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Florida man gets $450,000 after surgical mishap MIAMI (AP) — A man whose doctors left a 16-by-28-inch sur gical towel in his abdomen after he underwent surgery for an aor tic aneurysm was awarded $455,000 in damages Tuesday. William Barlow, 62, developed a blood infection and fever after leaving the Veteran’s Administration hospital in December 2000, according to a summary of the case released by the judge. The towel was re moved four months later. The VA conceded fault on the forgotten towel but tried to limit the damage award, citing Barlow’s poor health and obesi ty. A message left with the gov ernment’s attorney was not re turned. U.S. District Judge Ursula Ungaro-Benages, who heard the trial without a jury, decided Barlow’s existing medical prob lems, including emphysema and diabetes, were aggravated by the infection, the 10-day stay for the towel’s removal and the quick succession of major surgeries. ' Barlow also had surgery to re move a cancerous kidney in 2000. Training CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 that RAs distribute some kind of self-help CD, which would assist students in performing all of these functions on their own. “Absolutely, we’re in favor of using RAs to serve as re sources to distribute CDs and verify that machines have been debugged,” Luna said. Luna also said he would be in favor of organizing a techni cal support team like the ones many other universities have. Universities such as Stanford have a separate staff of students called tech assistants (TAs), who help with students’various computer problems, he said. Jo Dawn Brown, Resident Life Coordinator for Capstone, agreed it’s a good idea for stu dents to get involved by help ing other students with their computers, but said she be lieves the role of RAs is to help their residents adjust to cam pus life and build relationships, not to be their residents’ source of help for computer problems. “I definitely feel that there’s a need for assistance in the res idence halls; however, I don’t feel that’s a responsibility of RAs,” Brown said. “If RAs choose to do that, that’s great, but I don’t feel it should be a requirement.” RAs can still be “extremely helpful” in ensuring the secu rity of their residents’ com puters, Luna said. But with the vast majority of RAs in halls for first-year students, he doesn’t want the added re sponsibility to detract from their accomplishment of the Housing mission statement. “Our mission in University Housing is very clear,” Luna said. “It is to design living and learning communities that promote students’ academic success and personal develop ment.” Luna said he and Dreiling have talked about the plan and have decided to meet with Computer Services and the Residence Hall Association to discuss the idea as well as oth er options. Comments on this story? E-mail gamecockudesk@hotmail.com STATE NAACP schedules Democratic debate COLUMBIA (AP) - South Carolina NAACP leaders have convinced six Democratic pres idential hopefuls to crisscross the country and attend a presi dential forum at the civil rights group’s annual convention on Friday. By Tuesday, Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry, former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean and retired Gen. Wesley Clark were the only candidates who have not yet accepted an invitation to participate in the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People round-table discussion on mi nority issues. The South Carolina NAACP is holding its convention in Charlotte to honor its economic boycott of the state, which is tied to efforts to remove the Confederate flag that continues to fly on State House grounds. High school student dies of head injury HOLLY HILL, S.C. (AP) - A Vance teenager has died after collapsing and bumping his head on a brick pillar, authori ties said. Terrence Mitchell, 17, Had . been racing another student down a hall at Holly Hill-Roberts High School when he fell into a brick pillar, authorities said. Mitchell was pronounced dead at the high school at 4 p.m. Monday, said Orangeburg County Coroner Samuetta Marshall. An autopsy is sched uled Tuesday. Marshall said the definite cause of death is still under in vestigation. Group calls for MLK holiday reversal YORK (AP) — A group known for its support of the Confederate flag has asked York County Council to reverse a decision that gives workers a Martin Luther King holiday. The council voted 5-2 Monday to uphold last month’s decision adding the holiday. Council members said while they appreciated feedback but that they stood firm in their de cision. Only one county, Greenville, has offices open on the King hol iday. In July, Greenville County workers didn’t give the King holiday enough support in a vote to put it on their calendars. ‘Safe summer’ ends with inmate killing COLUMBIA (AP) - The fatal stabbing of an inmate at the Lieber Correctional Institution near Ridgeville this weekend comes after what Corrections Director Jon Ozmint has called a “very safe summer.” Steven Moultrie, 40, was the first inmate to die violently be hind bars since Ozmint started running the state’s prisons in February, the director said. Moultrie was stabbed with a homemade knife Sunday after noon. He and the suspect were both housed in Lieber’s Special Management Unit, where guards place prisoners who cause trouble, Ozmint said. NATION Graham drops out of presidential