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USF Students Celebrate Origin Of Darwin Day

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By NEIL JOHNSON

njohnson@tampatrib.com

Published: February 13, 2009

TAMPA - About 50 people on Thursday marked the 200th anniversary of the birth of Charles Darwin at the University of South Florida in one of hundreds of such events around the world.

Thursday marked the first time Darwin Day was observed at the university, said Steve Fisk, vice president of Freethinkers, which put on the event. Freethinkers is the university's chapter of the Secular Student Alliance.

This year also marks the 150th anniversary of the publication of "On the Origin of Species," Darwin's book that launched the concept of evolution.

"This is a pretty young organization, so I think it turned out pretty well," he said.

The event also drew nonstudents such as Samantha Knight, who came from her South Tampa home.

"It seemed like it would be interesting. There's much more information about this than when I went to high school," said Knight, who graduated from high school in 1989.

Reporter Neil Johnson can be reached at (813) 259-7731.

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