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Aug 17, 2007
A bridge too far — Haaretz
Type: Press
Author(s):
Aviva Lori Source:
Haaretz Hollywood, Tel Aviv is right behind you: Artists, businesspeople and middle-class seekers are filling the classrooms of local Scientology centers, hoping to rid themselves of excess spiritual baggage. Opera singer Gaby Sade used to have a very short fuse. If someone cut him off, he was capable of getting out of the car and giving the offending driver more than a piece of his mind. If if did not come to blows, he would at least tell him, in choice language, ...
Jun 2, 2007
Quincy to be Literacy Center's main office — Quincy Herald Whig
Type: Press
Author(s):
Steve Eighinger Source:
Quincy Herald Whig Bishop E.L. Warren says the goal is far-reaching, but so is the problem it is addressing. "The purpose of this is to eradicate illiteracy and provide a new place of learning and hope in downtown Quincy," he said. Warren, who pastors the Cathedral of Worship, 215 N. 25th, and is the head of E.L. Warren Ministries International, said earlier this week that Quincy will be the headquarters of the Vision Literacy Center. There will be 52 learning centers around the world, ...
May 27, 2007
Scientology to target students — Mail on Sunday (UK)
Type: Press
Author(s):
Alan Caldwell Source:
Mail on Sunday (UK) The controversial Church of Scientology is planning to target students at Scottish universities and colleges in a new recruitment drive. Leaders of the church, which is largely regarded as a cult and believes humans descended from aliens, have revealed they intend to send workers into campuses to seek out impressionable youngsters. Ironically, they believe recent bad publicity after the movement featured on the BBC's Panorama programme has helped attract new converts. Following the programme screening two weeks ago, which featured presenter ...
May 23, 2007
Here to help — Midweek (Hawaii)
Type: Press
Author(s):
Susan K. Sunderland Source:
Midweek (Hawaii) As Chad Bloom can attest from firsthand experience, the Narconon rehab program can bring ‘ice’ addicts back to live a productive, drug-free life Lari Zelinsky-Bloom is proud of her recent graduate. No ceremony or lei hail his achievement, but thanks to celebrities Kelly Preston and John Travolta, there will be many others to follow in the footsteps of her son, 21-year-old Chad Bloom. Chad just graduated from Narconon, a drug rehabilitation center. After a harrowing nightmare suffering the effects of ice ...
May 23, 2007
Scientology: A Classroom Full 'O Crazy — CNN
Type: TV
Author(s):
Glenn Beck Source:
CNN [Professor David Touretzky appears on the Glenn Beck show to discuss Scientology's increased encroachment into public classrooms. They are attempting to "Safepoint" Scientology which means to get the cult better accepted into society. Let's try to stop that until they reform.]
May 20, 2007
Church tutors embrace methods — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)
Type: Press
Author(s):
Robert Farley Source:
St. Petersburg Times (Florida) TAMPA — The red letters on the white sign in front of the Glorious Church of God in Christ read "Free Tutoring in the C.L. Kennedy Center." An arrow points to a building behind the church. Every afternoon after school, as many as 42 Hillsborough County public school students gather for tutoring in reading and math skills. Most start with a Learning to Learn course, which teaches the basics of L. Ron Hubbard's how-to-study program. The tutors, all wearing red vests, ...
Apr 24, 2007
Quality of tutors goes unchecked — The Wichita Eagle
Type: Press
Author(s):
Icess Fernandez Source:
The Wichita Eagle Here's a word problem for you: There are two tutoring programs in a Wichita school. One is very structured, complete with math worksheets and teachers giving direction. The other focuses on helping students explore learning with such techniques as playing with dough. Both are part of a $1 million federally mandated experiment. Which one will be the most effective in raising students' assessment test scores? Answer: No one will know until next year. And that's the real problem, some local educators ...
Apr 16, 2007
State has little say in programs: 'NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND' LAW — The Wichita Eagle
Type: Press
Author(s):
Icess Fernandez Source:
The Wichita Eagle Here's a word problem for you: There are two tutoring programs in a Wichita school. One is very structured, complete with math worksheets and teachers giving direction. The other focuses on helping students explore learning with such techniques as playing with dough. Both are part of a $1 million federally mandated experiment. Which one will be the most effective in raising students' assessment test scores? Answer: No one will know until next year. And that's the real problem, some local educators ...
Mar 28, 2007
Unwitting high-schoolers lured to forum run by Scientologists — Sydney Morning Herald (Australia)
Type: Press
Author(s):
Anna Patty Source:
Sydney Morning Herald (Australia) A HUMAN rights youth forum at Parliament House in Sydney promoted the views of the Scientology founder, L. Ron Hubbard, and was organised by a group linked to the Church of Scientology. In a kit given to students, Hubbard's photograph was more prominent than those of the human rights activists Martin Luther King, Mahatma Gandhi, Nelson Mandela and Thomas Jefferson. Hubbard's quotes were littered through the material. The Church of Scientology is the major sponsor of Youth for Human Rights Australia, ...
