Houghton Mourns the Loss of Kada Burton He Will Beat 11 A.M
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II, 2004 WILLAr.D THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF HOUGHTON COLLEGE ON THE WEB: campus.bougbton.edulorgs/star February IS, 2004 'alo, Volume 99, Issue I4 nters key Houghton Mourns the Loss of Kada Burton he will beat 11 a.m. on Saturday the 21 st BY JOSH MILLER Burton. The college will also hold a t four memorial service for Burton on Thurs- at the Dansville Free Methodist EDITOR-IN-CHIEF A NO. tDere day, March 4th in Wesley Chapel. Church. Visitation will be on the 2.Oth By BEN HUGHES On Sunday, February The funeral sen ice for Kada Bunon from 2 to 4 and 6 to 9 pm 132 STAR STAFF WRITER 15th, Houghton junior Kada -of-5 Burton was tragically killed in 42-66 Special Report: Cloning an automobile accident in her Breakthrough in South Korea ay. hometown of Dansville, New On February 12th, a group of South Korean scientists announced York. Burton and her boy- that they had successfully cloned friend, Mark Dusablon. were human embryos and extracted stem driving that afternoon when cells from them. The researchers are another car collided with the first to have successfully cloned Burton's on her driver's side. a human. Their accomplishment met with both laud and scom in The accident occurred at a South Korea and across the world. four-way stop, where it The stunning announcement appears that Burton had renewed the global debate over nudged her car into the human cloning and embryonic stem intersection to see past a snow cell work, deepening rifts within the bank that was obstructing her ,7 scientific, religious. ethical. and political realms. Critics argue that view. The oncoming car was such research violates ethics and unable to stop in time and the degrades the sanctity of human life. accident left Burton and One of their primary complaints is Dusablon in critical condition ,6 that human embryos are generally destroyed during cloning and stem Burton sustained severe cell research. Many also oppose internal and external injuries cloning humans simply on prin- and passed away the next ciple. Others have objected on the morning, Monday, February basis of frequent deformities in 16th. Dusablon was airlifted 1 's animal cloning studies, fearing that cloned babies would likely suffer to Rochester where he 1 think from severe abnormalities. Backers remains in critical condition ant /O eal o f the controversial research PHOTO BY NATHAN BOYD On the morning of PHOTO COURTESY OF GREG BISH ./,inu promote the immense therapeutic Tuesday the 17th, the Junior Kada Burton, seen here in a recent photo and also in action during the tipoff of Saturday's lei- cant potential for treating disp.- such as Parkinson's, Alzheimer's, cancer, Houghton community gath- basketball game, is mourned by the Houghton community. Prayer times on both Monday afternoon ok tor and diabetes. ered for a time of prayer and and Tuesday morning will be supplemented by a memorial service after February break. on drag all Embryonic stem cells are mourning for the loss of Kada Thursday, March 4 1/er regarded as the body's "master n·- cells," and can feasibly grow into any kind of cell. Scientists conse- ce that quently believe that embryonic stem Houghton College Radio to Coexist with New Coffeehouse tee, Laura Pasieka, clanfied that the pur- cell research will eventually enable and is critical to the station's ability to them to produce tissue replacement BYJOSH MILLER function. project plans to "maintain WJSL, but EDITOR-IN-CHIEF natic cells that could regenerate failing The ad hoc committee's recommen- consolidate its space." Fellow com- : conflict organs. Such cloned stem cells dations were approved by the Senate. mittee member Matt Preston presented might solve the tissue rejection On Tuesday, February 17th, the ad hoc ; more the coffeehouse's plans in more detail. committee created to deliberate on the fate Houghton College Radio now has until ued. dilemma, as they should theoreti- cally be accepted by the patient's March 10th to submit a brief outline o f In the construction process, the Jace of Houghton College Radio presented its immune system as perfect genetic its organizational plans as a club, which, committee hopes to build the coffee- our findings to the Senate. After weeks of matches. house using the majority of the WJSL discussion and a very positive response from includes finding its advisor(s) and The innovative clonmg managers. office as well as the office space of hers, that techniques employed by the Korean a campus-wide Internet survey, the commit- The Senate also discussed the other student organizations, such as team to produce stem cells can be tee recommended that Houghton College used for reproductive cloning. The Radio should