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siGmncHi • connnuED PRom i going for him; a popular high school basketball star, a community-oriented guy that loves little kids. He has always been surrounded by friends, good friends that are here even now, helping him through this.” Those good friends at USC are working hard to make Gorlitsky’s transition back into normal life as smooth as possible. “He’s a give-you-the shirt-off-his-back kind of guy,’” says Hunter Williams, Adam’s brother in USC fraternity Sigma Chi. “If this terrible thing happened to anyone else,” Bradford said, “he would go above and beyond to help him or her out.” Several of his friends are currently looking for a handicapped-accessible house that would allow for Adam and his friends to live together upon his return to use. “He has been dealing with his injury incredibly,” Bradford said. “One might expect depression and grief from someone going through such a terrible event. But it is the exact opposite in Adams case.” “He is optimistic, reaching out to his loved ones, telling his friends and family how much he loves them.” The ripple effect this young man’s injury has had on family, friends and fellow Gamecocks is phenomenal. Sigma Chi is holding a benefit concert at Headliners Tuesday from 10 p.m. until 2 a.m. The show features Who’s Bad, a Michael Jackson cover band from Georgia. The cover charge is $5. All proceeds will go to the Gorlitsky family. Sam Masone, the social chair of Sigma Chi, explained how much this means to the fraternity. “We’ve lost a brother in both 2002 and in 2003 to car wrecks. We are all just real lucky Adam is alive,” Masone said. The benefit is open to the public, and his friends hope that many USC students will attend. In addition to this benefit, Williams is selling green silicone bracelets inscribed with “Go Goat,” Adam’s affectionate nickname, for $5 each. “$5 is the least anyone could give for such a great guy as Adam,” Williams says. To purchase a bracelet, contact Williams via e mail at HunterTWilliams@ hotmail.com or via phone at 843-442-0350. His father encourages his friends to continue to show the support that has already overwhelmed the family. Any items wished to be sent should be mailed to 629 Commonwealth Road, Mt. Pleasant, SC, 29466. “What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger,” Dr. Gorlitsky says. “It is my hope that years from now, Adam can look back on this event, know that it was meant to happen, and know that he is stronger for it.” Comments on this story? E-mail gamecocknews@gwm.sc. edu «• conTinmomi South Carolina Research Centers of Economic Excellence Act, the dean will use state funds to create more research professorships and centers for the next five years. Desu is currently head of 37 faculty members and 20 staff members in Massachusetts. His department has a budget of approximately $12 million per year. Comparatively, USC employs 100 full-time faculty members and received $149.3 million in external funding alone last fiscal year. While serving at UMass, Desu created two endowed professorships and earned an endowment for his department. Desu also earned state funds in order to renovate Marcus Hall, the home of the UMass engineering school. Should Desu be chosen for USC, he would assist the planning and supervising of USC’s new research campus, Innovista, on which construction begins this year. Under his tenure, Desu’s department was ranked second overall at UMass. The National Research Council ranked the department in the top 25 percent nationwide. The overall engineering college was ranked 57th by U.S. News and World Report for 2006. Under Desu’s leadership, • undergraduate enrollment at UMass increased by 32 percent and graduate by 35 percent. Undergraduate minority enrollment also increased by 25 percent, and 20 percent more women were enrolled in the graduate field. Desu , also served as director of the Center for Advanced Ceramic Materials at Virginia Tech from June 1993 to December 1998. He increased the center’s research spending by three times to $2.5 million and obtained state matching funds for industrial contracts procured by faculty members. The Materials Characterization Laboratory and Specimen Preparation Laboratory, two key facilities to his department, were state-funded under his efforts and helped to establish his department. The other candidates are Michael D. Amiridis, professor and chairman of USC’s chemical engineering department; Christine W. Curtis, a chemical engineering professor at Auburn University; and James F. Ely, chemical engineering department head for the Colorado School of Mines. Ely is next in the interview process, meeting with faculty and administration Jan. 30 and 31. Curtis will interview from Feb. 1 and 2, and Amiridis, Feb. 6-7. Comments on this story? E-mail gamecocknews@gwm.sc.edu For updates of all proceedings concerning Student Government candidates (including biographies), read on the Web at www.dailygamecock.com THlflfrAMECOCK - ' ' ' - Which two countries Moldova?