a good job writing, again.
LDW says
Well, they called Mike Rinder of course. Wanted to discuss the possibility of getting their grievances aired on the Aftermath show. Something about fraudulent increasing of credit card limits in order to extort money from them by a IA$ registrar.
jenyfurrr says
This could be funny if it wasn't so sad! Breaks my heart to see people who genuinely want to do the right thing get raked over the coals and end up in financial ruin!
Seriously, I've got so much respect for everyone who got out of this trap and caught back up financially after getting out. I can't imagine how overwhelming it must feel to try to leave because on top of letting go of the personal faith/belief part – there's also the sacrifice and investment made. Walking away must feel so difficult when one's invested SO much so it's essentially saying "That was all wasted, too!"
Thanks RB! These truly help enlighten us Never-IN's as to the many-layered depths that CO$ used to keep people feeling stuck in there (that eventually ends up chasing people out).
Happy Weekend, all!
Teen says
Mary Kahn says
Gawd. This is so close to the truth it's hard to call it satire. But then that's the church of scientology.
Old Surfer Dude says
That's the Cult of Scientology.
Jill Hunter says
I cannot imagine how hard it is to say, *no fuckin more*. You have taken my money, you have taken my family. You have taken my youth and my dreams.
We can see the damage done by drug abuse. We can see the ravages of mental illness.
This disease that feeds like a parasite on our very souls is almost impossible to explain.
I want to tell you that your speaking out matters. It really matters. Please don't stop. If your voices are silenced the fight may have been in vane.
You all leave me in awe at your strength, your dedication, and at the way you are really making a difference in this planet.
It might not be exactly what you set out to do. But damned you are going to do it anyway. DM and LRH and co$ be screwed.
THAT is winning the good fight.
PeaceMaker says
Jill, I find it interesting that you talk about Scientology taking people's money in your first sentence – and the damage of drug abuse in the second.
The way that Scientology manipulates people and sets up coercive environments, including around money, definitely has some parallels to addiction. Also, I think it's fairly obviously the case, that Scientology encourages members to hate psychiatry and "psychs" partly as a way to redirect any repressed frustrations they may have about the "tech." Psychological projection, or as Hubbard put one aspect of it, accusing others of what you yourself are guilty of, seems to be an inherent mechanism of Scientology's high-control, high-pressure environment.
But one thing I'd never before thought of, is that Scientology's focus on drug addiction, may also be a way to redirect members' frustration about the ways that they have become "hooked." Today's RB cartoon and the make-or-break choice it presents, could just as easily be about the costs of someone's substance abuse, and at the point of having to making one of those classic choices about whether their addiction or their marriage was really more important to them.
Jill Hunter says
Those examples were in mo particular order. Money doesn't count more than family. But yeah, I see a cult as a drug in many way. They turn on the PA and pat themselves on the back for the &scores* of people they have helped. 20 is a score, so 22 could be score,s and they certainly are not above fudging the number.
Overrun in California says
"Gawd. This is so close to the truth it's hard to call it satire. But then that's the church of scientology."
More than close, like a documentary scene. This IS what happens. Can you say "Bait and switch"?
Peter Norton says
Always a pleasure to get an RB rerun. They're all so well done and to the point! I really think a gathering of all these would make a terrific cartoon book. Self publishing is something we've been doing for over 5 years and it is paying off. You might want to give it a try.
Mark Fulton says
I can see a book on the horizon!
I Yawnalot says
I see misty eyed Scientologists quickly turning to tears if such a book was ever presented to them.
Kyle says
Yes. You should put them all together and publish.
RB is capturing very relatable insights into the scientology culture in a way, as far as I know, no one else is doing.
In your spare time I'm sure you can get it whipped out. 😉

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The Big 12 Conference announced its future seven-game bowl lineup. The agreements will begin for 2014 postseason games to coincide with the start of the new College Football Playoff.
The new lineup provides the Big 12 with attractive matchups, featuring a bowl footprint in the top recruiting areas across the country. In addition, teams and fans will be able to travel to desirable postseason locations.
