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Q Q ©son©©™ Q©£iQQQ[?0[Dg JONATHAN K0Z0L aGQQthQO cdQ QffliSGJeLb. ILSM -fflBQ BIHOLbBBBgl-S fnmmMhBis ..QgmmBQflia/h FQatDSW a[PBa[b Q9©9 fflasBanrawaGo a®@ Satanism (Continued from page I) and violence, wearing black and reading and watching occult material. Patterson says her organization is one of 387 similar community out reach groups across the country. She says these organizations have a na tional hotline with which they can share information, and that she is planning a possible national conven tion of these organizations in Sep tember. Groups similar to Exodus exist in Texas, including organizations in El Paso, Dallas and Beaumont. Dale Culberthson, a sergeant in the Bryan Police Department, at tended the program and says an or ganization such as Exodus is being planned for Bryan-College Station. He says anyone interested in partici pating in such an organization should contact Mary Maddingly at the Brazos Valley Council on Alco hol and Substance Abuse. Father Marvin Kitten of St. Mary’s Catholic Church in College Station says the discovery of a Satanic cult in Mexico that sacrificed 12 people, in cluding a University of Texas stu dent, might help inform local resi dents because of the publicity the media is giving it. Patterson says these danger signs of occult activity that a child may show are similar to normal stages all teenagers experience. “It’s difficult to say whether they are doing it because they believe it or whether they’re ju^t hanging a fancy label on some ordinarily deviant be havior,” she says. “A lot of them be lieve it. They truly believe the spiri tual overtones of what they’re doing.” Counseling appears to be the an swer for young people involved in Satanism. However, Parterson says a there is a difference between coun seling and spiritual counseling. “A person goes to counseling be cause they’re angry,” she says. “It’s some kind of emotional problem. Sa tanism is physical, emotional and spiritual. When you deal with just the emotional problems of a kid who’s involved in Satanism, you’re not attacking the physical and spiri tual side of it.” Culberthson says that when the police encounter a young person in volved in Satanism, they recommend counseling to the child’s parents. However, he said normal counseling often will fail. “It doesn’t matter what you be lieve, it’s what they believe,” he says. “If you try to handle it from a materialistic standpoint it won’t work. You have to attack it spiritu ally. They believe in God, but they also believe in Satan and that has a stronger hold on them. This is where regular counseling fails.” Patterson says the family unit is the most important safeguard against Satanism. “Kids that are coming from good, solid, workable Christian homes are not getting involved in Satanism,” she says. “I’m not talking about the family that just wants to talk. I mean the families that truly love each other, want to get involved with their kids, have open communication and loving relationships.” Patterson says people involved in a Satanic cult will use various recruit ing techniques on a young person to promote Satanism, including drugs, some heavy metal music, fantasy role-playing games, pornography, movies and literature. Patterson says Satanism never will go away. However, she says it is pos sible to weaken the role of Satanism in children and to prevent many children from getting involved with the occult. “I don’t think we’ll ever eradicate Satanism,” she says. “It’s been here ever since Satan got uppity with God and was thrown out of heaven. We can certainly cut down the fascina tion you’ll find around Satanism to day. “We have to expose it for what it is. It is a fraud. It is just a concept. Once we expose it, we can watch the teens walk away from it and realize they were ripped off.” Patterson recalled a biblical verse that described Satan’s eventual de mise when God casts him into a lake of fire: “But Fire came down from heaven and devoured them. And the devil, who deceived them, was thrown into the lake of burning sulfur, where the beast and the false prophet had been thrown. They will be tormented day and night for ever and ever. ”— Rev elation 20:10 Friday, April 14,1989 In Advance Aggies will hold hands for charity Sunday By Juliette Rizzo STAFF WRITER “Hands Across Aggieland” will take place at 1 p.m. Sunday at the Texas A&M Polo Fields. Patterned after Hands Across America, the event, sponsored by the Student Y and Circle K Inter national, is geared to raise food and money for the Brazos Food Bank. Keri Keilberg, chairman of the event, said the event is an oppor tunity for the campus and the community to come together as one. “This is the first year we have extended an invitation to the community,” she said. The may ors of Bryan and College Station will be present. Keilberg antic ipates a 3,000-person turnout to form a line that will stretch across the entire field. Admission to the event is one non-perishable food item. She said the event, which be gan last year, is just one way the community can have fun while supporting a good cause: the needy. “It is important to mix the stu dents of the University with fami lies in the community,” Keilberg said. “The combined efforts will strengthen relations btween the University and the community.” One food item buys the partici pant an afternoon of fun, enter tainment and ice cream. The line will form at approxi mately 1:15 p.m. After the may ors of both cities present door prizes donated by local busi nesses, the Aggie Allamanders, a country dance group, will per form. They will be followed by the Woman’s Chorus Octet. After the line breaks up at 1:50 p.m., free ice cream, donated by Bluebell, will be distributed toev- eryone. Keilberg said there will be something for everyone at the event. A fire truck donated by the local fire department will be on display for children to play on. “College students are involved in many activities on campus,” she said, “but, the community does not