Faithful observe Ash Wednesday with mark of faith
Adherants had an ash cross
placed on their foreheads
during Mass in the EMU
By Lennon Bergland
Freelance Reporter
Giving up a beloved thing for 40
days may be impossible for some, but,
starting Wednesday, Christians
around^the world are taking that chal
lenge as part of Lent, a time when
Christians fast, pray and give alms.
1 iundreds of students and faculty
were marked with a cross of ash on
their foreheads to represent the begin
ning of I^nt during Ash Wednesday
ceremonies on campus. Mass was
held at noon in the EMU's Ben Under
Room, where participants took com
munion, prayed and sang to celebrate
the holy day.
Lent holds the tradition of sacri
ficing a bad habit. For freshman
Emily Casey — a member of the
Newman Center, the University's
Catholic Church — the goal is to eat
more healthfully.
Tim Bobosky Photographer
Father David Orique from the Newman Center applies ash to Recreational Sports Director
Brent Harrison. An Ash Wednesday observance was held in the Ben Linder Room at noon.
"I will be giving up candy," she
said. She added that Lent is about
more than giving up sweets.
"It is about becoming closer with
God through sacrificing something
that you enjoy," she said.
Lent ends at Easter when Christians
celebrate the resurrection of Jesus
Christ. Easter is April 11 this year.
Graduate student applicant Elisha
Monger has been attending the New
man Center for six years and said he
leams from the ritual.
"It is about self-sacrifice," he said.
"It is a time to reflect and connect
with God."
Having an ash cross applied to the
forehead is a visible statement to
show an outward declaration of faith
and an inner promise of penance. For
some Christians, the mark is a symbol
of belonging and feeling connected to
a group that shares their views.
"It is wonderful to be in a commu
nity where I feel connected with other
believers," Casey said. "It can be diffi
cult when people don't understand
my beliefs and just think I have dirt
on my forehead."
Father David Orique of the New
man Center stressed the importance
of Lent.
"It is a time to ask ourselves 'Are we
living up to our Christian values?'" he
said. "Every member of the church is
called to examine and renew your life
through prayer, fasting and alms giving."
"There is so much negative atten
tion given to Catholicism these days
that it feels good to be a positive rep
resentation of the faith," Casey said.
Casey said she enjoys the commu
nity service aspect of the religion, par
ticularly gathering friends to donate
blood at the campus blood drive.
The Newman Center is located at
1850 Emerald St. and boasts 1,000
members, 45 percent of whom are
students.
"Student Mass is wonderful be
cause it is directed at people my age
and the challenges we face; things
like finals and issues of morality"
Casey said.
Other religions have rituals that fo
cus on sacrifice and physical separa
tion. Members of the Islamic faith ob
serve Ramadan, which requires fasting
from sunrise to sunset for one month.
Buddhists fast as a way to cleanse and
reflect, and members of the Hindu re
ligion wear a bindi to represent the
third eye.
Lennon Bergland is a freelance reporter
for the Emerald.
MEMORIES
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An example of a continuous memory
vignette that students rated was: "A col
lege friend, David, confides in you that
he was forced by his father to have sex
with him when he was 9 years old.
David tells you that he has always re
membered this aspect of his childhood,
but he has never told anyone until now "
The recovered memory version of
that was: "A college friend, David, con
fides in you that he was forced by his fa
ther to have sex with him when he was
9 years old. David tells you that he has
only recently remembered this aspect
of his childhood, and also that he has
never told anyone until now."
The results showed that more stu
dents believed the first vignette for both
male and female victims.
The study revealed that recovered
memories were less believable than
those memories a person had all along.
The average believability rating for fe
males with a recovered memory was
about 3.5, while males were given
about 3.65. Females with a continuous
memory were rated about 3.95, while
males were rated about 4.05.
Freyd said she began thinking about
the notion of bias in recovered memo
ries through what she heard from stu
dents and the media.
"People had a tendency to disbelieve
memories that were recovered, com
pared to memories that people said
they had all along," she said.
University Professor Pam Birrell, a li
censed clinical psychologist, heard the
same from students in her Culture and
Mental Health class.
Birrell summed up the reason for the
research when she said, "We're trying to
scientifically test what I think we kind
of all know."
She added that this research has
some harsh side effects on those deal
ing with recovered memories.
"The worst part of this is people who
have been abused and then doubt
themselves and begin to think that
the/re crazy," she said. "I think there are
people who've been wrongly accused,
but I think the/re in the minority."
Birrell said this is an issue of "socie
tal denial of child sexual abuse."
"Society as a whole does not want to
look at this," she said. "I would like to
believe that child sexual abuse does not
happen as frequently as it does."
Robin Tiedeman, support group pro
gram coordinator for Sexual Assault
Support Services, said she sees recov
ered memories frequently in her clients.
"Most clients that we see that have
survived childhood trauma are deal
ing with full repressed memories or
partial ones," she said.
She added that many of them
struggle with bias against recovered
memories.
"As a culture, we don't want to face
what really happens," she said. "We as a
culture want to be in denial."
She also said it is vital to create a safe
environment for survivors of abuse to
recover their memories, and it is equally
important that they are believed.
Now that Freyd and others have done
research on the topic they plan to work
hard to provide accurate information so
they can focus on other research topics,
such as the devastation of child abuse
Freyd will conduct a follow-up study
in the spring.
Contact the crime/health/safety
reporter at tisacatto@dailyemerald.com.
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