UTM has won the ninth annual blood battle against Murray State bringing the Cup of Life trophy back to UTM. Everyone working together helped to donate 259 units to Murray's 193.

The Panhellenic Council and the Student Athlete Advisory Council sponsored the Blood Drive. UTM has won seven out of nine times. The Blood Battle serves the blood collection efforts of the West Tennessee Regional Blood Center (LIFELINE) and the West Kentucky Blood Center. Both of these entities are non-profit private corporations that serve their respective geographic regions by providing blood and blood products to the hospitals in their service areas.

UTM drives provide 40 percent of Weakley County's annual blood collections. LIFELINE's single-day mobile blood collection records came from Blood Battle collections back in 1998. Then UTM collected 214 and 243 units each day. These are the top two days in the over fifty-year history of LIFELINE.

WCMT radio is sponsoring a Halloween Vein Drain, Friday, Oct. 31, at the radio station located on North Lindell Street near Rural King. Anyone wanting to donate blood is encouraged to drop by and make a donation. WCMT is giving away T-shirts and volunteers will be dressed in costumes.