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Schiavo ’s parents look for help after Supreme Court decision By JILL BARTON THE ASSOCIATED PRESS PINELLAS PARK, Fla. — With their daughter drawing closer to death, Terri Schiavo’s parents all but exhausted their options Thursday after the highest court in the land and a Florida judge rejected their desperate pleas to reinsert the brain-damaged woman’s feeding tube. Bob and Mary Schindler were left with the slim hope that Gov. Jeb Bush would somehow find a way to intervene or a federal judge who had turned them down before would see things their way. As of Thursday afternoon, Schiavo, 41, had been without food or water for six full days and was showing signs of dehydration _ flaky skin, dry tongue and lips, sunken eyes. Doctors have said she would probably die within a week or two of the'tube being pulled. “It’s very frustrating,” said her brother, Bobby Schindler. “Every minute that goes by is a minute that Terri is being starved and dehydrated to death.” A lawyer for Schiavo’s husband, Michael Schiavo, said he hoped the woman’s parents and the governor would finally give up their fight. “We believe it’s time for that to stop as we approach this Easter weekend and that Mrs. Schiavo be able to die in peace,” attorney George Felos said. The Schindlers planned to appear before a federal judge in Tampa on Thursday evening to make another emergency request that the feeding tube be reattached while the parents pursue their claims that Schiavo’s religious and due-process rights were violated. U.S. District Judge James Whittemore previously rejected a similar request. Schiavo suffered brain damage in 1990 when her heart stopped briefly from a chemical imbalance believed to have been brought on by an eating disorder. She left no living will, but her husband argued that she told him she would not want to be kept alive artificially. Her parents dispute that, and contend she could get better. The dispute has led to what may be the longest, most heavily litigated right-to-die case in U.S. history. Earlier Thursday, the U.S. Supreme Court, without explanation, refused to order the feeding tube reinserted. The case worked its way through the federal courts and reached the Supreme Court after Congress passed an extraordinary law over ' the weekend to let the Schindlers take their case to federal court. Later in the day Thursday, Pinellas County Circuit Judge George Greer denied Bush’s request to let the state take Schiavo into protective custody and, presumably, restore her feeding tube. Bush cited new allegations that Schiavo was neglected and abused, and challenged her diagnosis as being in a persistent vegetative state. Bush said he would appeal. State law allows Florida’s social services agency to act in emergency situations of adult abuse. “For this lockdown to occur without having the ability to have an open mind, and say, ‘Well, maybe there are new facts on the table, maybe there are new technologies, maybe, just maybe, we should be cautious about this’ ... is very troubling,” Bush said. In his ruling, Greer said an affidavit from a neurologist who believes that Schiavo is “minimally conscious” was not enough to set aside his decision to allow the withdrawal of food and water. “By clear and convincing evidence, it was determined she did not want to live under such burdensome conditions and that she would refuse such medical treatment-assistance,” Greer wrote. GERALD HERBERT/THE ASSOCIATED PRES! Members of the group The Cause USA’ who support the family of brain-damaged woman Terri Schiavo pray with their mouths taped with the word ‘life’ outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington on Thursday. Schiavo has been without food and water for six days. ■ FMLA Continued from page 1 posting a memo on the Women’s Studies listserv. She announced she was collecting towels in some of her classes. Other items such as paper towels and betadine were also donated. The kits will be packed in gallon-size plastic bags and delivered to the state meeting of United Methodist Volunteers in Mission. From there they will be sent by plane to Haiti. While FMLA has most of the supplies, it still needs money. Each kit costs $1 to ship. Peel said because it is a new organization it has not received any funding from Student Government. “We were told we wouldn’t be eligible for funding until September,” Peel said. FMLA is in the process of planning an event to raise money for the shipping costs. Peel said they would stop receiving towel donations Tuesday but are still accepting monetary donations and any of the other items included in the kits. The average cost of a midwifery kit is $9.43. It would take an average American approximately .51 hours of work to pay for the necessary supplies as compared to the 12.57 hours a Haitian would have to work to afford a midwifery kit, Peel said. FMLA members hope that donation of the kits will relieve a small part of Haiti’s burden. “(The need for midwifery kits) was brought to my attention. As much as feminist ideology fights for this country, women in other countries have a much harder time than we do,” Peel said. Comments on this story? E-mail gameeockneTVs@gwm.sc.edu ■ CANDIDATES Continued from page 1 April 7. Dawes, an English professor and USC distinguished poet in residence, will meet with the committee April 11. Sederberg has said he will probably be at USC at least one more year, “to be a resource for the new dean as far as integrating into the College.” More than 1,100 students are enrolled in the Honors College, with an average SAT score of 1400. Students must maintain a 3.3 GPA to stay in the college, causing dropout rates of about 15 20 percent. Standards have risen the last few years. Comments an this story? E-mail gamecocknervs@gwm.sc.edu ■ LIBRARY Continued from page 1 Mack Wallace, a fourth-year biology student, said the renovations “couldn’t be anything but good, especially on the weekends. They close early, and I’ve had to leave.” He added that the convenience might increase student productivity. Lisa Weiss, a second-year business student, said she primarily studies at the library between 9 p.m. and midnight. “I would stay longer if I could,” she said. Comments on this story? E-mail gamecocknews@givm.sc. edu ■ FUNDS Continued from page 1 great accomplishment for the university. “Guidance counselors all over this state realize that we are becoming more competitive, so I am sure some are saying, ‘Sam, you really shouldn’t apply to Carolina because you don’t got a chance of getting in,’ so we don’t get that application,” Sorensen said. Other than branding and other public relations and advertising techniques, Sorensen said another way to reach prospective students and donors is to “stimulate collaboration across institutional boundaries.” By such collaboration, he means to increase cooperation among South Carolina’s three public universities and expand on the 21 externally funded research collaborations with Clemson. “We are a small state so we need to collaborate with other institutions,” Sorensen said. “You play each on the football fields, hopefully with more dignity than we had last game, ... but when it comes to the research and teaching, lets find ways to achieve synergy, like sharing our resources and working together.” Comments on this story? E-mail gamecocknews@gwm.sc.edu ■ COHEN Continued from page 1 had contributed to an increasing sense of “disconnectedness’ around the global community. Americans, he said, are going K have to solve this identity crisi: themselves. 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