"Our new bowl lineup meets all the benchmarks our member institutions desired," commented Commissioner Bob Bowlsby. "We have maintained a strong post-season presence in Texas, added a Florida destination, continued our exposure in the West, and added a drivable destination."
The Allstate Sugar Bowl will host the Big 12 champion against the winner of the SEC in a 12-year partnership, unless one or both teams are selected for the College Football Playoff. If that were to occur another deserving team from the conference(s) would be selected. The game will be played at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans, with the first matchup scheduled for Jan. 1, 2015.
Renewal agreements are in place with the Valero Alamo, Texas, Buffalo Wild Wings and Heart of Dallas bowls while new partnerships have been added with the Russell Athletic, AutoZone Liberty and Bell Helicopter Armed Forces bowls.
The Big 12 will send a team to each bowl annually from 2014-19, except for the Heart of Dallas and Bell Helicopter Armed Forces bowls in which a Conference representative will play in the bowls on a rotating basis.
Last season the Big 12 became the first conference to send 90-percent of its teams to bowl games. Additionally, 2012 marked the seventh season in the previous eight that at least eight teams played in the postseason.
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Like regular golf, disc golf is more about enjoying the outdoors than the game itself. In 2006, the Chavez Ridge Disc Golf Club (CRDGC), a scruffy group of Echo Parkians, founded a world-class disc golf course in the forest hills of Elysian Park. One of the steepest DG courses in Southern California, it's known for its fantastic views of Dodger Stadium along the 18th hole. Members of the CRDGC, who daily haunt the gorgeous course, have been called the "sherpas" of L.A. disc golf. If you need a start-up kit, they'll hook you up. Need a group to play with? They're happy to show you the ropes. "It's a great sport for finding community," says George Harding, a tournament director. "It's free, friendly and accessible." It's also surprisingly popular: On Saturdays the course is usually full of happy disc golfers. —Isaac Simpson
835 Academy Road, Elysian Park, 90012. facebook.com/ChavezRidgeDGC.
The same folks who decided that people should be able to ride a Ferris wheel where they fish have come up with, arguably, an even better combination. The Santa Monica Pier offers ROGA — running plus yoga — workouts on Saturday mornings for free at various times throughout the spring, summer and fall. Come at 8 a.m. to warm up with a two- or five-mile run and stay for yoga at 9 a.m. Yoga is led by a rotating list of Santa Monica's best yoga instructors. Friendly volunteers will hold onto your yoga mat and cheer you on while you run, then offer you refreshments from sponsors such as Clif Bar or Honest Tea when you need a boost of energy. Check the Santa Monica Pier website, sign up for the email list or "like" the Facebook page to make sure you're in the know. It's always nice to wake up to the waves, but having your workout done before brunch is another kind of heaven. —Eve Weston
200 Santa Monica Pier, Suite A, Santa Monica, 90401. (310) 458-8901, santamonicapier.org/roga.
A yoga studio for the real Eastside was embraced almost as the second coming. Finally, yoga for the people. And that's almost what Leah Gallegos and Lauren Quan-Madrid call their new space: People's Yoga. Bringing the chi to Chicanos means "Yoga y Luz" classes in Spanish, prenatal yoga, yoga for "baby 'n' me" and family yoga sessions, Gallegos says. For two years the pair traveled around the Eastside and other underserved neighborhoods to bring the practice to the working-class masses. Then, in June, $10,000 — raised in just 60 days with a crowd-funding campaign — allowed them to open the doors of a dedicated studio. So, uh, do Mexican-Americans do the downward dog? "We're seeing new people every day," Gallegos says. "It's going really good." —Dennis Romero
5161 Pomona Blvd., #209, E. Los Angeles, 90022. (323) 739-4018, peoplesyoga.org.
An entertainment producer and mother of three, Antonia King was startled to realize that L.A. had no yoga studios for children. So in 2012, she launched Zooga Yoga, a studio offering yoga classes to kids of all ages, from babies to teenagers. Naturally, the younger ones are not adept at concentration or mindfulness, so the instructors offer something they call "playful yoga," which involves a lot of motion and activity. Before you know it, your toddler will be showing you how to do tree pose and downward dog. Zooga has been so successful that King plans to expand, with two new storefronts opening soon. —Gene Maddaus
