2A THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
NEWS
MONDAY, MAY 9, 2005
INSIDENEWS
Urban planning graduate students send complaint about luncheon
Dan planning graduate students send complaint. A group of 12 urban planning graduate students sent a letter to the dean of architecture complaining about a $16-per-person fee. The letter also said the students were upset because of a four-person limit. The dean said this was the first complaint in the luncheon's 25-year history. PAGE 3A
Relav raises money to find cure for cancer
The University of Kansas Relay for Life raised more than $70,000 for cancer research during the 12-hour event Friday night to Saturday morning. All money goes to the American Cancer Society, which then gives money to the University of Kansas Medical Center for research and aid for students with cancer. PAGE 1A
From slamming football players to slamming words
This is the transition Travis Watkins, former Jayhawk defensive tackle, made as he recited his poetry at the poetry slam Saturday night at the Hawk's Nest in the Kansas Union. Watkins' material for his poetry ranges from political and social injustices to growing up with a father in jail PAGE 3A
Roadhouse rules: No leather, no chrome, no service
No, you don't really have to be a biker to enjoy a meal or a drink in Slow Ride Roadhouse Bar & Grill. 1350 N. 3rd St., but the biker crowd brings a unique aspect to April Del Campo's, Lawrence junior, bartending job. The restaurant opened on April 23 and brought a biker-friendly establishment to Lawrence. PAGE 3A
INSIDEOPINION
Column: Student body deserves to know why its dean was fired
Stephanie Lovett says the University has been unusually terse about why Richard Johnson lost his job. It's led to unfounded speculation that should end. PAGE 5A
Column: Women should purchase a clue about understanding men
Betsy McLeod pleads for women to figure out that men aren't really worth figuring out. It's in part because men don't care to understand women. PAGE 5A
INSIDESPORTS
Kansas schools No.3 Texas in weekend series
The Jayhawks won their three-game series against Texas, which puts them in the middle of the Big 12 standings. Kansas won the first two games but lost yesterday's game. Kansas coach Ritch Price said he was pleased with how competitively the team played. PAGE 12A
Victory improves softball team's Big 12 standings
The Jayhawks defeated the Iowa State Cyclones this weekend 9-4 and 4-2. Kansas now sits at 30-20 overall and N-9, No. 6, in the Big 12 Conference. PAGE 12A
Schweitzer breaks Kansas baseball record
Column: Texas victory may secure tournament berth
Weltzer breaks Ramses Basel's record Jared Schweitzer's hits in the series against Texas this weekend extended his streak to 23 games. The junior first baseman said he would have preferred winning the last game against the Longhorns yesterday. PAGE 3A
Ryan Colaiani explains how the series victory against top 10 Texas affects Kansas chances of a Big 12 Tournament berth. The jayhawks are now 8-12 in the conference and have won nine of their last 11 games. PAGE 12A
Rapscallions take intramural championship
The flag football intramurals ended Saturday evening when the Rapscallions beat Beta Black, 39-26. For Josh Lawrence, Rapscallions player, the victory is a twofold reason to celebrate. PAGE 7A
Ultimate Frisbee club team takes championship
The men's team defeated the Pinkies 11-6 last night at Shenk Complex. The Pinkies ended the game on a buzzer-beating touchdown, but the Fighting Blunts were too far ahead. PAGE 8A
Scholarship halls win CoRec ultimate Frisbee championship
Scholarship halls win CoRec ultimate Frisbee championship Pearson/Douthart scholarship halls defeated the Destroyers 13-0 last night at Shenk Complex, 23rd and Iowa streets. The Destroyers had a few close calls, but they were never able to score. PAGE 8A
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Scarfs up
Nicole Hommertzheim, Pratt senior, shows her hanging scarfs to her father, Don Hommertzheim, at Friday night's Metamorphosis show at the Cherry Street Gallery, 519 E. 18th St., Kansas City, Mo. Several KU artists exhibited their work at the show, which was part of Kansas City's First Fridays.
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SCIENCE
Hearings revisit Scopes trial
BY JOHN HANNA THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
TOPEKA — Echoing the famed "Monkey Trial" of 80 years ago, three days of public hearings about evolution culminated Saturday in sparring between opposing attorneys.
A State Board of Education subcommittee took testimony from critics of evolution who hope students are exposed to more criticism of the theory. The entire board expects to consider changes this summer in standards that determine how students are tested on science statewide.
John Calvert, a retired Lake Quivira attorney who helped found the Intelligent Design Network and organized the case against evolution, called himself as his own last witness. That led to questioning from Pedro Irigonegaray, a Topeka attorney representing advocates of continuing a state policy in which standards describe evolution as a key concept for students to learn.
Irigonegaray's sharpest questions came over the Board of Education's decision to allocate $5,000 to cover lodging and some other expenses for
Calvert's nearly two dozen witnesses.
When trigonegaray asked whether that money normally would have gone to educate Kansas children, Calvert replied, "I believe that was the purpose of these hearings."
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Irigonegaray's questions led to an outburst from the audience, where a spectator said he didn't mind having taxpayers pay for witnesses' expenses because the teaching of evolution is an important issue. The man declined to identify himself later.
Battles over evolution also have occurred in Michigan, Ohio and Pennsylvania in recent years. In Kansas, scientists worry the board is being pushed to include intelligent design in the standards, though language advocated by intelligent-design advocates doesn't mention it by name.
Calvert's witnesses questioned evolutionary theory that life originated from a common source and that man and apes have a common ancestor.
Intelligent design says some features of the natural world are so complex and well-ordered that they are best explained by an intelligent cause. Irigonegaray derided it as "creationism in a new wrapper"
Kansas school board members sought to avoid comparisons between their hearings and the 1925 Monkey Trial in Dayton, Tenn., in which teacher John Scopes was convicted of violating a state law against teaching evolution
In 1925, attorney Clarence Darrow, representing Scopes, attempted to make creationism look foolish. In modern-day Kansas, evolution is on trial.
irrigation defenders' case Thursday, but he doesn't plan to call witnesses.
State and national science groups are boycotting the hearings, viewing them as rigged against evolution because the three presiding board members are part of a conservative majority receptive to criticism of evolution.
Calvert's witnesses argued that evolution, as typically taught, promotes atheism. Calvert argued that excluding other ideas from the classroom favored a nontheistic religion — creating constitutional problems.
"It's deeply wrong," said Bruce Glymour, who teaches about the philosophy of science at Kansas State University. "This isn't science. It's politics."
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