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Found this on another forum for any Dallasites interested:

DallasPhilForum(snip post link) said:
Has Intelligent Design been "Expelled?"
An academic panel discussion on
the movie Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed.

The Dallas Philosophers Forum in Dallas Texas will have an academic panel discussion on Expelled. Our three invited guests are an ID proponent, a practicing biologist, and a film theorist. (See descriptions below.)

The release of Expelled the film allows us to explore issues of science and religion, philosophy of science, academic freedom, and other related topics. We have invited a panel of distinguished and carefully selected experts to discuss and debate the merits of these topics. As usual with the Forum, we will have an open question and answer period.

Our panel discussion event will not include a ticket to the film or a screening of the film. For a full list of theaters see the official movie website: www (dot) expelledthemovie (dot) com

Panelists:
Frank Sherwin, Science Editor, Institute for Creation Research will be in favor of the premise.
Stephen Levene, Professor of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Texas at Dallas will be opposed.
Rick Worland, Chair, Division of Cinema-Television, Meadows School of the Arts, Southern Methodist University
will be our film expert.

Event date: Tuesday, April 29, 2008.
Time: 7:15 PM
Location: Angelika Mockingbird Theater
Mockingbird Station
5321 East Mockingbird Lane
Near the Northeast corner of Mockingbird and Central Expressway, Dallas, Texas
Located conveniently on the DART rail line on both the Red and Blue Lines.

Admission: $5 or free for current Dallas Philosopher's Forum subscribers.
RSVPs not needed but recommended on our website.
www (dot) philosophersforum (dot) org
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This was published in the April 13th edition of the DMN... hope springs eternal.

Michela Brumfeld said:
Re: "Evolution is overemphsized." Debbie Dominguez, Monday Letters.
Evolution is to biology what atomic theory is to chemistry or the Constitution is to American government. Evolution connects genetics to taxonomy and taxonomy to the fossil record. Otherwise, biology would be a mess of random ideas.
I studied evolution in my biology class. Nowthat I read about evolution for pleasure and know more about it, I realize that the experts are right when they say that it's not emphasized enough.
Michela Brumfield, senior, Trenton High School, Trenton
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Trenton is one of those backwater redneck towns that I'm sure a lot of the more urbane participants in this forum are familiar with, but here is young Michela standing tall and strong for science. It's a good sign that, currently, the agenda of the Creationists isn't working.

I am compromised for bandwidth for the next 48-56 hours... if any of you can dig around and see if she has an on-line contact point, please let me know so I can give her a personal kudos.
 
This post was a sticky because it was something that we wanted to keep up with here. It's something that has not gained the kind of interest that would further warrant a sticky.

Please take your attitude elsewhere.
 
If he is even halfway correct, Texas is going down the crapper.

I am heading south for a visit about a week after election day, and I fully expect to see mountains of stupid among the smoking ruins.
 
Oh, my gosh. The announcer says that allowing Texas to teach that evolution is "only" a theory gives some concern that religion will enter the classroom. One viewer elucidates (and I paraphrase):

Y'all need to quit teachin' evolution and get back to teachin' God.
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Yes, exactly the point.
 
I love "Tell it to Tim"! The "Viewer's Voice" segment in the evenings is usually hilarious, too.
 
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