Despite the hype surrounding last night's lecture on Scientology, many students who attended said they walked away feeling like their questions remained unanswered...
...Thalia Ghiglia, a director of public affairs and community activities for the Church of Scientology, said this approach was deliberate. The lecture was sponsored by Student Activities Board and was the second installment of the Faithbusters lecture series...
...Despite the initially tepid reaction, many students hung around after the event ended and debated with the Scientologists...
Like most of us, I heard about the recent protest of the Church of Scientology from fliers placed around campus, and took very little notice. Out of curiosity though, I decided to look into the group that was holding the protest, since I had never heard of Anonymous before...
BATON ROUGE, La. - Inside the industrial looking brick walls of one of Louisiana's poorest performing middle schools, Scientologists finally have achieved a longtime goal.
A study skills curriculum written by Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard is being taught as mainstream public education...
...According to one of the program's harshest critics, Dave Touretzky, a research professor at Carnegie Mellon University...
...The vocabulary used in Hubbard's texts echoes the language of Scientology...
...Scientologists will use the program at Prescott to sell the program to other struggling communities, Touretsky said, and to promote the image of Scientology...
A HUMAN rights youth forum at Parliament House in Sydney promoted the views of the Scientology founder, L. Ron Hubbard, and was organised by a group linked to the Church of Scientology.
Administrators should realize error and move quickly to protect students
University at Buffalo officials cannot pretend that what happens there isn't their responsibility when an organization that could be detrimental to students, like the Church of Scientology, leases space on campus...
A controversy has erupted at the University at Buffalo over the Church of Scientology's obtaining an office in The Commons, a privately operated space on the North Campus in Amherst near the Student Union.
UB contends it has no say in who rents space, and that it has an obligation to be tolerant of all views. Critics contend the administration is abrogating its responsibility to protect students by permitting a group some consider a cult to have a staging ground to recruit students...
Scientology has come to UB, and as one might expect from the often-controversial religion, its new center in The Commons has some people on campus upset over the arrival.
Part of the concern has come from other religiously affiliated groups that point to Scientology's cult reputation...
"Scientology is just not like anything else," said Rev. Robert Castagna of the Church of Scientology in Boston on Tuesday night....
...Castagna's opening remarks set the stage for the night as he and his colleague and fellow Scientologist Erik Bayersdorfer attempted to answer many questions about the history and beliefs of the Church of Scientology...
...The event was sponsored by the Undergraduate Government of Boston College.
2005 Scientology In Campus News
