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WEDNESDAY, JULY 16, 2003
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Don't teach evolution
Frightened evolutionists do everything in their power to prevent students from learning about the new developments in evolutionary thinking. All over the country, teachers and school boards who want to inform students about the scientific case for intelligent design in biology face the threat of lawsuit or other forms of social intimidation.
Students skeptical of Darwinism, and they are legion, are discouraged from voicing their objections in the public school science classroom. Those who want to explore scientific evidence more consonant with an intelligent design perspective are silenced. Indeed, the influential California Science Framework advises teachers to tell such students to "discuss the question further with his or her family and clergy." In other words, verboten in school.
The Kansas 1999 School Board ended this academic totalitarianism. Its decisions were absolutely in the direction of academic freedom. The 2001 standards brought back the tyranny, simply to keep biologists comfortable in their naturalistic worldview.
Leonard Magruder, president, Vietnam Veterans for Academic Reform and non-degree-seeking Lawrence student
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Yes, uh, the chancellor lives here pretty
much for free as it is, so would someone please tell me how paying him more money would make KU a better university?
--much for free as it is, so would someone please tell me how paying him more money would make KU a better university?
Hi, uh, I'm calling about the Rick's Place ad. I think it's very inappropriate. The person who was making ads uses Photoshop so poorly, so please call me. Bye.
By the way, Okoboi is spelled O-K-O-B-O-J-I, but we're still having the time of our lives. Rock chalk, Jayhawk, KU. Woo!
The new road block on 18th Street has got to go.
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We're still waiting to find out why KU is not joining the United States Student
Association. Thanks.
That Willy Wonka. Boy, what a cool guy,
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Uh, I don't understand this. They're doing a $70 million construction expansion for the Edwards Campus.Oooo. They're jacking our tuition by 20 percent, and they're doing a $70 million expansion. They're doing the construction of the new Learned building. Maybe if they didn't do so much construction, our tuition wouldn't have to go skyrocketing every year. I'm no Rhodes Scholar, but I can figure that out. How is Hemenway going to get a $50,000 raise? A little sign-off bonus? What's this? I don't understand it. Let me give a little shout out to all my fellas ...