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Show Your News PAGE A3 MONDAY, MARCH 14, 2005 A chat with Dennis Farnsworth Hot chocolate mogul speaks Rebecca Hammond Steven Hall Feature Writer News Writer Dennis Farnsworth has taught history at UVSC for more than thirty years. He was the recipient of Teacher of the Year in 1988. Those who have taken classes from him will tell you that he has a dry charm and wit that keeps his students riveted on his every word. His experience and talent with self-expression make him a treasured member of the UVSC community. What is your favorite class to teach? What do you love about it? Modem East Asian History; the text is wonderful and the content is awe-inspiring. What about the content inspires your awe? First of all, I've read many books about China. I've been reading about China for nearly 45 years, so dozens of different books on China; but, this particular book is exceptional, especially for a textbook. It really captures the flavor of the grandeur of Imperial China and how great the Chinese Empire really was. The Chinese Civilization was every bit as great as the Roman Civilization was. And the Chinese Empire in its heydey was every bit as great as the Roman Empire was with all of its glory. This is fascinating to me. What unfulfilled goal are you looking forward to fulfilling in your life? I look forward to developing and teaching two new classes on Chinese Foreign Policy and Intelligence agencies. What are some of the con- "How big is your vision?" Steven Story asked of students at the Executive Lecture Series last Thursday. Entrepreneurship for Dummies, as the lecture was titled, identified with the average student. "You don't have to be smart, you just have to be always thinking," Story said. Story is living proof of this, as evidenced by his several successful businesses, including Stephen's Gourmet Cocoa and Tahitian Noni International. Sharing some of his business strategies, telling students you don't need a lot of money to start a business, and insisting that creativity is cre- Prof- Dennis Farnsworth has been a popular fixture at UVSC for over 30 years. Steven Hall/ NetXNews cepts you would like to cover in those classes? Well, in Chinese Foreign Policy I want to convey to my classes that long before there was a U.S. foreign policy, long before there was a British foreign policy, long before Charlemagne was coronated in 800, there was a Chinese Empire and there was a foreign policy there. And so I want to show the continuity of Chinese foreign policy and then contrast that with relative originality of the foreign policy of the past 56 years since the Maoists came to power. What about the Intelligence Agencies class? I worked for 28 years for the intelligence community, that was part time of course, and it was also concurrent with my civilian career here, and it was in connection with my role in the Army Reserve. Anyway, I want to show in that class-among many other things-how powerful the intelligence community is and how especially, we as Americans in each generation need to be vigilant, to make sure that the awesome power of the intelligence community is never turned against Americans to the deprivation of their privacy or their liberty. That is essential. What about the policy (I guess it's longstanding, but only recently well-known) that says we will have other countries, without our stance on civil rights, do the torturing and so forth of our prisoners for us? See that's highly unethical on our part. See that's-I don't approve of that. We should have nothing to do with torture. We should disavow torture. And I was really pleased with what what's his name Gonzales said in his statements, He said the U.S. during my administration will not use torture as a policy. Of course in the scenario you have presented its not us actually doing it, but that's-Steve. I think that's, almost as bad. And I don't think we ought to be doing that sort of thing. If we can't do it honestly, if we can't do it expertly and in most cases overtly instead of covertly, then we shouldn't be doing it, whatever it happens to be. OREM LOCATION Build YOUP Future With Convergys! Sales & Service Representatives Join Convergys, #1 in outsourced customer care, and get a great job that works with your schedule! Contact or take incoming calls from current customers regarding a variety of products and services. Must have excellent ^sales and customer service skills. ipetitive compensation • Paid training included • Medical/dental/vision insurance • Flexible mornings, afternoons, & evening shifts available • 401(k) savings plan • Tuition reimbursement program • Casual work environment • And much more! Call for a great job today! 7 6 5 - 7 3 0 0 y ext UVSGE77 or, apply online at: ated out of necessity, Story was on to something. Out to make a quality prodencouraged all of the hopeful entrepreneurs in the audi- uct rather than a cheap one, he has followed this policy ence. throughout his very successA true entrepreneur himself, Story said he went into the ful career. food market because, "We will give up our clothes before we give up our food." "You don't have to be Sharing that he was was like nivc ,_ , | . most college students, smart, you just have to changing his major several fre always thinking. " times, and trying to decide what to be "when he grew up," Story finally found -Steven Story his place in the business Entrepreneur world. To compete with the "taller, smarter, better He stressed that the most imlooking guy" he found a void portant advice is: "Your worth and decided to fill it. The first to make a true quality cocoa. is not measured by how many Stephen's Gourmet, took off good ideas you have, but by and it became clear that Story those you carry out." Bioethics in the digital age "Bioethics" cont'd from page AI apeutic Cloning. A single egg is taken during the menstrual cycle. Its chromosomes and contents are removed leaving it empty. Then 23 chromosomes from another existing cell in the woman's body are extracted and combined with the contents from the egg. These 46 chromosomes are then placed back into the eggBy letting this egg grow, it produces needed cells that could help cure a disease, such as Parkinsons. All of this is hypothetical, no real cure has been found, but this theory is something that scientists would like to explore and look further into. The problem surrounding this idea is that many people feel it is unethical to grow that cell. Right now we do not have the needed technology to develop it into a human, but the possibility does exist. "Should we use treatments that utilize cloned embryos?" "What are the ethical implications of creating a cloned embryo to obtain cells for therapeutic purposes?" Biology teacher Josh Heward attended the lecture, and feels that it is okay to use cloned embryos for therapeutic cloning. In 2001 Bush passed legislature that said only federal funding could be used on existing stem cell lines. Already California has state funding that is directed toward stem cell research. This is a topic that is very controversial and will not be settled anytime soon. Erin Naegle, who teaches biology 1010 and attended the lecture, feels that this topic and lecture is "vital for understanding of issues in our society" and that it "has such a huge affect on individuals." She feels that it is very important for these issues to be discussed. These informative lectures take place three times a semester, and have reached over a variety of topics such as a computer hacking demonstration and ID fraud. The program is titled, "Ethics in the Digital Age" and is cosponsored by the Center for the Study of Ethics and the school of computer science and engineering. 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