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local THE BATTALION THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1980 Page 3 Pa —Film series on loss of human rights [1 will be shown this weekend at A&M By MERIL EDWARDS Campus Staff “Whatever Happened to the Human I |l L Race, ” a five-part film series that asks J.X V whether it matters that man was cre ated in the image of God, will be shown in Texas A&M University’s $250, it adds Rudder Theater this weekend, the newsletter^. The series features Francis A. dieting insert* fohaelfer, a leading Christian think- s mto daily tdej ep respected for his work in philoso- revolutioris phy and theology, and Dr. C. > n - Everett Koop, chief surgeon of the Philadelphi They an; ia Children’s Hospital. manual 1 , Wi - to recorded ■■ They ananlyze the implications re market Ti ^ oss of human rights brought on rayer’ telephone L'ted in signkp e telephonic king through by today’s practices of abortion, in fanticide and euthanasia. Films on these issues will begin at 1 p.m. Saturday. The other two films, “The Basis for Human Dignity’’ and “Truth and History,” will begin at 2 p.m. Sun day. The film series will be shown free. Schaeffer and Koop say practices such as abortion, infanticide and euthanasia were once considered un thinkable, but are now considered acceptable. Their films challenge in dividuals to affirm the absolute uni queness and value of human life be- arly life theory given in speech cause people are created in the im age of God. They urge viewers to fight against the loss of human rights. The film series has been approved by the Texas A&M Religious Council which includes delegates from Christian organizations on campus. Several students involved with Young Life were instrumental in bringing the series to Texas A&M and helped raise money to make it possible for the films to be shown free. Rich Young, a second-year veter inary student, said the main idea in bringing the films here is to let peo ple see that the issues presented are current problems and not something to be considered in five to 10 years. “This well-documented series,” Young said, “is an excellent way to inform the Christian community. It is not necessarily the definitive answer, but it does present a Christ ian viewpoint. The media gives us a humanistic viewpoint and this is an opportunity to see these issues from a different perspective. “Also, it will give non-Christians on campus an opportunity to see another side.” Scott Travis, a senior in industrial engineering, said he saw the series in Dallas last semester. “Now if someone asks me a ques tion, say on abortion,” Travis said, “I’m able to give a biblically based answer rather than just my opinion. “The films made me think about why life is worth something. I have to admit that I hadn’t thought about the issues that much before.” Another student who has seen the films, Tim Hogan, a junior in geogra phy, said the series impressed him in two ways. “First, it exposed me to how socie ty makes decisions for what they think is best,” Hogan said. “A few people make the majority of deci sions for everyone. And there is often no moral basis. But the films look at the basic value of human life in relation to scripture. Travis said many campus groups got involved and worked together to bring the films here. Almanac United Press International Today is Thursday, Feb. 28, the 59th day of 1980 with 307 to follow. The moon is moving toward its full phase. The morning star is Saturn. The evening stars are Mercury, Venus, Mars and Jupiter. Those born on this day are under the sign of Pisces. On this date in history; In 1849, the first shipload of gold seekers arrived in San Francisco af ter a five-month journey from New York City. In 1942, Japanese forces landed in Java, the last Allied bastion in the Dutch East Indies. In 1966, American astronauts Elliott See and Charles Bassett were killed when their light plane crashed into a building in St. Louis. In 1976, President Ford, at a naturalization ceremony for Cuban refugees in Miami, denounced Fidel Castro as an international outlaw” for his invtervention in Angola. A thought for the day; Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) said, “Loyalty to petrified opinion never yet broke a chain or freed a human soul.” 1 I By ROBERT LEE Campus Reporter he important bilogical question of how life began is perhaps one step closer to being understood, a prom inent molecular bilogist said. ^Speaking before a group of about 350 freshman biology students Wednesday night Sidney Fox, direc tor of molecular research at the Uni versity of Miami, explained how ear ly life on Earth could have begun. I Fox and a number of other biolog ists say life on Earth began as micro organisms. ( Amino acids which were present on the Earth long ago reacted with heat in water to produce a protenoid. Fox said. These proteniods when combined with water form micros pheres which are very close to living cells like bacteria, Fox said. | He presented some slides that showed microspheres reproduce by budding like yeast. The micros pheres, or protocells, also showed non-random movement which is characteristic of bacteria. Fox said. . While Fox said these micros pheres look like naturally occurring cells, he does not consider them to be alive. . All of Fox’s microspheres were produced in a laboratory under en vironmental conditions similar to the early days on Earth. Fox and others are still trying to find out how these microspheres de veloped into higher organisms. And he would like to synthesize cells that are duplicates of the cells found on Earth today using geographical con ditions found on the planet when life first appeared. Fox is the third in a series of five guest professors who are being brought to Texas A&M University this semester by the biology depart ment. All this week he has been giv ing a series of lectures to graduate students on protobiology. The Univeristy has hired him as a visiting professor and the biology de partment said he is here to work one- on-one with graduate students and faculty on specific problems they might have in chemistry and biology. Fox had not intended to talk with freshman biology students in addi tion to giving his graduate seminar, but the department decided that it might be good for undergraduates to get some exposure to an upper-level professor, Judith Edmiston, visiting assistant professor of biology, said. The students also would have a chance to answer some bonus ques-. tions on their minds next test if they attended the lecture. T.J.’s is bringing the Aggies Rcisty Weir WED — MARCH 5 8 P.M. 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