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I nth 2 INSIDE , - WEDNESDAY, MARCH 5, 1997THEARBITER The legislature techni- There are too many of us as it is, and who needs cally approved pay two of Jack Kevorkian or Macualay Culkin running increases for BSU around? faculty, but did not Recall the tale of a man who jolted life into a -- ... ~-"~Q.pinion appropriate new monster whose limbs were collected from various Cloning isn't a good idea. money to fund dead people, then stitched together. Frankenstein , . them. They say was the scientist, not the monster, and he was a taxes would rise man who played God. Of course, it was only a if they increased work of Mary Shelley's imagination, but the moral salaries, and all of the.story is: messing with life, attempting to the while Idaho's make it better and even creating it will backfire. '''''''''''"''S- "",'- ': '~, d~kiL~it:<,·. state employees arc Life doesn't get any better or more advanced than News working hard for less Censorship symposium compliments exhibit at humanity. Let's leave it alone. money. I Hemingway Western Studies Center. :1 Oddly, private. industries in Idaho arc increasing If BSU students don't their employees' pay at an average of five percent a want their fees \ year. At the rate Idaho's going, state employees increased, then they could fall as much as nine percent behind peers. need to mark And lower pay only chases away potential employ" March 13 in their HBF ees such as professors, state medical personnel and day planners. A corrections employees. fashion show in Boise! Fee increase Legislators need to decide how important quali- hearings arc ty education, health care and corrections facilities scheduled for arc. They need to cut needless expenses in state that afternoon in budgets and channel that money into state employ- the Student ee pay raises. It's called get- Union Building. ting your priorities The best way for ,H,Qolenanny straight. And if private Built to Spill review. industries can do it, students to show the uni- so can the state. versity's Executive Budget Committe that they arc against fcc increases is to attend the hearings and speak against the proposals. First it was If you're one to thoughtfully consider large pur- sheep. Now some chases, why shouldn't you carefully scrutinize the Oregon scientists fcc increase proposals to see if they arc something have successfully Sports you want your money to he spent on? BSU women finish 4th in Big West. cloned two monkeys. Please please please don't let humans be next. The Arbiter is the official student newspaper of Boise State University. Its mission is to provide a forum for the discussion of issues impacting the campus and the community. The Arbiter's budget .1 consists of fees paid by students of BSUand advertising sales. The paper is distributed to the campus and community on Wednesdays during the school year. The first copy is free. Additional copies cost ARBITER 51 each, payable at The Arbiter offices. fiRST COPY FREE ' . -'. NAMED BEST FOUR·YEAR NON·DAILY TABLOID IN THE ,NATION . '. .. 1910 University Drive, Boise, Idaho 83725 THE STAFF Phone - (208) 345·8204 Fax - (208) 385-3198 Editor in Chief Kate Neilly Bell Business Manager Chris Adams News Editor Asencion Ramirez Hootenanny Editor Josh Casten E-mail- [email protected] Sports Editor Amy Butler Health/Beauty/Fashion Editor Arial Sports,: [email protected] Spaeth Out of Doors Editor Clint Miller Opinion Editor Kelly News: [email protected] Millington Online Editor Mike Moore Art Director Jonathon H. Smith Photo Editor Kara Brown Ad Designer Brenda Zipfel Letters to the Editor: [email protected] Advertising Manager Matt Pottenger Local Advertising Sales Arts and Entertainment: [email protected] Sean P. MurphyStaff Writers ErinBurden, Jarod J. Dick,Mary Doherty, Matthew Haynes, Erica Hill, Mark Holladay, Seth Jaquith, Dan Robbins, Mark Taylor Columnists Melissa Albert, Damon Hunzeker, Jennifer Ledford Photographers Ronny J. Grooms, Rick Kosarich, Jonathon ;1'A.rbitJ~taractiva Smith Cartoonist Eric Ellis COl!lputer Systems Administrator For back issu8s visit us at: Mark Holladay Circulation Emic Figueras, L1uisFigueras Reception http://www.idbsu.edu/orbiter Yvette BryantEditorial Adviser Peter Wollheim· Business Adviser WilliamHart . ... "._" ~-- - _ ...- ~.._-'." -....._. "'-~"""_._-~-'--... 