NATION/WORLD UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Wednesday, March 29, 1995
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Tokyo sect linked to germ warfare
The Associated Press
TOKYO — Police yesterday reportedly found lethal bacteria at a doomsday religious group's compound, suggesting the sect, suspected in a nerve gas attack on Tokyo's subway, was preparing for germ warfare.
Even before the subway attack, a book published by the group dwellled on the themes of poisons, germ warfare and the subwaves.
Known as Aum Shinri Kyo, or Supreme Truth, the sect is suspected in the March 20 attack, which killed 10 people and sickened about 5,000. The group has denied involvement, and no arrests have been made.
Police raiding Supreme Truth's properties have found large quantities of chemicals, some of which reportedly could be used to produce the deadly sarin nerve gas used in the subway attacks.
News reports yesterday said police also found quantities of lethal bacteria in one of the group's compounds, suggesting the group might have been trying to prepare for germ warfare.
Police would not comment on a report in the newspaper Mainichi that the group was preparing for germ warfare but said they found a large amount of peptone, a protein used to grow bacteria cultures.
The newspaper said authorities seized quantities of Clostridium botulinum, a bacterium that produces botulism or food poisoning.
Some medical companies store the bacteria for research and development. The group owns medical facilities that include a Tokyo hospital.
Elements of a subway attack figured in a book by the group called "Catastrophe Approaches the Nation of Rising Sun," released less than three weeks before the gassing. But in it, Supreme Truth is portrayed as a victim, not an attacker.
One chapter involved a discussion among the sect's leader, Shoko Asahara, and associates, all of whom are said to have university degrees in medicine, biochemistry and architecture.
"Today, we have no other choice but fight to live. For instance, if we get poison gas sprayed on us, we have to prepare cleaners to remove the gas." Asahara told his followers.
His group claimed it had come under chemical attack from the U.S. military and others. The military denied the accusations.
Other officials quoted in the book discussed strategies for chemical weapons use.
"Chemical weapons tend to discharge very poisonous fumes the moment they are mixed," said one member, identified as a chemist.
"Some chemical weapons, however, can be kept one stage prior to the final product until the moment it will be used."
Police believe the Tokyo subway assaulters might have activated the nerve gas by breaking glass containers and fleeing as the ingredients mixed and vaporized. Reports have said one assault was hospitalized after having been overcome by fumes and that police hoped to question him soon.
The roundtable discussion quoted another Ahasara ala, identified as a bacteria and genetic specialist, as discussing bacterial weapons.
The Tokyo subway also came up for discussion — but as a shelter in case of biological, chemical and nuclear warfare, not as a target for attack.
In Russia, meanwhile, a court suspended the activities of the Supreme Truth's Moscow branch and authorized officials to seize its property and bank accounts. Judge Irina Vorobyova said the court would ask the Justice Ministry to expand the order to all branches of the group in Russia.
One reason behind the ruling was sect leader Asahara's reported appeal to his followers to commit suicide, the judge said. The group also faces possible criminal and civil charges of fraud and depriving young people of their rights.
Japanese cult's strange practices revealed
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The Associated Press
TOKYO — Members of the apocalyptic cult suspected in the Tokyo subway attack could rent a headset for $10,000 a month that supposedly would synchronize their brain waves with those of their leader.
Or, they could drink Shoko Asahara's blood for $10,000.
New details emerged in press reports yesterday about how the Aum Shinri Kyo cult demanded cash from members to pay for bizarre items and services.
The group is the prime suspect in a March 20 nerve-gas attack on
Tokyo's subways that killed 10 people and sickened more than 5,000. The cult has denied involvement, and no arrests have been made in connection with the attack.
According to the national newspaper Asahi, a "Blood Initiation," in which members drink blood said to have come from Asahara, costs $10,000. A "Bardo's Enlightenment," involving an intravenous injection of an unknown substance, cost $3,000.
A small p印 engraved with the sect's logo cost $1,000.
For $2,000, members could buy a
7-ounce bottle of "Miracle Pond," the leader's used bath water. The water is said to have curative powers.
A ritual meant to enable a member to gain spiritual energy by touching the forehead of another member with a higher spiritual level cost $500.
Ex-members told the Asahi that initiates who could not pay for the services they received were encouraged to take more and then forced to join the cult.
The sect's Tokyo office did not respond to queries about the published price list for services.
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The University of Kansas offers hundreds of courses which include a multicultural component, many of which have been identified for the Blueprint for Diversity Committee.
The following represents a sampling^o of those undergraduate courses available for fall.
As you enroll for the fall semester, 1995 we hope you will add one of the following undergraduate courses to your schedule.
Of course, you must pursue for yourself your eligibility for study in any course,
and determine how any course will fit into your program of study.
Consult the timetable and your advisor regarding course requirements or prerequisites,
to verify line and course numbers, and to determine how course offerings fit your particular graduation requirements.
