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Show lessons, Fail 2004 page 7 Voices "Philosophy celebrates the question ... Education is to help people understand the pros and cons rather than push certain views against others." Mariam Thalos Professor, Philosophy "The world is dipped in controversy. The classroom is a great place to teach students how to deal with and approach controversy." Ted Wilson Former Director, Hinckley Institute of Politics "The classroom is a place for students to report what they have learned; it is not a soapbox for opinion." Marcie Goodman Professor, Sociology "You can't take culture away from religion. We are respectable, sensible, and engaging with people from other religions." Bob Nakaoka Director, Campus Ambassadors "I think we all think about our spiritual commitments often, if not daily. It's hard for me to imagine who I would be without those commitments. It's my choice to live with my spiritual commitments. It is also my choice to not teach those commitments in a university classroom." Ann Darling Chair, Communication "We follow laws based on social norms; faith and religion help navigate us through our decisions." Abe Bakhshesy Professor, Business "As an academic, you want to have a balance of points of view. That is part of what an academic approach to religion is. You're trying to look at this in a scholarly, balanced, academic way. You're not trying to go to either extreme, which is what people fear." Margaret Toscano Professor, Languages and Literature "Both science and religion look for ways to control or manipulate the world." Dave Temme Professor, Biology "I often answer a student's question with a question because students tend to agree with me as they respect and look up to me as their professor. There is never a right or wrong so I resist telling students what I think because often I may not be sure what I believe since I see more than one side to everything." Rob Mayer Professor, Family and Consumer Studies "Knowledge and learning require exploring unfamiliar and sometimes uncomfortable thoughts and beliefs." Lindsay Calhoun Graduate Student, Communication |