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Thursday, May 4, 1989 / University Daily Kansan
Koran offers answers to math professor
- Continued from p. 17
From there on out, faith was a matter of practice for Lang's spiritual growth.
final growth
In contrast to the abstract of religion, Lang pursued a career in the concrete field of mathematics.
He received his undergraduate degree at the University of Connecticut and both his master's and doctoral degrees at Purdue. He taught for 28 years at the University of San Francisco. At KU, Lang teaches algebraic geometry.
Lang said that he had always been fascinated by mathematics.
"Math is logical. It consists of using facts and figures to find concrete answers," Lang said. "That is the way my mind works, and it is
frustrating when I deal with things that don't have concrete answers."
Having a mind that accepts ideas on their factual merit makes believing in a religion difficult because it requires acceptance by faith, he said.
The Muslim religion appeals to man's reasoning, Lang said. For him, faith and reason were brought together.
As faculty adviser for the Muslim Student Association, Lang said he viewed himself as the laiisson between the students and the University.
He gets approval from the University for speakers to come and arranges the meeting places for the
"The object of being their faculty adviser is to help them get their needs met as far as adjusting to the American culture and to the process of university identity, and also represent the view of the university." Lang said.
speeches.
Hamed Ghazali, graduate student from Egypt and the central zone representative of the Muslim Student Association, said. "He is very active in our Islamic centers and is concerned in all the decisions we make."
They appreciate the opportunity to have misconceptions corrected."
Lang said, "My goal as the students' adviser is to continue to represent them and their beliefs by giving speeches or setting up programs"
Lang has been married for four years. He met his wife, Raika, in a bar. When Lang was offered to marry a Muslim, but it depended on who I met," Lang said.
They have two daughters, ages 2 and 3, and another child on the way.
"What are the things that truly make us happy? It is loving your fellow man, giving to people who are less fortunate than you, having compassion and being honest, even in difficult times." In another passage "After many years of searching, it was in the Koran that I found these truths."
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