The event, which is sponsored by the Red Cross, invites students of at least 17 years of age and 110 pounds to give one pint of blood. This year there was a significant decrease in the number of student blood donors. This year s news has been full of shocking events occuring in Kosovo, in southern Yugoslavia. Many Americans are sitting at home watching the news or reading a newspaper in horror. One million ethnic Albanians have been forced from their homes.
Starvation threatens thousands.
Families are being divided. Andrea Miller 00 decided to take action, after she realized the extremes to which the crisis had developed. She was determined not to be passive in such an atrocity . The science-fiction thriller, The Matrix , starring Keanu Reeves has captured the imagination of movie audiences throughout the United States, including students here at Choate.