The University News

Intelligent design

Gerardo R. Camilo • October 5, 2007

I was saddened to see Dr. Dasso's letter in The UNews. The implications of evolutionary theory to the treatment of diseases in childhood are many. For example, the American Academy of Pediatrics recently announced that pediatricians should stop prescribing antibiotics to treat common earaches due to the evolution of resistant strains of bacteria.

Sit, speak, stand for peace

Rebecca Gorley • October 5, 2007

Like a wet dog, I decided to shake. I decided to shake off complacency with a move that looked like a peace, love and respect rally at the clock-tower steps. Earlier this week, I was reading in my apartment, and a Students for Life (Students for Life at Saint Louis University "is dedicated to protecting each and every human life from the moment of conception") flier advertising Respect Life Week 2007 rested on the coffee table beside me.

Hot or not, Britney still stuns the crowd

Samiksha Tarun • October 5, 2007

Oops! ... I did it again! Oops! ... I picked up another celebrity magazine and read about Britney Spears. If you haven't noticed, Britney Spears is everywhere recently-and people are interested in reading about her. Before seeing her during her difficult times, we all remember the Spears who was upbeat and controlled.

Moving on is tough to do for politicians

John Witt • October 5, 2007

Republicans in the United States Senate recently proposed an amendment condemning the Moveon.org advertisement that accused General David Petraeus, commander of coalition troops in Iraq, of betraying his country and cooking the books for the White House. The accusations in this ad were baseless and a direct attempt to question the integrity of one of America's most respected and distinguished generals.

In the U.S.A., strength comes through unity

Brett Kostrzewski • October 5, 2007

As the sixth-year anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks came and went, I took some time to look back at how much has happened since then. I watched the video of the towers crashing down and was reminded of that morning in grade school when my principal came into our room and informed us that a plane had just crashed into the World Trade Center in New York.

Sounds of freedom

Editorial Board • September 28, 2007

"Land of the free, home of the brave" took on new meaning recently when Columbia University hosted Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. The president of the Middle Eastern nation spoke at the university, dropping hints that the Holocaust was a lie, that the state of Israel should be abolished, that homosexuals do not exist and that women are not persecuted in Iran.

Homecoming blues

Editorial Board • September 28, 2007

What are you doing for Homecoming? If you attend Saint Louis University, chances are good that you won't be doing much. Although the Homecoming celebration is relatively new-certainly relative to the nearly century- old celebration at the University of Missouri-Columbia-the excitement levels surrounding the week are appallingly low.

Another side to ‘Jena Six’

Alisha Kirby • September 28, 2007

There are two sides to every story. The University News presents only one side of the controversial "Jena Six" issue in their Sept. 21 article and editorial. Many significant details of the incidents occurring in Jena, La. are absent from The University News' coverage of the story.

Intelligent design

Joseph Dasso • September 28, 2007

Dr. Ken Miller, who spoke at SLU recently, upheld a theistic view of Darwinian evolution and attacked intelligent design theory as being unscientific. Dr. Miller did not adequately discuss the methodological naturalism underlying how evolution is taught and failed to address William Dembski's argument for the scientific basis for ID in Dembski's book, The Design Inference.

U.N. goes green, but America is polluted

Brian Laczko • September 28, 2007

Remember 2003? What a whimsical time it was. Dictators were removed from power, missions were accomplished and, according to our government, the U.N. was a relic-slow to rise to the occasion and face the problem at hand in today's day and age. I remember it like it was yesterday: The U.

Giving credibility to the enemy

Samiksha Tarun • September 28, 2007

I almost fell off of the treadmill at the Simon Rec center when I saw what was on CNN: the president of Iran giving a speech in none other than our beloved New York City. The person who is anti-United States was speaking in the United States. The person who denies that Israel, a strong US ally, should exist was speaking in the United States.

Beatnik of the heart

Roberta Singer • September 28, 2007

Allen Ginsberg was with me in Washington. Allen Ginsberg was with me in Washington where I lived briefly under the banner of white-block government buildings. Allen Ginsberg was with me in Washington where I lay awake for months in cold dormitories, possessed with visions of highway voyages across America.