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By JOY THOMPSON
Staff Wtitet
Scientific evidence for evolution is so overwhelming
it is impossible to keep ;i literal belief in the biblical
story of creation found in Genesis, said Carlton
College professor Ian (i. Barbour in a lecture Monday
night.
Barbour, a professor of science, technology and
public policy, discussed the roles of chance, law and
God in the creation of the universe during the John
Calvin McNair lecture titled "Creation and
Cosmology."
The McNair lecture was established through
bequest of John Calvin McNair, an 1849 graduate
of UNC-CH, to focus on the relationship between
science and religion.
Barbour focused on conflicts between the big-bang
theory and the biblical account of creation and ways
to resolve them.
The big-bang theory suggests the universe began
with a great explosion. The biblical story says God
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created the universe.
In many cases, the ideas of creation by chance and
by divine guidance play back and forth, Barbour said.
One can accept both ideas if he departs from biblical
literalism, he said.
Nature's role in creation is not excluded but is dealt
with throughout the Bible, Barbour said.
Scientific creationists try to prove, on a scientific
basis, that the world was created in seven days as
told in the Bible. Barbour said. Congress was right
in not passing a bill that required this version of
creation to be taught in public schools alongside the
theory of evolution, he said.
"Scientific creationism is not a science but religious
theology," Barbour said.
Barbour said he thought scientific creationists were
"off base."
Barbour showed an outline detailing the origin of
the big-bang theory and the biblical treatment of
creation. He also 'discussed the controversy over
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By DEVI SEN
Staff Writer
The Ethiopian famine is the result of a land-abused
country with a poor system of government, an Ethiopian
native told a small crowd Monday night in the Student
Union. ;
Tekola Fisseha, who has lived in the Chapel Hill area
for the past 10 years and now is associated with the
Durham County Public Health Department and Duke
University, spoke about the causes, consequences and
future of Ethiopia's plight.
The problems, Fisseha said, originated within the
Ethiopian government and East-West relations created
havoc on the African nation.
"The U.S. government was informed by the Ethiopian
government of pending starvation (in 1982)," Fisseha said.
The Reagan Administration did not respond."
Fisseha said the Ethiopian government was in debt to
the Soviet Union. The payment was to send the grain
and other food sent to Ethiopia to feed its starving people,
to Russia.
"The Ethiopian economy is diverted mainly to support
the Army and to buy arms from Russia," Fisseha said.
"Since 1976, the Soviet Union has provided the
Ethiopians with two billion dollars worth of firearms,"
Fisseha said. "They want something in return."
The United States and Europe have contributed plenty
of grain to Ethiopia, Fisseha said. What doesnt get sent
to the Soviet Union sits on he docks rotting.
"There is no storage facility in Ethiopia for the grain,"
Fisseha said. "What comes in gets dumped off until
transportation is available."
Lack of rain causes problems in Ethiopia, Fisseha said.
Nature has abused the land for centuries.
"If all the conditions were right, a farmer could produce
everything he needs in order to eat for the coming year,"
Fisseha said.
. Fisseha said the Ethiopian people recognized the good
will gestures from the world, but free grain had not
improved Ethiopia's economy.
"The only relief we can provide is to teach them
(farmers) how to feed themselves," Fisseha.
The African nation needs agricultural and medical
training. Fisseha said. The average income per capita in
Ethiopia is $60 a year.
"I have seen many Ethiopian medical students in the
North," Fisseha said. "All of them intend to return to
their country once they have completed their education."
By providing the farmers with modern technology, the
land could once again be cultivated, Fisseha said.
Political cooperation between the super powers, and
the friendly contributions of relief agencies, could solve
the plight of Ethiopia, Fisseha said.
whether creation was an single act or a continuing
process.
Barbour received his bachelor's degree from
Swarthmore College in 1943, his master's from Duke
University in 1946, his doctorate from the University
of Chicago in 1950 and a bachelor's degree in divinity
from Yale University in 1956.
He is on the editorial boards of the magazines
Process Studies Zygon and Environmental Ethics.
He was on the advisory board on ethics and values
in science and technology of the National Science
Foundation.
A native of Peking, China, Barbour is a member ,
of Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Chi and the Society for
Values in Higher Education. He has received several
awards, including the National Humanities Center
fellowship in 1980-81 at Research Triangle Park.
Barbour has also written many articles and books,
including "Myths, Models and Paradigms," which was
nominated for the 1975 National Book Award.
Blue Light Blues'
program in Union
"Blue Light Blues," a program telling
people who get picked up for traffic,
drinking or driving citations how to
handle the cops and the courts, will be
held from 8:30 to 10 p.m. in Room 226
of the Student Union.
The program is sponsored by the
Carolina Union Weekly Features
committee.
Social committee
sponsors festival
An Oktoberfest festival will be held
in the Pit today from 1 1 a.m. to 2 p.m.
There will be live entertainment,
international beer samples and German
food prepared by ARA. There is no
charge.
