CORNELL INTELLIGENT-DESIGN COURSE RAISES EYEBROWS; NEWS HEATS BLOGS. BUT LECTURER, AN EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGIST, SAYS LOOK CLOSER.(News)

From: The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY) | Date: April 13, 2006 | Copyright information

Byline: Rebecca James Staff writer

The word had circulated in the blogosphere for just a couple of days before Cornell University lecturer Allen MacNeill started hearing from people around the country cheering or jeering the fact he was teaching a course on intelligent design.

MacNeill announced on his blog Sunday that he would be teaching a seminar this summer at Cornell called "Evolution and Design: Is There Purpose in Nature?"

Students in Corne...

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