<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/about/newsroom/ubalt-stories-cults-class.cfm" dsn="blogs"><featured>true</featured><pubDate>08/25/2025</pubDate><title>Cults class highlights value of critical thinking</title><description>At a time when conspiracies and cult-like behavior are increasingly discussed, two UBalt educators set out help UBalt students to recognize and respond to any misinformation and manipulations that could put them at risk. </description><author>UBalt Stories</author><image><img src="https://www.ubalt.edu/about/newsroom/assets/images/hubbard-museum-cults-feature.jpg" alt="The class of students pose next to a sign at the front of the L. Ron Hubbard House."/></image><image-cap/><quote>The feeling of security and community is a basic human need. It shouldn’t be as hard as it is for us to find it.</quote><quote-name/><quote-info/><tags><tag>Academics</tag><tag>Yale Gordon College of Arts and Sciences</tag></tags></item>