MULTICULTURAL COURSES LISTING
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+In courses with multiple sections, when enrollment requires more than one line listing, or if a cross-listed course has separate line listings, the line number provided is limited to the first section listed only, followed by a (+) designation to indicate that more information should be obtained.
*Course is cross-listed or offered jointly by two or more departments. Consult the timetable for additional information.
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AEC 012 American Society 86872
AEC 022 American Society 86904
AFS 105 Introduction to African History 12720
AFS 106 The Black Experience in the Americas 12730
AFS 300 African Traditional Religion & Thought 12740
AFS 330 Black Leadership History 12770
AFS 388 The Black Woman 12805
AFS 460 Topics and Problems in Africa and African-American Studies 12824
AFS 100 Understanding America 13106+
AMS 110 The American People 13130+
AMS 330 American Society 13184
AMS 340 Black Leadership 13190
AMS 450 Modern America 13196
AMS 529 Race and the American Theatre* 13256+
AMS 691 The Changing American Family 13280
AMS 696 Studies in: Male Gender: Real Men 13334
ANTH 106/308 Introduction to Cultural Anthropology 13732+
ANTH 160/360 Varieties of Human Experience 13840+
ANTH 161/361 Third World Anthropological Approach 13896
ANTH 220 Ethnology of Art 13917
ANTH 320 Language in Culture and Society* 14155+
ANTH 370 Peoples and Cultures of the Pacific 14232
ANTH 450 Disease and Adaptation 14268
ANTH 510 Introduction to Southwestern Architecture 14416
ANTH 516 Hunters and Gatherers 14428
C&I 325 Education in a Multicultural Society 56236+
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COMS 235 Introduction to Rhetoric & Social Influence
COMS 246 Introduction to Intercultural Communication
COMS 440 Communication & Gender
COMS 447 Intercultural Communication, The African-American
COMS 455 The Loving Relationship
COMS 547 Communication & Culture
CPSY 101 Orientation Seminar
CPSY 105/106 Minority Scholars' Student Leadership Seminar
DANC 106 Beginning Jazz Dance II
DANC 330 Introduction to Dance
ECON 382 Studies in Economic Development of African Countries
ECON 582 Economic Growth and Development (emphasis on Latin America)
ENGL 203 Open Topics:
Contemporary Women Authors
Holocaust Literature
Literature-Social Class
Women on Women
ENGL 320 American Literature I
ENGL 322 American Literature II
ENGL 339 Introduction to Caribbean Literature*
ENGL 352 Poetry Writing (Native American Literature)
ENGL 572 Women and Literature
ENGR 108 Introduction to Engineering
EPR 200 Studying Children and Adolescents in the Schools
EPR 300 Principles of Human Learning
EVNR 342 Topics in Empowerment: Race, Ethnicity and Gender
FREN 431 French-Speaking World
GEOG 100 World Regional Geography
HA 285 Introduction to Asian Art
HA 267 Art & Culture of Japan
HA 376 West African Art
HA 528 Greek and Roman Art
HA 676 West African Art
HDFL 437 Independent Living and People with Disabilities
HDFL 493 Preschool Practicum with Children with Disabilities
HDFL 696 Preschool in Community-based Residential Treatment for Disabled Adult
HIST 128 History of the U.S. through the Civil War
HSCA 520 Contemporary Issues in Women's Health
JOURN 604 Media & Minolta
JOURN 654 Propaganda & Censorship
LING 320 Language in Culture and Society
LING 470 Language and Society in Africa
MEMT 651 Sociocultural Influences on Musical Behavior
MHST 298 Introduction to Jazz
MHST 305 Music of Latin America
MHST 560 Music in World Cultures
PHIL 381 Feminism & Philosophy
PHPR 200 Pharmacy Orientation
POLS 504 Millenarian Movements
POLS 608 Social Choice & Game Theory
POLS 665 Politics of Africa
POLS 667 Islam & Politics
PSYC 468 Psychology of Women
REL 104 Search for Meaning
REL 106 Living Religions of the East
REL 124 Understanding the Bible
REL 374 Religious Perspectives on Selfhood and Sexuality
REL 475 Loving Relationship
REL 486 New Religious Movements
REL 535 History of Islam in Africa
SOC 130 Comparative Societies
SOC 160 Social Problems and American Values
SOC 220 The Sociology of Families
SOC 330 American Society
SOC 352 Sociology of Sex Roles
SOC 371 Unusual Groups
SOC 601 Introduction to Feminist Social Theory Y
SOC 617 Issues in Women's Health and Health Care
SOC 626 Religion and Society
SW 611 Human Diversity
TH& F 326 African Theatre & Drama*
TH& F 380 American Pop Culture of the 1980s
WS 201 U.S. Women Today: An Interdisciplinary Introduction
WS 310 Women of Africa Today
WS 468 Psychology of Women*
WS 511 History of American Women: 1870 - present*
WS 547 From Goddesses to Witches: Women in Pre-Modern Europe*
WS 650 Service Learning in Women's Studies (practicum)
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