Board of Trustees Addresses Curriculum Proposal

La Sierra University’s Board of Trustees took two actions during an October 11, 2011, meeting. Both actions relate to a currently circulating document titled “Joint Proposal of individual La Sierra University Faculty and Trustees.” Affirmation of document approach The La Sierra University Board of Trustees has been addressing the issues surrounding the teaching of origins…

Back to Square One…

By Sean Pitman The recently published Adventist Review article on the proposal of six LSU science professors regarding the teaching of origins is very disturbing to me, especially where the leaders of our church seem to happily accept the proposal of the LSU professors to continue to do what they’ve been doing all along –…

At La Sierra, Biology Faculty Affirms Importance of Teaching About Creation in Curriculum

The Adventist Review By Mark A. Kellner A statement by a group of biology professors and trustees at La Sierra University, a Seventh-day Adventist Church-owned school in Riverside, California to affirm and incorporate the church’s position on creation at the classroom instructional level alongside traditional scientific approaches has been welcomed by officers and educational administrators…

[UPDATE 10/2/11] And we’re up

As you may have noticed we’ve had quite a bit of technical drama lately. Comments are working and everything has been updated. We don’t know what originally caused the 404 error with the comments, but we suspect it had to do with a conflict between our old theme and the updated WordPress. The reason the…

LA SIERRA: First Amendment cited in university lawsuit

The Press Enterprise By David Olson The legal wrangling in a case involving the resignations of three La Sierra University employees has veered into questions of religious freedom and the university’s accreditation. The three sued the university in July. They contend Ricardo Graham, the chairman of the La Sierra board and a top Seventh-day Adventist…