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GPA scale has to be adjusted, not eliminated
First, The Powers that Be tell us we're a generation of slack- ers who will never learn the meaning of hard work. Now, according to a national study of GPAs at colleges, they tell us we're getting too smart for our own good. In 1969, 7 percent of college students averaged an A-minus average or better, but in 1993, that average had risen to 26 percent of students, while the number of Cs had gone down from 25 percent to 9 percent. So instead of praising the hard work and effort of students, administrators have decided that the grading scale is too easy and must be adjusted.
Bad Boy Bill Clinton wrestles with his legal woes
Political Reform is like a bad WWF match: despite all the cool moves and the appearance of real action, it's all fake. The participants are just acting. Macho Man Randy Savage and Bad Boy Billy Clinton both excel in relatively the same way: they are bad actors. This year's hotly wrestled topic in Washington is Campaign Finance Reform.
Progress means accepting new science
Just last week, a sheep was born in Scotland. A fairly anticlimactic event normally, but this was no ordi- nary sheep. This is the first ever clone of an adult mammal and it has fueled the debate about the ethics of genetic research. The newest issue of Time magazine has a picture of "Dolly," possibly the most historic barnyard animal ever, but here at FHS my guess is that few people outside of the biology classes have heard of this miracle of modern technology, and that fewer still even care. Maybe we should care a little. The biggest question raised by this event is, "If we can clone a sheep, then why not a human being?" Imagine the possibilities. Could the world possibly survive with two Dennis Rodmans? How about three? How about a whole Dennis Rodman Dream Team?
Clonig has to have limits before it continues
We used to use animals to carry and haul for us, as beasts of burden, until technology re- placed them. Technology is now coming up with other ways to exploit these creatures. Discoveries in genetic engineering suggest we could use them as live "factories" for producing blood or organs for human transplants. The fact that we kill animals to eat them is the only justified use.