Hi all,
I just got this from another mailing list.
Marcio
>Colleagues,
>
>I would like to share with you the leading headline on the front page of
>this morning's Honolulu Star Bulletin:
>
>"BOE [Board of Education] Panel Opens Door to Teaching Creationism"
>
>A version of the article is at:
>
>http://starbulletin.com/2001/07/26/news/indext.html
>
>Click on the "Late Breaking" icon near the top list.
>
>Some of the more disturbing excerpts:
>
>"The move came after board member Denise Matsumoto complained that proposed
>state performance standards for science...presented Charles Darwin's theory
>of evolution as fact rather than opinion."
>
>When board memebr Karen Knudsen asked Matsumoto what she meant when she
>referred to "both" theories of origin:
>
>"Matsumoto replied, 'The other theory is creationism. They're both theories.
>They both have scientific data that go with them."
>
>"'Evolution' is often times confused with 'adaptation,' Matsumoto argued.
>'So many times in our textbooks and our science classes, adaptation gets
>replaced with the word evolution,' she said. 'Adaptation is a change within
>a species to adapt to their survival rather than evolution, which is
>changing from one species to another species such as ape to man. Matsumoto
>suggested that such changes between species are not possible."
>
>When I told my wife (also an evolutionary biologist) about this, she
>responded "Not in my backyard!" We'll be drafting a letter this evening. I
>encourage others on this list to consider doing the same.
>
>Aloha,
>Rich
>
>Richard L. Pyle
>Ichthyology, Bishop Museum
>1525 Bernice St., Honolulu, HI 96817
>Ph: (808)848-4115, Fax: (808)847-8252
>email: deepreef@bishopmuseum.org
>http://www.bishopmuseum.org/bishop/HBS/pylerichard.html
>"The views expressed are the author's, and not necessarily those of Bishop
>Museum."
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Marcio R. Pie
Department of Biology
Boston University
5 Cummington St.
Boston, MA 02215
Phone: (617) 353-6974
FAX: (617) 353-6340
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