Archive - Oct 2007

Pink ribbons. Yellow wristbands. Shirts exclaiming, “I love boobs!” Car washes, fundraising walks, t-shirt sales and special events— college campuses everywhere are now advertising cancer. And students have joined together to address the second leading cause of death in the U.S.

“Cancer awareness has reached new levels and I think that media has helped propagate that,” says Kristin Hennessey, the campaign manager of the central New York chapter of the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society (LLS).

Earlier this month, on a Monday night after a long day of classes, I retreated to my apartment to try and enjoy what I thought was going to be a complete Monday Night Football slaughter by the Dallas Cowboys of my Buffalo Bills.

When I turned on the TV, however, I was both shocked and confused by what I saw. At first I thought it was a dream. I looked over at my roommate, a fellow Buffalonian, who confirmed to me that what was happening was real.

It’s Mother Jones week in the Willsie household! All of my selections for this Links feature are from the magazine: every single sentence, word, vowel and letter. Two are photo essays while the last is a real live article! With thoughts as words and stuff! Enjoy!