 | Peter Salovey, dean of Yale College, donned a Harvard University hat after Yale lost to their rival in the Yale-Harvard Blood Drive Challenge. |
The record is tied 1-1, and the Bulldogs are determined to show the Crimsons that they're number one -- in running a successful blood drive, that is.
The third annual Yale-Harvard Blood Drive Challenge will take place Monday-Thursday, Feb. 5-8, in Payne Whitney Gymnasium, 70 Tower Pkwy. All members of the Yale community are invited to participate. To sign up for this year's drive and to learn who is eligible to donate blood, visit the website at www.yale.edu/redcross.
The blood drive competition, hosted here by the American Red Cross Club at Yale and at Harvard by its counterpart, offers a new twist to the longstanding intercollegiate rivalry.
"It's a great way to promote school spirit while helping the community," says Wen Fan '08, president of the American Red Cross Club at Yale.
Each school earns points for the number of units of blood collected, the number of first-time donors and the percentage of the blood drive that is staffed by volunteers. Yale won the first challenge in 2005. Last year, despite collecting 294 units, Yale lost in a close race.
There's more at stake than just school pride, however. The dean of the losing school must pose on the front page of both schools' student newspapers wearing a hat or t-shirt from the winning institution. Last year, the Yale Daily News and its Cambridge equivalent sported a photo of Crimson-capped Yale College Dean Peter Salovey.
"Dean Salovey has taken up the challenge again, and we are eager to erase the memory of last year's picture," notes Fan.
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