4311 Overland Ave., Culver City, 90230. (310) 839-6642, zoogayoga.com.
Joe Wolf, a massage therapist and nursing student by day, fills the Hollywood Wilshire YMCA's spin studio Tuesday through Thursday evenings with a crowd ready for a fast, fun and absolutely grueling workout. When he's not making the rounds to personally pump up participants, he seems to channel Andre the Giant's Dread Pirate Roberts from his bike, tracing his finger around the room and challenging the class to "Add more!" in a deep bellow (more resistance, that is). The workout is simple, no gimmicks and little chatter, just steady climbing or quick pedaling to an eclectic playlist — epic heartland rock, swampy industrial trip-hop, classic soul and funk, Top 40 R&B and electro-pop. Even gritty grunge ballads. Whether it's Joan Jett's "Bad Reputation" or Journey's "Don't Stop Believing," the right song always hits the speakers just as the crowd is wilting, and the hour simply speeds by. —Jessica Langlois
1553 Schrader Blvd., Hlywd., 90028. (323) 467-4161, ymcala.org/hollywood.
Located in downtown's Arts District, just off the Sixth Street Bridge, L.A. Boulders has become a top destination for bouldering — otherwise known as rock-climbing without ropes. The gym opened in January in a vast warehouse next door to a shooting range in the up-and-coming neighborhood. Inside are three massive walls — "the Barrel," "the Alcove" and "the Wave Wall" — which together offer more "problems" to solve than any other gym in the city. L.A. Boulders also has weights and exercise machines, a good enough assortment that some customers use it as their primary gym. Business is so brisk that the owners expect to open locations in Culver City, Pasadena and Hollywood next year. —Gene Maddaus
1375 E. Sixth St., #8, dwntwn., 90021. (323) 406-9119, touchstoneclimbing.com/la-boulders
Yes, you are permitted to run on Ballona Creek Bike Path, which stretches from Syd Kronenthal Park in Culver City all the way to Playa del Rey Beach. There will be cyclists whizzing past you, homeless dudes slouched over on the shoulder, and occasional taggers beautifying bridge underpasses. But this path is a Los Angeles urban wonder, an opportunity to escape the traffic, smog and crowded sidewalks and run your heart out alongside a pretty creek. You'll see egrets, herons and, um, a lot of other birds we can't identify, while jogging on asphalt. (Though not as good as dirt, it's easier on your knees than concrete.) The best part is that at the trail's end awaits the ocean. We're not saying you'd be wise to strip off your sweaty clothes and dive in — it's not a nude beach, after all. But we won't call the cops. —Ben Westhoff
Syd Kronenthal Park, 3459 McManus Ave., Culver City, 90232, stretching to the Pacific Ocean. ballonacreek.org/index.php/bike-path-info/.
Wanna get away? Catalina Island is closer to L.A. than Ventura or San Diego, and getting there is much more pleasant. Just head to the port at Long Beach or San Pedro and board the Catalina Express, and you'll disembark in our local island paradise about 75 minutes later, feeling relaxed rather than filled with road rage. (Big spenders can travel by helicopter or private plane, landing at the historic Airport in the Sky, 1,602 feet above the Pacific Ocean.) Many make a weekend of it, but you can enjoy much of this compact isle in a day. History buffs can tour the Avalon Casino (no gambling, but there is a first-run movie theater and ballroom); outdoorsy types can indulge in all manner of water sports plus hiking and biking; thrill seekers can try the zip line; relaxers can zone out at the refurbished Descanso Beach Club; shoppers can wander Avalon's touristy boutiques; and nature lovers can tour the rugged interior by Hummer or in a 1950s refurbished Flxible bus, from which you might see the famed bison or a bald eagle. Throw in a tropical drink at Luau Larry's as you meander back to the dock for your ride home and your day is complete. —Lisa Horowitz
Beaches, vineyards, mountain towns — there's lots to explore within a day's drive of L.A. But there's only one place where you can rejuvenate your cells using extraterrestrial science. The Integratron is a small, domed structure in the desert, designed by aircraft engineer George Van Tassel based on instructions he received from a Venusian who visited him in 1953. Built from Douglas fir without using nails or screws, the Integratron was to be a machine "for basic research on rejuvenation, anti-gravity and time travel." It was never finished, but many visitors claim to feel its beneficial effects. The current owners offer public and private "sound baths," with quartz bowls played in the second-floor chamber. The site's proximity to Joshua Tree National Park, its near-perfect acoustics and its weird history appeal to nature lovers, musicians, UFO fans and others. It is open by appointment only and advance ticket purchase is required. —Sara Rashkin
