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...that is only the bleak side. Many people agree with Doug Ravenel, a Brandeis graduate student, who simply says that joining Ananda Marga has "changed my life and made me happier than I ever thought I could be." It has taken struggle, to be sure, but many earlier difficulties have been overcome. From the viewpoint of Ananda Marga, life is struggle, and to avoid struggle is like giving up and dying...

Author: By Saniel B. Bonder, | Title: Ananda Marga: Spirituality and Activism | 5/3/1971 | See Source »

...life on this path can be described more aptly as "pleasantly tense" than as "blissful." And it is full of surprises: about a month ago Ravenel and Lea Hunt, an assistant teacher of retarded children, began to feel an extraordinary attraction to each other. They had only recently met, and the attraction more perturbed than pleased them both, for each had thought of becoming a whole-timer. They went to Yatiishvaranda in Toronto, and, after long moments of suspense, he informed them that they ought to be married-as soon as possible. He married them yesterday, with the assistance...

Author: By Saniel B. Bonder, | Title: Ananda Marga: Spirituality and Activism | 5/3/1971 | See Source »

...Ravenel, the "Riverboat Gambler," was a junior in 1959, and Harvard compiled a 6-3 record and finished third in the league. It was the first of ten straight winning seasons...

Author: By Bennett H. Beach, | Title: The Yovicsin Years: Good, Better, Worst | 9/24/1970 | See Source »

...second of those three big ones came against Yale four weeks later. Charlie Ravenel, who had established himself as the Crimson quarterback in the Cornell game, was showing steady improvement, while Yale was losing every league game. Harvard had its eye on avenging that 54-0 loss...

Author: By Bennett H. Beach, | Title: The Yovicsin Years: Good, Better, Worst | 9/24/1970 | See Source »

...Ravenel was probably the one who led Yovicsin to give up his hopes of strong passing teams which he had grown accustomed to at Gettysburg and had expected to develop at Harvard. He weighed 160 pounds and was a superb runner, while completing less than 40 per cent of his passes. The offense sort of developed around his style of play, and then it was mostly a question of inertia. And the defense had become superb; it was a Yovicsin trademark which has remained strong ever since...

Author: By Bennett H. Beach, | Title: The Yovicsin Years: Good, Better, Worst | 9/24/1970 | See Source »

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