INDEPENDENT • TUESDAY, MARCH 3,1992 • PAGE 3
Brochure promises self-confidence
IifeSpring / from page 1
According to Information Jansen was given from the psychologist "[life Spring] was supposed to be some sort of cult and people have come out of the program mentally disturbed," Jansen said. "The first seminar is free, but then there's another and another. Once you have gotten in. Its hard to get out. The people you've had sessions with, and have opened up to call asking you to come."
Channel 11 did a series on LJfeSpring about a year ago. They interviewed individuals who were severely psychologically disturbed because of this program, Jansen said.
LifeSpring's brochures advertise that the program "gives you increased self-canfldence and self esteem as well as a greater sense of control."
IifeSpring also states that "[We've hadl our courses rigorously examined by pre-eminent researchers in the sci-
entific community." The results compiled suggested that subjects "showed improvements in self-confidence, self-esteem" and assured that there was "no evidence of psychiatric harm."
The registration materials asked questions centering around health information, such as whether the individual has had counseling, mental illness, nervous breakdowns and other similar conditions.
A participant must also sign a Therapist's Physician's Release that exempts IifeSpring from damages.
They make you sign a waiver for any damages and it was my understanding that there was an additional fee if you did not," Jansen said.
The program's pamphlets describe the sessions as a series of lectures with large and small group experiences.
The beginning session takes five days. The first three days consist of meetings lasting five to five and a half hours, from approximately seven to
midnight. The fourth day lasts 13 hours and the fifth eight and a half.
Jansen said the program is based on trying to control behavior to the point of scheduling meals and breaks. The long hours control sleeping time, thus, making individuals more vulnerable due to fatigue. The brochures issued by IifeSpring stipulate that no eating or drinking is allowed during the sessions. As well as, prohibiting recording and the taking of notes.
Tve heard that [IifeSpring is a cult), I think its just a rumor." said Donecla Norwood of Jansen's findings.
According to Jansen, Christiansen wanted to introduce the program to the faculty as well, hoping to have it implemented as a J-Term class.
A book also has been written on the subject by John Hanley called UfeSpring: Getting Yourself From Where You Are to Where You Want to Go." The book details successful profile cases.
School receives grant for study of alcohol, drug abuse
byJohnEhrcsmm
Independent staff writer
Students at the College of SL Benedict recently completed a mandatory survey from the U..& Department of Education regarding the Fund for the Improvement of Post-Secondary Education, FIPSE.
This $62,000 grant extends far two years and sponsors such educational programs as Feer-ventian, a new student run outreach attempt to find alternatives to alcohol and other drug abuse.
Other presentations which regsrd abuse are sexual assault fitness, media's effects on con-sumptian, se tttng personal limits and self esteem.
Part of the money granted will go to educate student workers so that they may present these thanes in individual residence hall floors.
Do all students have a drinking problem?
According to Dr. Kathleen Allen, alcohol related problems cause more students to drop out of school than those who will go on to attain master's and doctor's degrees, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Even though CSB and SJU are a private, Catholic, liberal arts colleges, they fall right in the middle of the national average of alcohol and
other drug abuse, according to Joyce Baumann, head resident in west apartments and coordinator for the FIPSE fund on the St Ben's campus.
The survey was given to on-campus students only, but the administration still found the results surprising in comparison to the 57,110 students surveyed nation-wide
64% of the 285 CSB students surveyed claim they drink, yet 111 are underage drinkers.
15.9% said they consume 10 or more drinks in one week, compared to the 15.2% national
ing a Dor lower.
28.7% of the CSB and SJU students claimed to have driven under the influence, compared with 34% nationally, and 13% had trouble with police or residence life staff, 13.7% national aver-
40% reported having consumed more than five drinks or more in one sitting at least once in the two weeds previous to the survey, compared to43.7%natforally.
Because of the high number of underage students that reported drinking in SL Joseph bars, 67.8%, meetings between the school administration, the mayor and thebar owners have ensued
The survey indicated a strong correlation between drinking and grades. Of students report-ingAaverages, only 13.3%responded to drinking more than four drinks per week. 35.5% of those students with B averages did. 46.7% consumed more than four drinks per week of those who claimed to have a C average, none reported hav-
Rougjily one-fourth replied that Friday classes were missed, when asked if drinking resulted in missed class.
