From:    James J. Lippard
To:      All                                    Dec-16-93 11:59AM
Subject: More on Kenyon/SFSU

Organization: University of Arizona
From: lippard@skyblu.ccit.arizona.edu (James J. Lippard)
Message-ID: <16DEC199312592878@skyblu.ccit.arizona.edu>
Newsgroups: talk.origins,sci.skeptic

After collecting additional information, I have shed my skepticism about
whether or not the biology department did the right thing in removing
Kenyon from the intro biology classes he was teaching.  It is apparent
that he was teaching demonstrable falsehoods and nonsense, which is a
question of competence, not academic freedom.  Specifically, he was
giving standard bogus young-earth arguments--the earth's magnetic field
decay, moon dust, and even speed of light decay.  Further, he has used
his classroom as a pulpit from which to argue against the "morality of
abortion."

Jim Lippard              Lippard@CCIT.ARIZONA.EDU
Dept. of Philosophy      Lippard@ARIZVMS.BITNET
University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ 85721