1974_02 The Daily Collegian February 1974

              4-THE DAILY COLLEGIAN-Thurs., Feb. 28, 1974
New law may increase volunteer blood donor need
By James Guy
Collegian Staff Writer
The need for blood ln large
amounts la a real, medical fact
of survival. The supply of blood
fact  that blood banks may
have to rely totally
has Harley Turner, of the Central
CaUfornla   Blood Bank  a  little
>r transfusii
ly keeps pace with demand. And
a new Uw pending ln the State
Legislature may Increase the
demand by cutting the supply.
The Uw could possibly eliminate the common practice of
paying doDors for their blood. The
•We've got to be, concerned
about people who need heart surgery and other operaUons,' he
said. Currently It takes from five
to eight pints of blood for each
The CCBB never has encouraged paying donors, and always
has relied on the volunteer. But
the thought of not being able to
faU back on paying has forced
Turner to seek more volunteers.
It's the one thing that cannot
be manufactured and getting it Is
a dally critical battle,* he said.
Turner said one of the most
crucial problems with getting
blood is that most- commonly the
giving bldod for a long time and
Is accustomed to helping out.
But the traditional donors are
getting older, and young people
have been slow to fill the thinning
reports of people contacting
hepatitis from Infected blood received from banks which led to the
proposal of the new law. Leglala-
tors are seeking to eliminate all
possibility of drug addicts using
the money they gain from selling
the blood.
Turner says the CCBB has
never had any special problem.
New methods are making lt possible to spot over 99 per cent of
all infected-blood. He feels the
problem has always been around
and is not due solely to drug use
"It has always been
ild. "During World War II, It
ime from tattoos.lt comes from
>t being clean and from dirty
needles. We've gotten a lot more
efficient at spoiling It."
Donating blood at. the CCBB
takes around an hour. During the
first visit, the donor proves his
ldentlflcaUon and has his blood
typed. Ha then haa his name put
on~a voluntary donors list. When N
the CCBB needs Ms type, he Is
called, comes down and donates.
He then must stay ln a waiting
room for fifteen minutes before
The CCBB is located close to
the campus, In the Fresno County
Medical Building. It Is one of only
• centers In Fresno. Approximately ten miles away, on
lower *F* Street, Is the other:
the Hyland Laboratory and Donor
Westside plasma bank has
problem attracting donors
Hyland Laboratories and Donor
no on the other side of the city's
center from CSUF It Is -surrounded by warehouses, canneries and garages. Director George
others of the Hylaral Corpora'""1
latlons problem.
•A lot of people accuse us of
letdi.e wlnos in." he said. "But
If  a  guy   even   looks  drunk, he
keeps a sharp eye out for cases
of hepatitis. He said If needle
marks are detected on the arms
of prospective donors they are
not served.
•I feel sorry for them, but there
Is no way we can prove they don't
have cootamlnated blood," he
aald.
Probably  a part of the misconception about the Hyland Lab
comes   from   the   economically
depressed area lt Is located In.
Three Individuals on tbeetrcot
nearby were asked directions to
the  laboratory, and all of them
knew  Its location and said they
had been there.
\     The first waa a long-haired
/ youth with a guitar.
V     It's down-the rtreet,' hesald,
*uWer that tank. Tbey pay $5.»
The1 second was a roan well Into middle age.   He wore a battered tweed coat and a hat with
the top crushed down.
It's Oat pink building down
said. "There's a green
SARA ROSE is the first technician the donor meets. She takes a short
medical history and an initial blood sample which she types and
checks for iron deficiencies and other ailments.
stepped   off   the  r
He knew it Instantly.
Q:   "Do you ever go there?"
A:   "Yeah. I've made about$15
A:   'Money, you know, lo buy
«l would Imagine a person who
comes ln here is usually hurting
for money," said Tamagnl, "and
we   sort   of   take  advantage  of
•But some really see where
the blood goes."
Tamagnl says lt Is hard to get
people to come to the center from
all areas of town because, of Us
locaUon. He says that more college students are sought but that
lt Is too far from school.
•What we do Is to try and find
donors In good health,* he said.
Ha explained that plaama,
which Is what the center deals
with, can be taken from a donor
twice a week. Whole blood can
nb taken only once every two
months, but tbe plaama process
uses only one portion of the blood
building
a rile ll
also Is subjected to a blood test
and a physical.
•What we're looking for are
healthy  people." Tamagnl said-
Unlike the Central California
Blood Bank,  none of the blood
used by the Hy      _
local hospitals. Instead, it goes
to a processing plant in Costa
Mesa, Calif; There It Is shipped
away for treatment of hemophilia,
tetanus, sickle cell ane-'~ "~*
ither blood dysfunctions. .
Tamagnl said that because of'
the commercial nature of the
Hyland Lab It could not hope to
• have any donors If it did not offer
•We couldn't depend on volunteers," be aald. "It's not as exciting to donate for us aa Ulster
open heart surgery.
•No one get* excited about,
some hemophiliac In a San Diego
hospital.'
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IT IS PEARL BRANDT'S Job to do the actual blood.taklng. She mutt
keep the donor comfortable, making sure that no complications arise
at a result of the lot j of blood.
CAMPUS   NEWS* BRIEFS
Grant sets up local
health centers
The Communicative Disorders
Department at CSUF, has received a grant of S46,3Z3 to es-
tabUsh five aateUtte language,
hearing and speech cUnlca. The
1   by   t
i San
Joaquin Area Health Education
Center (AHEC).
The grant allows the establishment of five cllnlca ln urban-fend
rural" areas of the San Joaquin
valley, with the prime purpose of
i raining blcultural personnel for
speech and hearing professions.
