FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 2001
U. Of Kentucky professor
plans to clone human
before 2003
by Billy O'Keefe
TMS Campus
January 29, 2001
Two people, one a professor at the
University of Kentucky, announced
plans last week to create the first
cloned human being within two years.
Panayiotis M. Zavos, who teaches
male reproductive physiology in the
university's animal-sciences depart
ment, will join Italian fertility doctor
Severino Antinori and several other
doctors and researchers from around
the world in hopes of producing the
first human clone within 18 to
24 months' time.
Zavos said the team plans to
convene in March to discus the
ethical methods of carrying out
the plan. Zavos did say that any
experiments will involve infer
tile couples only.
Not surprisingly, the an
nouncement has its critics. Uni
versity of Washington professor
Michael R. Soules, who is also
president of the American So
ciety for Reproductive Medi
cine, told the Washington Post
that the plan is unethical "medi
cal cowboy behavior," and said
that Zavos and Antinori arc sim
ply looking for headlines.
Zavos could not he reached
his university
for comment—
U. of Kansas student launches
site for students tired of high
bookstore prices
by Billy O'Keefe
TMS Campus
January 30, 2001
Got those campus bookstore blues?
Ryan Duckworth feels your pain,
baby.
The University of Kansas sopho
more, with the help of fellow UK stu
dents, has created Bookmarklol.com,
which he hopes will turn into a coast
to-coast haven for students seeking
out textbooks at reduced prices.
Born last summer and launched last
week, the site is Duckworth's answer
to frustrations, including his own,
over the university's policy on buy
ing used textbooks, as well as the high
prices he and other students endure
for both new and used hooks.
Additionally, the self-described
CEO and owner, a computer science
major, is treating the site as a project
and a crash course in being an entre-
iss America 2000 trades her crown for a backpac
by Melissa Hue!sawn
The News Record -
University of Cincinatti
January 31, 2001
After completing her reign as Miss
America 2000, Heather French
picked up her backpack and returned
to University of Cincinnati Monday.
Some may have doubted French
would return to pursue her master's
degree in fashion design after her
wedding to Kentucky Lt. Gov. Steve
Henry, but she said she always keeps
her word. French promised her
mother the day after her reign ended
she would return to school.
"I said I was coming back," said
French through laughter and smiles,
but her tone was all business. "When
I say I'll do something, I will."
French originally planned to write
a book for her thesis project, but de
cided she would rather do something
that would enable her to continue
helping veterans.
Now, French is designing a line of
clothing with proceeds benefiting
her foundation to help veterans. She
said the line will feature comfortable
clothing made of high-tech fabrics.
French said military-style clothing
inspired her designs. She is working
with companies such as Dillard's and
Wal-Mart to distribute the line,
which she said is unusual for a the
sis project. "I wanted to design the
line, and I'm fortunate it will be
made," she said. "Now's the perfect
time to return to school and accom
voice mailbox was full-
Los Angeles Times that the announce-
ment is not a stunt
"We are serious people and have a
track record to show for it," Zavos told
the Times. "Cloning has already been
developed in animals. The genie is out
of the bottle. It's a matter of time when
humans will apply it to themselves,
and we think this is best initiated by
Currently, the act of cloning 'a hu
man being is legal in the United States.
"Cloning has already been
developed in animals. The
genie is out of the bottle. It's
a matter of time when hu
mans will apply it to them
selves, and we think this is
best initiated by us."
-Panayiotis M. 7.avos. professor of
male reproductive physiology ani
mal-sciences department at the
University of Kentucky.
preneur.
"I created this business to gain the
experience of , starting my own com
pany and have learned invaluable les
sons," he said. "I hope that in the pro
cess the product I have developed will
help other college students. -
The message on the front page asks
students if they're tired of being
"screwed" by campus bookstores, and
states that, with the introduction of his
service. "the bookstores are scared."
Close to 8(X) people have visited the
site since its Jan. 25 launch. Two
books are currently available for sale.
