SJSU President Don Kassing suspended blood drives on Jan. 29, 2008. Kassing said that the FDA rules that keep gay men from donating violate the university's nondiscrimination policy. As a result, blood drives cannot be organized by student groups or held on campus. Below is a complete list of the Spartan Daily's coverage of the blood drive issue.
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April 16, 2008: Student team to debate blood suspension
April 10, 2008: Suspension's impact on blood center unclear
March 18, 2008: Students host donor drive a block away
March 18, 2008: Blood big topic at SJSU president's news conference
March 17, 2008: Off-campus blood drives restricted
March 13, 2008: Opinion: She took a seat; He took a stand
March 12, 2008: Two San Jose JCs suspend blood drives
March 11, 2008: S.J. colleges may ban blood drives
Feb. 27, 2008: Blood drives OK'd by county
Feb. 25, 2008: Kassing requests FDA to meet about blood drives
Feb. 18, 2008: Board slams FDA policy
Feb. 13, 2008: University stands alone in blood policy
Feb. 13, 2008: President fields questions from campus media
Feb. 12, 2008: Controversy no longer local
Feb. 7, 2008: Plot thickens in wake of blood drive suspension
Feb. 7, 2008: Where to donate blood off campus
Feb. 4, 2008: President halts blood drives; policy questioned
Jan. 30, 2008: Blood drives stopped
March 20, 2008: Letter to the editor: Blood drive ban defends only part of the homosexual community
March 11, 2008: Editorial: FDA blood drive policy needs to be re-evaluated
Feb. 14, 2008: Campus Voices: Do you agree with SJSU's ban on blood drives?
Feb. 13, 2008: 'Beginnings of Marathons:' Making sense out of blood drive nonsense
Feb. 7, 2008: 'This Queer Life:' Bad Blood
Feb. 4, 2008: 'Fighting Insanity:' Making a deadly situation worse
Poll: Do you agree with SJSU's blood drive ban?
Jan. 29, 2008, Letter from President Kassing
Other links from the President's office
Feb. 21, 2008, Letter from President Kassing
April 15, 2008, Blood drive suspension update from the president's office
American Red Cross Northern California Blood Services Region
Statment from Stanford regarding SJSU's suspension
