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the rocks could have come
from a completely different
place,” he said.
Davies said he believes
what is more interesting
than this theory is the possi
bility that the organisms
found on Earth and Mars are
completely different. He
said this could mean that
two separate geneses might
have occurred.
Shapiro also presented a
lecture entitled “Science &
Myth in the Origin of Life.”
Shapiro received his doc
torate at Harvard and is a pro
fessor of chemistry at New
York University. He has writ
ten the book “Life Beyond
Earth,” and through his
research he argues that the
complexity of RNA is too
great for spontaneous, unas
sisted assembly of the first
molecules to take place.
“Science is the business
of doubt; we have to look to
nature for proof, an accept
what nature tells us,”
Shapiro said. “In the origin
of life field of study, people
who make advancements
sometimes only report the
findings which they like or
want the public to see.”
Davies said origins of
life questions lead to anoth
er branch of questions such
as the existence of life on
other planets.
“From a philosophical
viewpoint 1 would like to
believe that life is not only
possible here on earth but on
many possible locations,”
Davies said.
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opportunity to interact with
different reporters from several
universities.
Pierce said she was not
familiar with how to write a
press release and was not sure
what to expect.
“The proctor gave us a presen
tation, and we were given an hour
to write a press release for his
business idea,” Pierce said. “It
was kind of intimidating.”
Rigney said he tries to design
pages that are not the same
every day.
“If the visual impact of the
page draws in the readers. I've
done my job,” Rigney said.
This weekend The Battalion
also received honorable mention
by The Associated Collegiate
Press for the Feb. 20, 2004 issue.
NEWS IN BRIEF
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“outlaw” Monday after his supporters rioted in
Baghdad and four other cities in fighting that killed
at least 52 Iraqis, eight U.S. troops and a
Salvadoran soldier.
The fiercest battle took place Sunday in the
streets of Sadr City, Baghdad’s largest Shiite
neighborhood, where black-garbed Shiite militi
amen fired from rooftops and behind buildings
at U.S. troops, killing the eight Americans. At
least 30 Iraqis were killed and more than 110
wounded in the fighting, doctors said.
Violence broke out Monday morning in
another Shiite neighborhood of the capital, al-
Shula, where followers of the cleric clashed
with a U.S. patrol. An American armored vehi-
Meanwhile, U.S. troops on Monday
off Fallujah ahead of a major opei
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