Duckworth told the Kansan that
while he wants Boomarklol.com to
achieve national recognition. While
he has contacted companies such as
Napster in hopes of roping in inves
tors, his current focus is to build the
site's popularity at Kansas before
branching out.
plish both goals."
French said although it will not be
her thesis project, she plans to com
plete the book concerning the his
tory of fashion after she graduates.
By the time she graduates in June
2001, French will have less than two
months to prepare for the birth of her
first child, due July 25. "I'll be wad
dling around here before too long,"
she laughed.
Although she is about to become
a mother, many still consider French
a daughter. She said veterans real
ize her commitment to her cause and
treat her as family.
"Veterans know I am not trying to
push some issue I don't care about,"
said French. "These people consider
me their daughter." Continuing her
efforts on behalf of the more than 25
million U.S. veterans, she created
the Heather French Foundation.
The foundation earns money for
grants to aid veterans' programs in
small cities. French said because
government bases funding on popu
lation, smaller cities tend to receive
less help than larger ones. The foun
dation recently received their federal
tax-identification number and is now
writing its bylaws.
French has volunteered her time
to veterans' issues since she was a
member of Girl Scouts. She said she
has always been passionate about the
issue, in part because her father Ron
struggled with post-traumatic stress
disorder after returning from the
Vietnam War.
Police: Clerk uncovered plot to attack
CAIPERTINO, Calif. - Based on a
tip from a drugstore clerk, police
in San Jose, Calif., arrested a 19-
year-old student who detectives
say was planning to launch a Col
umbine-style assault Tuesday on
a community college, armed with
pipe bombs, rifles and 2,000
rounds of ammunition.
—but told the
Al Joseph DeGuzman, a student
at De Auza College, was arrested
Monday night, and police later
found an extensive arsenal, a dia
gram of the campus and notes on
the planned attack at the home he
shares with his parents, a spokes
man said.
Detectives said they also found
an audiotape on which DeGuzman
expressed admiration and sympa
thy for the two youths who car
ried out the 1999 attack at Colum
bine High School in Littleton,
Colo. The rampage left 15 people
dead, including the gunmen.
"He said he felt they were he
roes," said Sgt. Steve Dixon, a po
lice spokesman. "He said he was
going to go out the same way and
was going to kill as many students
and staff as he could in the pro-
Dixon said DeGUlman appar
ently had been planning the attack
Purdue running back charged with
battery for October attack
Three months after allegedly
punching a fellow Purdue Univer
sity student in the face, Boiler
maker running hack Steve Ennis
was charged Monday with battery
and criminal recklessness.
Ennis, a 6-foot, 2UO-pound run
ning hack from Flower Mound,
Texas. is accused of punching 22-
vear-old Matthew Alexander in the
head outside a campus-area bar
around 3 a.m. Oct. 22. said
Tippecanoe County Deputy Pros
ecutor Novi is Wang.
if convicted of the charges,
Ennis could face between six
months and eight years in jail.
Bond has been set at $lO,OOO.
['this was suspended indefi
nitely from the Boilermakers Dec,
22 and did not play in Purdue's
Rose Bowl loss to Washington,
said sports information director
French's father not only inspired
her to advocate tor veterans, but also
to compete m the Miss America pag
eant. lie told her "we need a Miss
America to look out for us."
After winning the pageant, French
After completing her reign as Miss America 2000, Heather
picked up her backpack and returned to University of Cincinnati
Monday.
IMMEM
by Rebecca Trounson
Los Angeles Times
January 30, 2001
by Matthew McGuire
TMS Campus
January 30, 2001
for perhaps as long as t\ko veais
and intended to launch it at ;O
p.rn. Tuesday, during the ha
lunch hour at the college's
cafeteria. The c011 , • , .12 ha ..: if a
registered students
"Ile had a prett% cLit)ol,; , ,
plan," Dixon ,aid
News of the I.liled
prompted authoritie to C
the 1 12- acre campus in Cupei
about 10 miles west of fan lose.