Jan 7, 2007
Revealed: how Scientologists infiltrated Britain's schools / Insight: Drugs charity is front for ‘dangerous’ organisation — The Sunday Times (UK)
Jun 22, 2006
Scientology in Germany // Suspicious tutoring — Spiegel
Type: Press
Author(s):
Guido Kleinhubbert Source:
Spiegel Scientologists are taking advantage of Germany's education problems for their own ends: They are luring weak students by providing after-school tutoring. Education authorities in Germany are on alert. The ad on a supermarket notice board in the city of Essen was aimed at all the parents in the neighborhood. Right nearby there was an "alternative school" where learning was still fun. "Sounds just right", thought one dad, who is now reluctant to give his name out of sheer fear. He took ...
May 10, 2006
A new war over Ritalin — Macleans
Type: Press
Author(s):
Danylo Hawaleshka Source:
Macleans At first glance, it seemed like a classic David-and-Goliath punch-up: Danielle Lavigueur, a separated mother of two living in Longueuil, on Montreal's South Shore, claims the high school her 12-year-old son Gabriel attends is pressuring her to medicate him with Ritalin for hyperactivity. She refuses to yield to the alleged demand, and eventually someone calls in the Children's Aid Society. Feeling besieged, Lavigueur confides in a friend, who introduces her to Raphaël Huppé, head of research for the Montreal-based National Parents ...
Feb 23, 2006
Inside Scientology — Rolling Stone
Type: Press
Author(s):
Janet Reitman Source:
Rolling Stone The faded little downtown area of Clearwater, Florida, has a beauty salon, a pizza parlor and one or two run-down bars, as well as a bunch of withered bungalows and some old storefronts that look as if they haven't seen customers in years. There are few cars and almost no pedestrians. There are, however, buses — a fleet of gleaming white and blue ones that slowly crawl through town, stopping at regular intervals to discharge a small army of tightly organized, ...
Oct 1, 2005
District scrambles to ensure human rights event is religion-free // Officials were unaware of Scientology's role in the international forum at Jordan High in Watts — Los Angeles Times (California)
Type: Press
Author(s):
Joel Rubin Source:
Los Angeles Times (California) Los Angeles city school officials were caught off guard this week by the Church of Scientology's role in an upcoming event at a South Los Angeles high school, which, while not illegal, is considered unusual. On Monday, teenagers from about 25 countries are expected to meet with students at Jordan High School in Watts for a conference on human rights. The gathering is part of a three-day event organized by Youth for Human Rights International — a group with close ties ...
Sep 2, 2005
L. Ron Hubbard, GW & Scientology — GW Hatchet
Type: Press
Author(s):
Maura Judkis Source:
GW Hatchet When prospective students tour GW, one of the things they learn is how easy it is to start an organization. Tour guides chirp about the school's most famous alumni - Colin Powell and Jackie O, of course, and if the tour guide is feeling daring, he might throw Watergate's "Deep Throat" into the mix. But one name that prospective students do not hear is that of L. Ron Hubbard, the founder of the Church of Scientology.
Perhaps it's because students are ...
Aug 18, 2005
The way to more questions // Scientology affiliate The Way To Happiness of Glendale teaches honesty in schools but, according to LAPD and others, utilizes dishonest promotions — Pasadena WeeklyMore: link
Type: Press
Author(s):
Carl Kozlowski Source:
Pasadena Weekly If a high-ranking LAPD official can be believed, perhaps the Scientology-affiliated The Way To Happiness should take a page from its own teachings. Two of the Glendale-based nonprofit organization’s 21 guides to achieving happiness are “Be Worthy of Trust” and “Seek to Live the Truth,” neither of which were followed apparently in the group’s dealings with the LAPD and a city in Texas. Officials with the group, which over the past two decades has distributed booklets of the same name to ...
Aug 16, 2005
Scientology lessons in schools — Herald Sun (Australia)
Type: Press
Author(s):
Liam Houlihan Source:
Herald Sun (Australia) A drug program run by Scientologists and labelled dangerous by medical authorities is being given free rein at dozens of Melbourne schools.
The controversial Narconon group gave a speech at Melbourne High on Sunday and has made classroom presentations at Melbourne schools including MacRobertson Girls High.
The group – which does not disclose its Scientology background to schools – gives students booklets that condemn prescription drugs and equate coffee with heroin.
"All drugs are basically poison . . . Two or ...
Aug 11, 2005
Scientology vs. Psychiatry; Scientology Explored — CNN
Type: Press
Author(s):
Anderson Cooper Source:
CNN COOPER: It's no secret that Tom Cruise is a devoted, outspoken member of the Church of Scientology. That has not always been the case. There was a time when the subject of his religion was off limits to reporters and to interviewers. Not so now. Just ask Matt Lauer who got lectured by Cruise weeks ago on what the actors says are the evils of psychiatry. Now, while some are surprised by the chance in Cruise, former Scientologists insist it's really ...
