#35

The article I read today from common place was called "Classes, Finals, Friends, and Cancer: The Life of Future College Students" by Shelby Veppert. It was in the society section under relevant articles. This article is about how cancer is a very serious thing affecting so many people in the world and not just the older people, but many college aged students. Cancer is actually the fourth leading cause of death for college aged students The first three causes of death for college students are unintentional injuries, homicide, and suicide. Five thousand and seven hundred of the 57,000 cancer cases in Ohio are college aged students. This article is shocking and makes you really realize that this can happen to one of us or a loved family member or friends and everyone takes it for granted thinking "It could never happen to me." Two big things I noticed a lot of people do here on our campus that causes cancer is cigarette smoking and tanning in tanning bed. I can't say that I am innocent but we need to realize the bigger picture of how bad we are harming ourselves. No matter how much I read it and hear about it I still continue to tan as much as possible sometimes going up to six days a week if my schedule allows it. I just don't like being pale but in the grand scheme of things I would much rather be a little white than to have the life-threatning disease of skin cancer. Skin cancer is one of the most pronounced cancers for young people. I hope myself and others will realize this before it's too late.