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Schiavo parents appeal court’s decision not to order feeding tube reinserted By VICKIE CHACHERE THE ASSOCIATED PRESS TAMPA, Fla. —A federal judge on Tuesday refused to order the reinsertion of Terri Schiavo’s feeding tube, denying an emergency request from the brain damaged woman’s parents. The parents’ lawyer quickly filed a notice of appeal, and the woman’s husband also filed new court documents. The ruling by U.S. District Judge James Whittemore came after feverish action by President Bush and Congress j on legislation allowing the contentious case to be reviewed by federal courts. The judge said the 41-year-old woman’s parents had not established a “substantial likelihood of success” at trial on the merits of their arguments. The notice of appeal was filed electronically hours later with the 11 th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta by David Gibbs III, an attorney for Terri Schiavo’s parents. The notice tells the court that the full appeal will follow. That court was already considering an appeal on whether Terri Schiavo s right to due process had been violated. Even before the parents’ full appeal was filed, Michael Schiavo said in a filing with the appeals court that his wife’s rights would be violated if the judges ordered nutrition restored while considering whether the feeding tube, removed last Friday, should be permanently reconnected. “That would be a horrific intrusion upon Mrs. Schiavo’s personal liberty, and the status quo should therefore be maintained until this court issues its final ruling,” said the filing by Michael Schiavo’s attorney, George Felos. The status quo could continue for a couple of days without harming Terri Schiavo, the filing argued. Felos also told the judges he would appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court if the tube is ordered reconnected on a temporary basis. In his early morning ruling, Whittemore wrote that Schiavo’s “life and liberty interests” had been protected by Florida courts. Despite “these difficult and time strained circumstances,” he wrote, “this court is constrained to apply the law to the issues before it.” No further hearings were scheduled before Whittemore. The Bush administration “would have preferred a different ruling,” White House press secretary Scott McClellan told reporters in Albuquerque, N.M., where the president was visiting a senior center. “We hope that they would be able to have relief through the appeals process,” McClellan said. While Rex Sparklin, another attorney for the parents, said the appeal was needed to “save Terri’s life,” Howard Simon, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Florida, praised the ruling. “What this judge did is protect the freedom of people to make their own end-of-life decisions without the intrusion of politicians, ” Simon said. Bobby Schindler, Terri Schiavo’s brother, said his family was crushed. “To have to see my parents go through this is absolutely barbaric,” he told ABC’s “Good Morning America” on Tuesday. “I’d love for these judges to sit in a room and see this happening as well.” Scott Schiavo, Michael Schiavo’s brother, called the judge’s decision “a good thing,” and said he did not believe Congress should have intervened. “There’s not a law that’s made for this,” Scott Schiavo said in a telephone interview. “This is something that goes on 100 times a day in our country, that people, their wish to die with dignity is not a federal issue.” The tube was disconnected Friday on the orders of a state judge, prompting an extraordinary weekend effort by congressional Republicans to push through unprecedented emergency legislation Monday aimed at keeping her alive. Louise Cleary, a spokeswoman for Woodside Hospice, said she could not discuss Terri Schiavo’s condition Tuesday. “To honor the privacy of all of our patients, we couldn’t comment,” Cleary said. Gov. Jeb Bush was described by a spokeswoman as “extremely disappointed and saddened” by th federal judge’s decision not to order th tube reconnected. “Gov. Bush wi continue to do what he legally can withi his powers to protect Terri Schiavo, vulnerable person,” said spokeswoma Alia Faraj. Terri Schiavo did not have a livin will. Her husband has fought in courts fc years to have the tube removed because he said, she would not want to be kep alive artificially and she has no hope fc recovery. Her parents contend sh responds to them and that her conditioi could improve. Court-appointed doctors say she is ii a persistent vegetative state with no hop of recovery. Doctors have said she couli survive one to two weeks without th feeding tube. Gibbs argued at a Monday hearing ii front of Whittemore that letting Ten Schiavo starve would be “a mortal sin under her Roman Catholic beliefs an< urged quick action: “Terri may die as speak.” Felos argued that keeping the womai alive also violated her rights and note* z that the case has been aired thoroughly in s state courts. 1 “Yes, life is sacred,” Felos said. “So is 1 liberty, particularly in this country.” i Michael Schiavo said he was outraged l that lawmakers and the president intervened in a private matter. “When l Terri’s wishes are carried out, it will be r her wish. She will be at peace. She will be , with the Lord,” he said on CNN’s “Larry t King Live” late Monday, r Terri Schiavo suffered brain damage ! in 1990 when her heart stopped briefly. i Her collapse was later linked to a potassium imbalance believed to have i been brought on by an eating disorder. A : successful malpractice lawsuit argued that I doctors had failed to diagnose the eating i disorder. She can breathe on her own, but has relied on the feeding tube to keep her l alive. i According to a CNN-USA Today Gallup poll of 909 adults taken over the I weekend, nearly six in 10 people said [ they think the feeding tube should be removed and felt they would want to i remove it for a child or spouse in the l same condition. Library upgrades printing system By KATE GOSS FOR THE GAMECOCK A new print management system is expected to increase material efficiency and librarian productivity at USC’s Thomas Cooper Library, cutting students’ time spent waiting in line. Pharos Uniprint, an output control program, should reduce paper and toner waste and make users’ Vvorks-in-progress more accessible. Previously, all documents selected to print were sent to computer labs for retrieval. Lines to pick up printed documents became commonplace, especially during midterm and final exam weeks. nrma v^reignton, neaa ot UDrary ( systems, said she sees many advantages in upgrading USC’s two earlier services. “Thanks to Uniprint and Carolina Card, Thomas Cooper becomes an easier one-stop-shop for patrons. Balances on this card can be used to pay library fines, grab a bite to eat or a cup of coffee, as well as for printing and copying,” she said. Uniprint saves print jobs sent from the workstation for 24 hours on the network, allowing users to choose when to print and pick up documents. Library visitors can now find print stations in the three labs, as well as on the mezzanine. “All computers in the library are networked to these Uniprint stations, providing efficiency for the user and the staffs time,” Creighton said. Switchover to the new system in the computer lab located on the fifth floor was postponed until spring break to eliminate inconvenience. Computer Services paid for the system’s setup using the student technology fee built into tuition costs. Costs for servers, licenses and programming were about $12,000. The average $100 daily revenue will help defray the system’s installation cost. “Uniprint is just one example of students’ technology fee at work,” said Martin Dessart, an information resources consultant at Thomas Cooper Library. With the new system, users must deposit money into a machine next to the copy machine area of the mezzanine before completing the print job. Users without Carolina Cards can obtain copy cards for $1 at the same machine. The deposit machine allows students to pay for individual print jobs or deposit a bulk payment to be used during the semester. Students’ parents can deposit money into these accounts, for printing and copying, on VIP. Comments on this story? E-mail gamecocknervs@gwm.sc.edu WANTED!! 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