Tuesdsy, July f2, }977 .#HE M4CH4GAN DA44Y Page Three- Sin Of Sc temp ment ment phica tion. But milia dents prosli free, their Til meni he ds Scientology: Onl By MATTHEW BERKE "Personal Efficiency Course" is based on dale Carnegie -like self-improve ce FBI agents raided three Church the idea that Scientology principles will vice. ientology offices Friday in an at- enable a person to increase his or her The basic cause of human unhi I to recover stolen Justice Depart- practical efficiency in living and coping according to Scientologist doctrii and Internal Revenue Service docu- with the world. For three hours, Kuhns existence of "Suppressive Pers s, members of that religious-philoso- outlines and describes the basic tenets dividuals who constantly put do i cult have received national atten- of Scientology-its view of man, human people, making them feel inade psychology, individual and world unhap, weak. Scienttologists have long been fa- piness and communication. ALTHOUGH. Scientologists s x figures to many Ann Arbor resi- What often emerges by the end of the pressive Persons (SP's) comp In addition to their street-corner session is a hodgepodge of recognizable 2.5 per cent of the total popul. eytizing, the Scientologists offer a old-hat bits of psychology, philosophy and rectly behind them is a group three-hour introductory course at religion, all packaged together under the cuted persons called "Potential Church Mission on Huron Street. - label of Scientology. There is a strong Sources" (PTS's), who make E COURSE is taught by church dose if watered-down Freudian psychol- per cent of the population. P ber Joe Kuhns, whose wife, Marian, ogy, a dash of Jungian mysticism, and, cording to Scientologists, act the Huron Street Mission. The fr good measure, a generous dose of sively toward other people, thus ment ad- appiness, ne, is the ons"-in- wn other squate or ay Sup- rise just ation, di- of perse- l Trouble ip 17. TSs, ac- suppres- s making tcult? the other 80 per cent of mankind miser- able in what amounts to a chain reaction. The solution to all of this, say the Scientologists, is to provide counseling sessions or "audits" with a Scientology Ethics Officer. Through the audits, an individual learns to identify the SP's it his or her life and thus han the fear and unhappiness associated with those per- sons. Once this is accomplished, the per- son is said to he "clear." There are 6000 "clears" at present, lit Scientologists say they hape to eventually clear every- body in the world and eliminate all forms of s-uppression including war, crime aiid insanity. ' See SCIENTOIoGY, lage 9 'U' 1978 appropriations await Milliken's a proval By RON DeKETTF A higher edacation appi sun stuns bil approved by the Mtate legislature Thursday aid give the University's \un Arbor cOmpus $121,583.400 ior fiscal year 1978 if signed b Gbv Willians Milliken. The long - awaited bill is a welcome sight because the Re- gents can nos adopt a budget and make other finance - relat- ed decisions. "WE WILL Have the final badget decision and tuition in- creases at the Regents meet- ing this week (July 15)," said Richard Kennedy, University of Michigan Vice - President for State Relations. The University is currently operating on a month-by-month budget. The Regents approved the interim budget in June to provide monthlynspendingeat 1976-77 levels until the new budget is adopted. While the appropriations bill is less than the $122.2 million figure approved earlier by the VA jury- still out The jury is still deliberating in the trial of two Philippine nurses accused of the Veterans Administration - (VA) Hospital poisonings. Today will be the fourteenth day of the record- long deliberations when the nine women and three men con- vense at 9:00. Unless a verdict is reached today, they will work until seven o'clock, taking a two-hour lunch break at noon. State Senate, Kennedy said the bil is heatening. "I think it is an encouraging appropria- tions bill this year in light of the disasterois appropriations we ha reccei ed in last years. tR is an enco"raging sign" he sad A C C 0 I D I N G T 0 Kennedy, the Medical and Dental Schools were hit hardest by the difference between the two bills, with Medical losing $400,000 and Dental losing 82W8,000 from the original, Sen- ate - approed plan. Though the schools lost monv when the bill went to a con- ference committee, they will still receive more from the state than they did last year. The appropriations bill comes in the face of several tough de- cisions to be made by the Re- gents regarding tuition increas- es