--- In [email protected], bbrigante <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In [email protected], "Premanand Paul Mason" > <premanandpaul@> wrote: > > > > www.dci.dk/en/mtrl/tm.html > > > > 'The allegation that Maharishi is a scientist likewise forms part of > > the legend that TM has built up around him. He only studied for one > or > > at the most two semesters at the Allahabad University, and never > took > > any exams. He is in all respects self-taught, which is rather > obvious > > for any critical reader of his writings. But precisely because his > > followers are not critical, he gets away with a host of absurdities.' > > ************** > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allahabad_University#Alumni > > Alumni are graduates, not people who attended for a semester.
Not true, as anyone who has ever attended an Ivy League school, even for a short time, would know. I attended such a school for one year a long, long time ago and they've been badgering me for money ever since, as an alumnus. :-) Or you could take Merriam-Webster's word for it: Main Entry: alum·nus Pronunciation: &-'l&m-n&s Function: noun Inflected Form(s): plural alum·ni /-"nI/ Etymology: Latin, foster son, pupil, from alere to nourish -- more at OLD 1 : one who has attended or has graduated from a particular school, college, or university 2 : one who is a former member, employee, contributor, or inmate If we go by definition two, Maharishi could have been an inmate in the Psychiatric ward of Allahabad University and still be considered an alumnus. :-) ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/UlWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
