Organization discusses Pagan beliefs, practices

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Members of Penn State's Pagan student organization set the record straight about their religion during a discussion in the Paterno Library on Tuesday.

Alyssa Yukevich and Chris Rainville, co-presidents of Silver Circle, discussed Pagan deities, rituals and holidays with about a dozen curious audience members.

"There's always those inquisitive looks when I tell people I'm a Pagan," Rainville (senior-biology) said. "Most of the time, people are ignorant of what that means."

The presentation was part of the University Libraries Diversity Committee's Religion and Culture Speaker Series, which has included discussion of religions like Islam and Hinduism. Yukevich (sophomore-elementary education) said she was happy to have been asked to discuss her religion in a public forum.

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