and program discontinuaces. LAST APRIL, Vice President for Academic Affairs Frank Rhodes presentrtentative tui- lion increase figures to the Re- gents averaging between eightt and nine per cent. The largest increase went to medical and dentistry students (13 per cent) and the smallest increase went to underclass, in-state students (8.6 per cent). The decrease in appropria- tions to the Medical School may have some influencehon the school's efforts to have the Speech and Hearing Sciences program - a department of the medical < school - discon- tinued. The bill now awaits the gov- ernor's signature. CITY COUNCIL last night approved a resolution to tear down this former Gulf gas station lo- cated at S. Church and S. University to make way for a three-story office building and restau- rant. Offices to rise on South . By GREGG KRUPA Frequenters of the South University business district will be happy to know that one of the major eyesores in the city is slated for destruc- tion. The vacant gas station at the corner of South University and Church Street may soon be re- placed by a two-story structure containing of- fices and a restaurant. The building, which used to be a Gulf gas station, has been boarded up for 18 months. CITY COUNCIL held a public hearing on the rezoning of the lot last night at a special work- ing session. Final action on the rezoning is ex- pected sometime later this month. Construction will begin this month and is scheduled for completion in March, 1978. Jerry Schofield of the city's Building and Safe- ty Department said the construction may prove temporarily inconvenient for area shoppers and pedestrians. "THE BUILDING will probably be built direct- ly to the sidewalk," said Schofield, "so I would assume that the sidewalks will be closed off dur- ing the construction period." In other activity at last night's meeting the "council heard of a city plan to fight Dutch olt disease, which has been eating away at the city's elm trees for years The plan, announced by George Owers of the city Parks Department and Robert Tate the City Forester, will be a three-pronged effort. TODAY MSA note This from the wonderful world of Student Gov- ernment: Student organizations on campus are reg- ulated and are under the jurisdiction of the Michi- gan Student Assembly (MSA). MS places primary responsibility for student organizations under the authority of the Student Organizations Board (that's SOB - please, no jokes), SOB compiles all forms from campus groups that pertain to primary re- cognition as an organization and requests for facili- ties usage. What may recognized organizations do that plain folks cannot? - They can set up booths on the Diag or in the Fishbowl; - They can show films in campus auditoriums; - They can start ac- counts in the University's Student Accounts office; - They can maintain mailboxes and/oroffices in the Michigan Union Building. To register as an or- ganization, a group must have at least three mem- bers; its president or treasurer must be a currently enrolled student or must have been enrolled in the previous full term, and a majority of its members must fit into the same category. In addition to this, student organizations cannot restrict their mem- berships on grounds of race, creed, sex, or any other "arbitrary or unreasonable consideration." To apply for any or all of the above advantages, stop by the MSA offices at 3909 Michigan Union be- tween 10 a.m. anSI S p.m. on weekdays. Happenings . .. just to remind you, Drug Help is still inter- viewing people interested in volunteering to answer crisis phones both today and tomorrow, call 994- HELP . .. at 8:30 a.m. the Continuing Engineering Education program will present seminars in Chrys- ler Ctr. The events run through Friday . . . the Extension Service offers a seminar on coping with the legal environment which also begins at 8:30 a. m., and also runs through Friday, but is being held at the Campus Inn . . . Helen Fan will present a carrillon recital at Burton Tower from 7-8 p.m... . and at 7:30 in MLB Aud. 3, there will be two free films on personal growth. On the outside Skies will be mostly cloudy again today, but the weather service says there's only a slight chance of early morning rain (however, you should take note that the same tape-recorded voice said there was "only a slight chance of rain" yesterday, and as I sit here writing this at 5:00 in the afternoon, watching the water droplets plink against my win- dow, I find the weather service rather untrust- worthy), The high will be 84, and tonght's low will be 63 humid degrees.