Speaker lectures on issue
of teaching evolution
BY MARC SALEME
Some students learned in
grade school and high school
that the world was created in
seven days.
Others learned humans
evolved from monkeys.
The issue of which theory
should be taught in public
schools - evolution or creation
ism - was a hot topic of debate
Thursday night.The eighth in a
series of lectures about the con
troversy of biological evolution
versus creationism was held in
the Nebraska Union
Auditorium.
Robert Pennock, an associ
ate professor of science and
technology studies at Michigan
State University in East Lansing,
discussed why evolution theory
should be taught in schools and
creationism should not
The lecture was propelled by
an uproar in Kansas in the sum
mer of 1999 that made interna
tional news.
The public school curricu
lum, which would have taught
evolution in science classes, was
altered to teach creationist
revised science standards.
Pennock explained that the
original curriculum instructed
teachers to treat any questions
of religious conflicts (in relation
to evolution) with the utmost
respect and send students to
parents and/or clergy with
questions.
With the revision, “creation
ists removed all standards relat
ing to biological evolution, ref
erence to big-bang cosmology
and any geological time-scale
that would give the Earth
ancient age,” Pennock said.
“They even removed refer
ence to erosion, as that would
date the Earth contrary to the
creationist beliefs.”
When observing the contro
versy in teaching evolution or
creationism, separation of
church and state becomes a
question.
Les Lane, a University of
Nebraska-Lincoln plant pathol
ogy professor, said he thought
creationism was not scientific.
“Science is based on making
predictions and testing those
predictions,” Lane said. "Since
creationism is closely linked
with religion and is not science,
it should not be taught in public
schools.”
Regardless of its religious
affiliation, Pennock pointed out
that presidential candidates Pat
Buchanan, Bob Dole, Steve
Forbes and President-elect
George W. Bush said they would
allow local school districts to
decide whether to teach cre
ationism in science classes.
This does seem to reflect the
ideas of nearly half of the popu
lation, Pennock said.
A recent Gallup Poll showed
47 percent of Americans hold
creationist views, he said.
Several in attendance said
they agreed creationism should
not be taught in public schools.
Melissa Mosier, a UNL fresh
man undecided major, said she
thought separation of church
and state was important,
But Mosier also said it’s
important for teachers to be
knowledgeable on resources to
direct someone with questions
about religion.
New equipment fuels research
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machines, put the university in a
catch-22, Shoemaker said.
“It is hard to justify the cost
of getting the instrumentation if
you don’t have faculty, yet at the
same time it is difficult to recruit
that kind of faculty if you don’t
have the right instrumentation,”
Shoemaker said.
Gaining the new spectrome
ter makes the university more
attractive to researchers. Right
now the chemistry department
is looking to hire an additional
faculty member who specializes
in protein studies using an
NMR.
As the field of protein
research expands and becomes
more competitive, the acquisi
tion of the new spectrometer
will put UNL at the leading edge
of this science, Shoemaker said.
In the past, Shoemaker, like
Harbison, also built his own
NMR machines when the com
mercial market didn’t have what
he needed. He said commercial
models have now surpassed
what he could make on his own.
“The days of home-build are
almost gone,” Shoemaker said.
“But getting into the new mil
lennium is good.”
Bill intends to increase penalty for MIP
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MUJ Keefe said.
Keefe also said that being a
designated driver would be dis
couraged because of the new pro
cedures for MIP
But Quandahl said designated
drivers would not suffer from this
bill as long as they were not partic
ipating in alcohol consumption.
“If you are at a party and if
you’re not acting drunk, looking
drunk or tested drunk - there’s no
problem,” he said.
Mylo Bushing, assistant chief
of police at UNL, said minors who
refrained from drinking weren’t
charged with an alcohol violation.
"We’ll cite the ones, and only
the ones, that have consumed
alcohol,” he said.
Harsher penalties also have
been included in LB 114 because
current penalties aren’t enough,
Quandahl said.
New penalties the bill would
enact include a drivers' license
revocation for a minimum of three
months.
Another penalty in LB114 is
that parents or guardians of an
alcohol violator would be notified,
Quandahl said.
“Studies have shown that the
current penalties are inadequate
to curb underage drinking,” he
said.
As for the harsher penalties,
Quandahl said a driver’s license
was a privilege, not a right.
“The suspension will poten
tially have underage drinkers
wake up to the servility of what
they're doing,” he said.
Keefe said he was against noti
fication of parents for minors over
the age of 19.
“When you’re 19 or 20, to noti
fy your parents, that seems crazy,”
he said.
Bushing said underage drink
ing was not a major problem on
campus, but not all of it is caught.
“It’s not something that con
sumes a lot of our time,” he said. “If
they’re in their own room having a
beer while they study, that would
go undetected.”
Even though the student gov
ernment has proposed to lobby
against the bill, Quandahl said he
would stand behind it
"I would expect some resist
ance to this, but I still think it’s the
rig^ht thing to do.”
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trying to cross street
A small group of drivers going
down Cornhusker Ave. and 27“*
St. noticed something out of the
ordinary Wednesday night.
A 4-year-old child trying to
cross the street was reported to the
Lincoln Police Department short
ly after 10:30 p.m., Officer
Katherine Finnell said.
Georgina Schaffer, 22,
stopped file girl and tried to find
out who she was, Finnell said.
Finnell said the girl told
Schaffer she was hungry and was
going to the Super Saver grocery
store for something to eat The gir
did not know her last name.
Lincoln police received a call
at 10:49 p.m. from Melissa Clow,
23, who was looking for her lost
child, Finnell said, i
Clow said a friend had been
watching the girl in her mobile
home at 2545 Theresa St. while
Clow was asleep. The friend had to
leave at 10:30 p.m., Finnell said.
Clow was ticketed for misde
meanor child neglect.
Burglars break into three
commercial businesses
Three commercial burglaries
Wednesday night left police on the
lookout for break-ins.
Finnell said police were alert
ed to the first of the burglaries by
an alarm at Mills Amoco Food
Shop, 4445 S. 70th St., shortly
before 2:00 a.m.
Burglars pried open the
southeast glass door to the busi
ness and entered, but did not take
anything, Finnell said. Damage to
the business was $350.
Another alarm alerted police
to a burglary at Mobile Audio
Design Inc., 2701 N. 27th St.,
around 2:30 a.m., Finnell said.
The burglars also entered the
business by prying the front door
open, causing it to break.
Police officers then noticed
the front window broken out of
the GNC at 5100 N. 27th St, Finnell
said.
Cash and checks totaling $786
were taken, and $150 in damage
was done to the door, Finnell said
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