Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page.

WEDNESDAY January 16, 2008 Vol. 115, No. 84 | Athens, Georgia PM showers. High 49 | Low 31 ONLINE: wwwjßdandblack.com Med school expansion plans progressing BY BRIAN MINK The Red & Black Plans to expand the Medical College of Georgia to Athens made strides Tuesday when the Board of Regents heard a much-antici pated report recommending the extension of MCG to the former Navy Supply Corps Jpßiss®*fc ai W r ÜBfa. ,ii ' ,r Ts&Tr • • ■ R JHI ’ m■■ .*M< Wjk Wf,. *?%ga ■■ .: r -■ Bl <WR| , |fej jj *M py SARAH E. KING i The Rbo a Bia. k ▲ Shinya Miyake, a graduate student from Japan, makes a paper crane at the Tate Center Gallery. The Japan Club and Students for Peace invited students to make cranes, to be sent to the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum. Bomb survivor shares ‘surreal, hellish’ memories BY JULIE LEUNG The Red & Black A woman, buried up to her neck in rub ble, about to be consumed by fire. A play mate holding his arms out because the skin had been burned off. These are the images that remain etched in 73-year-old Takashi Teramoto’s mind as he recounts August 6, 1945 the day the atomic bomb was dropped on his hometown of Hiroshima, Japan. “I had dreams about that woman for a long time,” said Teramoto through his translator, Natsuki Okito. Sitting in an Atlanta Barnes & Noble coffee shop on a clear blue Saturday after noon, the hellish scenes Teramoto described seemed surreal. “It’s really hard to communicate this to anybody because it is so outside their experience,” he said. “It’s hard for you to imagine a situation like that." In a mild-mannered tone, Teramoto related his memory of the exact moment the bomb dropped: “I lived one kilometer from the hypocen- NICK PASSAREUO | Tub k.i, . Rui ▲ Kate Winskell lectures on “Scenarios From Africa: Dramatizing Stories of HIV/AIDS,” an organization she co-founded, Tuesday in the Chapel. Reaching the Newsroom News (706) 433-3037 Variety (706) 433-3041 Sports (706) 433-3040 Opinions (706) 433-3043 Photo (706) 433-3046 The Red&Black An independent student newspaper serving the University of Georgia community ESTABLISH EI) 1 89 3, INDEPENDENT 1980 School property. The plan the regents heard Tuesday, authored by Pittsburgh-based consulting firm Tripp Umbach, calls for collaboration between MCG and the University to develop anew campus and increased research capacity in biomedi cine and public health, according to a news release FOLDING FOR PEACE SURVIVOR VISIT What: Hiroshima Atomic-Bomb Survivor Visit When: 6:30 tonight Where: University Chapel Price: Free More Information: uga.edu/jac/hiroshima ter. I was writing a letter to my friend and I felt a flash behind me. I turned around to look at it and suddenly all went black. I don’t remember anything after that.” “I think I ducked under the desk. It probably protected me from things that were falling,” he said. “Inside other houses, people were blown against the wall. But I didn’t move. I don't know why that happened. It’s incredible that the blast blew my house away, but I was just sitting there.” Rescued by his aunt from the debris, Teramoto was carried to safety in the sub urbs, he said. However, 10-year-old Teramoto said he did not escape unscathed. Out of the estimated 140,000 people On the Web redandblack.coit! Tuesday was the last day to return books to the University bookstore. Share how much you dropped on textbooks this semester in our online poll. issued by the BOR. The BOR commissioned the report in September 2007, and regents saw it for the first time Tuesday. The first class of 40 stu dents is expected to begin courses in Athens by 2009 or 2010, University President Michael Adams said in a recording of a Tuesday news Program helps fight HIV/AIDS stigmas Young Africans submit stories BY AMANDA WOODRUFF The Red & Buck Africa’s youth are waging their own battle against the HIV/AIDS epidemic, unsheath ing imagination and video cam eras In lieu of heavy artillery. "Scenarios from Africa: Dramatizing Stories of HIV/ AIDS,” co-founded by Kate Winskell, invites young Africans to submit stories to create short films depicting the reality of HIV/AIDS. Free verse page 6 Once upon a time, a University alumna won a Pulitzer Prize. Today, she’ll be sharing her award-winning poetry at the SLC. Check her out even if you’re not an English major. conference provided to The Red & Black by the University. The University hopes to move classes to the Prince Avenue site by 2012 or 2013, Adams said. “I’m excited. I’ve waited a long time to get to this point.” Adams said in the news con ference following the regents’ KRISTIN BOYD | Tut Rr * Blmb ▲ Takashi Teramoto, a Hiroshima survivor, shares the story of his experience after the blast. killed from the bomb and its effects, Teramoto’s mother numbered among See HIROSHIMA, Page 6 “(The program) forces links between diverse groups,” Winskell, an assistant director of Emory University’s Center for Health, said during a lecture Tuesday at the University Chapel. "Scenarios” has received more than 100,000 submissions in the past decade. “It allows young people to identify, value and use local resources,” she said. “It identi fies them as vectors of social change." The program began in three African countries but quickly swept across the continent, enlisting the public to trans form the stigmas surrounding HIV/AIDS to messages of pre meeting. “I think (the expan sion) will ultimately enhance economic develop ment for our entire state.” University System of Georgia Chancellor Erroll Davis said at the news confer ence the BOR will approve a definite plan at some point in Sir MCG, Page 3 *^i UETT^NOV^. Athens may soon be hit by wintery weather. NEWS, PAGE 5 Gym Dogs ally with Special Olympics BY KEVIN COPP The Red & Black The child walked unsteadily along the balance beam, concen trating intently every step of the way. Her mother knelt on the floor about 20 feet away, biting her lower lip in a nervous smile, her eyes growing larger with every turn and jump on the beam. The child finished her routine, dismounted onto the nearby mat, smiled from ear to ear and waved with both hands to the imaginary crowd. Courtney McCool, a 19-year old sophomore Gym Dog, who has known the thrill of competing in the Olympic Games in 2004, watched the routine intently and gave a double-handed high five to the girl. Suzanne Goossens is 19 as well, a young adult diagnosed with Down syndrome. For the past two years, Suzanne’s family has driven from Elberton to Athens for gymnas tics instruction, thanks to a part nership between the Gym Dogs and the Special Olympics. “She loves it,” Suzanne’s mother, Janet, said. “(Gymnastics) has been her life since she was 2. Even at home, she watched the videos of the team. She can name them all. When she got a chance to do this, she absolutely had to.” For the next hour, the girls were given free reign to enjoy the same facilities as some of the best gymnasts in the world. Disabilities were never men tioned. For a few hours, the Special Olympians simply shared gym space and had a great time with their Gym Dog friends. The transformation in the children and their teachers by the end of the hour was appar ent. “For Suzanne, most of her life has been on her own,” her mother said. “This year, they moved gym nastics from the summer to the winter (Special Olympic) games. She’s been bowling for the last six years in the winter, but she said she wanted to do gymnastics Sir GYMDOGS, Page 8 vention and hope. The films have been translated into more than 30 languages, including sign language. “People with disabilities don't have the same access,” Winskell said. “(Sign language) is important so they get that information." The program’s goal. Winskell said, is to allow youth to cate gorize social change for them selves. In this way, those “most afflicted” by the disease become storytellers. When communities watch films written in the context of their own culture, discussion and reflection on the impact of Sec PROGRAM, Page 3 Index UGA Today 2 Wire 2 Opinions 4 Variety 5 Crossword 3 Sports 7 Sudoku 7