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Battalion Page 7 • Tuesday, November 17, 1998 ler ca- Iher into third ireer records, lone seniors ill be honore: he Colorado ; making the tie appearai ERIC NEWNAM/Thh Baitalion Scott McCrosky, a senior journalism major, writes his comments concerning professors and courses offered by the University in the MSC Monday. It time for peace Baha’i Club prepares for candle vigil en nat to commemorate International Peace Day week ' BY NONI SRIDHARA — Kansas ill The Battalion thael Bishop-ll , f , , Q at Students from different religious back- r ChrisBirkho:;8 rounc * s meet tonight at 7 in front of Rudder Fountain to host a candlelight vigil in recognition of International Peace Day, onsored by the Baha’i Club. Matthew Sherrill, president of the Baha’i Club and a junior electrical engineering ma- r, said International Peace Day was first opted by the United Nations in 1981. “The main focus of the Baha’i Club is omoting peace,’’ Sherrill said. “We just de- ngiW culed to take the idea of International Peace Jay and run with it,” he said, atstotheirf" Sherrill said they tried to include the dif- ka since 19wfeient religious backgrounds on campus. 17 tackles rH “We have invited people from about nine :tory over the iligious groups,” he said. “These include e finalist for three Christian groups, the Hillel Jewish Foun- Lombardib dationand the Hindu Students Council.” 2S for losses Madhura Karle, treasurer for the Baha’i Club and a sophomore mechanical engi neering major, said the purpose of the oc casion is to bring religions together in peace ful harmony. “One of the biggest problems in the world today is war, and many of these wars are fought due to religious differences,” Kar le said. Karle said last year they celebrated Inter national Peace Day by reading prayers and scriptures from different holy books. “This year we have invited members from all the different religious organizations to come and share a prayer or short story or something related to peace,” she said Breeana Busch, secretary of the Baha’i Club and a sophomore nutrition major, said the main reason for hosting the event this year is to expose people to different religions and cultures. “There are many groups on campus that do not realize that other groups ex ist,” she said. Prof favors ability to determine sex BY ANDREA BROCKMAN The Battalion Anne Fausto-Sterling, a professor of medical science at Brown University, said sexuality is a life-long process and intersexuals should have the choice to decide to have an operation to define their sex. Fausto-Sterling said a true hermaphrodite has one ovary and one testicle. An intersexual is someone who has both male and female sexual organs in any combination. “Most intersexuals are psuedo-hermaphrodites,” she said. Fausto-Sterling said for a long time, before internal surgery was possible, there was no way to know if some one was a hermaphrodite until their death. When sophisticated medical technology became available in the late 20th century, many intersexual births were determined early in life, and physicians per formed surgery to assign them one sex. “They were referred to as medical and social emer gencies,” Fausto-Sterling said. “It became important for a sexual identity to be assigned.” Fausto-Sterling said human sexuality has to be un derstood as a structure continually developing. She said intersexual infants should not be operated on until they are old enough to make their own choice of whether to be male, female or not have surgery at all. The lecture was the second of a seven-part lecture se ries “Listening Across Disciplines: Sciences and Hu manities” co-sponsored by the Interdisciplinary Group for Humanities Studies and Center for Science and Tech nology Policy and Ethics at Texas A&M University. Mideast build up on hold WASHINGTON (AP) — The move to bolster U.S. forces in the Persian Gulf will be put on hold while the Clinton administration watches whether Iraq allows U.N. weapons inspectors to do their jobs. Defense Sec retary William Cohen said Monday. “We will keep the forces, that are already there for the time being. Those forces that did not yet arrive, will in all probability be recycled back in the next several days,” Cohen told reporters at the Pentagon. Several dozen F-16 and F-15 fighter planes, along with four F-117 Stealth fighters, arrived in Europe over the weekend — instead of heading toward the Gulf as originally planned. 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