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Bill Nye speaks on climate change and the importance of teaching evolution in schools

Bill Nye speaks on climate change and the importance of teaching evolution in schools

Elizabeth Elkin September 30, 2015

Students, faculty and fans flooded into The University of Alabama’s Moody Music Concert Hall Monday, Sept. 28 at 7 p.m. Heads turned, eyes searched. An excited murmur travelled through the hall. ...

Evolution belongs in the classroom and all students belong in Bill Nye's lecture

Ruth Bishop September 29, 2015

If you’re like me, you are feeling pretty bummed today about not getting a ticket to see Bill Nye. The fact that only a limited number of students were able to attend is a disservice to the University’s...

How the modern Christian church creates college atheists

Matthew Gillham September 4, 2015

More than 70% of college students who regularly attended church in high school leave in college. Why? “Universities are secular hotbeds with biased professors aiming to abolish religion.” “Their...

Talks cover modern medicine

Talks cover modern medicine

Ben Jackson March 1, 2015

Students, faculty and community members gathered with Michael Antolin of Colorado State University to discuss evolution in medicine and how an understanding of the fundamental science can change therapies...

Lynn grows evolutionary studies at Alabama

Lynn grows evolutionary studies at Alabama

Mackenzie Ross February 16, 2015

Like many students, Christopher Lynn’s college experience took a winding route that involved dropping out and ultimately enrolling with a different major, but now as a professor he helps students explore...

The Day of Darwin: Alabama Evolutionary Studies club to celebrate naturalist's birthday with academic conference

The Day of Darwin: Alabama Evolutionary Studies club to celebrate naturalist's birthday with academic conference

Mackenzie Ross February 11, 2015

Charles Darwin is best known for his contributions to evolutionary theory, having developed the idea that all animals develop over time through adaptations and the process of natural selection. He published...

Scientific facts and religion can be harmonious

Rich Robinson October 27, 2014

In the Oct. 26 edition of The New York Times, opinion columnist Nicholas Kristof called for America to “fix the escalator” of our broken education system. Citing data from a recent Organization for...

ALLELE lecture discusses trace fossils

ALLELE lecture discusses trace fossils

Elizabeth Elkin October 5, 2014

Anthony J. Martin, ichnologist and professor of environmental science at Emory University, discussed trace fossils at the first ALLELE lecture of the semester Thursday night. Martin said trace fossils,...

Creationism not valid when put against scientific thought

Sophia Fazal February 13, 2012

As science progresses, humanity loses the need to use imagination to answer life's basic questions; we know that cigarettes cause cancer, lead is not a good product to put into paint and appendixes have...

Scientific support for creationism strong

Ben Friedman November 8, 2010

Two weeks ago, I argued the legal and educational reasons why creationism should be taught alongside evolution. Despite any amount of legal justification, if the scientific evidence for creationism and...

A course on evolution should be required for every UA student

Letter to the Editor November 8, 2010

The article ‘Evolution alternative should be taught’ by Ben Friedman the Oct. 25, 2010 Crimson White shows why college students should be required to take a general course in evolution. Friedman attempts,...

Reconsidering religion’s role

Letter to the Editor November 3, 2010

This letter will likely be my only contribution to the opinion page creation-evolution debate. I am writing not to persuade the reader to one side or the other, but simply to rebut some of the more outlandish...