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STATESPERSON Volume 64, Number 69 PINE VALLEY, PENNSYLVANIA Thursday, April 1, 1994 Class lets students speak with dead By Philip Drummond Staff Writer An unexplained phenome- non is overtaking the UMD campus. No one knows what is causing it, yet it has at- tacked over 65 students. • Students are learning how to channel ancient spirits in a new class being offered at UMD. J. Z. Knight. well- known channeler of Dynasty star I;inda Evans, is the visit- Ing professor of this course. "I chose UMD because it has the perfect aura for spiri- tual beings," said Knight. Students are excited about the new class. Registration is overflowing due to the wide In- terest in resurrecting tlie dead. "This is so cool," said Anna Karlin, junior philosophy ma- jor. "I was able to contact the spirit of Janis Joplin. She claims that she was mur- dered." · The class is called "Raising the Dead: Rarntha Comes To Life." Students learn how to take on the persona of mythi- cal gods, historical figures and famous actors and ac- tresses by first going into a trance and then having the spirit enter their body. Students in the new class, "Raising the Dead: Rathma comes to life." From left to right: Karin "moonbeam" Hislop, Amy "At first I was scared, but "sunshine" Keefer, Greg "spotted owl" Thomas, and George "I'm not the handyman from Newhart" Utley, are trying to contact as soon as I got into it, I had the ghost of Thomas Crapper, the inventor of the flush toilet. Mr. Crapper did appear for a brief moment only to disappear be- no problems.
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