i EDITOR Paula Lavigne OPINION EDITOR Kasey Kerber EDITORIAL BOARD Brad Davis Erin Gibbon Shannon Heffelfinger Chad Lorenz Jeff Randall i Quotes OF THE WEEK “Show the camera why you like to drink milk!" - Milk campaign spokesman Bill Hyland to students competing for a chance to be in a national milk mustache advertisement “I’ve given up sleep for coffee." - Legislative page and University of Nebraska-Lincoln sophomore political sci ence major Ryan Junck, echoing many stu dents ''fuzzy thoughts about the winding down of the Legislature and of the spring semester “There comes a time to do the right thing." - Sen. Jim Cudaback of Riverdale on advancing a bill prohibiting the execution of the mentally retarded “The music had to get louder to com pete with the noise of the city.” - Larry Boehmer, owner of the Zoo Bar, on blues music “I’m disappointed because they missed an opportunity to tell young people, ‘We’re willing to create incentives to keep you here.’” - Gov. Ben Nelson on the Legislature s failure to pass "brain gain ” legislation “The sunlit moment is not a time to rest... If we act now, we can ensure strong retirement benefits to the baby-boom gen eration without placing an undue burden on our children and grandchildren.” - President Clinton, at a town hall meet ing in Kansas City, Mo., on what needs to be done about Social Security “Tell the individual to give you his or her car for 90 days and $700, and then hit 'them in the head with a hammer. That is u FARMED ARF ^ ==-a 1 NUlAi <3F OURS., Htei \ -r mean, -w ?et/w^ Vb>»f \ fROpUiJe 1Sf 6F ^ \ fwrs£P»H»A»!!-l PJ < ^ ^ r/ ^ f |. csssss.— i i j JU g DN LETTERS Clone this! Once again someone writing an editorial forgot to do their home work. J In Tuesday’s column by Cliff Hicks on cloning he made several “mistakes.” Hicks referred to cloning as something you can use to grow new body parts and new organs for _i_A .. _ _ • icpiotcilicui puipuscs, Ui JUSl spontaneously create a full adult without going through the stages of life. That’s not at all what it is. When you clone someone, you use an embryo and destroy its originality through duplication. Instead of the embryo receiving 13 chromo somes from each partner, it receives the full 26 from ONE individual: an exact duplication of looks only. Personality and other traits are influenced by the environment. You can’t just “make” another human and have it be the same age as die original who was copied. They would look identi cal but be different ages unless cloned in the embryo stage much like identical twins are. You also referred to “growing” a clone under sedation to use for one’s own purposes-. It would be won derful if this were possible, but it’s not. Growing human tissue and cloning are two totally different things. The ONTJY possible way to clone is to start with the embryo and go through all the normal stages of growth, which would include consciousness. A bizarre possibility to consider is that a woman could give birth to her own identical twin! What would ....: one think if one were walking down the street and saw a mother and her identical looking children walking side by side? Cloning is an important topic that needs to be further researched before even scientists fully understand it. It took years and hundreds of tries just to clone the first sheep, so cloning humans successfully is a long way off. No decision needed, dangit! Just when I thought the madness was behind us, another pointless column appears in the Daily Nebraskan. I am referring to the latest pathetic claims that were made in the “Showdown in D.C ” article on the opinion pages. The article lacks sound argu ment and is obviously nothing more than a biased fan screaming far the attention of his/her fine Cornhusker faithful. If you are looking for a source to justify your shallow claims, I person ally challenge such a dis covery. The University of Michigan Wolverines and Nebraska Cornhuskers football teams will NOT meet to settle any supposed debate over No. 1 because no debate exists. Two teams completed the NCAA season unde feated - two teams deserve to be designated College Football cham pions, period. I am ashamed to be in such company. Having been born and raised in Flint, Michigan, I am proud to be a Wolverine. Both schools should be more grateful for what they limra v a r* c* A am fU « n case should have been closed months ago. Calvin Webb senior English and psychology .. _., _ .—■—— -H Next time, Cliff, fully understand the subject you’re discussing. Ryan Stairs freshman computer engineering Robb Blum/DN ■ M' ' gj i W: |H i i^i ::L1 ., pi .V'|s^ Li” sAia -. " ***'*' *