Write in responses suggest that perhaps faculty and staff contribute to this abuse ty joking about hangovers, providing light work loads on Wdays, promoting happy-hour classes and turning away from the obvious results of abuse.
They also suggest that the alternatives to drinking are few on a itigit out
Another part of the FIPSE gant money will $ towards a new reference library to be in Mary Commons within one month.
Members of Peer-venOon will work with SL John's PRP's during the National Drug Awareness flfeek, March 29 through April 4, during which there will be, among other things, a drunk driver simulator.
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SAB/SJS discusses allocation for Respect Life
The CSB Student Mrdntetoative Board and the St. John's Senate, on behalf of the Joint Rinding Board, agreed to allocate $99G to the Respect life dub, Tlils.^h# fund events ibr the up^
During last week's meeting* some members of both student governments
opposed this decision because olthe resent dB^mbytfceCSB/SJU
traflas today the Advocateifcsf Iftpwiu^e freedom diih status. According to SAB president, Meg Winter, the members to tarn
Respect lifewrt^d be opentag up d&eussioa on "bofla «Jde& of the ahottlotit
Issue during tb&iwefc
*ttfe cant cut money for everyone Who is agafiast A8F,* Winter sail Tt» Senate vote was split m the f&3u& According to SIS secretoiy, Amfr
DeCoux, seven senators were & fovor, two opposed and five abstained with
Se^or Jim Je
(tons' control of the ARF issue, $y altocatinlnwneytOiReapediie1*^^,^ Senate would also be obligated to consider funding requests by ARF even iftougfcthejrare not areeogrtaed club, Jech said
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UnBke the split vote in ttw SIS, the SAB voted U-l I* fevor of aflocafcg the money.
SAB *ice president of wflleg; relations, 6m Marie Mayer, was the onty member who opposed the vote. It was her understanding that SAB agreed to 'avoid landing the abortion issue altogether* because of the controversy sur-rtundingARR
1 thought we would he seen as an extension of the administration rather than as student Jeaders," Mayer said.
Aeconfingto JFBdub auditor, Colleen Ginther, the SAB had to took at the issue objectively and to keep in mind that Respect life is a recognized club that should have access to the same privileges as other clubs.
*lt was a very difficult decision to make," Ginther said. "It was not our decision to not give ARFclub status, tt was the administrations'.''
Some of the topics for Respect life ^fcfeek include True Feminism is Pro-life," the mentally handicapped, euthanasia and "Civil Disobedience and Operation Rescue * Operation Rescue is a protest organization known nation* aflytbr their protests outside abortion clinics.
CSB awarded $492,000 challenge grant, largest ever
by Kristin Lodwick
Independent staff writer
On Feb. 18 the Bush Foundation awarded the College of St. Benedict its largest single grant to date for the science center.
The $492,000 grant Is In the form of a challenge grant; therefore the college must follow certain guidelines before it will receive the money, according to a writer of the CSB development office MaiySemela.
First, CSB must raise a matching $492,000 by Dec. 31, 1992, according to Semela. Also, gifts may not be applied toward the grant unless they come from Individuals who donate between $1000 and $250,000. No corporate donations may be applied toward the match.
The Development Office was aware of the restrictions on this grant when they submitted the proposal to Bush in November, and did not then or now find the challenge an impossible one to meet, Semela said.
"We're not concerned about meeting the challenge," Semela said. There have been committees formed in the TXvin Cities and St. Cloud areas which will begin letter writing campaigns for the challenge."
Mark Conway, CSB executive director of development, also welcomed the
Bush grant
The Bush challenge presents a tremendous opportunity, one we must seize upon," said Conway.
The challenge serves as a good Incentive for individuals who have been interested in the science center, but have not yet donated, Conway said. Now individual gifts can be matched dollar for dollar.
According to Conway, the Bush grant was very well thought-out. Before CSB could send in its proposal, half of its campaign goal had to be met Also, CSB needed to publicly announce its campaign before they could be considered for the grant.
CSB met both of these qualifications after announcing its campaign on Jan 28,1992, Semela said.
The school announced that within the first phase of the campaign, which includes the Ardolf Science Center, $5,169,509 out of the $7,242,000 needed for the building had been raised. So, after the Bush grant is met, the college will need to raise approximately one million more.
Currently the Development Office is in the process of putting together a proposal for another challenge grant, Conway said.