Santa Clara County she] 's
deputies and other officials c(n.
ducted a daylong search hut found
no devices or other evidence on
the campus.
Dixon said police were tipped
off to DeGuzman's arsenal ahout
6 p.m. Monday by a voang
woman, the daughter of a police
officer, who works as a photo-lah
clerk at a local Longs drugstore.
The young woman called Poli c e
after developing photos of
DeGuzman posing with his al sc
nal.
DeGuzman arrived at the ,tore
to tick up his photos heroic t h e
police got there. Dixon said She
did an excellent joh. She stalled
hint for a few minutes, asking hint
for identification, - he said.
DeGuzman turned to leave as
un formed officers approa•_ hed.
He tried to walk awa\ hot w as de
tained inside the stole \\ ithont
straggle, Dixon said.
Torn Schott
The incident allegedly happened
after a campus-area har (Host d in
"Tae Village. - a section 01 West
Lafayette that contains mart
dent hangouts.
Alexander was walking (I,:w
the street if nd tried to walk A r otl mi
a large group congregated in tlunt
of one of the bars. Nnni leecdl
stepped out from the crowd and
punched Alexander in the lace.
causing him to fall hack w d ;aid
hit his head. kVallSl
Alexander spent \ei I dLi . ii
the hospital and suffered
.tac,we
at the base of his skull and a Irk.
ture to his eve socket.
Mathew Sandy, a lawyer repr.‘
senting Ennis, could not h .
reached for comment. Enni, de
clined to give a statement to po
lice, Wang said.
Ennis' initial court date is ~.'11, 2 (1
uled for Feb. 2. ;it which time lie
is expected to post bond. Al
said.
said the judges told her ;liar
votion to veterans' issues. v. as,
sential factor for her \.\
"I walked into the juctee
view and told them w ith ith wt
this crown, I'm continuing ihe
DeGuzman initially told police
weapons in the photos were
n o t !cal. But when officers
s , •,nclicd his room at his parents'
11 ,, wc 2: fl) a.m., they
, o) pipe hurrahs -- some fairly
ined -- 20 Molotov cock
les, a sawed-off shot-
Thd a cache of ammunition,
1)0.1 1 11 said. They also found the
ic;:oidiw:. on which DeGuzman
apologized to his family and
friends, and an extensive plan of
attack, he said.
"It' a step-by-step chronicle of
In plan -- that he was going to
akc up at 3 a.m. and at 4:30 a.m.,
that he would start planting the
bombs, - Dixon said. "He was
a record for history."
1)(4;0/man's parents told police
the\ respected his privacy and
tic\ er entered his bedroom. A
young woman who answered the
phone at the home Tuesday said
the family would have no corn-
DC(;l1/ man faces charges of
possession of homh-making ma
terials and possession of a sawed
oll He was held at the
Santa Clara County Jail. He had
no previous criminal record,
I)ixon said.
I)ctectiyes have not determined
Whether the student had any ac-
k:inplices
Clinton authorizes continued
protection of daughter
by Matthew McGuire
TMS Campus
January 28, 2001
looks like Chelsea Clinton should
he pretty sale during her last year at
Stanford
In former President Clinton's final
slays in office, he signed a directive
(mit!! ing Secret Service protection for
Chelsea to be temporarily extended,
the :Associated Press reported Jan. 25.
Chelsea's Secret Service protection
hccluled to end when her father
Icti oil ice Jan 20.
Clinton also signed a similar direc
tive for l'ormer Vice President Al Gore
on Jan. 19.
Seciet Service spokesman Jim
Mackin would not say how long the
protection would be offered or if
Chelsea would he covered until she
, ti.iduates this fall, the AP reported.
With tew exceptions, Chelsea has
emained out of the spotlight during
her lather's tenure in the White House.
I turimi. the Monica Lewinski ordeal,
\or k she said. "We're losing our
ration's heroes because they are liv-
H IL! 0!1 the streets and have poor
medical care while we're looking at
them in the lace."
