One of the things I have come to love most about campus life is the commitment shown by my peers. A recent example of this is the Every Drop Counts blood drive held on January 27. The drive, a reaction to FDA rules against allowing MSM from donating blood, was a resounding success according to Ben West, a coordinator of the event. In an message West sent to participants of the drive, he lauded his fellow students, claiming "SIXTY-SIX of you gave blood, breaking the record for the average amount of blood given per blood drive on Busch! Over ONE-HUNDRED of you signed affirmations that we will send to your representatives in Congress!" The blood drive also raised money for UNICEF's Haiti relief efforts.
My first thought after leaving the event (after realizing that I had no idea what exactly a "CC" of blood was, despite the fact that I had just parted with 500 of them) was that this event needed to be blogged about. After all, the students who gave their time, energy, and blood to make that event possible represented what I love most about RU. Regardless of what motivated a student to come out on the 27th (a free t-shirt, a desire to change a repressive policy, a love for the people of Haiti, or even just something interesting to blog about) it shows one thing about the average RU student: we don't back down from the things we care about.
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