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2 Wednesday, February io, aoio | The Red & Black Darwin Day to honor history By KATIE WEISE The Red & Black This week, the University community cel ebrates the birth of a man who shook the world with his non-conforming ideas. Feb. 12 marks the 201st birthday of Charles Darwin, the British naturalist who discovered species have descended over time from common ancestors, and the University is honoring the occasion with “Darwin Day,” a week of events intending to bring scien tists together with non scientists to learn what it means to be human. Darwin is famous for his well-known idea of evolu tion published in his book “On the Origin of Species” after he traveled on the HMS Beagle and noticed variation in the species he observed. “Lots of discoveries have been based on his theory of evolution. It is the cornerstone for further scientific thought,” said Tom Mansfield, a junior studying anthropology. Darwin laid the founda tion of understanding how all species evolved, includ ing Homo sapiens, but today scientists still active ly research and find out new things about the nat ural world and how it has changed. “In a way, evolutionary thought is still evolving. As a community of minds, we are trying to learn more about how things work, how we evolved, how the world came to be what it is today,” said Rene Bobe, assistant professor of anthropology. On Friday, Bobe will talk about how humans emerged from Africa and Pearls Before Swine* by Stcpmmi Fast.* yeah. |'| mcawemy X so i thinki most haye LT have Y wait HOW POTATO CHIP THATUO [ GlftlFftlEHD ‘ SO’ OM£ OF TMOSf PtINTVP 3 A | THAT'S SAW HAVE THIS UCKNOW j PISITA JUST L y OYER MY HEART. } SEER, JUST A ut ooTTmiNC howto! spoke up ' J soppy. A note. 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Discussions, displays and events will happen on campus throughout the week to honor Charles Darwin. how they evolved to cope with unstable climatic and environmental conditions in an unpredictable world. “I think the story of our origins is fascinating,” Bobe said. “Aren’t you interested in how we came to be the species we are today?” Throughout the week, the University Bookstore is exhibiting books about evolution and the Odum School of Ecology has paintings by Jamie Calkin depicting hominin the last common ancestor between humans and chimps. However, the main learning opportunities may just be the lectures and presentations. Ray Troll, an Alaskan artist, is focusing on the art and science of fossils, while Bobe and John Hawks, an anthropologist from the University of Wisconsin, spotlight the The Daily Puzzle s rnHBT""" i<> .. iH'- mi ~ K ?•’ 29 30 1 |r 2? 13 ~mF~ *i l I “ 1111 SHHETi """ ** osc iSSp~ * v ** ~Wlm ** sPa mono 58 One with debts 60 Pigeon shelter 61 Use a razor 62 Sharp bark 63 Shoelace problem 64 Stitched 65 Circular edge DOWN 1 Marriage vow 2 Speak wildly 3 Prayer closing 4 Wacko 5 as an ape 6 Karenina" 7 Price 8 Very involved 9 Spread out 10 Part of the eye 11 Have none of 12 Caustic soap ingre dients 14 Overly proper 21 Liquefy 25 Boatman’s item 26 Old anes essence of humanity. There will also be a panel discus sion Thursday between a geneticist, anthropologist and psychologists on what it means to be human. “Even if you accept and understand that human beings share a biological common ancestry with the other apes and all living creatures, there remains the question ‘What makes us unique? What makes us human?’” said Mark Farmer, department head of cellular biology, who organized the events. Raymond Freeman- Lynde, associate professor of geology, will have casts of various dinosaur fossils on display to show how evolution has been useful in determining the age of rocks and the fossil record. “Dinosaurs and birds are cool and how birds evolved from dinosaurs is a great example of how evo lution works,” he said. 39 Novelist Lev of Russia , 41 Launch site' 42 Child's first word, per- > haps , 44 Young bird \ of prey 45 Went sepa-! rate ways 47 Lift with , effort 48 Ringlet of hair thetic 27 Conscious 28 Web loca tions 29 Of Dublin 30 Thin coin 31 Not appro priate 32 Cavalry sword 33 Sloppy 35 Stylish 38 Like a por table phone JNEWS Farmer said the goal of Darwin Day is to bridge the gap between science and humanities. At the University, the event has only happened twice once in 1909 on the centennial of Darwin’s birth and last year on the bicentennial. Farmer, along with Betty Jean Craige in the Willson Center for Arts and Humanities intend to make this an annual event. “His ideas, not Darwin himself, are important to all science in that they fun damentally changed the way we view our place in the universe,” Farmer said. Even though evolution was proposed 150 years ago, people still resist the theoiy. But according to Freeman-Lynde, Farmer and