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Two San Jose JCs suspend blood drives
John Hornberg
Issue date: 3/12/08 Section: News
The San Jose Evergreen Community College District became the second educational entity, along with SJSU, to ban blood drives based on the FDA's ban on gay male donors.
The district's board of trustees adopted the resolution Tuesday night unanimously. The decision is effective immediately, said district chancellor Rosa Perez.
The board had previously suspended blood drives district-wide pending Tuesday night's decision, she said, and its goal was to send a statement to other universities and institutions.
"The board's decision is upholding nondiscrimination at all costs," Perez said.
Patrick Butler, an executive assistant to the chancellor, conducted much of the research for the district on the blood drive issue and said the problems with the policy root from the questionnaire issued. He said that it doesn't take into account unsafe practices by heterosexual individuals.
Previously, Santa Clara County had voted to condemn the FDA's policy, said board member Richard Hobbs during the meeting. It stopped short of suspending blood drives in the county, he said, because of concerns with its health and hospital systems.
The ban will affect the district's two colleges - Evergreen Valley College and San Jose City College.
Related Stories:
March 11, 2008: S.J. colleges may ban blood drives
Feb. 25, 2008: Kassing requests FDA to meet about blood drives
Feb. 18, 2008: Board slams FDA policy
Feb. 14, 2008: Campus Voices: Do you agree with SJSU's ban on blood drives?
Feb. 13, 2008: University stands alone in blood policy
Feb. 13, 2008: President fields questions from campus media
Feb. 13, 2008: Opinion: Making sense out of blood drive nonsense
Feb. 12, 2008: Controversy no longer local
Feb. 7, 2008: Plot thickens in wake of blood drive suspension
Feb. 7, 2008: Where to donate blood off campus
Feb. 7, 2008: Opinion: This Queer Life: Bad Blood
Feb. 4, 2008: President halts blood drives; policy questioned
Feb. 4, 2008: Opinion: Making a deadly situation worse
Jan. 30, 2008: Blood drives stopped
Poll: Do you agree with SJSU's blood drive ban?
Other Links:
Jan. 29 Letter from President Kassing
Other links from the President's office
Feb. 21 Letter from President Kassing
The district's board of trustees adopted the resolution Tuesday night unanimously. The decision is effective immediately, said district chancellor Rosa Perez.
The board had previously suspended blood drives district-wide pending Tuesday night's decision, she said, and its goal was to send a statement to other universities and institutions.
"The board's decision is upholding nondiscrimination at all costs," Perez said.
Patrick Butler, an executive assistant to the chancellor, conducted much of the research for the district on the blood drive issue and said the problems with the policy root from the questionnaire issued. He said that it doesn't take into account unsafe practices by heterosexual individuals.
Previously, Santa Clara County had voted to condemn the FDA's policy, said board member Richard Hobbs during the meeting. It stopped short of suspending blood drives in the county, he said, because of concerns with its health and hospital systems.
The ban will affect the district's two colleges - Evergreen Valley College and San Jose City College.
Related Stories:
March 11, 2008: S.J. colleges may ban blood drives
Feb. 25, 2008: Kassing requests FDA to meet about blood drives
Feb. 18, 2008: Board slams FDA policy
Feb. 14, 2008: Campus Voices: Do you agree with SJSU's ban on blood drives?
Feb. 13, 2008: University stands alone in blood policy
Feb. 13, 2008: President fields questions from campus media
Feb. 13, 2008: Opinion: Making sense out of blood drive nonsense
Feb. 12, 2008: Controversy no longer local
Feb. 7, 2008: Plot thickens in wake of blood drive suspension
Feb. 7, 2008: Where to donate blood off campus
Feb. 7, 2008: Opinion: This Queer Life: Bad Blood
Feb. 4, 2008: President halts blood drives; policy questioned
Feb. 4, 2008: Opinion: Making a deadly situation worse
Jan. 30, 2008: Blood drives stopped
Poll: Do you agree with SJSU's blood drive ban?
Other Links:
Jan. 29 Letter from President Kassing
Other links from the President's office
Feb. 21 Letter from President Kassing
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Garret
posted 3/12/08 @ 3:52 PM PST
Why is it that "for the sake of public safety" a university can ban people from riding their bicycles in certain places on campus, but the same university cannot ban those who have statistically shown that they pose a threat of death to the recipients of donated blood?
To be honest, I'd much rather be run over by a bicycle than to die from donated blood. (Continued…)
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