Soka University's start marred by charges of sectarianism, secrecy. From: The Orange County Register (Santa Ana, Calif.) (viaKnight-Ridder/Tribune News Service) | Date: March 6, 2003 | COPYRIGHT 2003 The Orange County Register. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Byline: Susan Gill Vardon

ALISO VIEJO, Calif. _ One quarter of Soka University's original 20 faculty members have left or will leave by June as the university founded by a Buddhist sect struggles to balance its religious legacy with a mission to provide an open, nonsectarian environment.

The opulent, 103-acre campus opened in August 2001 and was touted as an innovative liberal-arts university where peace and human rights would be emphasized and professors and ...