Battle of the Palmetto Blood Clemson and USC Face Off in Annual Competition
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<£> Sfc.The November 20,201 volume 1081 issue 40 Q/thetigernews Q/@thetigercu O thetigernews. com Q@thetigercu Battle of the Palmetto blood Clemson and USC face off in annual competition. Evan Senken Carolina has been victorious grants students discounts at is also a Twitter sweepstakes engineering major, said, "My well as bloodmobiles located News Editor in the Blood Bowl, claiming local stores and restaurants donors can enter by posting dad and I have been giving at Riggs Hall, McCabe Hall, victories consecutively from and a wide assortment of pictures of themselves blood for a long time. After Edwards Hall, McAdams Volunteers and nurses 2008-2013. Many students snacks and refreshments. sporting their free t-shirt with I turned 17, I started going Hall, Fernow Cafe and alike arrived at various have taken note that in recent Megan O'Brien, a junior the hashtag #CUSavesLives, every two months. Recently adjacent to Bowman field. locations across campus to set history, South Carolina has environmental and natural where the winning post will I started giving double red, More than 300,000 lives up the blood collecting areas defeated Clemson in the resources management major, earn a gift card to Zaxby's as which is once every four have been saved by the Blood that will be open from 10 rivalry football game every with the Alpha Phi Omega well as an additional shirt. months. I've never been able Bowl through the years. a.m. to 6 p.m. from Monday year that they also won the Gamma Lambda national The grand prize of the drive, a to do it during the Blood The donation centers ask a through Friday. With the Blood Bowl, and efforts are service fraternity said, prime tailgating spot in front Bowl in previous years, so I'm list of questions concerning Palmetto State rivalry football stronger than ever to break "People are always coming of Fike recreation center with glad I got to do it this year." the donor to see if their game looming near, the annual both trends. in and out; it's great to see a food provided, goes to the Each donor gives one blood is acceptable, as well Blood Bowl is underway yet Posters, social media turnout for saving lives and person who refers the most pint of blood per donation, as a quickly pricking their again. Originating in 1985, pushes and other advertising beating USC." people to donate blood. and plasma donations are also finger to test for iron levels. Clemson has battled the methods have been utilized Contest prizes are The incentives have been available. Plasma donations Potential donors who do not University of South Carolina to inspire students to visit also offered to those who effective in driving droves of count four times that of meet requirements are also to see which campus can a location and donate. In participate in the blood drive, students, packing ballrooms normal donations. given the same incentives as donate the most blood to the addition to this, those who including a raffle to win and bloodmobiles for the Locations to donate are those who donate, so all are Blood Connection. attempt to donate can receive a football signed by Head past three days. Donor John available in both Hendrix encouraged to at least attempt In recent years, South a free t-shirt, a wristband that Coach Dabo Swinney. There Mulaney, a junior computer Student Center ballrooms as to give blood. Blood mobiles are stationed accross campus for donations. Rivals unite for sexual Access denied assault awareness Students discuss problems they Clemson and USC host a white out for have faced in class registration. Kelsey Morgan this issue and said, "I declared the receptionist if she had the an important cause. Asst. News Editor my parks, recreation and contact information for these tourism management minor people, or even a name, but she Jordan Byrne have experienced sexual keep men and women safe It's every student and last semester, and I still can't said that she did not, and that I Senior Staff Writer assault or attempted sexual from sexual assault. It is a advisor's favorite time of the year register for the introductory would have to Google it and find assault in their collegiate promise not to be a bystander — registration. Whether your class. Ir's been about a week it on my own," Emily said. Today marks the careers. A number most to the problem, but to be part time ticket opens at the most since I've emailed the head of the Most of the registration culmination of coordinared would consider to be far of the solution." inconvenient time, the class department and still have not problems boil down to one efforts by the student too high. Working together with you need is full, you realize you heard back." issue: being blocked due to a governments of Clemson "I'll be wearing white the University of South have not yet met a prerequisite Another junior major classification. While it is University and the University simply because I believe it is Carolina during Rivalry or you are blocked from a class management major, Ryan understandable that the blocks of South Carolina to bring the right thing to do," noted Week is certainly a powerful due to your major, each student Isaacson said, "I've declared my have been put into place for awareness to sexual assault on sophomore Sarah Livingston. statement. With the big game has inevitably experienced the human resource management the students' benefit, it causes college campuses. "This is a very serious issue just over a week away, the frustration that comes with minor, and I can't get into the problems that add additional The "whiteout" occurring we're promoting and I want to student governments set aside registration. Few things can be psychology class that I need. I stress to an already hectic time of today aims to promote ensure I've done my part." differences and traditions as more stressful than trying to was told there was a hold until the semester. awareness to the cause and Over the past few schools to work towards a both get a class you need for your all psychology majors have Emily Stevenson sumed up encourage students to become weeks, student government common goal. major and graduate on time. registered, but by then a lot of the problems she had by saying, active participants in keeping has promoted the campaign According to David In an effort to minimize the classes are full." "What was most frustrating was others safe from sexual assault. through a number of forms Gundana, "I personally love the issues students have getting Junior Emily Stevenson, the lack of transparency in who I "Thursday I hope I am able of social media, encouraging the entire rivalry we have a seat in these mandatory classes, a transfer student, faced needed to contact with my issues to look out into a sea of white other students to do the between the University of administration has put a block registration issues due to still in registering, and the fact that and find assurance in knowing same using "#whiteout" and South Carolina. But even on certain classes so that students being classified as a pre-business there were so many roadblocks that everyone participating "#itsonus." This week, their more so, I love how when the in those particular majors have major. "Three of the classes I just because I'm still classified as understands the significance Facebook page published a time comes, we can put all of priority when registration. had planned on registering for pre-business." of taking a hard stance against number of student-released our differences aside and come This solution, however, creates came back as blocked because In a school with more sexual violence," noted statements, each pledging together... I am glad to be a part problems for others who are my major is still pre-business due than 15,000 students, this is undergraduate student senator to do their part in fighting of a school that understands also required to take those to transferring, even though I'm certainly an issue without a David Gundana. sexual assault. the most important things in classes, despite not being in a junior in credit hours. I called simple solution. Even still, when According to statistics Nicholle Stein, life and one that can parrner the same department as their the pre-business office and was issues like the ones previously published by the Center for sophomore biological sciences with anyone and everyone ..." declared major. told that this was an issue that mentioned continue to arise, it Disease Control (CDC), one major, stated, "I pledge a "Including those 5-5 Junior management major I would have to solve with the becomes an issue that needs to in five female undergraduates personal commitment to help Gamecocks." Sean Evans has experienced respective departments. I asked be addressed. w please recycle THE TIGER w First Copy Free £% please recycle TH E TI G E R » A First Copy Free w phase recycle THE TIGER w ^ ------- - -- -- M ik ^^^ — ^--^^-^^^-^^ ^^^^^—^ ^V^^^^V^^N^^^^^^P^PV^V^^^WW r A2 • NOVEMBER 20, 2014 NEWS THE TIGER Clemson salutes military service people ending with Saturday's game. Alex Errington "Cadets have been involved the training. and that's what we're hoping of the Clemson Student during the war. Immediately Contributor in the planning and organizing of Events to celebrate the to provide." Veterans Association. after the dedication, where the events," explained professor week continued when Army Friday at 11:30 a.m., the From 3:30 p.m.