Abstract
At their meetings last month in New Orleans, the American Chemical Society Board and Council dealt with complicated and lengthy agendas. The decisions reached at these meetings will help define ACS well into the 21st century. In swift and unequivocal move, the ACS Board unanimously approved position statement condemning the Kansas State Board of Education's decision to remove references to evolution and the origins of the universe from the state's education standards and assessments. The resolution calls the action a giant step backward for Kansas. In news release accompanying the board's decision, ACS President–elect Daryle H. Busch, professor of chemistry at the University of Kansas, said: On the eve of new millennium, it has never been more important that modern views of science and technology are understood by all Americans. As Kansan, as scientist, and as an educator, I know our students deserve no less than that. Later in ...
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