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ubikk
Joined: 27 Jul 2006
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| Posted: Fri Aug 25, 2006 11:29 am Post subject: No more student loans for evolutionary biology majors? oops! |
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Check this out:
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August 24, 2006
Evolution Major Vanishes From Approved Federal List
By CORNELIA DEAN - New York Times
Evolutionary biology has vanished from the list of acceptable fields of study for recipients of a federal education grant for low-income college students.
The omission is inadvertent, said Katherine McLane, a spokeswoman for the Department of Education,...
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/24/washington/24evo.html
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Inadvertent, huh? i-
Who wants to bet that Theology is still on the list? What's next, environmental science? |
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micfranklin
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| Posted: Fri Aug 25, 2006 11:37 am Post subject: |
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| Lying through their asses, all just so they don't start the evolution vs. creationism debate. |
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ubikk
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| Posted: Fri Aug 25, 2006 12:05 pm Post subject: |
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micfranklin wrote: Lying through their asses, all just so they don't start the evolution vs. creationism debate.
Evolutionary biologists study some interesting things, like antibiotic resistance in germs, and herbicide resistance in plants. |
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perdidochas
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Location: Florida
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| Posted: Fri Aug 25, 2006 12:49 pm Post subject: Re: No more student loans for evolutionary biology majors? o |
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ubikk wrote: Check this out:
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August 24, 2006
Evolution Major Vanishes From Approved Federal List
By CORNELIA DEAN - New York Times
Evolutionary biology has vanished from the list of acceptable fields of study for recipients of a federal education grant for low-income college students.
The omission is inadvertent, said Katherine McLane, a spokeswoman for the Department of Education,...
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/24/washington/24evo.html
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Inadvertent, huh? i-
Who wants to bet that Theology is still on the list? What's next, environmental science?
I've never heard of an "evolutionary biology" major, at least at the undergraduate level. It's just a mistake. |
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ubikk
Joined: 27 Jul 2006
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| Posted: Fri Aug 25, 2006 12:59 pm Post subject: Re: No more student loans for evolutionary biology majors? o |
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perdidochas wrote:
I've never heard of an "evolutionary biology" major, at least at the undergraduate level. It's just a mistake.
Apparently it was in the list before, but it disappeared this year. It just sounds suspicious to me. I can see them forgetting to add a new major to the list, but why would one that's been there a while disappear? |
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Winchester
Joined: 23 Aug 2005
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Location: Montana
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| Posted: Fri Aug 25, 2006 1:18 pm Post subject: Re: No more student loans for evolutionary biology majors? o |
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ubikk wrote: perdidochas wrote:
I've never heard of an "evolutionary biology" major, at least at the undergraduate level. It's just a mistake.
Apparently it was in the list before, but it disappeared this year. It just sounds suspicious to me. I can see them forgetting to add a new major to the list, but why would one that's been there a while disappear?
Because it's been replaced with a creationary biology major. :wink:
It is disturbing though. |
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bob.appleyard
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Location: Manchestar, innit
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| Posted: Fri Aug 25, 2006 9:32 pm Post subject: |
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| Inadvertent? I take it it's back on then? |
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