Word: churches
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Church officials point to students whosegrades have improved since they joined the Church.They claim that the Church provides a supportive,caring environment in which converts can growspiritually while continuing to achieve in thesecular world...
Nonetheless several univeristies have increasedtheir efforts to stem the Church's influence ontheir campus...
Boston University recently banned the Church'snon-student members from entering Universitybuildings...
...school's chaplain, Robert Thornberg, wrotein an August letter to the Church that they had"repeatedly engaged in actions which interferewith the privacy of Boston University students andthe policies of the University regardingsolicitation and proselytizing on campus,particularly in the residence halls...
Thornberg says Church members had been in thehabit of signing into B.U. residence halls tovisit particular students, and then goingdoor-to-door once they gained entry to thebuilding. B.U. proctors, like their Harvardcounterparts, also have reported many instanceswhen students complained of being harassed byChurch members to attend meetings...