Pagan Student Club at University of WI – Waukesha
Pagan student club? What is up with that? I’d be interested to hear their club motto. Satan is alive and well and he is working in Wisconsin.
A Pagan Student Alliance club has been organized at the University of Wisconsin-Waukesha as Halloween approaches.
It was officially recognized by the student government about two weeks ago and its approximately one dozen members hope to promote understanding of paganism through public information efforts and demonstrations.
“We’re coming out of the broom closet,” said Amber Braun, 20, of Waukesha, who is president of the group.
“We’re not trying to preach, and we’re not trying to convert,” she said.
Braun, who describes herself as a witch, said she plans to request about $1,500 in student fee funding.
David Weber, faculty adviser to the Campus Crusade for Christ, said that, although he disagrees with pagan philosophy, he has no objection to having the new club on campus.
“Hopefully we’re always searching for truth,” he said. “Sometimes people have their own way of finding the truth.”
Sue Kalinka, the school’s associate director of student services, said the formation of the club was an opportunity for students to be exposed to new ideas.
Student government president Alan Stager said he instructed club leaders to notify him if they experience hostility or discrimination on campus.
“Abolish the ignorance,” Stager said.
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