Monday, February 28, 2000
The University Daily Kansan
Section A · Page 3
Evolution debate draws BBC to Kansas
By Jim O'Malley
Kansan staff writer
TOPEKA - The Kansas evolution controversy is still attracting international attention.
A British news team traveled to Kansas this week to cover the continuing evolution debate. Yesterday, a British Broadcasting Corp. team visited Potwin Presbyterian Church, where it filmed church services that included a sermon on science and religion.
Susan Watts, reporter and science editor for the BBC news show Newsnight, said there was still interest in the Kansas evolution controversy in the United Kingdom.
Evolution vs, creationism is not an issue there.
British interest is more of curiosity about "those strange people in Kansas." Watts
Kansas; Watts said
Newnight producer Nicki Defago said there was an anti-evolution movement in Britain but it
The evolution debate
wasn't as vocal as the movement here. Since Britain has become more multi- cultural, however, a debate has begun concerning religious education in schools, Defago said.
Rev. Doug Phenix delivered the sermon that the BBC team filmed. His
point was that no inherent conflict existed between science and religion. Most of the world has resolved it by viewing science as a way of understanding God's creation, he said.
The University of Kansas was wellrepresented at the meeting.
The British news team also filmed a meeting of Kansas Citizens for Science right after services at the church. The group opposes the Kansas State Board of Education's decision to de-emphasize evolution in the state's science standards.
Adrian Melott, professor of physics and astronomy; Bob Hagen, adjunct assistant professor of entomology; and David Burress, associate scientist with the institute for public policy and business research, were among
the members who discussed the group's strategy as the camera rolled.
Watts said the Newsnight team would interview conservative Board of Education member John Bacon today as well as teachers at a private Christian school to get an opposing viewpoint. She said the team would produce a 12-minute segment that would air March 20, coinciding with National Science Week in the United Kingdom.
The Newsnight team interviewed Oskalosa teacher Jack Krebs as the meeting broke. He said evolution was being debated in states other than Kansas.
"But Kansas has this image as the heart of America," he said. "Kansas is a symbol to the world."
Fraternity pens African-American history book
By Ryan Blethen
writer@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
Community service and African- American history will be the focus this week for Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc.
Kappa Alpha Psi has produced a book about African-American history, A Long Story... African-American History, which will be distributed at the rest of the events planned for Black History Month and at the events planned for Kappa Alpha Psi week.
The idea of the book, which took a year to produce, is to perpetuate African-American history beyond a single month, said Adrian Frankes. St. Louis senior.
"It makes every month Black History Month." Frankis said.
Fraternity members decided to put together the book because it was in line with the fraternity's philosophy of community service, said Conway Ekpo, Kappa Alpha Psi president and Lawrence senior. He said releasing the book during African-American History Month was the right time.
Norman Bouwie, Wichita sophomore, said the fraternity needed sponsors' help in order to create the book.
The fraternity found help from the Office of Multicultural Affairs and the University of Kansas Coke Foundation. The sponsors' assistance helped Kappa Alpha Psi produce 700 copies of the book and the sponsors will allow the fraternity to give it away for free.
Fraternity members passed out copies of
KAPPA ALPHA PSI WEEK
Scheduled Activities for Kappa Alpha Psi Week:
Discussion: "AIDS in the African American Community." After the Black Student Union meeting tonight at the Frontier Room in the Burge Union.
"Leaders of the New Millennium." 7 p.m. tomorrow at the Jayhawk Room in the Kansas Union.
Rape Prevention Seminar: 6 p.m.
Wednesday at Alcove A in the Kansas
Union
Study group: 7 p.m. Thursday at Lewis Hall
the book at Lawrence High School to show high school students the minority presence at KU, Ekpo said.
The fraternity's annual week begins tonight with a discussion about AIDS in the African-American community after the Black Student Union meeting at 7:30 p.m. at the Frontier Room in the Burge Union.
Other planned activities include a leadership discussion and a rape prevention seminar.
Ekpo said the purpose of Kappa Alpha Ps week was community service.
"We do community service pertinent to the African-American community," he said.
A fellow friend told me that Bouwie said the week was a great way to show the community what his fraternity was about.
The week ends at 7 p.m. Thursday with a study group at Lewis Hall.
The Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity has put together A Long Story... a book about African-American history. Fraternity members are distributing free copies of the book. Contributed art.
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