race WASHINGTON (AP) - Florida Sen. Bob Graham ended his bid for the presidency Monday after struggling to gain momentum or raise cash in the crowded Democratic field, while leaving open the possibility of another Senate campaign or even a vice presidential run if asked. Graham, 66, became the first Democrat to drop out of the 10 way competition. Graham said he has not de cided whether he would run for. re-election to his Senate seat, which he has held since 1987. He declined to endorse any of the re maining Democratic presiden tial candidates, saying any would be preferable to President Bush, even if they supported the war in Iraq. man arrested aner dagger found in shoe NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - A man trying to board a Los Angeles bound flight was arrested after an 8-inch dagger was found in side one of his shoes. Vincent P. Rosso was stopped Monday at Newark Liberty International Airpimt when a federal screener tolifhis super visor that Rosso appeared to be concealing a dagger in either his coat or sneakers. The dagger was detected when the items went through an X-ray machine, said Tony Ciavolella, a Port Authority spokesman. Officials do not be lieve Rosso has any terrorist links, but the FBI is reviewing the case. Bush doubts leak source will be found WASHINGTON (AP) - President Bush voiced doubt Tuesday whether it will be pos sible to find out who leaked the identity of an undercover CIA officer as the White House faced an evening deadline for turning over any relevant information to criminal investigators. In a brief question-and-an swer session with reporters, the president renewed his pledge to cooperate with the Justice Department investigation to “come to the bottom of this.” “I have no idea whether we’ll find out who the leaker is, par tially because, in all due respect to your profession, you do a very good job of protecting the leak ers,” Bush told journalists. Police find listening device in City Hall PHILADELPHIA (AP)-Police conducting a routine security sweep of Mayor John F. Street’s City Hall office found a hidden listening device Tuesday morn ing, authorities said. Street, who is seeking re-elec tion, quickly sought to reassure city residents that his office was not the subject of an investiga tion. “I have done nothing wrong,” Street said at a news conference. FBI spokesman Linda Vizi said the device was not connect ed to any campaign espionage, but she refused to say whether Street was being investigated or whether the FBI planted the de vice. WORLD North Korea won’t allow Japan at talks SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA (AP) — North Korea dealt a blow Tuesday to prospects for further multilateral talks aimed at curb ing its nuclear weapons devel opment, saying it will not allow Japan to participate in any new dialogue because it is untrust worthy. Japan firmly rejected the North Korean position, saying it had a role to play in any talks on the nuclear issue. Although North Korea iM quently issues belligerent state ments, often as a way to gain leverage over its adversaries, its latest assertion complicates ef forts by the United States and its allies to restart six-nation nu clear talks. 2 Americans among Nobel Prize winners STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN (AP) — Two American citizens and a Russian won the 2003 Nobel Prize in physics Tuesday for theories about how matter can show bizarre behavior at ex tremely low temperatures. The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences cited Alexei t Abrikosov, 75, Anthony 1 Leggett, 65, and Vitaly L. Ginzburg, 87, for their work con cerning two phenomena called superconductivity and super fluidity. The $1.3 million prize money will be shared equally among the three winners. Male contraceptive closer to market SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA (AP) - A practical male contraceptive could be a step closer after Re searchers said Tuesday that tri als prevented pregnancies among 55 couples using it for 12 months. The treatment stops spe| production by using implant’ the male hormone testosterone under the skin and injections of the female hormone, progestin. The U.S. government-funded trial, sponsored by Virginia based family planning organi zation CONRAD, successfully and reversibly turned off sperm production in the men who took part, said Rob McLachlan, di rector of clinical research at Prince Henry’s Institute of Medical Research in Sydney, Australia. Rioters clash with Pakistani police i i JHANG, PAKISTAN (AP) - Police exchanged fire with riot ing demonstrators Tuesday at the funeral for an assassinated hard-line Sunni Muslim politi cian, and at least one person died in sectarian violence else where in the country. Maulana Azam Tariq, the one-time leader of the banned Sipah-e-Sahaba Sunni extrem ist group and a member of Parliament, was gunned down in Islamabad Monday along with three bodyguards and a driver. A previously unknown Shiite group, calling itself the Fedayeen Imam Mahdi, claim'- L responsibility for the attack \ an e-mail to journalists. www.dailygamecock.com Nobody covers USC better. Win$25,000 for grad school! LAW • BUSINESS • GRADUATE • MEDICAL • DENTAL One lucky person will win $25,000 toward the first year of law, business, graduate, medical or dental school. To enter, visit www.kaptest.com/25k by October 31, 2003. 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