[Bgsa] La Sierra Uni. Professors under Fire!

[Quresh Latif]

I would of course sign any petition, but just to add some inside info and hopefully to elicit some hope: we know a couple of the professors at La Sierra and they tell us that the administration holds a pretty firm stance in support of their biology teachers. For one thing, they will lose federal accreditation if they stopped teaching evolution which would be a big blow to them. So, my understanding is that there isn't too much to worry about in the immediate future, although in the long run I think it's good to take a stand and express our views.

Q

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>Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2009 18:52:30 -0800
>From: bgsa-bounces at lists.ucr.edu (on behalf of Carla Essenberg <cesse001 at student.ucr.edu>)
>Subject: Re: [Bgsa] La Sierra Uni. Professors under Fire!  
>To: Gabriel Gartner <ggart001 at ucr.edu>
>Cc: bgsa at lists.ucr.edu
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>I'd sign one too, as I imagine most folks would.  We'd have to think
>hard about how to make it seem relevant to the folks in charge of a
>Seventh Day Adventist university, of course - something along the
>lines of, if you want the academic community to respect the kind of
>education you are offering, and see your graduates as well-educated,
>you need to teach science properly - although obviously worded much
>more carefully than that...?
>
>Carla
>
>On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 9:52 AM, Gabriel Gartner <ggart001 at ucr.edu> wrote:
>> http://www.pe.com/localnews/riverside/stories/PE_News_Local_S_lasierra06.47b3990.html
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>> maybe we can start a counter petition???
>>
>> Any ideas???
>>
>> Gabe
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>> Gabriel E. A. Gartner
>> Ph.D. Candidate
>> Dept. of Biology
>> 1208 Spieth Hall
>> University of California
>> Riverside, CA 92521
>> ggart001 at ucr.edu
>> http://student.ucr.edu/~ggart001/
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>Department of Biology
>University of California, Riverside
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