Page 2 - The Michigan Daily - Friday, January 30, 1987 Group's newsletter trashed By STEVE BLONDER Leaders of a campus group called the Coalition for Democracy in Latin America are calling on the Michigan Student Assembly to condemn and discipline those responsible for destroying copies of the coalition's newsletter. According to Roberto Javier Frisancho, president of the coalition, more than 1,100 of the 5,000 copies of the newsletter, which were distributed on campus, were either "gone or trashed" on Wednesday. Campus security is not investigating the incident because no witnesses have made charges. Frisancho said he is "surprised that people could have such harsh reactions since we're not that big." Among the copies of the newsletter that were decimated were those delivered 'to the Undergraduate Library, Bursley Hall, MSA, the Michigan Union, and the Student Publications building. "The newsletter was not slandering; it just presented points of view that aren't really brought up. These topics include the religious conflict in Nicaragua and the myth of democracy in Chile," Frisancho said. Undaunted by the incident, Frisancho said the coalition will publish a longer, more detailed newsletter next month. Frisancho chastised the MSA Peace and Justice Committee for refusing to distribute the group's newsletter at their information table. The MSA committee has a policy that it does not distribute "offensive and misleading" literature. Frisancho countered, saying that the charge does not apply to the coalition's publication. "The same thing happens in the Latin American countries," he said. "The difference being, however, there it is state sanctioned." Students find release through meditation " v By STEVEN TUCH "TM gives you a sense of connection to everything... It makes you the best of what you are," according to Ann Rappaport, acting director of the Students International Meditation Society (SIMS). Rappaport is referring to Trans- cendental Meditation (TM) which was developed by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, who 28 years ago introduced a TM technique meditators say reduces stress and increases conscious awareness. SIMS began local TM seminars in 1970. Since then about 2,500 sUniversity students, faculty, and staff have learned to practice TM. FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 1432 Washtenaw Ave.-662-4466 (between Hill and S. University St.) William Hillegonds, Senior Minister Sunday Worship Services at 9:30 and 11:00 am. I For three days this week, SIMS years. held free public lectures at the ANOTHER practition Michigan Union and at Mason School graduate John H Hall. started practicing TM i THREE and a half million Through TM, he sc people worldwide use TM. experiences thought clarit3 Meditators say TM has positive ease of stress. To h effects on their lives, such as transcendental consci increased intelligence, achieved through TM is no comprehension, learning ability, state of consciousness, but academic performance, and enhances the others. productivity. In addition, TM "It underlines the other { practitioners recover faster from consciousness). You can ex stress, experience a decrease in it without having to be a anxiety and insomnia, and smoke unconscious," Holliday sai and drink less. Learning TM is a t During actual meditation, one process, according to TM i reaches a "fourth state" of con - sciousness. The first state is wakefulness, the second is sleep, G and the third is dreaming. Meditator p Amelia Rappaport, an LSA junior, (Continued from Page1) describes the fourth state: "You optional prayer fromawhi transcend into a deep sleep, but draw their strength. The vc you're still conscious... When you work during the day and reach this state, you achieve a state have free time at night. F of restful alertness." activities vary from rollers Rappaport has meditated for 12 taking road trips. BECOOKIES MBUY 2 COOKIES FOR $1.0091 ner, Law [olliday, n 1972. aid he y and an im, the ousness t another one that (states of perience asleep or id. hree-step nstructor Chett Breed, a doctoral candidate in English and education. " THE first step includes under - standing the ways in which TM differs from other forms of meditation and an explanation of what it can do," Breed said. The first step can be accomplished by attending lectures such as the ones that took place this week. The second step entails detailed explaination of how TM works. Breed sees this as an intellectual explanation. In the third and final step, the pupil works with an individual instructor at the SIMS center. to help needy ch many olunteers usually ree time kating to s91 J UNIVERSITY MINISTRY J. B. Notkin, University Minister University Seminar: Galations 11:00 a.m., French Room. AMERICAN BAPTIST CAMPUS CENTER FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH Huron St. (between State & Division) Sundays: 9:55 worship; 11:25 Bible Study groups for both Undergrads and Graduate Students. Wednesdays: 5:30SupPcgx=f .