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, Schools requiring chickenpox vaccines by Jennifer Carter ^ Tin: Gamecock For llie first time, South Carolina is requiring all children entering school or day care for the 2000-2001 school year to have a chickenpox vaccine. A common childhood illness, chick enpox can cause serious complications such as inflammation of the brain, pneu monia and bacterial skin infections that can potentially lead to hospitalization or death. According to the National Associ ation of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners, many parents are unaware of the possi bility of such serious complications as sociated with the disease. However, chickenpox is an easily pre ventable illness. The Centers for Disease Control ;uid Prevention considers chick enpox to be one of the leading causes of ■mxine-prevenlahle deaths in the United -slates. “Safe and elleclive vaccination against chickenpox has the potential to avert 10,(XX) hospitalizations and prevent 100 deaths due to complications from llie virus each year,” said Dr. Jane Aroson, chief of pediatric infectious diseases at Winthrop University Hospital. Currently only about 60 percent of children in South Carolina gel the chickenpox vaccine by 19 months of age. Vaccination rales against other childhood diseases are much higher. Willi the new requirement for all chil dren to be vaccinated this school year, South Carolina hopes to raise awareness about the seriousness of chickenpox and ^ Vaccine see page 2 Holding kids back could be detrimental, experts say by Jennifer Autrey Tin: Gamfcock Some experts want that holding young children back from entering school for an ■^tra year, or “redshirling,” could be a problem in elementary schools. In this case, “redshirling” doesn’t hold its original meaning, generally associal- L ed with college athletics, that refers to the practice of holding back an athlete from participation until he or she develops more skill or becomes stronger. Parents of 5- and 6-year-olds are opt ing to keep their children out of kinder garten for an extra year in the hopes that they will be more mature by the lime they start school. Dr. Nancy Freeman, a professor in the College of Education, warns lluit this prac tice, which is becoming more common, %ay have detrimental effects on the na tion’s kindergartens. “As we hold back children and delay their start in public-school kindergarten, we change the climate of the school by making it more academic. When it be comes developmental^ appropriate for 6-yeiir-old starters, their traditionally aged Kindergarten see page 2 nusc 21 - GEORGIA 10 jgfe USC shocks Georgia ■ The Gamecocks upset ninth-ranked Georgia in front of the second-largest home crowd ever by David Cloninger a new reason every week to come back the next? Tin: Gamecock Every indication points to yes. Back from the dead Although there are negative aspects of the Game After theworct season in USC football history, the cocks’ *=™'e Plan’lliere is one ***« Presenl ll,al Wils Gamecocks are suddenly 2-0 for the first lime since missi"gfor ll,e last 22 conhdence. 1996, and starting to command the respect of every Both the Carolina fans and students are con team on the remaining schedule. vinced they can tumble the best teams in the nation af With nine games against the 1 lth-toughesl sched- ter Saturday’s thrilling victory, and who’s to tell them ule in the nation remaining for USC, however, can the otherwise? Gamecocks continue to thrill their fans, giving them Now they know miracles are indeed possible. !(Top) Running back Derek Watson stiff arms two UGa defenders on his way to 93 yards ^ rushing. (Left) Fans carry a set 1 of goalposts ** from Willlams | Brice stadium H after the game, f* Parts of the (posts ended up In Five Points. Photos by Sean Rayford Tuc Gamclock Quote, Unquote Perspectives on the game "It’s just one victory. We are not 8-0; we are 2-0. We will celebrate this one and move on." — Lou Holtz "(Quincy Carter) had that Heisman on his mind, and now that it's off his mind ... hopefully he'll have a better week next xueek." — Cleveland Pinkney | "At this point, it's still early in the season, but you don't loant to lose to an inferior team." — Richard Seymour (Georgia player) A ‘REGRETTABLY SHORT LIFE’ Rutledge Chapel memorial pays tribute to USC student Special to The Gamecock Bruce “Smith” King by Martha Wright Tin; Gami.cock II is Friday, Sepl. 8. Outside Rutledge Chapel, five vigorous young men yell and laugh as they throw their blue Frisbee back and forth under the September sun, shouting to each oth er as they run chaotically over cool, green grass. But in front of Rulle<lge Chapel, forty silent young mourners shuffle forward as their long and somber line files slowly into the sanctuary. They pause only to embrace the newest mem bers of the queue or to write their names in a while book marked “In Memory.” This is the memorial for a young man. Bruce Nesmith King — who preferred to be called “Smith” — had been in Columbia’s Baptist Medical Center since Aug. 24, when he blacked out briefly in the lobby of Preston Col lege, his residence hall. On Aug. 25, doctors say he suffered heart trouble. On Aug. 29, he was in a coma, and his brain activity was nearly gone. Smith, 19, died shortly after 12:30 p.m. on Sept. 7, this past Thursday. On Friday, Smith’s family and friends came to a 3 p.m. service at Rutledge Chapel. Thirty minutes before it begins, several of Smith’s room males, friends and family members truck arm fuls of his belongings down from his tliird lloor apartment. They exit the staircase through the fire door, carefully avoiding the bar that sounds tlie alarm. Tliey are cleaning out his room. Smith’s loved ones surround a red van with tinted windows in the parking lot behind Pre ston. The van will go to Smidi’s home to Flo rence, and we get a few glimpses of his posses sions before they are packed: some laundry, a computer, a printer packed in Styrofoam, a green bookbag, a fuzzy blue gorilla toy, die game RISK. A wooden rocking chairgoes in and is taken right back out; the van is full. Some men, probably in Memorial seepages Weather Inside Quote of the Day Datebook Today 88 68 Tuesday 90 67 More on USC’s i victory Page 10 “Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.” Henry David Thoreau Monday • Student Organization Renewal and Treasurer Workshop, 3:30 p.m. • CP, 3 p.in., RH theater • Fraternity Council, 4 p.m., RH 322/326 • Sorority Council, 5 p.m., RH 322/326 Tuesday • AAAS, 6 p.m., RH theater • RHA, 7 p.m., RH 303 • Omega Phi Alpha, 9 p.m. • S.C. Democrats, 8:30 p.m.