Bloody liesA competitive blood donor drive turned dangerous when the female sorority members of Gamma Phi Beta at the University of Missouri-Columbia (US) % a school that once set a world record for blood collection % were urged by a fellow member to lie about their health.
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The American Red Cross tells those who are sick or have recently received tattoos or piercings not to donate blood, both to protect the health of donors and to lessen the risk of transmitting diseases to recipients. But in an e-mail sent to about 170 members of Gamma Phi Beta, sophomore Christie Key, the sorority’s blood donation coordinator, wrote: “I don’t care if you got a tattoo last week, LIE. I don’t care if you have a cold. Suck it up. We all do. LIE. Recent piercings? LIE.” And Key added this threat: “We’re not messing around. Punishment for not giving blood is going to be quite severe.” Gamma Phi Beta’s national office publicly apologized for the incident.
Enforced Education
The Zimbabwean government had ordered all students to take a course whose main subject is the ruling party. In what is seen as a bid by government to advance its political agenda, the Ministry of Higher Education has introduced ‘National and Strategic Studies’ as a subject in institutions of higher learning. The ministry has ordered polytechnics, teachers’ colleges and universities to make the subject compulsory. Students who fail to pass the National and Strategic Studies course cannot graduate. Sources in the Ministry of Higher Education confirmed that the subject was compulsory at all colleges and polytechnics. A question paper for this year’s final exams currently underway contains questions such as: ‘Which political party in Zimbabwe represents the interests of imperialists and how must it be viewed by Zimbabweans?’ Another question asked is: ‘African leaders who try to serve the interests of imperialists are called what and how do you view patriotism?’
Bloody lies
A competitive blood donor drive turned dangerous when the female sorority members of Gamma Phi Beta at the University of Missouri-Columbia (US) % a school that once set a world record for blood collection % were urged by a fellow member to lie about their health. The American Red Cross tells those who are sick or have recently received tattoos or piercings not to donate blood, both to protect the health of donors and to lessen the risk of transmitting diseases to recipients. But in an e-mail sent to about 170 members of Gamma Phi Beta, sophomore Christie Key, the sorority’s blood donation coordinator, wrote: “I don’t care if you got a tattoo last week, LIE. I don’t care if you have a cold. Suck it up. We all do. LIE. Recent piercings? LIE.” And Key added this threat: “We’re not messing around. Punishment for not giving blood is going to be quite severe.” Gamma Phi Beta’s national office publicly apologized for the incident.
Enforced Education
The Zimbabwean government had ordered all students to take a course whose main subject is the ruling party. In what is seen as a bid by government to advance its political agenda, the Ministry of Higher Education has introduced ‘National and Strategic Studies’ as a subject in institutions of higher learning. The ministry has ordered polytechnics, teachers’ colleges and universities to make the subject compulsory. Students who fail to pass the National and Strategic Studies course cannot graduate. Sources in the Ministry of Higher Education confirmed that the subject was compulsory at all colleges and polytechnics. A question paper for this year’s final exams currently underway contains questions such as: ‘Which political party in Zimbabwe represents the interests of imperialists and how must it be viewed by Zimbabweans?’ Another question asked is: ‘African leaders who try to serve the interests of imperialists are called what and how do you view patriotism?’
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