Removed link to search University sites to see if it fixes a white screen issue.
Ripped out all JS in the tpl file to see if that is causing the white screen
Changed _GET to drupal_get_query_parameters
Removed short tags
Removed js
added php to the php tags
Added js back with php tags
Semicolon me, asap
Editing part of the js to see if I can get any of it to load
Changed cx line to a full-on echo
Added quotes around site search