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People gather Thursday beside the Clemson University Biosystems Research Complex [or a ceremony dedicating the
building in Clemson.

Clemso revels in biotech spotlight

By Kelly Davis researcber Bruce StilUnan,
Independent-Mail director and chief executive
of New York 's Cold Spring
CLEMSON - It held open Harbor Laboratory; univer-
house last spring, but sity officials announced th
Clemson University's new formation of a DNA
Biosystems Research Learning Center in collabo-
Complex officially was cele- ration with Cold Spring's
brated Thw'sday as the uni- renowned Dolan DNA
versity's springboard into a Lea r ning Center.
new era. The centers supplement
And at a dedication fea- the work of the ent ire genet-
turing eminent genetics ics research community by
using advanced hands-on Cavendish Laboratory in
workshops to teach teachers EnglaiuL Cold Spring
and kindergarten through researchers in 1904 "redis-
12th-grade students what covered" the work of Gregor
DNA is and why genetics- Mendel. the Augustinian
based science is worth pur- monk who wrote a short
suing.
Mr. Stillman's predeces- paper on experiments in
sor at Cold Spring Harbor beredity in pea plants. They
was James Watson, part of applied his work to create
the duo cr edited with dis- vigorous hybrid crops, help-
covering the helical struc-
ture of DNA while at the Please see Clemson, Page 4A

Antique walk opens

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s Train explosions possibly deadliest

Two fuel trains collided and exploded in a North Korean train
Clemso to host
station near the Chinese border. As many as 3,000 people mi g ~t
have been killed or injured, according to South Korean media.

Major train disasters since 1900 with death toll

learning center
J une 6,1981· Bihar, India From Page lA Connecticut, in upstate New
Train crashed after bridge collapsed in floods York and in Melbou rne,
"_IiI!i~~\b:~~~~IP2'~~~~ 800· ing launch an agricultural Australia. They give students
revolution. and teachers chance to use
June 3, 1989· Ufa, fo rmer Soviet Union
Pipeli ne explosion engulfed two parked trains
lone Coker Lee, grand- the same cu tting-edge data
daughter of the company's
. . . . . . . .~. .~~~. .~575 founder. was on hand at the
and tools t understand genet-
Dec. 12, 1917· Modane, France dedicatlon because it was her ics as re earcher .
Troop train derailed near the entrance of Mt. Cenis tunnel parents, Robert and Lois The tools available at the
~xplo­
'C'::iii:lliii~i181 543 Coker, who funded the Robert centers wer th subject f a
~ offi-
and Lois Coker Trustees five-part Public Broadcasting
March 2, 1944 · Salerno, Italy Corp. series, Mr: Stillman
d ev- Train stalled in tunnel suffocating passengers Chair in Molecular Genetics said.
orea's _ _ _ _GlRliiIl!II!!;B!lI!!!I 521 in Clemson's College of
Agriculture, Forestry ¥1d "Many s hools teach DNA,
was but not lD{e us," he said.
assed Jan. 16, 1944 · Leon Province, Spain Life Sciences, around which
Train wrecked in Torro Tunnel m uch of the university's "We envision a day when all
~from
ing to "1H:~_K']_!!iII!II~_. 500' genetic research has been elementary studel ts are
Feb. 20, 2002 • From Cairo to Luxor, Egypt built. exposed to pr inciples of
IOrts. genetics and disease ri sk;
~ said Overcrowded train burst Into flames On Thursday; graduate and when all high school tudents
t the -. ---,.~ -.- - r '". I 360· undergraduate students ted have the opportunity to do
been Aug. 20, 1995 · Firozabad , India
tours of the $27 million, three- hands-oil experiments with
urage Passenger train crashed into stalled train
story; 108,000-square-foot lab DNA: and when all families
1e it and its acre of climate-con- have · a cess to genetic infor-
"1lIlI_ _~~!;lJ 358
hours trolled greenhouses. mation they need to make
have • Lowest estimation From early work on informed health care choic-
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microbes and bacteria in the
1 70s, Clemson University has
stablished a national reputa-
es," said Dave Micklos, direc-
tor of the Dolan DNA
Learning Center, also on hand
the in North Korea, largely The fuel trains may have tion in crop genetics, playing for the dedication.
t pro- because trains creak slowly been payment to Ml: Kim for important roles in interna- The lemson e nter will be
bIlc. along rails that were first laid traveling to B ijing last week tional efforts to sequence located in Jordan Hall, after
hone during the J apanese occup - to m t with Chinese officials. important food crops such as some renovations are c m-
r by tion, fr om 1910 to 1945. In recent years, South Kor ea r ice. pleted next spring, university
the !or eign VIsitors ba e report- and China have routinely Now the university will Provost Doris Helms said.
ed -equent stoppage b cause ma de large gifts to Nor th host the sixth DNA Learning
rean of lacl of electr icily and Korea - in fuel, fer til izer, Center created by Cold Spring Kelly Davis can be reached
rna overall speeds that could be food or ca h - to ensure that Harbor, joining others at Cold at (864) 260- 1277 or by e-mail at
tend beaten by a good or e. bilateral m etings take place. Spring, on Long Island, in davisk@ lndependentMeil.com.
ther The eh-plosion on Th ursday "The real que ·tion may e
is- took place on orth Kar a's how bad the damage is and
bu iest r ail line, its r oute
from China to Pyongyang. the
nation's capital.
ow long will i t lock key
imports to Pyongyang, since
rail is the critical lifeline for
guaranteemg access to k y
easure ·c a s for
A lifeline for the imp ver-
ished n 'on, this route rings
in food and fuel from China,
North Korea's largest trading
imports" from China t the
Pyon gyang apital area , Scott
Snyder, the Korea representa-
quick e ections
arge partn r nd a major s urce 0 tive for the Asia Foundation, From Page lA could e obliterated in a
rare aid. said Fnday m r mg. nuclear attack.
in Pennsylvania of United The legislation has split the
Flight 93, a plane that many th IJ . h
believe was destined for the two par ties in e louse, WIt

des court ruling U.S. Capitol.

many Dem crats saring they
were not given the chane to
"Those passengers gave offer a constitutional amend-
their lives to give us a second ment that would allow for tem-
chance," said Rep. Brian porary appointments until
fits fot anyone 0 e1' the age of 65," Ms. Baird, D-Wash., a supporter of special electi ns could be
will allow employers Pollak said. "More than 12 million the broader constitutional held.
Medicar beneficiaries currently re eive approach. "Eternal shame on The Constitution requires
liminate retiree retiree health benefits fr om employers us if we do not take action" to t at House acancies e fllled
an 1could potentially be affected." protect Congress' survival bt elections. Senate vac ncies
for anyone over Ms. Pollak said the commis ion did not after a possible attack. can be temporarily filled by
have authority to create such an exemp- The measure would require appointments made by gover-
tim . Ms. Dominguez insi ted that it did ~pe cialc el ctions_ within
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