Donate blood and buy a keg
By Brian Birkenstein
I had a revelation the other day while sitting in Kerckhoff
Coffee House.
I was attempting to study, but my thoughts drifted to the party
my roommates and I were planning for Friday night.
The night before we had called Ralphs to inquire about keg
prices and we were quoted $36 for each keg of Natural Lite (the
choice of the college generation). All of a sudden a light (a
natural one) went off in my head.
January is Blood Donor Month. All UCLA and ASUCLA employees who
donate blood get four hours of pay for doing so. I put two and two
together and came up with $38.60 (my $9.65 per hour times
four).
In the true Al Bundy fashion, for a needle, a walk to the
Medical Center and a couple of seconds of discomfort, I can sell my
blood for a good cause and I’m one keg richer and drunker. I love
America.
My point is: go donate blood.
Think of how many kegs we can buy and how many parties we can
throw. I’m tired of hearing all the complaints about how the
UCLA/Westwood party life sucks.
To quote Nike, "Just Do It."
Let’s have fun while helping our fellow man. An added bonus is
that we can serve twice as many people with one keg if everyone is
low on blood.
To close, I just want to clarify that I do not work for either
the Red Cross or Budweiser. I just want to have fun here while I am
getting an education.
Birkenstein, a fifth-year geography/environmental studies
student, lives in an apartment building that threw a huge party on
Friday night.