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2 NEWS CLACKAMAS Blood drive seeks donors PRINT Editorial E d ito rs -in -C liie f BY JONATHAN SANCHEZ THE CLACKAMAS PRINT Once again, the blood drive is back and looking for more donors than ever. The Associated Student Government is te a m in g up w ith B loodw orks N orthw est to hold the blood prive on Feb. 13 and 14 in G T ^ r ÿ R r u i ü . Anyone over the age of 18, and at least 110 pounds, is eligible to donate blood. B lo o d W o rk s N o r t h w e s t e r n independent, nonprofit organization that ASG has teamed up with year after year to save lives. A ll blood receives immediate, comprehensive testing so that it can be available'to more than 90 regional hospitals, usually in less than 24 hours after donation, according to the Bloodworks website. R a c h e l M o r g a n , d ir e c to r o f c o m m u n ity w elln ess d ep artm en t on campus, said that thé nonprofits main goal is to get as many donors as possible. Last term, they had about 50 donors over the tw o-day period. This term , they said they want to surpass only 10 percent of the population who are eligible to donate blood do so. This, that. Eva Flores, a second-year studentat at times, can cause shortages in blood Clackamas Com m unity College, said supply, as blood can’t be manufactured. she has donated blood five tim es. “ I Recently, TIME Magazine reported on like knowing that the blood is going a major shortage caused the storms towards saving other people’ s liv es.” that happened across Oregon last year Below are some tips to keep in mind as blood drives were cancelled and for anyone planning to participate in shipm ents went uncollected. The lack o f p ub licity th a t these /the blood dri/e’ ents receive can be a major issue According to the Red Cross website, it tem p tin g to find p otential is important to drink plenty of liquids, wear clothing with sleeves that can donors. * * * * X - ^ “ I had no idea they were having a be easily rolled up to your elbow, eat iron-rich foods weeks before donating blood d rive,” said Haley Thompson, “ I ’ve and bring a photo ID before donating a second-year student at never donated blood, but I would if I blood. “ It’ s really important for everyone to had the tim e.” The b t e ^ d r i v e ^ ^ take p lace in donate blood if they can,” said Morgan. “ It’ s such a simple thing to do to help Gregory ForumTrom t p a S ^ B 4 gun ,, out the com m unity and it has a big but will be closed from 12:30-130 p.m. im pact every time someone donates Schedule an a p p o in tm e n ^ ^ ^ s itin g blood. They can save up to three lives.” the ASG office or by contacting them According to the Red Cross website, at (503)594-3932. graphic by Alexis Wagar A u tum n Berend chiefed@ clackam as.edu M anaging E dito r Merari Calderon Ruiz chiefed@ clackam as.edu Copy E dito r Doug Fry Associate C opy E dito r Victoria H urling copyed@ clackam as.edu N ew s & O pinion Edito r la n V a n O rd e n newsed@ clackam as.edu A rts & C ulture E dito r Luis Correa aced@ cfeckam as.edu Sports E dito r Jacob Thom pson sportsed@ clackam as.edu Ph o to E ditor Sam W eston photoed@ clackam as.edu Design & W eb E ditor Alexis W agar webeditor@ clackam as.edu CAMPUS HANGS UP ON CALL CENTER ■ ■ - l , W M ultim edia E ditor Sum m er Barraza photoed@ ciackam as.edu Ad M anager Liam Anderson BY LIAM ANDERSON D istrib u tio n C oordinator THE CLACKAMAS PRINT C la c k a m a s C o m m u n ity C o llege is sh u ttin g down th e C a ll C e n te r , due to v a r ia b le s s u c h as few calls th a t can be handled by stu d en ts, according to public in form ation officer Lori Hall. In its placer will be a phone tree, w hich, when called, will connect callers to the o ffic e they w ish to speak w ith. “ (The call center] cam e into existence because o f the explosive grow th the college was exp eriencin g d u rin g th e m ost recen t r e c e s s io n ,” e n r o llm e n t Ali Miller services operations« manager Chris Sweet stated. Sw eet w as o r ig in a lly proposed the discontinuation of the college’ s call center. With the end of the call center comes an end to a means to Cover students’ tuition. They were either peer assistants who received tuition waivers or they did it for work study, paid hourly. The phone tree is currently under d evelo p m en t. For people to use it, they would have to call (503) 594-6000 or (503) 594~6ioo and select the office they wish to speak with. Contributors Kristie Date W illiam Farris Jared Preble Jeanette W righ t Jonathan Sanchez Michael Daniel Je ffre y D’Au vergn e Adviser Crystal Kang crystal.kang@ clackam as.edu The Clackamas Print aims to report the news in an honest, unbiased and professional manner. Content published in The Print is not screened or subject to censorship. k V- v - a :, ¿.1 heclackamasprint.net ON THE COVER: | adm gr@ clackam as.edu Clif Wegner. Cover design by Alexis Wagar and William Farris and photo by Sam Weston. The Clackamas Prin| is free, but please take only one co p y> n y person remov ing our papers in bulk will be prosecuted to;the full extent of the law,
