Word: thornberg
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...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...
...Students need to be protected not fromideas--for they can make up their own minds givensufficient evidence--but from manipulativeproselytizing," Thornberg says...
According to Thornberg, the leading Boston areaexpert on the Church, the average weeklycontribution per member is $22. Thornberg alsoclaims that the Church bills members for"voluntary" contributions, and that these accrueif not paid week to week. Church officials denythis...
Conditions for the game were "in one word, abominable," umpire Mary Lou Thornberg said yesterday. She added, "With miserable weather like this, the entire flow of a contest is interrupted. It's a whole new, muddy, ball game...