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Students give til
it hurts
by Priya Daugherty
Collegian Staff
Penn State-Behrend's Health
and Wellness Center worked with
the Community Blood Bank of
Erie County to save lives at
Wednesday's blood drive. The
blood drive was held in the
Wintergarden from 11 a.m. to 5
p.m.
The Tau Kappa Epsilon
fraternity and the Theta Phi
Alpha sorority co-sponsored the
event, as they do annually. This
year many other groups
participated also. Members of
Zeta Beta Tau, Sigma Tau
Gamma, Alpha Sigma Alpha,
Alpha Sigma Theta, Organization
of Latin American Students,
BACCHUS, Women Today, the
Biology Club, and Behreno
Knights contributed to event by
donating blood.
"Penn State-Behrend is
recognized yearly for being
number one among local colleges
and universities [for blood
drives]," said Patty Pasky
McMahon, Director of die Health
and Wellness Center.
All donors got to sign a leaf on
the "Tree of Life" which will
later be displayed on campus.
Participating organizations
received a certificate of
appreciation from the
Community Blood Bank.
The three organizations with
the highest levels of participation
“Behrend is
recognized yearly
for being number
one among local
colleges and
universities."
-Patty Pasky
McMahon
received a plaque and a
representative from those
organizations will appear in a
feature photo in the Erie Daily
Times "Morning News."
Adam Rapp, a member of Tau
Kappa Epsilon, said, "I think it's
a really good thing for
community service because it
helps decrease the blood shortage
that we have right now."
Everyday, Erie’s hospitals use
40 to 100 units. When the need
for blood is greater than the
allocated supply, the only way to
immediately solve this is to
appeal to the general public.
Blood drives bring in large
amounts of blood at a given time
which help prevent these
shortages.
"What's good about this blood
drive," said McMahon, "is that
all the blood stays here in Erie
and more students are
participating then ever before."
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Drug and alcohol awareness: Students sign the traveling wall against drug and alcohol
abuse. The wall has been to many sites throughout Erie.
BRING YOUR LUNCH TO THE
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AND ENJOY WORLD-CLASS PERFORMANCES
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Students participate in Alcohol
Awareness Week
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Some students agree. Vinny
Kruse, 02 DUS, thinks alcohol
awareness week is effective. “It
has made me aware of the dangers
and risks of consuming alcoholic
beverages. And, foremost, it has
opened my eyes to the reality of
what alcohol will do to your
future,”
Kruse also was supportive of
the mocktail idea on Monday.
“The mocktails contained a
delicious flavor, and to be quite
honest, I would rather choose a
mocktail over a cocktail," said
Kruse.
Some students feel differently
and do not see alcohol awareness
support for the responsible use of
alcohol. Free non-alcoholic beer
and seltzer will be available.
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week as effective. “Although it’s
a good idea, I don’t feel it has
been effective because people are
still going to drink. Some kids
in college just don’t care,”
Lourdes Tirado said.
Jessica Schwab, 01 Math, feels
similarly, “I don’t feel it was
very effective because it wasn’t
promoted enough. I didn’t even
know about it”
The Club and Organization
Blood Drive Competition took
place on Wednesday, and was
successful.
Thursday's event takes place in
the Reed building from 11 a.m.
to 1 p.m. Penn State-Behrend
students will be building their
own brick wall to show their
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