have as many activities. This event is an opportunity for everyone to get involved to work toward a central goal, thus every one will benefit.” A&M’s Student Y to sponsor Youth Fun Day By Sharon Maberry STAFF WRITER Texas A&M’s Student Y chap ter will sponsor its fourth annual Youth Fun Day Saturday from noon to 3 p.m. at Kyle Field for Bryan-College Station school chil dren. In case of rain, the event will be in C. Rollie White Coliseum. The event will feature an af ternoon of relay races for four teams of third, fourth and fifth graders with counselors who are A&M students. “Student Y is a service organi zation,” Scott Sloter, director of Youth Fun Day, said. “The ma jority of our programs involve the community and the campus. This is a chance for both of them to come together.” Sloter said Youth Fun Day em phasizes friendly competition among the children and the goal is for every child to leave feeling like a winner. “In the past, the underlying philosophy was that everyone was a winner,” Sloter said. “Everyone walked away with an award.” One change from past years is that each member of the four teams will recieve a maroon rib bon, instead of a first-, second-, third- or fourth-place ribbon. This year, Sloter said he hopes the change will allow all the chil dren to go home with a winning feeling. Recognition also will go to teams that are the most spirited, enthusiastic, athletic and compet itive. Each team has its own name and yell, along the lines of Fish Camp traditions. Sloter said his goal is to have 300 children participate in the event. “Youth Fun.Day is an opportu nity for A&M to give something back to the community,” Sloter said. “It’s a fun-filled day ofsemi- competitive relay races and it gives the children in the commu nity a chance to find out how unique and special it is to be an Aggie.” Rumours plays host to Coffeehouse tonight The sixth and final MSC Town Hall Coffeehouse of the 1988-89 school year will be held tonight at 8 in Rumours snack bar. Coffeehouse is a free minia ture talent revue patterned after similar shows put on around the country in the 1960s. This last show will feature seve ral Coffeehouse veterans, includ ing comedian Fred Wilson, gui tarist and vocalist Carl DeCuir and poetess Julie Minerbo. Also featured tonight will be pianist and vocalist Jennifer Alli son, guitarist Frank Morales and the premier performance of a group called the Neo-Classic Post-Modern Destructionists. The Destructionists, who re portedly canceled a previous Cof feehouse booking because of the death of painter Salvador Dali, will perform a mixed-media show that Steven Wall, vice-chairman of Town Hall in charge of Cof feehouse, described as “really weird.” In honor of the final show, Wall and his staff will hand out door prizes to some of those who attend. “We have everything from hula hoops to bubbles, so come early,” Wall said. Animal shelter offers $6 dog dips Saturday The Brazos Animal Shelter will give dog dips Saturday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the shelter park ing lot at 2207 Pinfeather Road in Bryan. A bath and dip costs $6. Only dogs are allowed to be dipped and must be on leashes. Proof of rabies vaccination is required. Please bring your own towels. Author to speak on plight of homeless today Jonathan Kozol, author of “Ra chel and Her Children: Homeless Families in America,” will speak today about the plight of the homeless and their children at 3 p.m. in 105 Harrington. Kozol, who also has written books on education and illiteracy, researched the homeless issue by staying in a New York City home less shelter and befriending homeless families. Calling the homeless issue “a time bomb for America,” Kozol has said half of the homeless chil dren in New York City do not at tend school and many become criminals. Based on the 12,000 homeless children in New York City, Kozol has estimated that there soon will be 500,000 home less children in the United States. He has used a hands-on ap proach in each of his books. His book, “Death at an Early Age," came out of his experience as a fourth-grade teacher in a poor redominantly black neighbor- ood in Boston. “Illiterate Ameri ca” was the result of a project im plemented by Kozol and the Cleveland Public Library to de sign a literacy plan for the larger cities in the United States. Kozol’s lecture is sponsored by MSC Great Issues. Swingle Singers perform Saturday night at 8 The Swingle Singers will per form at 8 p.m. Saturday in Rud der Auditorium in OPAS’ Final presentation of the 1988-89 sea son. The Swingle Singers perform works from diverse musical styles. They have performed at jazz fes tivals and with orchestras around the world. The eight-member vocal group performs a cappella but use their voices to create instrument sounds with a technique called scat singing. Each member of the group is conservatory-trained. The Swingle Singers organized in Pa ris in 1962 under Ward Swingle, later disbanding and moving to England. Their first recording, called Bach’s Greatest Hits, went gold. Saturday’s performance will in clude modern jazz and music by 19th-century romantic and Span ish composers. Tickets are available at the MSC Box Office. The Battalioi SP Friday, Apri Tex No.l / By Jerry Bolz ASSISTANT SP< You can look Texas baseball s of ways. But 01 find is a typical baseball. The Aggies at the 1977 Long NCAA start ev team brought th land and lost V Will the Aggies, Stulc( with n ByStanGolab SPORTS WRITE The Texas Al taring the retun Champion Mike Texas A&M Rel Frank G. Andei Complex. Stulce, who w put title March in the outdoor shin splints. Stub throw of 68 feet door season am shot put event year. The meet wi men’s track tear teams. “There will b< letes here so it meet to watch,” Coach Charlie T1 In the worn American Mel cleared 6 feet 3 at the Texas Rel by Lamar’s Cassb jump. Both Cla among the best c the nation. The women’s Som Dear Jimmy Jc I’ve been a Co' I’ve stalked this p glory years when Team. 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