# Fellowship. CENTER OPEN EACH DAY for information call 663-9376 ROBERT B. WALLACE, PASTOR The greatest experience for Gullo was pulling away from his everyday hectic schedule to get a new perspective. "At the Univeristy you can loose sight of what is important. We are constantly bombarded with 'me, me,me' and encouraged to strive for money and power, success. One can loose sight of what is really important - Christian beliefs." Beall said,"It's not what you expect it to be, but so much more." She added that the visit broke a lot of her preconcieved ideas of the mountain people. By actually spending time with them and seeing their needs, she became more appreciative of what she has. Beall and Gullo all plan to continue the invp v Pt in mission work. "It's not Florida btit's clean, warmer, and time away from studying. It's nice," said Gullo. IN BRIEF Compiled from Associated Press reports Aquino demands prosecutioi of persons in coup attempt. MANILA, Philippines - President Corazon Aquino yesterday ordered the prosecution of soldiers and civilians who took part in an attempted coup and said the "gravity of the crime" was not lessened by their peaceful surrender. The government also said it thwarted an attempt by former President Ferninand Marcos to return to the Philippines from his exile in Hawai One cabinet minister linked Marcos to the coup plot. "While we continue to cherish the virtue of compassion, we shall have justice in this case for we must have respect for the law," M. Aquino said, a few hours after about 250 rebellious troops and civilians surrendered at a downtown television station. Moslem kidnappers threaten to kill four captives #: BEIRUT, Lebanon - Moslem kidnappers said yesterday they will kill four men seized last weekend if U.S. military forces attal Lebanon, and they released a picture of an American capitive with twd automatic rifles held to his head. Anglican Church envoy Terry Waite remained out of sight for the 10th day. He is negotiating with the captors of two Americans held since 1985. The hostages threatened with death yesterday are three Americans and an Indian abducted Saturday at Beirut University College. -l In Washington, a Reagan administration official said: "We hold the captors responsible for the safety of the hostages. We call for the immediate release of all hostages. We do not speculate on any course' of action the United States may or may not take." Reagan sent Bible to Iran WASHINGTON - After months of silence, the White House confirmed yesterday that President Reagan signed a Bible sent secretly to Iranian officials, but said it was nothing more than an "isolated insignificant matter. The only reason that Reagan's action was acknowledged was that the Bible was publicly displayed at a news conference in Tehra Tuesday by Hashemi Rafsanjani, the speaker of the parliament. A senior administration official said privately that Rafsanjani did so only "for internal consumption." Ever since the secret sale of U.S. arms to Tehran was disclosed fAst November, there have been reports that U.S. officials trying to establish contacts in Tehran carried gifts such as a Bible, a chocolee cake and Colt pistols. The White House has refused to discuss thb subject. U.S. drops steep tariff plan WASHINGTON - The Reagan administration announced yesterday it was dropping plans to impose steep tariffs on selected European goods after a last-minute truce was negotiated in a trans-Atlantic trade war over farm products. ,U.S. Trade Representative Clayton Yeutter said President Reagan would rescind his order imposing duties of up to 200 percent on European gin, cognac, cheeses and vegetables under a compromise reached the day before the tariffs were to take effect. Yeutter said in a statement that, as part of the agreement, the 12- nation European Economic Community promised "full and fair compensation" to the United States for an estimated $400 millioq n lost U.S. grain sales to Spain last year. EXTRAS Parents write up questionable excuses for schoolkids' absences "My son is under the doctor's care and should not take P.E. today," onei parent wrote. "Please execute him." That death sentence was inadvertently reeommended in a note which 'a parent who was in a hurry or possessed of an uncertain vocabulary wrote to excuse a child's absence from school in Vernon Parish, La. Duplicated copies of some of the parish's more astonishing excuse notes were given out at a School Board meeting this month. "Some of them were obviously made up by students," Richard Carter, assistant principal of Leesville High School, said Wednesday. But most, he said, were probably legitimate excuses written by parents in the rura;. northwest Louisiana parish.-; One parent appeared to have taken drastic action: "Please excuse Mary for being absent. She was sick and I had her shot." Another had a more comprehensive request: "Please excuse Fred for being. It was his father's fault." And several had a racier tone: "Please excuse Fred from being absent. He had a cold and could not, breed well." "Please excuse Mary. She has been sick and under the doctor." 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