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THfMl E mOBSERVE Bk fordhamobserver.coRm November 17, 2005 Fordham University at Lincoln Center Volume XXIV, Issue 8 Students to protest School of the Americas military institution Photos Courtesy of Ptiil GutietTez. FCLC V6 Fordham students attended the School of the Americas protest at Fort Benning, Ga. last year. Students are planning to participate in the protest again this year from Nov. 18 to 20. Combat school for soldiers of Latin America was Intelligent design: training ground for alleged massacre of six Jesuits A theological misunderstanding By Emily Genao org. "Over its 59 yeai^Uthe SOA and her teenage daughter were StaffWriter has trained over 60,000 Latin "massacred" fn El'Salva'dor. "A By Natalie Rodriguez American soldiers in counter- U.S. Congressional Task Force Features Editor INTELLIGENT DESIGN: PART 2 Fordham students are gearing insurgency techniques, sniper reported that those responsible up for the protest of the School training, commando and psycho- were trained at the U.S. Army According to Fordham adminis- The Theological Issue with of the Americas (SOA), which logical warfare, military intelli- School ,of the Americas (SOA) tration and professors - bom Jesuit Intelligent Design takes place Nov. 18 - 20 at Fort gence and interrogation tactics. at Ft. Benning, Georgia," ac- and lay - intelligent design is con- Benning, Ga., one of the world's These graduates have consis- cording to the site. tradictory to certain fundamental science." largest military bases. tently used their skills to wage This year, Fordham students, concepts of theology. For William Jaworski, an as- The SOA is a combat training a war against their own people," along with members of the "As a Christian, a Catholic, and sistant professor of philosophy institution for soldiers of Latin the site said. Community Service and Cam- a Jesuit priest -1 believe that there who has studied Catholic matters, America located at Fort Ben- The SOA Watch group be- pus Ministry offices, have been is an eternal God and that in the statements made by the cardinal in ning, according to the School of gan out of an incident where fundraising and preparing to beginning God did create the uni- the article that intelligent design Americas Watch Web site, soaw. six Jesuit priests, a co-worker see STUDENTS PROTEST, pg. 02 verse," said the Rev. Daniel Sul- is evident in the construction of livan, S.J., a Fordham biology plants and animals went too far. professor currently doing entomo- "[A] reason why the Archbishop logical research on insects at the of Vienna's statement was kind of Try dancing a mile in my shoes: University of California in Berk- embarrassing [was that] it marked ley. "However, I do not think it is a departure from what had been Life as a BFA student at Fordham necessary for us to hold that God traditional Catholic doctrine," he By Jen Thompson designed all of the subsequent de- said. Contributing Writer velopments that led to the origin According to the Rev. Robert of life and the evolution of plant R. Grimes, S.J., dean of FCLC, Everything hurts. Reaching to turn off my alarm and animal species over hundreds though, the cardinal was stating a at 7:10 a.m. is a brutal struggle. As I peel myself of millions of years. Such details basic concept in theology. "I think out of bed, my knees and ankles pop and crack so are discovered by science." the fundamental point that the loud, I'm afraid of waking up my roommate. I have While much of the intelligent Cardinal was trying to get at is that trouble walking to the bathroom without limping, design movement has been spear- you can't take scientific evolution and as I brush my teeth with my sore arm, I have no headed by fundamentalist Protes- and use it as the explanation of all idea how I'm going to get through my 8:30 a.m. bal- tants who take the Genesis story reality, including metaphysical re- let class, a gym workout, a Horton class, a modern literally, a July 7 New York Times ality [as intelligent design tries to class and an English night class. But miraculously, Op-Ed piece by the Cardinal do]," said Grimes. I somehow get to the end of the day and I collapse in Christoph Schonborn, archbishop "The Catholic Church accepts my bed, only to start all over again tomorrow. With- of Vienna, prompted Roman Cath- evolution," said Grimes. "That in six months, I'll graduate from the Ailey/Fordham olics to re-examine their views on doesn't mean that the Catholic B.F.A. program and my days of running back and evolution. Church accepts that God doesn't forth from the dance studio to the university class- In the opening paragraphs, have