2477 Belfield Blvd., Landers, 92285. (760) 364-3126, integratron.com.
In the high desert of L.A. County, a number of wildlife sanctuaries and open lands let you walk undisturbed, gaze at desert plants and animals, or just enjoy the silence. Butte Valley Wildflower Sanctuary is one of the prettiest of these open spaces. Perched on a plateau above Saddleback Butte State Park, this 350-acre parcel is surrounded by a lush forest of Joshua trees, with trails that lead more or less nowhere. In springtime you can see a wide array of colorful California wildflowers. Travel a little further north, and you'll come to a cliff with views of Edwards Air Force Base; drive along nearby avenues to find two widely used professional movie sets decorated as vintage roadside stopovers, Club Ed (on 150th Street East) and the Four Aces (14999 E. Avenue Q in Lake Los Angeles). —Suzy Beal
Avenue J between 190th and 200th streets East, Lancaster, 93534. (661) 944-6881, parks.lacounty.gov.
Koreatown may not have a proper golf course, but that doesn't mean K-town residents have to leave the neighborhood to practice their swing. The Aroma Golf Range is a full-service, 150-yard enclosed driving range in the heart of the district on Wilshire Boulevard. The range features four stories from which to whack balls, with 15 teeing stations on each floor. The highest floors are the cheapest, but all are affordable, ranging from 8 cents to 10 cents per golf ball, $12 for a bucket of 111 balls or, for the truly devoted, $18 for 180. A fully automated system returns balls hit down-range through pneumatic tubes and mechanically tees up a new ball for you each time one is hit from your station. Whether you're looking to perfect your drive or need an idea for a cheap date, Aroma Golf Range makes for a fun outing. —Chris Walker
3680 Wilshire Blvd., Koreatown, 90010. (213) 387-2111, aromaresort.com.
Way up in the foothills of far-flung La Cañada Flintridge, you'll find the Cross Town Trail hike, whose prize attraction is a 20-foot-tall teepee erected amidst a tangle of public and private lands and trails. The quickest route to the teepee is from the end of Harter Lane, where a steep trail will take you about two hours round-trip. Proceed with caution, as the lines between public trails and private are quite blurred. Technically, the land beneath the teepee is privately owned, and there's a single, easy-to-miss sign pointing out the dividing line. Even so, once at the teepee, hikers nab a quick picture and take in the breathtaking views, which stretch as far as Palos Verdes Peninsula, downtown and the Hollywood Hills. But if you want to sit in the teepee — bad idea. There's a "KEEP OUT" sign at the front entrance, so don't even try. —Ani Ucar
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2. To funnel a beer and then take a shot.
2. To funnel a beer and then take a shot.
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A little while after getting let go from Whitesnake guitarist John Sykes (also formerly of Tygers of Pan Tang and Thin Lizzy) hooked up with drummer Carmine Appice and bass player Tony Franklin. Franklin had played with the Firm and Appice had been around the block having played with Ozzy, Ted Nugent, King Kobra, Vanilla Fudge, Cactus and Humble Pie. They formed Blue Murder and were signed to Geffen. Sykes, an experienced back-up singer took on lead vocal duties here and he does a decent job. The apple didn't fall far from the tree as there is a good dose of Whitesnake present on this album. Maybe some Dio thrown in there as well at times. Yet there is more as well as the music sometimes has an almost dreamy quality that works. It sounds like each member is really going at it without going overboard. I love the thick, rich production as it certainly sounds like there are more than three guys playing here. I think they mix it up with different paced songs and some variations in style. The album peaked at number 68 on the Billboard charts which is a decent for a debut. Yet they really should have been bigger. I think perhaps it was maybe two years past when it could have been huge. By 1989 the sappy power ballads and thinner commercial hard rock were growing in popularity. Stuff like Blue Murder almost had at least part of a foundation in 1970's hard rock wasn't what people wanted in the late 1980's. However this album holds very well today and that can't be said for everything else that came out in 1989. So this was a Supergoup that actually lived up to their hype.


