Scientology: What’s in a Name was originally published on the website of STAND (Scientologists Taking Action Against discrimination) and is published with their permission. Scientology: What’s in a Name October 1970, Telegraph Avenue, Berkeley, California. I was a college sophomore. Not only that, I was a college sophomore in Berkeley in 1970—which meant that in addition to being everything that the word “sophomore” implies, I was dripping with attitude: hip, but flower-power innocent—mixed with a cynicism that I wore like a badge.... Read more