University of Arizona - Desert Yearbook (Tucson, AZ)

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arch 2005 THE TERRI SCHAIVO CO NTROVE RSY It had been more than 15 years since Terri Schiavo suffered severe brain damage that left her barely alive and depending on a feeding tube, but in early March 2005 she entered the spot- light. Her husband, Michael Schiavo, and Tern ' s parents entered a bitter dispute over whether to remove the feeding tube, a fight that became one of the biggest media frenzies of the year. Words such as persistent vegeta- tive state and living will entered the public consciousness as the legal bat- tles raged on. Debates raged over civil Above- Terri S( rights, medical ethics and legal guard- Mary Schindiei ianship. Further controversy erupted as the U.S. Suzanne Vitadc ir.-i r T t J ofanewscont( Congress and President George W. Bush stepped jng Mareh 20, ( in with specific laws to keep Terri ' s feeding tube side Hospice ir in. However, Schiavo ' s parents exhausted the legal system and Terri ' s tube was finally removed. The media scrutiny died quickly after she did. Above: Terri Schiavo ' s mother Mary Schindier, right, and sister Suzanne Vitadamo await the start of a news conference Sunday morn ing March 20, outside the Wood- side Hospice in Pinellas Park, Fla. AP Photo y- Jt Left: John Bunnell, funeral director for the Gulfport Memo- rial Funeral Hom, places a photo of Terri Schiavo and her mother Mary at the entrance of the Most Holy Name of Jesus Catholic Church in Gulfport, Fla. prior to Terri ' s funeral mass,Tuesday April 5, 2005. AP Photo

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immilW IIIMMi III 1 1 ii I ; rt - it; tttfiv iitmi T.4»j NftiiMi f. ' -nwTitmuwitfmi-JB Yfenr wi Review DATPIHTQ A IM rMI r IU 1 o WIN sx: SUPERBpWII! ' f ;- ' 1 Right: New 1 rs T 1 ' 1 n l I3fi f t i yvti ' i I ' •f ' Sr nngidno 1 tUi lois linebacker Tody : V§ k 1 Brusclii celebrates 7 ' I V t. with the Vince JF r 1 Lombardi Trophy ■ « ' ' ¥ 1 after the Patriots fc.uS y i - | beat the Philadel- cS;? phia Eagles 24-21 gp -V-j Lyy in Super Bowl r ft ij ii XXXIX at Alltel !) — ' .:.-r ' »- i ® Stadium on Sunday, B! V Feb. 6, 2005, in KT ' ! ! i ' ' ni .lacksonville, Fla. In ClP ' = T ,4 ffl the rear is teammate 1 — ■■ - z f Richard Seymour. ' - » ibR ivi SI AP Photo «i -i ' KOBE BRYANT .v? Left: Los Angeles Lak- ers ' Kobe Bryant, top, tries to cheer on his teammates during the fi- nal moments of the Lak- ers ' 114-108 loss to the Atlanta Hawks, in this } Feb. 7, 2005 photo, in Atlanta. Experts believe ' a settlement between Kobe Bryant and the woman who has accused him of rape would offer both sides a way to avoid a potentially embarrass- ing trial that would bring out intimate details of their lives. AP Photo Right: Demonstr6 tors Mary Porti| kneeling, and otl ers pray for Ter Schiavo Easts Sunday, March 2 ' 2005 outside th Woodside Ho; pice, where Ter ' resides, in Pinelh; Park, Fl APPhoi February 2005 ' -«V ' r ' — -idisif: m J 4 Ri f mM -4 !Pi I Ml K L lij 1 5 b. X p ' iJt [ %.iiMM 1 .- JACKSON TRIAL Love it or hate it, tl est celebrity trial of the year wa rapable. For- mer pop icon Michael Jackson stood trial for alleged child molestation charges with TV cameras and report- ers covering every moment. Celebrity witnesses from Jay Leno to Macau- lay Culkin were trotted out to testify. In June 2005, he was acquitted of all charges. Above; Michael Jackson talks to one of his lawyers past an unidenti- fied body guard, right, as he leaves the Santa Barbara County Superior Court after the first day of his child molestation trial Monday, Feb. 28, 2005, in Santa Maria, Calif. The prosecution and defense teams presented their opening statements to the judge and jury on the first day of the trial. AP Photo Right: San Francisco Giants ' Barry Bonds gestures after a question during a news con- ference at Scottsdale Stadium in Scottsdale, Ariz., Tuesday Feb. 22. BARRY BONDS

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Riglit: Pope John paul II kisses an unidentified baby at the end of a general weekly audience in hall at the Vatican. Wednesday, March 14. 200 i. AP Photo I ,elow: The body of Pope John Paul II lies in state in the Clementine hall at the Vatican, Sunday, April 3, 2005. APPh A April 2005 IE S=3» RvgKKS SSia B«KS S (3 mm Left: Pope John Paul Tl looks at a white dove freed at the end Angclus prayer in St. Peter ' s square, at the Vatican, in this ph on Jan. 30, 2005. AP Photo