A bloody problem

Issue 830
A bloody problem

The National Blood Service came to the Union this week. Did you go and give up a bit of your life juice? No? Would you have gone if you got paid? Probably.

It seems pretty obvious to me when it comes to blood donation that if you can, you should. It’s much like digital television in that respect, but not as entertaining.

Thing is, not everybody does, quite obviously. Excuses range from the perfectly valid (“I’m not allowed to”) the vaguely reasonable (“I have a lecture”) to the positively intriguing (“I didn’t think they needed it”).

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Where Annan fears to tred

Issue 830

(but send in the NUS and they’ll work it out)

Student council were given the opportunity to discuss the situation in Palestine last week, and whilst the proposal fell at the first hurdle, it is still right that they had a chance to do so. If students are concerned about an issue it should be discussed in council.

Notwithstanding, I was slightly perplexed by this one line in the extensive proposal: “Unfortunately the NUS refused to call for an immediate ceasefire and has regularly failed to support these international laws calling for an end to the Israeli occupation.”

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