The festival is sponsored by the social
committee of the Carolina Union.
Gireeim's aire loir Mfaire
By JILL GERBER
Staff Writer
The traditional leftist political
concerns of creating jobs and main
taining unlimited economic growth
will have to be incorporated with the
environmentalist or "green" con
cerns of peace, ecology and sustai
nable economics to make our system
work, a UNC political science
graduate student said Monday night.
"If the left is gonna remain visible
in western society, it'll have to
embrace some green values," Daniel
Neal Graham said. His speech,
"Green Politics and the Left," was
sponsored by the Triangle Demo
cratic Socialists of America.
Leftist and evironmentalist polit
ical values differ greatly although the
two factions have agreed on issues
more often in the past 10 to 15 years,
Graham said.
Both groups share the ideology
that goods should be produced for
social benefit, not profit, he said.
"The exploitation of people and
of nature are mutually reinforcing
trends," Graham said. "In a capital
istic socialist society we work to live.
What Marx envisioned was that we
live to work." ". . ,
The two groups agree on conserv
ing energy, lowering military spend
ing and maintaining safe working
conditions, he said.
Graham cited the recent advertise
ments from labor organizations in
the journal Environmental Action as
an example of green and "red" views.
The groups disagree on economic
theories and views of nature, Gra
ham said.
The traditional left advocates
unlimited economic growth to have
a "bigger piece of pie" to distibute
more equally, he said.
The problem with this view is
future generations will expect infinite
economic resources. Also, economic
growth has been historically linked
to imperialism and colonialism,
which yield temporary benefits, he
said.
The green economic view of
sustainable economics is based on
the understanding of the laws of
nature, in which everything is inter
connected. Culture, economics and
politics should all work together to
better society, Graham said.
"As long as we have to bribe
corporations to act with society in
mind, economic growth will be a
question," he said.
The traditional left view of science
is anthrocentric; nature is there for
man to use for his benefit, Graham
said.
The green view is biocentric; man
is part of the earth, intricately
balanced with nature, he said.
Graham said environmentalists
criticized modern science for arro
gantly ignoring the laws of nature.
Scientists glorify their technology to
blow up the earth or destroy the
ecosystem, he said.
Modern science is based on the
thoughts of Newton and Descartes.
It has to be broken down into parts
to be studied, Graham said.
Greens, in contrast, emphasized
the relationships between the parts
to give a better understanding of the
whole. With this model, they could
remove themselves from the left
right politcal scale, he said. ,
"The Green Party really does cut
across the left and right spectrum,"
Graham said. "I would tend to put
them more to the left."
The United States does not have
an offical environmentalist or green
party but West Germany has a
successful one. There are movements
in Europe to align green and red
parties, he said.
Economics majors need critical reasoning skills
plus some vjork experience for future, forum says
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WE'RE FIGHTING FOR YOUR LIFE
By LISA ALLEN
Staff Writer
Economic majors at UNC need to
develop their critical reasoning skills to
be effective candidates for future
employment, forum speakers in
Gardner Hall said Tuesday.
Economics faculty, returning gradu
ates, UNC Career Planning and Place
ment counselors and students met to
help economics majors investigate job
options in their field.
Vicki Lotz, a placement counselor for
Liberal Arts ,, majors at he Career
Planning :.ind Rlacwnsni Center in
Hanes Hall,;spoke ' to students about
some of the available services. The
Center offers workshops in interviewing
and resume writing and provides some
job referrals.
Robin Joseph, another counselor at
Career Planning, suggested that stu
dents try and find a semester or summer
internship as a way to "bridge the gap
between the classroom and the working
world," she said, and to help them find
out if they have chosen the right career.
Alfred Field, a professor who
attended the forum, said that there was
a lot of uncertainty among economics
majors about what they should do with
their degree, once they were out of
school. , ,
"Students have stopped and asked nje;
questions," Field said. "Hopefully the
forum has made people aware of some
job opportunities that they hadn't
considered before."
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Robert Lee, a UNC economics
professor, stated that what students
learned in their courses probably isn't
the deciding factor in their employment.
"A company will train you to do what
they want you to do," he said. "They
want to know that you have learned
to write, think and read critically in the
classroom."
Andrea Carpenter, an alumnae now
. employed with Wachovia Bank and
Trust, obtained her position through a
job interview set up by the Career
Planning and Placement Center.
"Haatig'fgeaejal knowledge of
capital markets rid wlat banking
involves helped me," she said.
Once a person has learned to speak
the language of economics, she said,
obtaining the necessary job skills is just
a matter of time.
William Desvousges, a UNC profes
sor, said it was never too early for a
student to start exploring job
possibilities.
"People feel like they can put off
looking for a job indefinitely," Des
vousges said. "They can never find
enough time. You have to start reading
and thinking about your future now.
"Anything like this forum that gets
people to start looking is a step in the
right direction."
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