Visit by Director of Pope's Movie

UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON , April 12 — Renowned Polish film director and producer Krzysztof Zanussi visited the University of Dayton to discuss his life's work, the university announced.

Zanussi's most recent film, Our God's Brother , was shown in conjunction with his visit. The movie is based on a play written in 1949 by Karol Wojtyla about Adam Chmielowski, a Polish artist he canonized in 1989.

University Offers Christian Housing

INDIANA DAILY STUDENT , April 10 — Indiana University already has three houses for Christians on campus, and is working to add a fourth, the university's student daily reported.

The fourth house is due to open in the fall of 2001. The school already offers housing for students seeking to live in a Christian community, including housing specifically for Lutherans and for Catholics. Six students can live in the school's Catholic center — with the added perk that the center overlooks Bill Armstrong Stadium, so residents can get front-row views of sports events from their bedrooms.

Many students said that Christian housing made it easier to live out their beliefs and work in campus ministries.

‘Gay’ Song Draws Catcalls

CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION , April 13 — Administrators and campus groups at the University of Virginia have been unsuccessful in battling a popular, informal addition to the school song, the Chronicle of Higher Education reported.

When the song is sung at football games, after the lines, “We come from Old Virginia, Where all is bright and gay,” many students shout, “Not gay!” Students have added the phrase for the past decade, despite university officials’ pleas that they stop. Some students suspect that university opposition has made more students shout the phrase as a defiance of authority.

Singer Wins ‘PC Award’

WASHINGTON TIMES , April 9 — The Intercollegiate Studies Institute gave Princeton ethics professor Peter Singer its “Polly” award for outrageous political correctness on campus, the Washington daily reported.

Singer, a utilitarian, has written in support of euthanasia and abortion.

He most recently drew attention for writing a book review in which he defended bestiality, claiming that society should come to accept it just as society has accepted birth control and homosexual acts.

Catholic Schools, New Age Spirituality

SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS , April 10 — Three Silicon Valley Catholic schools teach children to “tap their life-force energy” in hour-long sessions on New Age spirituality, the San Jose daily reported.

Mimi Latno teaches the qi gong meditation and visualization technique at Queen of Apostles, St. Elizabeth Seton and St. Martin of Tours schools.

Latno said she “blends” Western and Eastern religion in the classes. She teaches students to listen to the “spark,” or power inside themselves.