From: LARRY KLAES (ljk4_at_msn.com)
Date: Tue Feb 04 2003 - 07:26:57 PST
----- Original Message -----
From: Barry Karr
Sent: Tuesday, February 04, 2003 10:13 AM
To: CSICOP-ANNOUNCE_at_LISTSERV.AOL.COM
Subject: CSICOP Column: Doubt and About "Dini is Served"
Dini is Served
A spat at Texas Tech provides a new wrinkle on Darwinism and science education.
Chris Mooney; February 3, 2003
These days there are news stories, and then there are blogger news stories: events that dramatize some core moral or philosophical debate, and therefore get discussed heatedly on a wide range of prominent Weblogs. Last week, a classic blogger story emerged with the case of Texas Tech biology professor Michael Dini, who refuses to write letters of recommendation for students unless they first affirm a "scientific answer" to the following question: "How do you think the human species originated?" After a Creationist student and medical school aspirant named Micah Spradling complained about Dini's policy, the professor was targeted by the conservative Liberty Legal Institute, which cried discrimination and filed a complaint with John Ashcroft's Justice Department. The department has now opened an investigation of Texas Tech.
To Read the Column visit: http://www.csicop.org/doubtandabout/dini/
This archive was generated by hypermail 2.1.6 : Tue Feb 04 2003 - 07:36:39 PST