anything to do with cre- Courtesy ol Courtney Giannone room will be over. Schonborn stated, "Evolution in ation." Ailey BFA dancers spend all day, every day dancing. When I imagined college as an inexperienced high the sense of common ancestry The Rev. Martin Hegyi, S.J., schooler, I thought of a big campus with football from Ailey to Fordham, I consciously sacrificed my might be true, but evolution in the the former associate chair of biol- games and frat parties, Instead, I got two high-rise social life. I officially became a grandma. That's neo-Darwinian sense - an unguid- ogy at Rose Hill who retired last buildings with Broadway shows and wine bars. why many of you reading this probably have no clue cd, unplanned process of random semester agreed. "The Catholic Sure, I may have missed oul on free keg beer and who I am. But don't worry, it's not you. It's me. Put- variation and natural selection ~ is Church doesn't have a problem drunk frat boys trying to molest me, but I wouldn't ting on a leotard and pink tights at 8:30 a.m. after a not. Any system of thought that with evolution as such, so long as it trade these years at Fordham for anything. I will say, night of El Aztcca's margaritas, Cosmo's martinis, denies or seeks to explain away docs not militnntly exclude divine however, that in order to maintain balance between or Lincoln Park's dollar drafts is not recommended. the overwhelming evidence for intervention," he said. "No scicn- my mind and body while bouncing back and forth seo DANCE A MILE in FEATURES, pp. 10 design in biology is ideology, not sao INTELLIGENT DESIGN, pg. 04 02 NEWS I November 17,2005 I THE OBSERVER fordhamobserver.com End of life' issues discussed at Lincoln Center America, spoke first and discussed God, each life has infinite value. recognize how bioethics affects the By Christina Shanahan the Catholic approach to ethics. She "The value of life is powerful and families and lives of others. INSIDE Staff Writer said that Cathohc ethics come from generally decisive for Judaism," Astrid O'Brien, associate profes- Fordham University hosted the a faith tradition, which includes the Mackler said- "Saving a life justi- sor of philosophy at FCLC and act- THE OBSERVER 13th annual Nostra Aetate dia- practice of care for the poor, sick fies virtually any action that would ing director of the peace and justice logue on Nov. 3 in Pope Audito- and vulnerable." otherwise be prohibited." certificate program, attended the rium to discuss "Care at the End of Cahill noted that the Catholic Regarding end of life issues, Nostra Aetate dialogue. O'Brien Life: Who Should Get What and social tradition, which emphasizes Mackler made the distinction be- said that she believed both speak- BUSH Why?" the common good of the people, tween Orthodox and more liberal ers were knowledgeable about The event featured speakers has not been very well integrated members of the faith. The Ortho- the issue and well-prepared for Lisa Sowle Cahill, professor of with Catholic Jjioethics, but the. in- dox belief is that life should be sus- the event. She also noted that in- MAKES theology at Boston College and tegration has improved recently. tained for every possible moment. dividuals have a duty to influence Rabbi Aaron Mackler, associate "Even though the common good Many others, however, believe that political policies regarding end of professor of theology at Duquesne tradition is often marginal to bio- the moments at the end of a life life care. A GOOD University. Cahill and Mackler ethics, in recent years—in the are an extension of dying, and any "This has political implications," discussed Catholic and Jewish per- 1990s and later—that has started factors that delay a natural death O'Brien said. "If I am to be an eth- spectives on bioethics and the mo- to change," said Cahill. "In the should be removed. ical human being, I am not to have CHOICE rality of end of life decisions. The United states in 1992, the bishops Like Cahill, Mackler said that one set of values for my personal event was open to the public and wrote a pastoral letter that said everyone in society must be pro- life and another set for the political drew a crowd of scholars, faculty that all people have the right to vided with the needed health care, sphere." Opinions, Pg. 5 members and students. health care and we need to ensure a requirement of Jewish law. As David Rider, FCLC '08, said that "Nostra Aetate," Latin for "in access for all." a society, citizens need to make the speakers clarified common mis- our time," refers to the declaration Cahill summarized her views on sure that each person has access understandings about Catholicism.