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October 9, 2007

Critic of creationism to speak at Roger Williams tomorrow

One of the nation's leading advocates for science education will discuss the theories of evolution and natural selection, as well as creationism and intelligent design, at Roger Williams University tomorrow.

In 1980 Eugenie Scott, the executive director of the National Center for Science Education, headed a successful campaign to stop the teaching of creationism in Lexington, Ky., public schools.

She co-authored with Glenn Branch “Not in Our Classrooms: Why Intelligent Design Is Wrong for Our Schools.” Intelligent design is a belief that says certain features of the universe and living things are best explained as being created by some form of intelligence, rather than evolution via natural selection.

The university said in a news release today that Scott has described herself as “Darwin’s golden retriever" in defending Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution and the teaching of evolution in public schools.

Scott plans to speak to the issues tomorrow at 5 p.m. in RWU’s New Academic Building on the Bristol Campus, One Old Ferry Road.

The event is free and open to public as space allows. Scott's visit is part of a Roger Williams lecture series.

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