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The 1925 trial of high school teacher John Scopes, accused of breaking state law by teaching
evolution, pitted Clarence Darrow against William Jennings Bryan in a legendary courtroom showdown. Today, 75 years later, the conflict between religion and science is hardly settled. “People are deeply split on the role of religion in society,” UGA historian and law professor Edward Larson said in a People magazine retrospective. “The trial did not resolve the debate; it just highlighted it.”GOP and black voters
The Republican Party won few black converts but made some gains in the attitudes of black voters f
ollowing their convention, according to a USA Today report. One in five registered black voters in a USA Today/CNN/Gallup poll said they came away with a more favorable opinion of the Republicans, though they still saw the Democratic Party as best representing their interests and values. “That should give Democrats some concern,” said UGA political scientist Charles Bullock. “If blacks don’t see Bush as a threat, they may not mobilize and go out in large numbers to vote against him.”
Name-brand school supplies
Families with an average of two children will spend about $548 on back-to-school shopping this year, a 20 percent increase over 1999, reports the Washington Post. The figure includes school supplies, clothing and shoes. Name-brand school supplies typically cost more than plain ones, the article points out, but that doesn’t curtail such spending. “From a cold, hard economic outlook, parents can justify spending more these days,” said Jeffrey Humphreys, director of economic forecasting at UGA’s Selig Center for Economic Growth. “It makes sense to invest more in education, and maybe that means a fancy school supply. The desire is there, and corporate America isn’t stupid.”
Atlanta: Urban heat island
Forecasters have known for decades that big cities trap the sun’s rays, holding the heat in asphalt and concrete and staying consistently warmer than the suburbs. New research suggests that these “urban heat islands” can actually create weather, churning out thunderstorms that dump rain hundreds of miles away. NASA scientists have discovered the pattern in Atlanta, according to an Associated Press article. “The island is getting bigger, and it’s causing changes in the climate all over the region,” said C.P. Lo, a UGA geography professor who worked on the NASA project. “There are other cities developing similar trends, but Atlanta is the worst-case scenario.”
Up from bean counter
The role of chief financial officer is expanding to strategist, venture capitalist and chief communicator, according to a Business Week special report on the 21st-century corporation. Among the requirements of those aspiring to this position will be a broader education. “Marketing, information technology, finance, economics and accounting--future CFOs must be expert in all of these,” notes Dennis R. Beresford, a UGA accounting professor and former chairman of the Financial Accounting Standards Board, in the article.
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