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Friday, August 31, 1984/The Battalion/Page 3B t 3D univenin Jeans, should apdi [htly in doi >ces and ma eidemswhid ases i” Kuo: ient last ya ns activitiei i posted» >wn, studem actions w -turn totktii * purged [oi tent wereir iesdid notii ment demon leaving diso ies. is id the map s. from all oit the chancel I the seoet it projects i -shore das* -foot-long it arthern coal blican. what to a indents, “l# ales and dm a while tie (to the boatj , snorkle aa n with thfl I for ness. II V- (NOW ro r? Police detain leader of team looking for Ark United Press International ISTANBUL, Turkey — Police detained an American explorer at Istanbul’s airport Wednesday and accused him of trying to smuggle out clay and rock artifacts from what he claims is the site of Noah’s Ark on Mount Ararat. At a press conference in An kara, Turkey’s culture and tou rism minister said there was a “mystery” behind the recent surge of archaeological activity on Mount Ararat, located just 1 1 miles west of the Soviet border and reputedly used for Western intelligence purposes. The minister, Mukerrem Tas- cioglu, said explorer Marvin Stef- fins would be detained at Istan bul’s Yesilkoy international airport until the “mystery of Noah’s Ark” was solved. Last Saturday, Steffins claimed he had found a “boat-shaped fig ure covered with soil” on Mount Ararat resembling the Biblical Noah’s Ark and was taking wood and clay samples back to the United States for analysis. Early Wednesday, Steffins, leader of one of three U.S. explo ration teams hunting for the Ark on the mountain, was detained as he was about to leave on a flight with his wife Marge and daughter Marianna. “The group was about to leave Turkey on a flight to Amsterdam but a search of their suitcases re vealed 3.9 kilograms (8 ‘/a pounds) of clay and rock pieces from the alleged site of Noah’s Ark which they were smuggling to the United States,” an airport police officer said. Steffins, from Monroe, La., said he wanted to take the arti facts to the United States for anal ysis. But Turkish officials said t hey were part of the nation’s cul tural heritage and should remain in Turkey. “I was only taking the samples to be analyzed in the States but if Turkey can do the same thing, they can keep them,” Steffins told reporters at the airport after he was stopped from leaving the country. There was no word on other members of Steffins’ exploration team from U.S. International Ex peditions. Earlier this week, former U.S. astronaut James Irwin, leader of a separate expedition to find the Ark, said Steffins unfairly seized the samples after Irwin led Stef fins to the reputed site. Therapist: laughter best United Press International SEATTLE — Robin Faye-McNair has several prescriptions for her psy chiatric patients at University Hospi tal — drawing cartoons, watching soap operas and wearing Halloween masks. The occupational therapist firmly believes in the old saying that laugh ter is the best medicine, especially when it comes to healing emotional wounds. “I think humor helps because you can look at different areas of your life without making it so serious,” Faye-McNair said. “It allows people to relax a little bit and open up.” Faye-McNair, who is an amateur cartoonist, encourages her patients to express their feelings by drawing cartoons, which she says makes it easier for them to discuss and cope with their problems. “Sometimes it’s kind of hard to ex press emotions and things that peo ple keep hidden,” she said, adding that patients who can sketch their feelings in cartoon form “don’t feel as threatened.” For patients who have difficulties with interpersonal relationships, Faye-McNair turns to episodes of the daytime soap opera “One Life to Live.” After patients watch a show, they discuss the characters and how they manipulate one another. “Soap operas are ... so extreme it borders on humor,” Faye-McNair said. “They help patients see they’re acting out a role. It allows them to see options or other ways of behav ior.” She also has a collection of Hal- loween-type masks, with expressions ranging from sad to angry to happy, and encourages patients to wear a face that depicts their mood that day. Patients who benefit from her special brand of therapy are suffer ing from a range of mental prob lems, including anorexia, depression or low self-esteem. Because each pa tient has specific needs, Faye-Mc Nair says approaching problems from the bright side doesn’t always work — at least not right away. “I sort of see myself as planting some seeds,” she said. “If it’s done in a way that gives people the opportu nity (to be humorous), but doesn’t force them, they may take up on it later.” One patient who blossomed un der Faye-McNair’s approach was DeeDee Murry, 23, who entered the program in October 1983 suffering from anorexia nervosa. “When I first came I wasn’t very receptive,” Murry said. “I had a lot of trouble in showing emotions. 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