'I hree months after receiving her
clown, French attended her home-
coining celebration in Augusta, Ky.
The town of 1,400 people earned
more than $20,000 for her platform.
She said she was so moved at the
town'', generosity and belief in the
L ause that she decided to put the
money in a trust to continue her
ork following her reign via the
foundation.
French said veterans are thankful
he has become a national spokes
woman for their concerns. She
squinted as she thought of their pain
When she talked of veterans' hospi
tal, that operate without proper
women's facilities and children of
veterans who have never had a
3 home.
"It's criminal that these people
served our country and the system
can sometimes be so overwhelming
that some people do not know what
services are available," she said.
French remembered receiving let
ters containing veterans' social se
curity numbers and medical records
asking for her help. She found a
contact in Washington D.C. to for
ward the information and help those
veterans.
Although she appeared six times
before Congress to fight for veter
ans' causes, French said she has no
Former VP Gore
to teach class
at Columbia U.
by Billy O'Keefe
TMS Campus
January 25. 2001
Don't cry for Al Gore. Columbia
University has decided to take a
chance on the scrappy youngster and
give him a job.
The former vice president, out of
work since Saturday, will teach a spe
cial non-credit seminar at the Colum
bia Graduate School of Journalism,
the university announced this week.
The seminar, entitled "Covering
National Affairs in the Information
Age," will examine the world of poli
tics from the eyes of both politicians
and journalists. Gore himself has
been both, doing time in the 1970 s
as a reporter for the Nashville Ten
nessean.
"This is a special opportunity for
the school," said Tom Goldstein.
dean the journalism school. "Al Gore
will bean incomparable resource for
our students and others at this uni
versity. From his unique perspective,
students will get to see how govern
ment and the press intersect."
The class will begin in February.
and will not offer students credit to
ward their degrees. The university
has not announced final details on the
seminar, but said that it would likely
comprise of six to eight sessions.
Chelsea served as a bond het \\ rcn bc
parents, and she's also acconipme
her mother, Hillary, during her Nenat
campaign and on foreign-n:1;0H ,
trips.
The press - including Stanton
University's student newspaper -h:,
also taken a hands-off appi °itch at th
Clinton's urging. The Stanford Dail
pledged not to cover Chelsea and e\e
went so far as to fire stall writer Jess
Oxfeld after her wrote an opinio
piece about how Chelsea's presence 0
campus has inconvenienced student,
There have, of course, been a tc , .
leaks about Chelsea's love life and he
internship on a Montana ranch her
she dealt with cattle and animal en
bryo transfers.
Under a 1997 change in federal 1:1\
the Clintons will he the last form
president and first lady eligible tk
Secret Service protection for lit
When President Rush and his wit
Laura leave the White I louse the \ vv i
he offered protection for a max imut
of 10 years.
intention of running for public
fice.
Instead, she hopes to earn Ilion
money for the foundation to beetn
a stronger advocate. "S(netimes
better to be the person that ha:, t
money to push the issue," she sai
In addition to donations and oth ,
fundraisers, French hopes the telea .
of her clothing line will earn inn
money to further her cause. She w
be spending a few days each non
On campus finalizing her line
"The campus has changed." sa
French as she walked to Edw art
Hall to pay her student loans. "St
dents here now may he so far insi
of things they can't see out, hut wh
you've been removed for a whit
seeing it again fills you with pride.
French said het life has clian2 ,
since she \vas last a student. She trd
eled 20,000 miles in one year, \\ i
only one day oft per month. Now
spokeswoman, writer and comme
tutor of veterans' issues for Star, ac
Stripes, she has a lot to balance
addition to her foundation.
French said it is nice to he able
concentrate on starting a family a
working for veterans instead of
tempting to make ends meet lief,
she won the crown, French w ork
three jobs to pay for school. She sa
"at least now I can afford to buN
art supplies."
Melissa Huelsmail is the newv
for at University al Cincinnati's s
dent newspaper; The News Recin