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THAT ’S THE S OU N D OF A
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DYING.
SOMETHING
you can’t turn away
FROM THAT.
His humor and eccentric dance moves blended nicely with the sexual undertones of his music.”
Corey Tipton, RAM Chapter liasion
Volunteer spirit reaches new heights Student volunteers improve medical care in remote areas Tanner Hancock News Editor
Monica Brashears, Contributor
To read more about Monica’s take on SoMo >>See page 10
Volume 130 Issue 24
The woman was in her mid 30’s, a heavy smoker unlikely to quit — and she had the lungs to prove it. With a stethoscope to her chest, Corey Tipton, the liaison for UT’s chapter of Remote Area Medical and a senior in biology, heard the sounds of someone dying
and in need of help. It’s remained with him ever since. “That’s the sound of a 30-something dying,” Tipton recalled, his voice heavy with emotion. “You can’t turn away from something like that.” As a part of UT’s chapter of Remote Area Medical, Tipton and other student volunteers are part of an effort to address the growing need for medical expertise in America for the nation’s most impoverished and in-need citizens. UT’s chapter of Remote Area Medical was formed in 2014 as the first entirely collegebased group within the organization consisting entirely of student volunteers. Based in Knoxville, Tennessee, Remote Area Medical originated in 1985 after Stan Brock, known for starring in NBC’s
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wildlife program “Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom,” injured his leg in a remote area of South America 26 days away from the nearest medical care. Brock realized the desperate need for medical assistance in isolated areas across the globe and founded Remote Area Medical as a means of helping those in places either too far displaced or too impoverished to help themselves. The organization’s initial mission aimed to provide medical assistance to isolated peoples in locations ranging from South America to sub-saharan Africa. Yet today, over 90 percent of their operations focus on providing medical assistance to people in the United States. See MEDICAL on Page 2
Tuesday, September 22, 2015