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Monday, February 04, 2008

Cheeseburger, Milk, Fresh Fruit, Fun Chips
Turkey Ham and Pineapple Pizza

ACTIVITIES:
Congratulations to the boys soccer team for their 1-0 win over Newark! Danny Zermeno scored the winning goal with 30 seconds left sending the Colts to the League Title. We host Kennedy Wednesday night in the playoffs!
By Rick LaPlante, New Haven Schools Public Information Officer

The 1968 Olympic Games, best remembered for the black-gloved fists of Tommie Smith and John Carlos, would have been unforgettable even without that controversial salute on the medal stand, after Smith won the gold medal and Carlos the bronze in the 400-meter dash.



SJSU President
Don Kassing

SJSU photo
By Dana Hull and Leslie Griffy
San Jose Mercury News (MCT)

SAN JOSE, Calif. — In a bold but highly controversial move believed to be the first by a U.S. college, San Jose State University President Don Kassing has suspended all campus blood drives because of a longstanding U.S. Food and Drug Administration policy that bars gay men from donating blood.

The FDA's policy "affecting gay men violates our non-discrimination policy," Kassing said in a lengthy e-mail sent to faculty, staff and students earlier this week.