be maintained with a few construction of the coffeehouse. The OneThing, College Republicans, and the Star, while still preserving an area 4 exists team's head scientist, Woo Suk alterations. Instead of being a student chair of the coffeehouse design commit- Hwang of Seoul National Univer- for Houghton gs in the organization, the radio rthe sity, stressed the great therapeutic College Radio that station is to become a potential o f his group's project, but should be "func- the also urged nations to ban human student club, which will , Aca- tional." These plans. cloning for reproductive purposes. decrease the pressure for the ibrary are as well as an alloca- In cloning multiple embryos station to have a large t and collecting stern cells. the tion of 520.000 from immediate impact on the Korean research group utilized 242 the Student Project .r" then student body. This change eggs donated by 16 women. as well Fund. ,# ere ap- a fair as cells from the volunteers also means that Houghton proved by the o,anes. From these eggs. only 30 College Radio will request Senate. Coupled that we blastocysts were successfully funding on a per-semester produced and cultivated. From these with previously this basis, allowing the station to blastoeysts. a single colony of stem received donations. :ed-We take a semester or two off it 385 cells was then han'estell Only the coffeehouse ts to embryos created with an egg and needed. The committee also after project nou has a cells from the same woman suggested that those m :w policy total budget of generated stem cells: and no male charge of designing the "We 555.000. The embryo clones were accomplished coffeehouse in the Campus the in the study. From the extracted committee will Center basement would at Tilley stem cell line, a variety of human continue making Will tissue cells have grown "give regard to the location plans for the renova- According to the Korean ith in the of a student radio station," tions. which are to researchers, their work has been and particularly the station's PHOTO BY JOSH MILLER will continue to be strictly regulated be completed over f Luckey wiring, which is currently by the Korean government. In the Houghton College Radio ad hoc committee member Jessica Spear presents the summer. pproved located in the WJSL office the committee's recommendation to the Senate tively b Seewoadnews,page 2 e future. 2•NEWS - STAR •FEBRUARY 18,2004 Fromwaddne.I:,page I The John Waynes Entertain CAB Coffeehouse Crowd U.S., the Bush administration for their band, it was Jokingly stated supports a ban on human cloning for By LAURA KVAMME campus. Their roots go all over the place, any reason. The White House has that they really didn't know, but would STAR STAR WRITER from New York to Illinois; yet the original restricted embryonic stem cell formation of the band began when Josh, "get rich or die tyin'." What is certain, research through a policy announce- however, is that they love what they do ment made by President Bush in The John Waynes rocked the CAB Beave, and Noodle attended the same high and more than anything want others to August 2001. Lawmakers remain Coffee House last Thursday night, school some years back. sharply divided over the future of providing students with a much appreci- They decided on the name The John "have a good time" when listening to cloning and stem cell research in the ated break. The band's alternative rock Waynes for their band simply because he's their music. Judging from the turnout U.S. style with a '505 twist proved to be an "a true American hero," as affirmed by lead and enthusiasm of the coffee house More news and info about immediate hit among those who at- crowd last Thursday, they achieved cloning and stem cell research: http:, vocalist/guitarist Beave. tended. When asked about the future visions their goal. news.yahoo.com A full house is often Stem cell information at the the turnout when CAB National Institute of Health: http: directs the Coffee House, stemcells.nih.gor/index.asp and last week was no White House fact sheet on stem cell research: http:// exception. Based on www. whitehouse.gor/news/releases, some input from the band 2001/08/200108094.html. to "change things up a bit.- CAB decided on a Unrest Spreads in Haiti warm, candie-lit cafeteria Since ils inception on February 5th. an intensified rebellion in Haiti for the setting of aimed at removing its president has, Thursday's entertain- continued to spread violently. ment. CAB graciously Reports also indicate that comman- provided tables of snacks dos from the Dominican Republic. and gounnet coffee, including military and police leaders, exiled from Haiti. have joined the courtesy of Java 101, free insurgents. Unrest has long existed in of charge to Houghton the poverty-stricken country ied by students.