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Monday, November 10,2003
Since 1900 University of Oregon Eugene, Oregon
Volume 105, Issue 52
Politician
to speak
on peace,
civil rights
U.S. Rep. John Lewis will talk
about current events and his
work toward nonviolent social
change during today’s speech
By Jared Paben
News Reporter
Influential civil rights leader LI.S. Rep.
John Lewis, D-Ga., will deliver a speech on
campus entitled "Non-Violence, Peace, So
cial Change and Justice" at 5:30 p.m. today
in the EMU Ballroom.
Lewis will dis
cuss current events
and talk about the
work he's done to
ward justice and
social change, said
University Execu
tive Assistant Presi
dent Dave Mubin.
He will also talk
about his experi
ences in the South
ern civil rights
movement during
the 1960s.
Lewis, who was
an associate of Mar
tin Luther King Jr.,
was the youngest speaker at the famous
1963 "March on Washington" and found
ed the Student Nonviolent Coordinating
Committee, a group that staged sit-ins and
voter registration drives throughout the
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SALUTING AMERICA'S SERVICEMEN & WOMEN
Tim Bobosky Photographer
Sunday’s Veteran’s Day Parade included a montage of veterans from various military branches plus about 75 patriotic motorcycle riders, Civil War re-enactors,
Boy Scouts and Native American dancers. The parade, which started at South Eugene High School at 1 p.m., went down Oak Street, turned left on East 11th
Avenue and headed back to the high school by way of Willamette Street. The parade drew a crowd of Eugene veterans and residents.
Blood drive offers students competitive incentive
In a pint-for-pint competition
against OSU, students can
give blood on campus for this
year’s Civil War Blood Drive
By Chelsea Duncan
News Reporter
Last fall, the Ducks didn't win the
Civil War football game, but the Uni
versity did win the first-ever Civil War
Blood Drive. This week, Duck sup
porters and fans have the chance to
out-bleed the Beavers again.
Throughout the week, the Ameri
can Red Cross and the Lane Memorial
Blood Bank bloodmobiles will set up
shop outside the EMU for those who
want to donate blood. The campus
drive began Friday.
"It's a good thing to do, I just want
to help out others," junior Gina Drew
said before she gave blood Friday.
Drew said she didn't even know
about the contest, but she was glad to
find out she was donating on behalf
of the University.
"I think it's even better that I'm
here," she said.
Supporters can donate on behalf of
either school at any drive location
statewide, and supporters of the Uni
versity can donate on campus today,
Thursday and Friday from 11 a m. to 5
p.m. Beaver fans can also start donating
today at OSU's Memorial Union.
Last year, supporters of both schools
throughout the state donated nearly
5,000 units of blood. This year's goal is
7,000 units, Assistant Director for
Alumni Relations Denise Beban said.
The winner of the statewide contest,
which began Nov. 3 and lasts until Nov.
17, will be announced at the Civil War
game at Autzen Stadium on Nov. 22.
Beban said the drive provides stu
dents who wouldn't normally donate
blood with a reason to give.
"It just brings them out to support
their team," she said.
This time of year can be rough for
blood banks because donations tend
to drop with seasonal illnesses and as
people get tied up with the holidays.
"People tend to forget to donate,"
Beban said, adding that the drive
helps fill depleted supplies.
"This is a great way to bump them
up right before we typically need
them," she said.
Junior Julie Whitecotton, vice presi
dent for the University Student Alumni
Relations Board, which is helping to or
ganize the drive; said people should do
nate to prepare for the unexpected.
"One donation of blood can save
up to three lives," she said. "It's im
portant to do your part because you
don't know when you'll need it."
Freshman Chelsey DeBois said she
donates blood whenever she gets the
chance, but she also likes the idea of
winning the contest.
"It's nice to save lives," she said. "I
say, Take as much as you want.'"
Junior Brendan Anderson said he
doesn't care who wins, adding that he
just feels donating blood is the right
thing to do.
"Donating blood is not really about
the Civil War," he said. "It's just mainly
the people who want to volunteer."
Anderson, who bragged about his
big veins, said he has donated blood
13 times.
"I kind of feel obligated to," he
said. "I'm O positive."
People with group O blood types are
"universal donors" and can donate
blood to people with all blood types,
according to the American Red Cross.
Anderson also said his love of ex
treme sports may someday put him in
the position of needing blood, and he
wants to do his part now for "good kar
ma."
OSU senior Mathieu Bondurant
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