Bobe, Darwin did not intend to challenge spiri tual beliefs. As Darwin himself said, “In the long history of humankind —and animal kind, too those who learned to collaborate and improvise most effec tively have prevailed.” \ | l I ► www.MexicaliGrilleAthens.com Jw Personal or Business Returns <**' \ ■ Accounting Bookkeeping Tax Planning - Payroll White jHhhL Columns Hall JOINER / MANAGEMENT Downtown IBRIBA Flat $465 water, gas, trash pick up included. Text “Columns” to 41513 Best value in town! www.joinermanagement.com 706-353-6868 S' ' Register Now MORE THAN 75 CREDIT COURSES ONLINE For more information or to register: www.gwrgiactnter.u9a.edu/mndb 706-542*3243 1-800-877-3243 Set your academic advisor about applying specific IDI courses to your program of study. f ffn ie University of Georgia \UJJ Center for Continuing Education 17 1 S Independent and Distance Learning (IDL) Suite 193 • 1197 South Lumpkin Street • Athens, GA The University of Georgia Is committed to principles of equal opportunity and affirmative action. 49 Perched atop | SO Inti, alli ance 52 Long 53 Talon 54 Pitcher 55 Salami shop 59 Record speed let ters DARWIN MY EVENTS Today 6:30 p.m. ‘Genetics and Influenza” lecture by Jessie Kissinger. 8118 Lite Sciences Thursday 3:30 p.m The Neandertta! Genome Prajecf lecture by Jota Hawks. Tate Center Reception Hats. Thursday 4:30 p.m, “What Does! Mean to t Human? panel discussion. Tate Center Reception Hail Friday 12 p.m Lucy! I’m Horne! Humanity’s Sa-friion-Year Journey” lecture by Raoe Bobe. Tate Carter Reception Hal Friday 7 pun *DanMn% Daikest Hour” film screening starring Henry lan Cusick and Frances O'Connor. North P-J auditorium For a complete list of events visit: http^A*rww.danMnday.u^.e(Ai/ Mac best for design students By RACHEL BUNN The Red & Black Mac versus PC Is an eternal debate among tech nology geeks, and the department of graphic design at the University has chosen its side Mac. “In our industry, the Macintosh is by for the most dominant platform about 90 percent use It,” said Lanny Webb, graphic design chair at the Lamar Dodd School of Art. “It doesn’t make sense to train on a PC.” Webb said because graphic design Is a technol ogy-based art, a computer Is required for the classes. The program, which consists of 14 students this semester; has been requir ing students to purchase a Mac book for the past eight years. “When the Mac first came out, It was an icono graphic Interface,” Webb said. “It was the first con sumer-based and art-based operating system.” Mac and Adobe, a soft ware company, partnered and created a number of programs important to the graphic design Industry, such as Photoshop and Dreamweaver. Webb said Mac’s pro grams and operating sys tem allow users to have “WYSIWYG” which stands for “what you see is what you get” and allows designers to see how their designs will look on a com puter screen. “It’s a tool we use to train on. Why wouldn’t we want students using it for class?” Webb said. Although most students already have a laptop, graphic design students are only required to pur chase a Mac on<Je they have been accepted Into the program. Webb said stu dents usually do not com plain about having to make the extra purchase. “For the most part, stu dents are delighted because they get to tell their par ents they have to have one,” Webb said. A similar program at the University of Florida will require all UF journalism students to purchase a Mac computer beginning this fall. Although the UF jour nalism department and the graphic design depart ment at the University have implemented com puter requirements, most University programs do not require students to purchase a specific com puter. “We never decided on a universal software pro gram, so we don’t have a specific computer require ment,” said Sid Thompson, professor of biological and agricultural engineering. At the University, it is up to specific departments if they want to require a certain computer or other device, said David Noah, coordinator of emerging technologies at , the University. “There’s no overall University policy," Noah said. “Some clk&ses require clickers, but that’s it.” For now, the University recommends Incoming freshmen purchase a com puter, but the University makes it clear that any computer requirements will be left up to specific departments. According to the Enterprise Information Technology Services Web site, “Given that comput ing demands can vary widely from discipline to discipline, students are strongly encouraged to ask whether their school or department has made any specific recommenda tions.” CORRECTIONS The Red & Black is committed to journalistic excellence and providing the most accurate news possible. Contact us if you see an error, and we will do our best to correct it. 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