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[email protected]. om OUR WORD, PAGE 6: Gus Bode says does anyone else .c get the feeling our governor is a bit scatterbrained? TU ES DAY siuDE . www VOL. 93, NO. 114, 16 PAGES S OUTHER N I LLINOIS U NIVERSITY MARCH 4, 2008 D ESpeaker blocked from Newman Center lecture Diocese bishop halts theologian’s presentation Madeleine Leroux DAILY EGYPTIAN A lecture scheduled to take place at the Newman Catholic Student Center in April has been canceled after it was deemed inap- propriate by the Belleville Diocese bishop. Luke Timothy Johnson, professor of theology at Emory University in Atlanta, was scheduled to give a lecture at the center on April 20, but Belleville Diocese Bishop Edward K. Braxton blocked the presenta- tion, citing a need to protect the teaching RYAN RENDLEMAN ~ DAILY EGYPTIAN authority of the Catholic Church. David Dardis is owner of the Rainmaker shop, which is located on the Makanda Boardwalk. Dardis, who has lived in Makanda Johnson did not criticize Braxton for his for about 30 years, spends most of the day in the store, which is home to his metal sculptures.