Jul 1, 2005
Scientology's war on psychiatry — Salon
Type: Press
Author(s):
Katharine Mieszkowski Source:
Salon The controversial church, whose founder called shrinks "terrorists" and which labels mental illness a fraud, is closer than you think to implanting its extreme beliefs in the nation's laws and schools. It may be easy to dismiss Tom Cruise's recent outbursts against psychiatry as the ravings of an egomaniacal celebrity. Comedians have certainly had a field day with Cruise, a fervent disciple of the Church of Scientology, ever since he scolded Brooke Shields for taking prescribed medication to treat her postpartum ...
Jun 11, 2005
Public schools will not host Narconon program — Honolulu Star-Bulletin
Type: Press
Author(s):
Rosemarie Bernardo Source:
Honolulu Star-Bulletin Question: What ever happened to the Narconon anti-drug prevention program interested in holding presentations at Hawaii's public schools? Answer: State Department of Education officials are not allowing Narconon presentations at public schools. In February, state education officials stopped Narconon's drug prevention and education presentations at public schools on Oahu after Narconon received a negative evaluation by the California Department of Education. The California evaluation "found that the program offered inaccurate and unscientific information and was inconsistent with research-based practices." Based on ...
Apr 12, 2005
Editorial // Scientology in schools — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)
Type: Press
Source:
St. Petersburg Times (Florida) Bills in the state Legislature that aim to keep students from receiving psychiatric treatment bear the familiar marks of Scientology. L. Ron Hubbard was a science fiction writer before he decided, more than a half-century ago, to publish his views on mental health. Now, apparently, his adherents are writing Florida law. Two bills aimed at schoolchildren that are winding their way through the Legislature bear a familiar Hubbard trademark. They hold the practice of modern mental health medicine in contempt and, ...
Mar 27, 2005
Doctors back schools dropping flawed antidrug program — San Francisco Chronicle (California)
Type: Press
Author(s):
Nanette Asimov Source:
San Francisco Chronicle (California) The California Medical Association has declared unanimous support for school districts that have dropped Narconon and other "factually inaccurate approaches" to antidrug instruction from their classrooms, and will urge the American Medical Association to do the same. Nearly 500 California doctors also endorsed "scientifically based drug education in California schools" at the association's annual meeting in Anaheim on Monday. Narconon, a drug education program with links to the Church of Scientology, is offered free to schools and has been used in ...
Mar 27, 2005
Scientologists will 'purify' drug addicts - for £15,000 — The Observer (London, UK)
Type: Press
Author(s):
Jamie Doward Source:
The Observer (London, UK) It boasts an 80 per cent success rate, the rock star Beck is a fan, and schools are inviting the Narconon centre into the classroom. So why are some people worried? Jamie Doward reports The following clarification was printed in the Observer's For the record column, Sunday April 3 2005 In the article below we state that 'The use of ear [auricular] acupuncture in treating acute drug withdrawal began in Hong Kong in 1972.' We should clarify that in 1972 surgeons ...
Feb 27, 2005
Anti-drug programs in schools need credibility in schools need credibility — Honolulu Star-Bulletin
Type: Press
Source:
Honolulu Star-Bulletin THE ISSUE California schools are being urged by the state superintendent to banish an anti-drug program planned for Hawaii schools. PRIVATE organizations are encouraged to join government agencies in the war against drugs, but their inaccurate or misleading proselytizing can make the problem worse. California's schools are being urged to drop one allegedly faulty program that has plans in Hawaii's schools. The Department of Education should step back and scrutinize that program and others that could add to the credibility problem ...
Feb 25, 2005
DOE to review California - A report criticizes Narconon, which seeks to help isle kids anti-drug program — Honolulu Star-Bulletin
Type: Press
Author(s):
Rosemarie Bernardo Source:
Honolulu Star-Bulletin State Department of Education officials are expected to review a negative evaluation of an anti-drug program that wants to serve Hawaii public school students. Kendyl Ko, educational specialist with the department's Safe and Drug-Free Schools, said he had sent the evaluation on the Narconon Drug Abuse and Prevention Program to Superintendent Patricia Hamamoto and Deputy Superintendent Clayton Fujie. Ko noted that he was concerned about the findings in the evaluation by the California Health Kids Resource Center. He said he was ...
Feb 24, 2005
Drug curriculum gets a negative evaluation - A program that wants to help local schools is criticized for offering inaccurate information — Honolulu Star-Bulletin
Type: Press
Author(s):
Rosemarie Bernardo Source:
Honolulu Star-Bulletin A drug prevention program interested in helping students at Hawaii's public schools received a negative evaluation by a California organization yesterday. An evaluation led by the California Healthy Kids Resource Center reports that Narconon Drug Abuse and Prevention Program's curriculum offers inaccurate and unscientific information. The report was posted yesterday on the California Department of Education's Web site. "We'll get a letter out to every school district today, saying this program is filled with inaccuracies and does not reflect widespread medical ...
Feb 23, 2005
Schools urged to drop antidrug program / Scientology-linked teachings inaccurate, superintendent says — San Francisco Chronicle (California)
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