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There are two great debates under the broad heading of Science vs. God. The more familiar over the past few years is the narrower of the two: Can Darwinian evolution withstand the criticisms of Christians who believe that it contradicts the creation account in the Book of Genesis? In recent years, creationism took on new currency as the spiritual progenitor of "intelligent design" (I.D.), a scientifically worded attempt to show that blanks in the evolutionary narrative are more meaningful than its very convincing totality. I.D. lost some of its journalistic heat last December when a federal judge dismissed...
Geology and theology - Essam al-Rawi saw no contradiction between his two passions. "Being a scientist makes me appreciate God better," he told me last summer. "My education and training give me a better understanding of His creation, so I feel a greater sense of awe toward Him." Both soft-spoken and outspoken, Al-Rawi was entirely comfortable being a professor of geology and a prominent member of the Association of Muslim Scholars - Iraq's main Sunni clerical group, long suspected of ties to the insurgency...
...College would not be well-served by the creation of semi-permanent adjunct faculty ranks, nor would the academic careers of individuals appointed as teaching assistants be advanced by long-term employment in this category,” Casey wrote in an e-mail.Watson’s re-appointment, he added, was an “exceptional action...
...President of the South Asian Association Mayuri N. Shah ’08 says. “In creating an image we may run the risk of alienating people who don’t necessarily fit.”Lee of the BSA, however, does not associate image creation with exclusivity. Instead, he views it as a necessary step in furthering the BSA’s goals.“We want our image to be one of professionalism and success and that we can accomplish many things and bring attention to many issues,” he says...
...Harvard undergraduate made the ranks of Businessweek’s “Best Entrepreneurs under 25” list yesterday for his role in the creation of a Web site designed to help college students enter the workforce. Allan P. Sahagun ’09 and his brother Aaron Sahagun, a University of California-Berkeley graduate, are the founders of alumwire.com, a “professional network with the mission to effectively consolidate important career resources,” according to the Web site. The site, which is available to invitees and anyone with a college e-mail address...