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The University Daily Kansan
Wednesday, March 15, 2000
Hitting the books
Kelly Ryan, Wichita freshman, studies for her First Aid test, which is tomorrow, in Watson Library. Like many students, Ryan was studying yesterday for multiple tests scheduled for this week. Photo by Tara Kraus/KANSAN
Gore, Bush win nominations
The Associated Press
Democrat Al Gore and Republican George W. Bush clinched their presidential nominations in a series of Southern contests last night, securing the delegates they needed to ensure a November matchup that quickly turned contentious.
"It's a choice between keeping prosperity going or going back to the Bush Quayle days of gigantic budget deficits and paralyzed democracy," Gore said.
Bush dismissed the reference to his father's administration, saying, "I'm looking forward, and he's looking backward. There is going to be a contrast, and
the American people will make the choice: Do they want four more years of Clinton-Gore or do they want a reformer who's gotten positive results?"
After vanquishing their chief rivals, Bush and Gore marched across the South virtually unopposed — racking up huge victories in Florida, Mississippi, Oklahoma, Tennessee and Texas.
Republican John McCain and Democrat Bill Bradley abandoned their campaigns last Thursday, ending a primary season that tested the front-runners and spurred record-breaking voter turnout. Alan Keyes remained on GOP ballots but was not a threat to Bush.
First cloned pigs delivered
BLACKSBURG, Va. — The company that cloned Dolly the sheep has produced the first cloned pigs, five little piggies named Millie, Christa, Alexis, Carrel and Dotcom that raise hopes for a new source of transplants for humans.
The Associated Press
"I think this is a big step forward they've made. I applaud it," said Fritz Bach, a physician from Harvard Medical School, who studies genetic and immunological aspects of transplants from animals to people and was not involved in the cloning.
The piglets, delivered by Caesarean section March 5 at the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine, were produced by a subsidiary of PPL Therapeutics of Edinburgh, Scotland, which nearly four years ago created
Dolly, the world's first clone of an adult mammal.
The five female pigs were cloned from an adult sow named Destiny using a slightly different technique than the one that produced Dolly.
Independent tests of the DNA of the piglets confirmed they were clones of the sow, the company said.
PPL touted the clones as a major step toward achieving genetically altered pigs whose organs and cells could be successfully transplanted in humans. Pigs are physiologically one of the closest animals to humans.
PPL said transplantation of genetically altered pig organs could be tested on
The idea of using animal organs for transplant is controversial because some think illnesses could cross from pigs to humans.
humans in four years and that analysts thought the market for them could be worth $6 billion for solid organs alone. Other uses include cellular therapies such as transplantable cells that produce insulin for treatment of diabetes.
Dave Ayares, PPL's vice president of research, countered that pigs for years had been raised and slaughtered for food
Despite the potential solution for organ shortages, the pig cloning drew criticism from animal activists.
"There's always a reason given to validate these Frankenstein-like experiments," said Lisa Lange, a representative for the Ethical Treatment of Animals. "Animals are not test tubes with tails and they are not commodities to be marketed."
"I don't think our pigs are being mistreated," Ayares said. "They live better than any other pigs."
Florida denies school vouchers
The Associated Press
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — A judge yesterday threw out the nation's first statewide school voucher system, ruling that Florida's Constitution bars public money from being spent on private education.
Fifty-two children attending private schools in Pensacola under the program can finish the year, but the state can't
"Tax dollars may not be used to send the children of this state to private schools," Smith said.
implement the law in any other way, Circuit Judge L. Ralph Smith Jr. said.
Gov. Jeb Bush, who championed the program, promised to find the money to keep it going despite what happened in court. An appeal is certain.
"We'll raise the money," Bush
said. "This is the first inning of a long drawn out legal battle."
Ron Meyer, an attorney challenging vouchers for a coalition that includes a teachers union, the NAACP, the Florida PTA, the League of Women Voters and a handful of families and educators, claimed victory.
"We won it lock, stock and barrel," he said.
seek the vouchers for private school tuition at taxpayer expense. Voucher values vary based on how much a failing school spends per student but are generally worth $3,000 to $4,000.
Students at Florida schools rated badly by the state can
School vouchers are likely to surface in the presidential race, with Bush's brother, GOP contender George W. Bush, in support of vouchers but Democrat Al Gore flatly opposed.
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