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Wednesday July 5,2000
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Fossil tour to kick off 'Monkey Trial' events
A free guided tour of the fossil exhibits at the Natural History Museum is scheduled for 1:30 p.m. Sunday.
"The Fossils Speak: The Evidence for Darwin's Theory" tour will be led by Bruce Lieberman, assistant professor of geology. Lieberman said he would use the museum's exhibits to illustrate the principles of evolution.
"It's a good time to talk about how a lot of these things are established fact and are available for public view." Lieberman said.
The tour is sponsored by Kansas Citizens for Science and the MAINstream Coalition, which oppose the kansas State Board of Education's controversial 1999 decision to remove Darwinian evolution, the Big Bang, and geologic time from the state's science education standards.
The tour is the first in a week-long series of events across the state commemorating the 75th anniversary of the Scopes "Monkey Trial," in which a Tennessee public school teacher was prosecuted for breaking state law by teaching evolution. The schedule is on line at www.scopesweek.org
The Creation Science Association for Mid-America has scheduled its own tour of the museum for 9 a.m. July 22. The association maintains that the book of Genesis is a historically and scientifically accurate account of creation. The association's president, Tom Willis, helped draft the state's controversial science standards. The association's Web site is www.csama.org.
The terms of five members of the Board of Education end this year. Primary elections for those seats will be Aug. 1.
Jim O'Malley
'Monkey Trial' recounted in play, discussion
The world premiere of "Origins" — a play based on the Scopes "Monkey Trial" and starring Ad Asner — will be at 7 p.m. July 12 at the Lied Center.
“Origins” is based on trial执 transcripts and the reports of journalist H.L. Mencken, who covered the trial for the Baltimore Sun. At the trial, renowned defense attorney Clarence Darrow faced prosecutor William Jennings Bryan, three-time Democratic nominee for president and opponent of evolution.
Asner — best known for playing crusty newsman Lou Grant on "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" — will play Bryan.
Other performers will include Shirley Knight, Harold Gould, James Cromwell and John Rothman.
A panel discussion on the evolution-cration debate will follow the performance.
The panelists are Eugenie C. Scott, president of the National Center for Science Education; Leonard Kristalka, director of the Natural History Museum; Edward J. Larson, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning history of the Scopes trial, "Summer of the Gods;" Tom Willis, president of the Creation Science Association for Mid-America; and John H. Calvert, managing director of the Intelligent Design Network. Michael Davis, KU professor of law, will be the moderator.
Kristalka said the event was a discussion, not a debate. He said he had debated creationists but did not think debates were helpful.
"I agreed to participate on the premise and on the promise that this will not be a circus that demeans both science and religion," he said. "The last thing I want to participate in is a Jerry Springer-type event."
The performance and discussion are sponsored by the People for the American Way Foundation, a liberal advocacy group based in Washington, D.C.
Jim O'Malley
Audio-Reader Network volunteers honored
The Kansas Audio-Reader Network won two Program of the Year awards from the International Association of Audio Information Services during its June convention.
Audio-Reader won the Best Newspaper Reading Award and the Best Short Series Award.
Harlan Roedel, retired University Relations staff member, and Elinor Schroeder, KU distinguished professor of law, won the Best Newspaper Reading Award for reading the The Kansas City Star and the The Topeka Capital Journal on the "Breakfast Table Times."
The association awarded Paul Friedman, associate professor of communications, and his children, Joy and Glenn, the Best Short Series Award for their four-part series reading "Nothing but the Truth."
Lori Miller, Audio-Reader program manager, said she was thrilled to get the recognition for the program's volunteers.
Audio-Reader provides its services to anyone with difficulty reading printed material. It is accessible through a closed-circuit radio signal.
For more information about getting Audio-Reader services or to volunteer, call Miller at (785) 864-4600.
—Megahn Snyder
Summer Theatre season opens with comedies
The Kansas Summer Theatre at the University of Kansas begins its season this week with the openings of "You're a Good Man Charlie Brown" and "1959 Pink Tbirdward."
"You're a Good Man Charlie Brown," directed by Don Schawang, doctoral student of theater and film, is a musical based on "Peanuts," the comic strip by Charles Schulz, who died in February. It plays at 8 p.m. July 6, 8, 14, 16, 20 and 22 at the Crafton-Prever Theatre in Murphy Hall.
"1959 Pink Thunderbird," directed by John Gronbeck-Tedesco, professor of theater and film, is a compilation of two one-act plays, "Laundry and Bourbon" and "Lone Star."
Gronbeck-Tedescho said the two contemporary comedies were hilariously sardonic looks at adults as adolescents. The show plays at 8 p.m. July 7, 9, 13, 15, 21 and 23 at the Inge Theatre in Murphy Hall.
Tickets for the shows are available at the Murphy Hall box office, the Lied Center and the Student Union Activities box office in the Kansas Union.
—Megahn Snyder
Booksigning features former KU professor
Several well-known science fiction and fantasy authors will be signing books in the Mt. Oread Bookshop on the second floor of the Kansas Union from 12:45 to 1:30 p.m. Saturday.
Wayne Baily, Hal Clement, James Gunn, Kij Johnson and Frederik Pohl. Gunn is a retired KU professor of English whose short story "The Immortal" was made into a 1970s television series and has been satirized on "The Simpsons."
The booksigning is being held in conjunction with the annual John M. Campbell and Theodore T. Sturgeon awards and this year's induction into the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame. The winners of the Campbell and Sturgeon awards will be announced Friday.
The Campbell Award is given to the author of the best science fiction novel, and the Sturgeon Award is given to the author of the best science fiction short story.
—Megahn Snyder
Blood drive to replenish post-holiday supply
Kansas Blood Services hopes to replenish its blood supply — left dwindling after the Fourth of July holiday weekend— at its blood drive tomorrow.
The drive will be from 8 to 3 p.m. in the Kansas Room of the Kansas Union.
All donors will receive a free t-shirt and get registered for prizes from Chipotle Mexican Grille.
Appointments are available by calling Amanda Storm at (785) 766-0130. Walk-ins also are welcome.
—Megahn Snyder
Fire in the hole!
Matt Riordon tosses fireworks into the air as his friends John and Chris Armstrong look on. All were being cautious with the pyrotechnics as Chris had painfully burnt his hand on a roman candle the night before. Photo by Craig Bennett /KANSAN
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