Dream analysis hotline

Ok this is ridiculous... This was front page news today in the Daily Illini, the University of Illinois newspaper.

This is a question likely to be asked many times to Colgan and his fellow dream interpreters when the School of Metaphysics, a private school in Urbana, participates in the 18th annual National Dream Hotline this weekend.

From 6 p.m. Friday until midnight on Sunday, community residents will be able to call the hotline and have their dreams interpreted by teachers of the school or Colgan, who volunteers as director.

Colgan said there is a universal language of the mind that allows people to understand what their subconscious is telling them. The language is based on the function of symbols in dreams. For instance, Colgan said a car represents the physical body because the function of a car is to move and travel to different places, which the body does also.

Once the dream is explained, Colgan said the interpretation may change a person's perspective and help them to better understand how they feel.

Not only is this not frontpage news worthy, there is no indication that perhaps this is completely bogus - no commentary from one of the best psych departments in the nation - which just happens to reside on their own campus - no mention of anything. Ugh... Embarrassing.