3 THEARBITER WEDNESDAY, MARCH 5, 1997 OPINION Coming soon: jurass.ic sheep by Damon M. Hunleker somewhat creepy-kind of like Michael Jackson Jr. idea of simple. I don't care how many chunks of sheep Columnist But more importantly, what's the point? We're not you give me; I'd never be able to find the DNA.-And suffering from a catastrophic sheep drought. And even if I did, what would I do with it? I'd be too embar- besides, sheep are already a bunch of clones. They fol- rassed to ask anybody for help. That's worse than asking Genetic researchers in Scotland recently managed to low each other around in fields and eat things. You for directions. ("Excuse me, what should I do with these clone an adult mammal. When I heard about this rarely hear about a sheep breaking away from the herd sheep chromosomes?") astounding achievement, I promptly investigated the to pursue an individual goal. In fact, I've seen it only Anyway, let's assume the discovery is genuine and details. And guess what? It's a freakin' sheep. The once. When I was a kid, my family had a lamb named they've actually cloned a mammal. Naturally, human . whole thing is vaguely disturb- Gus. One morning, he looked straight into my eyes and beings will be next-which presents a litany of ethical ing and said, "I'msick of this place. There's nothing here for and philosophical questions. For instance: If we recycle me, man. I'm going to be a rock star." So we ate him sorneone's genes, are we tampering with the Handof and laughed about it for years. God? The answer is: Yeah, probably. The Bible warns Incidentally, here's a question nobody seems to be us against such folly. In the Book of Revelation, you'll asking: How do they know the sheep is a clone? I find the following passage: "A sheep!?" mean, they all pretty much look alike. And judging But it's still fun. Imagine the possibilities. Hell, we from the pictures, the Scottish sheep is no excep- could manufacture two people who look precisely alike. tion. It's not some kind of flying ewe in a cape I propose we call this invention "twins." I also have an that solves crimes with superpowers and a wacky interesting idea for a movie in which scientists obtain sidekick. To my untrained eye, it appears to be a ancient DNA from a mosquito and then bring dinosaurs plain old sheep. So I don't trust the scientific back to life. co~munity, and I w?uldn't expect them ~otrust But potential dangers exist. Governments could engi- m~ If.! presented a picture o~ R~~ert Deniro and neer artificially superior armies, which isn't fair because said, Look, I cloned AI Pacino. it would only work for the scientifically advanced But admittedly, it's hard not to be impressed by nations. I mean, genetic cloning is a delicate endeavor, the rate of technological advancement these days. and you have to get it right. For instance, America Last night on CNN a biology professor said, "It's really would probably train an army of Arnold a simple technique. They extracted the DNA from the Schwarzeneggar clones while Iraq would screw up and cells of an adult sheep and ... " Simple? Fishing is my produce a fierce battalion of sheep. ASBSU Views~---- The state of recycling on campus paper recycling program currently in place. One reason BOll or Stuth Adams at 3H5-14ol0 for information. Mickey Pedersen for this is Western Recycling collects waste from !!'i Another step in the recycling campaign comes with . approximately 40 different locations. This is not cost- Student Relations the cooperation of the Student Union. The SUB has effective for Boise State or Western. ordered 10 new aluminum recycling bins to make recy- A way to eliminate the prohlem would be to mini- ASBSU has recently taken several steps toward a cling aluminum cans easier for students. rather than mize the pick-up sites to one location. Western campus-wide recycling program at Boise State adding to landfills. Ten more aluminum bins for the rest Recycling has agreed to pick up the recyclable materials University. We are excited to inform students of the of campus arc on order and should arrive with the next for free if BSU has this centralized location. Whether efforts that have been put forth to begin the program, shipment of nuclear waste to the INEL. and of the program's current status. We would also like Holman will continue paper re-cycling past the current Fine Host recently added Snapple in aluminum cans fiscal year is questionable. Please call him at 385-1375 to remind students of the importance of \l recycling pro- to its menu, allowing students the option to purchase a to give your support of paper recycling on this campus.