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Duke won a thriller over North Carolina to advance to the ACC Championship game against Florida State. Here are the highlights in the Blue Devils victory.
When ESPN's Game Day crew comes to town, it is a big event for the host school and this weekend the nation's focus is on Cameron Indoor Stadium where Duke takes on Carolina this evening in a game which will decide the ACC Champion and send off some beloved seniors in Jon Scheyer, Lance Thomas and Brian Zoubek,
A solid turnout of students and fans attended ESPN's Game Day morning session which was of course televised live and nationally. Jay Bilas drew some cheers as did Bobby Knight while Digger Phelps got a little love simply because he picked Duke as a number one seed recently.
Then there was Hubert Davis, a former Tar Heel who likes to take some light shots at Duke from time to time. Needless to say, he was greeted with a lot of boos. Duke radio host Bob Harris also participated in the event as did several other local types.
Fans cheered on cue and were indeed loud as they held up car board cut outs of the player's heads and other signs which pretty much said "Go to Hell Carolina." The students were treated to Game Day sweatshirts after the event and a walk around campus shows tents in every crook and cranny. Everywhere you look there was Duke Blue as music filled the air on a bright and sunny day.
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As astounding as this sounds, sometimes I am faced with left over sangria. What?! you say? I know, perhaps my friends aren't the lushes that they make themselves out to be…(impostors!) Well I'm not about to pitch a perfectly good pitcher of sangria.
So what do you do when life hands you lemons? That's right, you make lemon drop martinis. So when I have leftover sangria, it's to the ice cream machine to make sangria slushies!
Start with your ordinary pitcher of left over sangria.
Now I've tried freezing it just like this and you end up with some pretty chunky frozen pieces of fruit in your slushy. Especially since the bottom of the sangria pitcher tends to be a bit heavy on the fruit. So now I attack it with the mini chopper before throwing it into the ice cream maker. The side benefit is the berries take on a staring role and what was once white passionfruit sangria (which is totally fab by the way, you should try it) now takes on the rich purple hue.
So there's one obvious problem with just throwing all the fruit into the chopper – so yes, I go the extra mile and sort out the fruit that still had a rind attached – you know, those pesky oranges and lemons. I let the green apples go, it makes for nice little flecks of bright green in the finished slushy.
At one point in my life, I considered peeling all the rinds off of these tiny bits of fruit.
I peeled off three rinds and realized that was a really stupid idea and I switched to a much better plan.
All you need to do it make sure that you don't have any escapees as you juice the fruit.
Now everyone into the blender – let's go!
So pretty.
And then just pour that loveliness into the ice cream maker and away we go!
Then I dump the new sangria slushy either directly into my glass or into the freezer to enjoy later.
I can only hope that this post saves some sangria that might have been tragically leftover at your house too.


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The vast exhibition area that was built for Expo '98 to the east of Lisbon has now become a popular attraction for those enjoying art and architecture, fine dining, shopping and leisure. A visit to the expansive and futuristic Parque das Nações is a welcome respite from the bustling city centre.
The 1998 World Fair attracted 11 million visitors to Lisbon. To accommodate a record number of 155 participating countries and organisations, a completely new city district was built on empty land along the Tagus River. After the Expo, the area was renamed Parque das Nações (Park of Nations) and transformed into a residential and business district with luxury hotels, award-winning restaurants, shopping malls, parks, a cable car and one of the world's largest aquariums. This is where old Lisbon shows its modern face.
