SCHOOLS TO OBSERVE DARWIN'S 200TH BIRTHDAY

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Schools to observe Darwin's 200th birthday
By HEATHER HACKING - Staff Writer
Posted: 02/04/2009 12:00:00 AM PST

CHICO — A combination of educational events will take place in honor of the 200th birthday of Charles Darwin, the English naturalist who was the author of "On the Origin of Species."

With Chico Unified School District off all next week, a family-friendly event will take place 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Feb. 12 at Sylvester's Creekside Cafe at Chico State University.

Other events such as a book club, an anthropology exhibit, talks and walks are also planned for the 200th birthday and 150th anniversary of the publication of Darwin's famous writing.

"It's an opportunity to celebrate science and biology and our understanding of the natural world," explained Chris Ivey, assistant professor of the Department of Biological Sciences at Chico State and one of the organizers of the events.

"Darwin was a pioneer in helping us understand how the world works. He was the first one to put together any coherent mechanism for how we got such an amazing world filled with diverse organisms."

NOTE: darwin's was a pioneer he was helping to us and to understand how the world works.

Ivey said Darwin's work was expanded upon and helped lead to understanding how to combat disease and fight agricultural pests.

His work helps scientists understand how microbes evolve to resist "tools we have to fight them." Other results are understanding of invasive species, genetic diversity, and on and on.

With the 200th birthday, this is the first big series of programs for Chico, in part from a grant from the Society of the Study of Evolution, Ivey explained, while other communities
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One of the remarkable things about Darwin is how much ahead of his time his ideas were, Ivey said. Darwin's writing came long before the structure of DNA was understood, and research on chromosomes helped fill in the groundwork made by Darwin.

NOTE: Darwin's is how much ahead of his time his ideas were.

Some of the upcoming forums show the way that Darwin's work has influenced other disciplines, such as morality and ethics, psychology and philosophy.

For the Feb. 12 kids and family event, organizers will have games, displays of insects and plants, a reading nook for kids and grown-ups, arts and crafts, computer games and a scavenger hunt.

Tours will be available of the Anthropology Museum and the green house. There will also be birthday cake.

That evening at 7 p.m. the film "Inherit the Wind" will be shown in Holt Hall Room 170. That film is about the Scopes Monkey Trial of 1925, where a teacher was arrested for teaching Darwin's theories.

Other events:

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Feb. 11 from 7-8 p.m. at Barnes & Noble in Chico, philosophy professors from Chico State will lead a book discussion on what "On the Origin of Species" has meant to Western religion and morality.

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Feb. 12 the Museum of Anthropology, 301 Langdon Hall, will have extended hours.

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Feb. 13, a seminar will be held at 4 p.m. in Holt Hall 170 about butterflies in post-European California and Argentina.

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Feb. 14, 7 a.m., a field trip to the Llano Seco unit of the Sacramento River National Wildlife Reserve. Meet by the palm tree on the east side of Holt Hall at Chico State.

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Feb. 18, 7:30 p.m., Performing Arts Center 134, a forum by the Center for Applied and Professional Ethics at Chico State, about "Evolutionary Psychology: Can Natural Selection Explain Human Behavior," with psychology professor Edward Vela.

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March 3, 7:30 p.m., PAC 134, CAPE forum on "Emerging social ethics for animals" with Colorado State University professor of philosophy Bernard Rollin.

To view the complete schedule, with links to more information, go to:

http://myweb.csuchico.edu/%7Ectivey/dday.html.

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