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ENTERTAINMENT UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
WEIRD: Wrestlers defend rights in Mexico
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Michael Landon would be proud
under the name Super Animal, has taken to charging into Mexico City slaughterhouses in costume to challenge workers to treat animals humanely. Said one worker, "We just wish he would come in a respectable suit." Another wrestler, Super Barrio, similarly defends tenants' rights and works in AIDS education.
In June, around 200 "angelologists" held the second American Conference in Angels in East Falmouth, Mass. The organizer, K. Martin-Kuri, said attendees believe that each person on earth has a guardian angel who improves that person's life in many ways.
It's not going to be an orgy
Neil McKerracher, mayor of Calmar in Alberta, Canada, held the town's first Heterosexual Pride Day in June to combat the Gay Pride Day in nearby Edmonton. McKerracher said there would be no parade or other festivities but urged the town's straight residents to celebrate with plenty of sex.
WITCHES: Ethical tenets prohibit doing harm
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the abundance and harmony of the earth. For example, Yule on Dec. 21 celebrates a successful winter. On the Spring Equinox, March 21, witches give thanks for spring and the renewal of life. Sunday, Oct. 31, is Samhain, the Wiccan new year when witches remember the dead and let go of past troubles.
Magic, spelled with a "k" to differentiate witchcraft from stage magic. Spell casting involves using symbolic tools to focus the power of the mind and will toward a desired result. Skarka compared spell casting to praver.
Contrary to popular belief, witches do not worship Satan. They believe in a balance between good and evil. Witches see evil as an imbalance in nature, not as a destructive being.
Witches do practice spell casting, or
"What Wiccans call spell casting, others call prayer," he said. "They're directing their energy, their hopes and desires toward a goal or objective."
Strict ethical tenets prohibit Wiccans from using magick for harm. The first tenet, or Wiccan Rede, "An' it harm none, do what thou wil," operates like the Golden Rule.
"But if you look closer, it's very stringent. It's even more responsible to make choices for yourself without a preset book of rules that you follow blindly."
The second tenet of Wicca is the tenet of threefold retribution which states that any action, good or bad, will come back to the witch threefold.
These tenets help make witchcraft a religion like any other. Like other religions, it seeks harmony between mankind and nature. And that harmony may relate to a quote from Act I of Shakespeare's "Hamlet":
"It's sometimes seen as a very free and easy moral code," said Skarka.
"There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy."
ATTENTION STUDENTS
If you are interested in any of the following options for Spring 1994, forms will be available outside the Enrollment Center October 22-November18.8 a.m.-4:30 p.m., and November19,8 a.m.-4:30 p.m.Monday-Friday.
- Board of Class Officers
- Freshman Class Dues $10.00
- Sophomore Class Dues $8.00
- Junior Class Dues $8.00
- Senior Class Dues $10.00
- Jayhawker Yearbook $30.00
- -KU on Wheels Pass $50.00
- SUAMovie Card $25.00
You must be enrolled prior to selecting options. Class schedule for Spring 1994 and KUID must be shown. Options forms can be completed until November 19. Fee payment by mail is due by December 8 (postmarked by December3,1993).
RETRACTION
Due to the incorrect information that was given for the ad on Friday, October 22-- Options tables will be open from Oct. 22-Nov.19. Fee payment by mail due by Dec.8 postmarked by Dec.3. We apologize for any inconvenience.