During Expo '98, the Oceanário was already a top attraction and today it still continues to draw crowds. Europe's largest indoor aquarium features 30 basins with 7.5 million litres of salt water that are home to 15,000 creatures of 500 different species. Visitors can take a close-up look at the residents of the 7 seas: bright parrot fish from the Indian Ocean, striped catsharks from the Atlantic Ocean and playful sea otters from the Bering Sea. Since its inauguration, 16 million people have visited the Oceanário.
Art and architecture lovers will have plenty to enjoy at the Parque das Nações. Dozens of works of art are scattered around the area, such as the 20-metre-high 'Sun-Man' by Jorge Vieira and a cartoonish tile tableau by Erró. Most visitors arrive via the futuristic station designed by Santiago Calatrava. A magnificent hotel has been built right next to the iconic Torre Vasco da Gama and João Luís Carrilho da Graça's Pavilhão do Conhecimento (Pavilion of Knowledge) houses an interesting science museum.
Pavilhão do Conhecimento, Alameda dos Oceanos s/n, Lisbon, Portugal,www.pavconhecimento.pt
Although the name suggests otherwise, Parque das Nações is not a big green city park though there is plenty of green space available. Next to the Oceanário lies the Jardins d'Água, a water garden with ponds, a splashing waterfall, walking trails and benches under the palm trees. Along the banks of the Tagus is the Jardim Garcia d'Orta, perfect for a picnic with a view of the river. The area's largest park, Jardim do Passeio dos Heróis do Mar, can be found under the Ponte Vasco da Gama. From here ride the cable car back to the Jardins d'Água.
Jardim Garcia d'Orta, Lisbon, Portugal


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Missoula Police Investigating Home Invasion Robbery [AUDIO]
Missoula police are investigating a home invasion robbery that was reported at about 8:40 p.m. on Sunday, December 29, in the 1800 block of Wyoming Street.
Sergeant James Caton said there were three suspects involved in the home invasion.
"Two young males wearing jeans and hoodies with bandanas covering the lower parts of their faces and armed with handguns, entered a residence and demanded items from one resident," Caton said. "The two males left in a red pickup truck driven by a third male."
Caton said only one individual was in the home at the time of the incident, and that no one was injured.
The home invasion robbery is currently under investigation by Missoula city police detectives.
Anyone with information is asked to call the Missoula Police Department at 552-6300, or Missoula Crimestoppers at 721-44-44.
Sergeant James Caton


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California Department of Transportation
Headquarters – Sacramento
Matt Rocco
(916) 654-5467
June 30, 2010
Sacramento – Using $1.4 million from President Obama's American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act), three brand new buses were put in service today by Greyhound Lines, Incorporated. The buses replace older buses that were less fuel efficient and environmentally friendly.
"My Administration is working hand-in-hand with President Obama's team to ensure stimulus dollars are pumped into California quickly and responsibly to stimulate the economy and invest in the future of California's transportation needs," said Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Each new bus can seat 51 passengers and is equipped with free WiFi and state-of-the-art, on-board communications technology allowing real-time tracking by Greyhound. The new buses provide transit service between San Francisco and Los Angeles along three north-south corridors: U.S. Route 101, Interstate 5 (I-5) via Livermore and Hollywood, and I-5 via Modesto and Fresno.
"These new buses underscore our commitment to expedite Recovery Act funding and provide safe, reliable, and efficient intercity transportation options throughout our state," said Caltrans Director Cindy McKim.
The buses are the second in the state to be delivered with Recovery Act intercity rural transit funding. In October 2009, the Trinity County Department of Transportation received two new 21-passenger paratransit buses purchased with Recovery Act rural transit funding.
Last fall, Caltrans was awarded $34 million in transit grants from the Recovery Act to promote and enhance public transportation in rural areas. Caltrans is distributing the grants to 77 rural transit agencies for 137 projects throughout the state. For a comprehensive list of the Recovery Act rural transit grants, please visit: http://www.dot.ca.gov/Recovery/documents/RecoveryActRuralTransitProjectsOctober2009.pdf
Under Governor Schwarzenegger's leadership, California has obligated nearly $1.2 billion in Recovery Act funding to transit projects statewide. For more information on the Recovery Act visit: http://recovery.ca.gov/