Well, the point is that U of I has banned such discussions. How are answers to question like yours to be answered if universities ban the discussion of such concepts?
Well, the point for me is that while intelligent design may be a great topic for a philosophy course, it might have no place in a science course, if it can't offer a scientific response to the question of how the "intelligence" came to be.
Did you miss that part where such discussions can be covered "in religion, sociology, philosophy, political science or similar courses"?
How long have you been reading?
Read the article. ID wasn't banned from discussion. It was segregated to be taught in the appropriate forums. Science classes and the college level are not where ID should be placed. It's not science. It's bad enough it's screwing around with the education of high schoolers, but it is really foul for pople who elect to be science majors have this nonsense thrown at them.
"Well, the point is that U of I has banned such discussions. How are answers to question like yours to be answered if universities ban the discussion of such concepts?"
Such questions belong, and will be discussed, in philosophy classes. Science cannot answer them.