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Historian: Darwin separates religions By Linda Holmes Staff Reporter__ The conflict over Darwin’s theory of evolution separates religions rather than science and religion, said a his tory professor from Iowa State Uni versity Thursday. David B. Wilson spoke to a crowd of more than 60 at “Theology for Lunch” in the Nebraska Union. His talk was sponsored by United Minis tries in Higher Education. In his speech, entitled “Did the Devil Make Darwin Do It?” after the book he contributed to and edited, Wilson said the theory of evolution has brought up a conflict between strict creationists and successive crea tionists. Wilson, who majored in physics at Wabash College in Crawforsville, Ind., and received his doctorate in the history of science from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, said strict creationists believe Darwin’s theory is completely wrong. Genesis, they say, is clearly correct both scientifi cally and historically. Successive creationists, he said, believe Genesis is historically correct but scientifi cally inaccurate. Wilson said there is little if any conflict between science and religion. Wilson also discussed the history of Darwin’s theory of evolution. Reli gious fundamentalists didn’t contest Darwin’s theory until the 1920s when most scientists believed Darwin, he said. During the ’30s, ’40s and ’50s, high-school biology teachers chose not to teach the theory because of the conflict between fundamentalists and scientific thinkers, he said. However, after the Russians launched Sputnik, the U.S. government was afraid of Soviet scientific advancements and pushed for new science textbooks that included Darwin’s theory of evolu tion. Today, he said, biology teachers are still afraid to teach evolution be cause they are afraid of losing their jobs. A survey done in the early 1980s showed that 44 percent of the respon dents disagreed with Darwin’s theory of evolution. Wilson said he doesn’t know what the future holds for the theory of evolution. “I’m historian enough not to pre dict,” he said. Wilson will lecture 8 tonight in Brace Physics Lab 211 at UNL. His speech, entitled “Science and Reli gion in the Age of Darwin: The Ques tion of Miracles,” will focus on the Victorian “problem of miracles” and the growth of Darwin’s own religious views. Organizations appreciate faculty From Staff Reports The Association of Students of the University of Nebraska, Gov ernment Liaison Committee, Resi dence Hall Association, Inter fraternity Council and Panhellenic are sponsoring the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s Faculty Ap preciation Day this Saturday. John Bergmeyer, AS UN second vice president, said the day was brought about by “senate con cern.” “Our big goal right now is to get faculty salaries increased,” he said. Fac'ilty Appreciation Day, with the passage of Wednesday’s AS UN bill that supported a $4 per credit hour tuition increase to raise faculty salaries, will help to focus attention on the problem, Bergmeyer said. Marlene Beyke, director of de velopment for ASUN, said a pep rally will take place at Broyhill Fountain at noon. Scheduled to speak at the rally are Bob Devaney, Stale Sen. Scott Moore of Stromsburg, Faculty Senate Presi dent Jim Lewis and Outstanding Student Award recipients Andy Jacobitz, Barb Meister and Patty Sokol ik. Red and blue balloons will be given out at the football game. Beyke said that blue represents education. She said “UNL Faculty Appreciation Day” stickers will also be distributed. ASUN Sen. Linda Heng said, “Faculty Appreciation Day will be a good opportunity to let the fac ulty know that we appreciate their jobs. We are aware of their salary problems; we want the students to be aware also.” Emergency regents meeting to act on hospital remodeling From Staff Reports The executive subcommittee of the NU Board of Regents will have an emergency meeting today to award a contract for remodeling the Univer sity Hospital at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha. Joe Rowson, director of Public Affairs at the University of Nebraska Lincoln, said the contract is for a renovation project to develop six pri CAN'T SLEEP? Count Copies at kinko's. We re open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Open 24 hours. 48th & Vine 1229 "R" St. A | | ■ I,m im I ■ —y II I vale, adult rooms for intensive care. The emergency meeting is being called because there is an urgent need for the private rooms, he said. The space that would be converted into rooms is already available, Rowson said. The contract was not awarded at the October meeting because not all the bids were ready, Rowson said. 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