Oregon State beats Ducks
in Civil War Blood Drive
The OSU Beavers win an annual competition that
allows donors to vote for their favorite university
BY EMILY SMITH
NEWS REPORTER
The Beavers may have lost this
year’s Civil War, and the team’s
marching band may have lost the
Civil War flag football game, but
Oregon State University can boast
about its victory over the University
of Oregon in the fourth-annual Civil
War Blood Drive.
The annual competition ended
with a final score of 2,673 donor
votes for the Beavers and 2,220 for
the Ducks.
While the total number of votes was
fairly close, a total of 971 students gave
on behalf of OSU, compared with 442
for the University.
Lane Memorial Blood Bank
teamed up with American Red
Cross and alumni associations of
the two dueling universities to or
ganize and conduct the statewide
blood drive in which participants
vote for either the Ducks or the
Beavers when they give blood.
The Civil War Blood Drive comes
at a crucial time of year. During the
holidays, regular donors are often
out of town and fewer people are
able to donate with the coming in
fluenza season, Lane Memorial
Blood Bank Community Affairs
Coordinator Kristi Henderson said.
“It’s really nice we can use the
competition and spirit from the
game to get new donors,” she said,
adding that it’s the most successful
blood drive on campus every year.
This year, 50 people in Eugene
gave on behalf of the Beavers, and
four people in Corvallis gave on be
half of the Ducks. That was disap
pointing for Red Cross Manager of
Communication and Marketing
and former University student
Clare Matthias.
The Civil War Blood Drive is the
largest blood drive in the North
west, she said. The American Asso
ciation of Blood Banks gave repre
sentatives from the University, OSU,
the American Red Cross and the
Lane Memorial Blood Bank plaques
in October during a conference in
Seattle. The awards were for the or
ganizations’ efforts in the 2004
blood drive.
The AABB is an organization that
helps blood banks advance the in
dustry of transfusion, Matthias said.
The award was for merit in an
education category, recognizing an
organization’s outstanding efforts,
she said.
Director of Alumni Programs
Ronnel Curry accepted the award
on behalf of the University.
Although the drive is over, Lane
Memorial Blood Bank is looking for
more donors to help the bank keep
its blood supply level sufficient.
Matthias said supplies of the un
common B negative and O negative
blood types are usually low.
Hospitals in the Northwest are
constantly filled with premature
babies, accident victims, cancer and
surgery patients and other ill and
injured people who, without trans
fusions, will die. When a person
donates his or her blood, the blood
is separated into red cells, platelets
and plasma. That means one unit
of blood could ultimately save
three lives.
According to the American Red
Cross’ Pacific Northwest Regional
Blood Services Web site, donors
must be 16 years old or older,
healthy and weigh at least
110 pounds.
Prior to donating, the Red Cross
urges donors to get a good night’s
sleep, eat a meal that contains irom
rich foods such as red meat, fish,
poultry, beans, raisins or prunes,
and drink extra water and fluids to
replace the amount that will be do
nated. It warns against consuming
caffeine and fatty foods.
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Mark McCulloch, assistant director of information systems for the Business Affairs Office,
donates to the Lane Memorial Blood Bank.
Fan behavior: Some were removed two hours prior to kickoff, police say
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Kerns, who was in charge of EPD
patrols at the stadium during the game.
Police began removing people from
the stadium two hours before the
game started, Kerns said.
“That has never happened before,”
he said.
The Student Senate recently pro
posed a “pro-classy advertising cam
paign” and other measures to dis
suade students from participating in
unruly fan behavior. In a letter to
University President Dave Frohnmay
er, the Senate recommended he start
with an advertising campaign and, if
the problems with unruly fans persist
or become worse, implement more
severe measures. Those measures in
clude revoking tickets for violators,
fining violators, increasing security
and pushing for increased coverage
in the Emerald and on campus radio
station KWVA.
Officials in Frohnmayer’s office and
in the Athletics Department could not
be reached for comment on the pro
posals Thesday because they didn’t
return phone calls or were out of town.
After the USC game, people asked
whether the Eugene police planned to
increase patrols at football games. Po
lice patrols at University sporting
events are authorized and funded by
the University, Delf said.
So far this year, the University has
not authorized an increase in police
patrolling at games, Kerns said.
At the Civil War game, people were
cited for alcohol offenses, offensive be
havior and assault, which “is more
common (at football games) than any
of us realize,” Kerns said.
Kerns also said students account for
only a small percentage of people at
Autzen Stadium and are not the only
people causing problems.
Many people witness illegal behav
ior at games but don’t report it because
it is inconvenient and people think it
should be tolerated, Kerns said.
“The nature of big sporting events
is highly emotionally charged,” he
said. “There’s a lot of heavy drinking
and the assumption is that it should
be tolerated.”
Authorities are considering making
a telephone line available next season
for people to report unruly behavior,
Kerns said.
University freshman Jennifer Collins
was stepped on by a crowd of students
rushing to the field moments after the
game ended.
Collins said she was standing near
the aisle in the 10th row, when the
mob, screaming “just push through,”
forced her onto her stomach and
stepped on her.
She said she was not able to stand
again until the mob reached the field
and someone helped her up. The inci
dent caused bruising on her legs, hips
and face. Collins’ friend, who was also
caught in the mob, twisted her ankle.
Kerns encourages people who wit
ness offensive behavior at games to
report it to authorities immediately.
“If people reported it more, we
would have more influence on
inappropriate fan behavior,” he said.
Contact the crime, health
and safety reporter at
kgagnon@ dailyemerald, com
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