2 • BENNETT BANNER •MARCH 21, 1997
OPINION • OPINION • OPINION • OPINION • OPINION
To clone or not to clone,
what is the question?
At the time of the first cloning in 1952 — the making of frogs
from tadpole cells — it was inconceivable and somewhat
frightening to comprehend that someday hmnans
may also be cloned.
Paquita
Herring
After Keith Campbell, a cell biologist at
the Roslin Institute in Scotland, cloned a sheep
(named after country vocalist Dolly Parton),
from an adult mammary cell, in February 1995
he didn't think about the major implications cloning may have on
the world.
Let's examine some of the benefits of human cloning .
For one, we may be able design our ovwi children. Lesbians
couples would have the means of producing children without going
to the sperm banks. Hollywood producers and directors could
replicate their best actresses. Basketball and football teams could
reproduce their best players.
If we begin cloning humans, America's religious communities
would certainly play a large role. Humans were made and designed
by God and that is who it should be left up to design people.
I am worried about the long-term implications behind cloning.
Some people would make what they think are the perfect people.
Who would be the perfect people? Would they have blond hair and
blue eyes...? Let's not forget the 1978 the fihn, "The Boys From
Brazil" in which Hitler was cloned.
The cover of the March 10 issue "Newsweek" asks "Can we
clone humans?" Before we answer that question, maybe the
scientific community needs to consider the negative effects that
cloning may have and then ask the more relevant question: Should
we clone humans?
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Should humans be cloned?
The first reported mammal ever being cloned from a singled adult
cell has raised troubling questions and concerns.
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LAX ASHA M. GRESHAW
CLASS: FRESHWOMAN
MAJOR: DIETETICS
HOME STATErMARYLAND
Humans should not be cloned,
due to the fact that we, as humans,
are trying to take the place of
nature. Cloning can be a risky
business and may cause problems
in the future. Wie need to allow
nature to take its course. Humans
must leave certain things up to a
divine power.
MILLICENT J. WHITE
CLASS: FRESHWOMAN
MAJOR: ENGLISH
HOME STATE: CALIFORNL\
Modem science is fascinating and
cloning is an interesting
experiment. However, realize
that even identical twins do not
have identical DNA Cloning is a
conspiracy by the government to
get rid of all the thinking people
and make us all zombies.
NAIMA BARBOUR
CLASS: SOPHOMORE
MAJOR: MASS COMM.
HOME STATE: MARYLAND
I do not believe we should clone
humans. It goes against God
and nature. I do not understand
why there is a need to clone.
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TIRSHATHA DERRICKS-BEY
CLASS: SOPHOMORE
MAJOR: MASS COMM.
HOME STATE: ILLINOIS
/ do not belive that they should
clone humans. It is disgusting and
unnatural. It will cause a lot of
problems and chaos in the world
that we do not need.
TANYA WAGSTAFFE
CLASS: SOPHOMORE
MAJOR: ENGLISH
HOME STATE: NEW YORK
The donning process is not an
effective one. What purpose does
it serve? Every time the
government gets bored, they start
things that should not be tampered
with. If God intended for me to
have a clone, I would have been
bom with an identical twin with
the same DNA and everything.
KENYETTA SNYDER
CLASS: SOPHOMORE
MAJOR: BUSINESS
HOME STATE: NEW YORK
Cloning has no purpose in our
society. It is just a way for the
government to take over by means
of scientific tactics. Why would
you want another person with the
same ideas?