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Smorey urges votes for student facing terminal cancer

April 1, 2014

BY MICHAELA INDINO

Staff Writer

Senior athlete Luke Smorey, who has made the second round of a USA Today competition for most inspiring athlete, is asking his supporters to vote instead for another student who has a terminal brain tumor.

“Although I am very thankful of everyone’s votes, I would like to ask for all of you to vote for a contestant who I have found much more inspirational than myself,” Smorey said in an email. “His name is Dominique Cooks. He was recently diagnosed with a brain tumor and only has a few weeks to live.”

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    Sandy Costantino • Apr 2, 2014 at 12:20 pm

    What is the website that a person is to vote for DominIque Cook?

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