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The Tunnel of Oppression an interactive program revealing some of the many sides of oppression experienced by people in the community, will be held from 6 to 9 tonight in Lewis Hall.
The Office of New Student Orientation is holding an information session about becoming an orientation assistant from 7:30 to 8:30 tonight in the Courtside Room at the Burge Union.
*Latin American Solidarity is holding a "Latin American Food Festival" at 6 p.m. Saturday at Ecumenical Christian Ministries, 1204 Oread Ave. The cost is $7, with proceeds benefiting disaster relief in Guatemala.
OBITUARY
Berenstain Bear author dies at age 82
BY PATRICK WALTERS THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
PHILADELPHIA — Stan Berenstein, who with his wife wrote and illustrated the Berenstein Bear books that helped millions of children cope with trips to the dentist, the first day of school and getting new siblings, has died.
Berenstain, 82, died Saturday in suburban Philadelphia from complications with cancer, said Kate Jackson of HarperCollins Children's Books in New York.
In more than 200 books over 40 years, the couple helped set the standard for children's literature.
"Everybody feels like it was the end of an era," said Jackson,
one of Berenstain's editors, adding that the publisher plans to continue the series. "The things that they wrote about very much came from their family experience and their heart."
The series showed children — and parents — how to deal with a long list of childhood challenges, from watching less TV to not succumbing to the "in-crowd." In the 1980s, the bear family moved onto lessons about the environment and teenage drug use.
"I think he just wanted a society in which people understood each other, were helpful to each other and so on," said James Farley, a friend of the Berenstains who co-owns Farley's Book Shop in New Hope.
Ven Haffner-Stearns/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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and Stan Berenstain are shown
at work in their home studio in
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on Jan. 11, 2000.
Stan Berenstain died Saturday
from complications with cancer,
said Kate Jackson, senior vice president,
associate publisher and editor
in chief for HarperCollins
Children's Books
in New York.
CITY
Marijuana ordinance delayed once again
The City Commission was ready to vote on the long-debated marijuana ordinance until a new addition was proposed, adding to the confusion.
Kim Richter, Lecompton resident, suggested that each person charged with marijuana possession be individually evaluated by taking a professional class, instead of a one-day class with other drug and alcohol offenders as originally proposed. Richter suggested those who were marijuana dependent would receive a 10-session treatment.
The commission liked the idea of treating drug users instead of only punishing them, so on a 5-0 vote, it directed city staff to investigate the details of the personal evaluation, such as the cost.
The evaluation would be similar to the one in place in Olathe, except in Lawrence it would be conducted by a local agency instead of the city.
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Travis Robinett
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"However, I think that any course work should be determined on the basis of teaching people how to think, not what to think."
Sen. Karin Brownlee (R-OLathe) met Monday with Chancellor Robert Hemenway to discuss the class. Lynn Bretz, director of University Relations, said Hemenway informally reviewed the class and is satisfied that Mirecki will teach it according to the standards of the University.
Mirecki issued an apology on Monday in which he called his e-mail "ill-advised" and took full responsibility for it.
"I especially regret that the e-mail betrays what I have consistently practiced in the classroom during my 16-year teaching career at KU: I believe that civil discourse is vital to a democratic society, and we must, especially in a university environment, be able to discuss differing points of view in an open, fair and civil fashion," he said.
Bretz said of Mirecki's e-mail, "That's water under the bridge now. The important thing is he apologized."
Mirecki issued an apology on Monday in which he called his e-mail "ill-advised" and took full responsibility for it.
Rep. Bethell said he would accept Mirecki's apology if it were sincere and the class would be taught fairly.
"If the professor has offered an apology for the 'error of his ways,' so to speak, I think that's probably a good start," he said.
Mirecki's apology has done little, however, to appease the harshest critics of the class.
John Calvert, managing director of the Intelligent Design Network in Johnson County, said Mirecki's apology and the removal of the word "mythologies" from the course title didn't sway to him to believe the course would be taught fairly.
"I don't think that, at this point in time, wordsmithing makes any difference," he said. "It's pretty clear what he wants to do."
Calvert maintains that the word "mythologies" in the
Tuesday, Nov. 8
Tuesday, Nov. 8
♦ The State Board of Education approves science standards that include criticism of evolution in science curriculum.
TIME LINE
Saturday, Nov. 19
Professor Paul Mirecki,
who's teaching a class next semester that was then called
"Special Topics in Religion:
Intelligent Design, Creationism and other Religious Mythologies," sends an e-mail to a 92-person yahoo.com list serve for the Society of Open-Minded Atheists and Agnostics, a student group for which he serves as the faculty adviser. The e-mail is
Saturdav. Nov. 19
reprinted by news agencies a few days later.
Monday, Nov. 21
The three credit-hour class,
"Religion 602: Special Topics in Religion: Intelligent Design, Creationism and other Religious Mythologies" is opened for enrollment.
Tuesday, Nov. 22
David Shulenburger, provost and executive vice chancellor, releases a statement defending the class.
Monday. Nov. 28
Monday, Nov. 28
♦ The department of religious studies formally approves Mirecki's class and removes the
♦ Mirecki issues a long apology for his e-mail and says the class will be taught "as a serious academic subject and in an manner that respects all points of view."
Hemenway meets with State Sen. Karin Brownlee (R-Olathe) to discuss the class.
words "and other mythologies" from its title.
Tuesday, Nov. 29
$ \diamond $ Despite the controversy, only 21 students are enrolled in the class, which has a capacity of 119 students.
course's original title was a deliberate attempt to devalue intelligent design.
Frank Tankard
David Shulenburger, provost and executive vice chancellor, addressed criticisms of the word "mythologies" in a Nov. 22 statement:
"The terms 'myth' and 'mythology' are common in the academic study of religion and not an affront," he said. "A myth refers to the common use of stories or rituals to symbolize in a meaningful manner the core beliefs of a religion; it does not refer to any religion as a whole."
Calvert and many opponents of the class argue that intelligent design is a legitimate scientific theory and belongs in a science class rather than in a religion class.
Tim Miller, a professor of religious studies who was part of the group that formally approved the class, didn't say why the department of religious studies removed "mythologies," but said the change was discussed at length within the department and thought the current course title was "accurate and suitable."
"I just don't think a theology professor has any standing to teach the subject," he said.
Miller defended the course's placement within the department of religious studies.
"Intelligent design and creationism are religiously motivated concepts," he said. "They deserve examination as such."
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