Continued from Page 1
it goes to court, it may take
longer.
In a letter to the editor
published in the Emerald on
june 22. Brooks and Gaffney
also indicated Charles Carter in
the matter. Carter served as
l^evinson’s campaign manager
for his "People's Choice" ticket
during the April ASUO elec
tions. Charter has not been nam
ed in the suit, hut Brooks said
they still may include people in
thf suit who may have been
involved.
Levinson apologized for the
ad in the |unt! 22 Emerald letters
to the editor section and claim
ed responsibility for the ad.
''lost a letter in the Emerald
doesn't begin to apologize or
make the situation better."
brooks said "That suspicion
(between the Executive and
minority groups) can never be
cleared."
Levinson was hesitant to
comment on the suit. As for the
legal aspect, he said he has
“maintained appropriate legal
counsel."
Although Levinson took
responsibility for the ad. he
would not comment other than
to say. “There were some ex
tenuating circumstances I've
only recently i>eeome aware of.
Other than that. I can't com
ment just now "
^CbfltC Continued from Page 1
five minute response. The floor
was then opened to questions
from the audience.
The mood of the audience,
which appeared to contain a
sizable pro-creationism majori
ty. was generally reserved dur
ing the debate, but the high
temperature in the lecture hall
seemed to take its toll during
the three hour event. By the end
of the audience questioning
period, the audience became
significantly more defensive in
the face of pro-evolutionary
questioners. Only one of the au
dience members who question
ed the speakers appeared to be
pro-creationist.
Wagner opened his remarks
with a definition of science as
that which is observable and
measurable within the physical
universe. It does not include, he
said, the study of human
behavior or the metaphsical.
"Can you quantify and test the
theory?” he asked. "If not then
it isn't science."
Wagner went on to say that
questions of the origins of life
are theistic. rather than scien
tific. As such, he maintained,
discussions of the issue belong
"and do occur in the
philosophy, not the science
department" of public schools.
Rather than defend crea
tionism as a scientific theory,
(iish contended that evolution
fails the same tests of scientific
validity, and is therefore no
more a science than crea
tionism. C.ish focused his
remarks on what he called "the
scientific evidence which sup
ports creationist theory
Using laws of mathematical
probability, the second law of
thermodynamics, and citing the
"tremendous gaps” in the fossil
record, dish concluded that
scientific evidence provides
"insuperable barriers to evolu
tionary thifory," and as such
makes the teaching of evolution
as much of a theology as any
religious interpretation of the
origins of life.
In addressing the Supreme
dourt decision which declared a
1981 Louisiana law mandating
instruction in creation science
when evolution is taught in
public schools unconstitu
tional. Wagner assumed a broad
interpretation of the decision,
while Gish preferred to limit his
interpretation to the facts in the
particular case.
Wagner staled that the
Court’s 7-2 majority decision
released June lit means that
creation "should be excluded
from science classrooms." since
it violates the legal principle of
separation of church and state.
Gish said the decision was
based on the Court's assump
tion of the intent of the Loui
siana legislature to "force fun
damentalist Christianity in the
schools. Even if that were true.”
Gish said, "the practical results
of the legislation were perfectly
constitutional. That is. to re
quire all evidence to be taught
about the subject of origins."
Gish accused evolutionists of
exercising "monopolistic con
trol of education," said that the
law was intended to remedy
that. Its purpose was to insure
guaranteed academic freedom,
according to Gish, and that the
Court was in effect calling the
legislators of Ixiuisiana "liars”
in terms of the intent of the law.
STUDENTS
EARN
$90
AND
MORE
KLMON1H
S,,
Donat* blood
piAima «tMb I
you r* itudytng
(Vow can mat# u '
many at atght
donation* a vary
month ) It's *al# I
aa*y baalthy
Undo* madlcal <
twpanrtalon ta a
NEW DONORS:
$5 Bonus
with this ad
EUGENE PLASMA
484-2241 • 1071 Ollv* St.
Wolff
Tanning
*30 *45
I 5 session* 2S sessions
Haircuts
shampoo ft style
*12 *10
women
men
Designer Nails
*35
SnAancerx
99 W. 10th, 2nd Floor Atrium, Downtown
Monday-Saturday 8-8
345*3491
Or. David Wanner
Wanner concluded that the
argument between evolution
and creation is not as black -
white as many, including dish,
maintain that it is.
=UO Bookstores
You can’t beat our
low, low photo prices
I Film & Photo Processing -
* D *
Guwuudeed
Lowest Prices
Wa’ll match or baat the prtca ol
any local photo coupon
One Day Service
In by 4 p.m. — back by NOON tha
nail day (C41 color print film)
Enlargements,
Reprints & Slides
Graat sarvica and prlcas In your
full service Photo Oapt.
■ Your full service Photo Dept. I
13th & Kincaid
M h 8 30 5 30
Closed Saturday
680 4331
STOREWIDE
<yu/mwe/t^
CLEARANCE
1/3-1 /2off
•ORIGINAL PRICES
ALL SPRING AND SUMMER
FASHIONS
FROM OUR REGULAR STOCK!
BETTER SPORTSWEAR
MISSES & JUNIOR SPORTSWEAR
DRESSES, OUTERWEAR JACKETS & SUITS
LINGERIE & ACCESSORIES
INTERMEDIATE MARKDOWNS HAVE BEEN TAKEN