Show T- T J. J H HaA A Riot q by Dave Vasquez No it wasn't a riot it was the Red Cross Bloodmobile making collections and they made a good haul for the number numbe of students we have While they were here they drew pints of badly needed needed need need- r ed blood The Red Cross Center in this area serves hospitals in Utah and parts of Wyoming Idaho and Nev Nev- ada These hospitals have a constant demand for blood due to driving ill illness illness illness ness clumsiness etc and nd the de demand and far exceeds the thed 1 to a d' d don missed il Blood t mobile or chickened out you can still donate at the Red Gross cross ross Center Foothill Foothill Foot Foot- hill hiJI Drive You can go in Monday and Friday from 10 to 3 or Tuesdays and Wednesdays Wednesdays Wed Wed- from 3 to 8 and if youre you're lazy you can wait until Friday and go between 11 and 4 It takes from 45 minutes minutes minutes min min- utes to an hour but the actual extraction only takes about 10 minutes The rest of the time is spent getting your medical history your blood pressure and a couple of drops of blood for tes tests Now what's so bad about that If you donate you get cookies punch a bumper sticker and anda a place to pass out Most of all you'll know that youre you're helping someone who is dying dying dying dy dy- dy- dy ing for a pint no pun intended intended intended ded If you ever wondered why they charge you in the hospital hospital hos hos- pital for blood they get free youre you're about to find out Before Before Before Be Be- fore blood can be given to a patient it must be tested typed and checked to make sure youre you're getting good stuff After the tests it the hospital gets it and tests it again Then if it passes all the tests they have trained personnel pump it in The tests and the people to run them is where the expense expense expense ex ex- ex- ex pense comes in The Red Cross thanks all the students who donated and hopes you'll give again For those of you with masochistic masochistic maso maso- masochistic tendencies you must wait 8 weeks between dona dona- W 4 L h |