'Recruitment' by Moonies
concerns administrators
By Joan Herman
Of the Emerald
This is the third in a tour-part
series examing the Unification
Church.
University administrators are
responding cautiously, although*
openly, to plans by the Unification
Church to use videomobiles in
spreading the word of Rev. Sun
Myung Moon to students on
campus.
The controversial church's re
cent move to Eugene is part of a
national three-year drive to
educate people about Moon's
Unification movement, says its
Oregon Director Matthew Mor
rison. In Oregon, the Unifica
tionists — or Moonies, as they are
popularly known — are focusing
on the two major college towns,
Corvallis and Eugene, because
young adults are more receptive
to the church's teachings, Mor
rison says.
This concerns University of
ficials, as well as parents.
Although University ad
ministrators don't want to over
react to the church's plans, “that
doesn't mean we re not very con
cerned they've targeted the
University," says acting dean of
students Shirley Wilson.
Wilson's and other ad
ministrators' concerns are
evidenced by their quick actions
taken immediately after they
learned the Unification Church's
schemes to come to Eugene.
Within a week of learning about
the move Wilson had organized a
meeting with representatives
from various University groups,
including legal and public rela
tions officials, students and EMU
supervisors, to discuss how to
handle the sensitive issue.
The group unanimously decid
ed to "treat the church with an
open hand, yet inform students,"
and make the Unificationists
abide by University regulations
just like any other organization,
Wilson says.
For example, organizations are
allowed in campus public areas,
as well as in public buildings. Yet
they do not have a right to disrupt
classes or enter dormitories and
other living quarters, Wilson says.
If any organization were to break
these rules, immediate action
would be taken to rectify the
situation, which could mean ban
ning an organization from
campus.
In addition, Wilson sent a letter
to all faculty members, resident
assistants and student counselors,
informing them about the
Moonie's plans.
Wilson then placed a half-page
advertisement in the Emerald ti
tled "Learn To Be A Questioner."
The bright yellow ad warned
students to be wary of overly
friendly and zealous strangers
who invite them to dinners or
workshops. It explained the "two
basic principles for brain
washing," and cautioned students
to question people who are vague
about identifying the organization
with which they are affiliated.
Although the ad never mention
ed the words "Unification
Church" or "cults," Wilson says
she decided to place the ad after
learning about the Unification
Church's plans. She hopes the ad
discreetly informs students of not
'Look. . . with great
care. . .before you
join any proselytizing
group'
— Pres. Olum
7 don't care who it is,
they have a right to be
here'
— Kevin Kouns
just the Moonies but at similiar
organizations, as well.
Brochures containing informa
tion identical to the ad's are
available at the ASUO office and
the Office of Student Affairs.
In his annual address to new
students Sept. 19, University Pres.
Paul Olum referred to the
Moonies, and cautioned students
not to let themselves be
"pressured into anything without
adequate thought, consideration
and discussion."
Olum told the students his
remarks did not speifically con
cern the Moonies, but many
groups which may be interested
in recruitment.
"You are away from home and
from the people with whom you
can usually discuss these matters.
I urge you most strongly to look at
these issues with very great care
before you join or commit
yourself to any proselytizing
group," Olum said.
Because the University is a
public institution, the Unification
Church has a legal right to speak
on campus, Olum said. “The laws
of free speech permit it."
If the University were to take
any actions to remove such an
organization, it could be sued,
says law Prof. Peter Swan, Olum's
legal advisor.
Student government is taking a
similar stance to the ad
minstrators'. Vice President Kevin
Kouns says one of his major con
cerns is that the church's freedom
of speech and civil liberties rights
be observed.
"I don't care who it is," Kouns
says, "they have a right" to be
here.
"Students fought for the free
speech platform and have long
fought for their rights. It's real im
portant for that to be maintain
ed," he says.
Yet if students feel their rights
have been infringed upon by an
organization, the ASUO has a stu
dent advocate who can be reach
ed through the ASUO office,
Kouns says.
Not everyone agrees the Univer
sity should allow the Unification
Church on campus. Because the
church has been accused of
allegedly brainwashing its
followers, deceiving them about
the group's true identity and
preventing them from leaving,
some people say the church has
no place on college campuses.
"I think the (Unificationists) are
bad news and I don't think they
should be allowed on college
campuses any more than the
American Nazi Party should be on
college campuses," says Helen
(not her real name), whose
daughter was involved briefly with
the Unification Church.
Administrators "stop other
things from being on campus,"
she says. "You can't have a nudist
colony on campus."
Helen says the Moonies deceiv
ed her daughter about their real
affiliation when they urged her to
join the "Collegiate Association
for the Research of Principles,"
which Helen and others
knowledgeable about the church,
say is a front organization for the
church. CARP, which is located at
several large universities across
the nation, is used to lure un
suspecting students into Moon's
group, Helen says.
Wilson admits that if "we could
keep one person out of the
Moonies who doesn't want to be
there, we will do anything they
can.” Yet unless a student's rights
are violated or a University regula
tion is broken, University officials
will do nothing else.
"We have the highest respect
for students' abilities to make
voluntary choices," Wilson says.
"We just ask that they get all the
information they can about an
organization" before joining it.
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