Go gold for childhood cancer awareness Month
Katelyn Eddington, Columnist
September 5, 2019
September is a hard month in general, but when you can relate to what the month represents, it is harder. September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month. I can relate to it because one of my favorite humans is going through this. That human is my five-year-old cousin, Logan Christensen. You see, ...
CAC registers people to become bone marrow, stem cell donors
Dillan Schorfheide, Contributing Writer
November 28, 2017
Because Madison Carlson has had cancer twice in her life, she knows the importance of bone marrow donations. Now she also wants to help others, which is why she, along with other members of Eastern’s chapter of Colleges Against Cancer, helped people on campus register to become bone marrow donors...
Students can swab their cheeks to save a life during bone marrow donor drive
Brooke Schwartz, Adminstration Reporter
November 27, 2017
With blood cancer being the third leading cause of cancer deaths, Eastern’s Colleges Against Cancer is partnering with DKMS to help increase the amount of bone marrow donors through a bone marrow donor drive. DKMS is a German-based international non-profit organization dedicated to blood cancer...
NRHH raises money for Cancer Center
DEN Staff
February 23, 2017
Eastern’s chapter of the National Residence Hall Honorary donated $1,079 to the Sarah Bush Lincoln Regional Cancer Center. NRHH, according to a press release, mentors and supports the development of leaders living in the residential community. The organization hosts a breast cancer awareness...
Volleyball partners with Colleges Against Cancer
Mackenzie Freund, City Editor
October 22, 2015
Eastern’s Women’s Volleyball team paired up with the Colleges Against Cancer to support cancer awareness after their game against Austin Peay Friday. Sam Wolinski, the head coach of the women’s volleyball team, said there would be a luminary ceremony after their game to honor anyone touched...
Staff member opens up on cancer experience
Bob Shaughnessy, Staff Reporter
October 21, 2014
While putting on her pajamas before bed one night, Wendy Lane made a shocking discovery. “I felt a lump,” Lane said. “From what I could feel, it felt like walnut size.” Lane, who was diagnosed with breast cancer in May, is the office manager for the department of counseling and student de...