The satelUte centers will be
staffed by teams from CSUF.The
i earns Include a faculty supervisor and graduate clinical students and blllngual-blcultural
ralnees. The cUnical teams will
work with all. age groupa, from
pre-schoolers tff senior citizens.
Diagnosis and therapy at the
satellite centers is free to anyone needing Mrtp with language
problems following a stroke,
muscular problems resulting
Tom disease or accident, cleft
palate, mental retardation, hear-
tng problems, atuttering, voice
nsorders, unintelligible speech,
ind   delayed  language develop-
SatelUte cUnlcs In the Fresno
.rea have been established at
valley Medical Center, tbe Hale
Medical   Center,   Cecil  Hlnton
immunity Center and the Fresno
* estvlew Convalescent Hospital.
: ne fifth clinic haa been estab- -
:ished at the Sanger Community
enter Scout House at 1315 Fifth
The cUnlcs wlU be open two
lays a week. For farther Information on days of operation and
limes, persons should contact the
1 ommunlcattve Disorders Department Project. Secretary,
: rma ftangel, at 487-2279.
Spring enrollment
on par with last year
Registration, for the spring se-
i ester at CSUF has been placed
n 15.308 through the late regis-
'ration period ending Feb. 15.
i Me figure Is 137 students ahead
• ihe samp period last spring.
Final flgu%s on the fuU Ume
-nuivalent (FTE) enroUment,
ased  on a fuU course load of
15 units, will not be available
mill after March 4, thedeadUne
tor   withdrawing from  classes
*irhout a penalty. However,pre
liminary figures received by
the Office of InstltuUonal Research the FTE indicates" the
count Is about the same aa for'
laat year.       I
The spring enroUment figure
Includes 3,390 graduate students
compared with 3,351 list spring.
Seniors comprise 3,596 i "
total: Juniors 4,289. aophoi
2,040 and freshmen 1,993.
Men students total 8,581, and
women students 6,727 •— "■-
spring i
Library conducts
open programs /
As part of lta Spring Oriee-
tation Program the Ubrary will
conduct open programs through
March 8. Tbe program will consist of a color slide presentation followed by a tour of the
library. Programs will last for
fifty minutes; each group will be
limited to fifteen students. Reservation sUpa may be obtained
at tbe Loan Desk In the Library.
- Program times are available at
the Ubrary.
High school press
stages CSUF meeting
Some 550 students from about
45 schools are expected to participate ln the 43rd Annual
Spring Press Conference to be
held Saturday at CSUF under the
sponsorship of the San Joaquin
Valley Scholastic Press Association and the CSUF Department of Journalism.
Schyler Rehart, associate professor of Journalism and executive director of the Association,
said the"event will Include ten
workshops dealing with news
writing, broadcast news, press
freedom, news" photography,
JournaUsm careers, and other
topics.
Speakers for the workshops
Include Joel Baugh, editor of the
Sanger Herald, Gary Daloyan,
JournaUsm adviser at Lincoln
-High School, Stockton, Claude
R. Snelllng, publications director for the College of the Sequoias, and members of the
CSUF JournaUsm faculty.
An on-the-spot contest will be
held ln news writing, editorial
writing, feature writing, sports
writing, copy writing, and layout and advertising layout.
A highlight of the conference
will be an awards luncheon at
which all-valley award winners
Check vour local
radio listings
for time
and station.
Tone in,
drink Bade,
have fun!
ANHtUSf*-*U*CH, IRC . IT. LOUIS
for high school newspapers aw
yearbooks win be announced,
and |100 grants will be presented to four outstanding high
school yearbook and newspaper
edltora.
A sweepstakes award wUl be
presented to tbe high school
with tbe best all-around effort in
' lurnallaro.
Julia Fernandez Is tbe conference director. The conference'
will begin with registration at
8:30 In Ihe CSUF Cafeteria followed by a general aaaembly at
9 and workshops st 9:30. Tbe
awarda luncheon win atari at
College Union offers
leisure classes
The College Union win begin
regietraUon at lOa.m.Thureday
for students Interested ln enrolling in a wide variety of
'leisure learning" classes.
Classes offered by the College Union will range from mac-- ■
rame and candle making to coed
auto mechanics. .
Also Included ln the course
offerings will be classes ln
stltchery (needlepoint, crewel
work, embroidery and cloth applique).
Indoor gardening, gourmet
cooking, sketching, karate and a
class In •Cooking on a Budget.*
Also a six-week class ln backpacking technique will be offered
by the Outdoor Adventure Program. The class will emphasize
equipment, menu planning, dangers encountered ln the back
country, wilderness ethic and
trip planning. The class will
end with a' weekend backpack
trip  In  the  Sierra.
The Outdoor Adventure Program will also offer information on classes In White Water
School, Fly Tying and Rock-
ctlmblng.
Registration   will   Ust  until
2 p.m. Thuraday and win be
open from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m
Friday.        *
Registration .quotas wlU be
met on a first-come, first-serve
baste, and Instructors win be.
available during the registration
period to answer questions. The
cUsses will begin during tbe
week of March 4 and end no
later than the week of May 3.
Moat of tbe classes win be
THEDAUYCOLLEOIAN-5
Thur», Feb. 28,1974
Those who rfre sccepted wUl
receive free room and board ln
tbe hallst An additional five
positions, Intended lor experienced advisers require additional Ume aad responsibility
and pay $100 a month pins free
> sad board. There sre post-
Applications available
for dorm,adviser
Applications for residence hall
adviser positions for the 1974-75
academic year are now available
from tbe University HouslngOf-
flce ln tbe Commons Building.
ln the daily operation of
the halls.
Deadline  for  applications  Is
March 1.
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