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RELAY FOR LIFE Continued from LIFE ting involved with Relay for Life came from her sorority sister, WKU alumna Lauren Osbourne, who has gone through cancer treatment twice. “By coming here you show your support to the survivors and let them know that we are out there supporting them,” Grace Lartey, associate professor of public health, said. “Treatment is so expensive; whatever money you donate goes to saving a life.” According to the American Society of Clinical Oncology, newly approved cancer drugs cost an average of $10,000 per month; some reach $30,000 per month. Lartey said donations from the event could even help people on WKU’s campus. Anyone can get cancer at any age, and some are not fortunate enough to survive. Cancer hit very close to home for Memphis, Tenn., senior Anna Paschall, whose boyfriend died from cancer in
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dedicated to faked ghost photography. Long before Photoshop, people would use special effects to fake photos of ghosts, and use the pictures for profit. One example is 19th century photographer William Mumler, who staged a photo of a ghost of Abraham Lincoln behind a woman. Perhaps the most disturbing photos were in the parents’ bedroom. At first sight, they appeared to be ordinary family portraits. Most people may likely have seen an old family portrait from the Victorian Era; what they may not know is that sometimes the people in the portrait, usually the children, were dead at the time the photo was taken. In the Victorian Era, postmortem
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May. “Ever since I had been personally affected by it, it’s really opened my eyes to everything,” Paschall said. “Now I just want to do as much as I can and help people out, support the cause, and really educate people.” “I just want survivors of cancer and people who are going through cancer to know that there are people who support them, so for me it’s really about being a support system,” Louisville grad student Mollie Berger, president of the Kentucky Public Health Association, said. The next event WKU Relay for Life will host is a 5k “Pink in the Park” run/ walk at the Hot Rods Ball Park on Saturday, Oct. 29 from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. The following Thursday, they will host a fundraiser at Chipotle on Scottsville Road from 5-9 p.m. Melissa Nichols of Glasgow, left, and Sue Lynn McDaniel of Bowling Green, two Reporter Miles Schroader can be cancer survivors, are cheered on for overcoming their struggle during the American reached at 270-745-2655 and miles. Cancer Society’s Relay for Life on Friday, Oct. 14, at Downing Student Union. Evan Boggs/HERALD schroader178@topper.wku.edu.
photography was popular. Child mortality rates were high, and because cameras were still new and expensive, funeral homes offered the families a portrait with their deceased children. Imagine a mother and father posing with the body of their child, getting a photo of it, and hanging the photo in their room. This happened, and it’s much scarier than any ghost story. The phrase may be trite, but truth can be stranger than fiction. Another highlight of the tour was a fortuneteller. She read my palm, and told me I was shy, intelligent and cared about my friends, but I needed to loosen up a bit, because my standoffish attitude turned people away –– a perfect description! Those may be vague universal traits, but for a second, I was a believer. Until my wife got a reading
saying she was indecisive, had people make decisions for her, and needs to show more affections, a far less accurate description. The third floor was a narrow, spiral staircase that wasn’t designed for traffic, leading to a balcony with quite a view. The almost-full moon past the windows completed the night, along with the feeling of unease of being on such a narrow balcony while others scrambled to get a view. The tour ended in the basement, where there was a gift shop and a woman handing out ghosts made from napkins. Overall, the tour was well worth the seven dollars. I learned about folklore, history and customs foreign to the 21st century. The props, actors and light-
ing made me feel like I was in a horror movie. It’s a nice, cheap educational alternative to haunted houses. I would recommend checking it out, but the tour was open only this weekend. However, Riverview also a free Christmas tour on Saturday, Dec. 10; if you’re not struggling with finals, you should definitely attend. If not, regular tours of the house are available if you’re looking for something different to do. The house is not too far from WKU and you can get a good hour of entertainment for around the price of a combo meal.
Reporter Adam Sims can be reached at 270-745-2655 and adam.sims565@ topper.wku.edu. Follow him on Twitter at @adamsimswriter.
Department of Economics
Going for Broke: Debt, and the Entitlement Crisis A Lecture by Michael D. Tanner Senior Fellow, Cato Institute
Thursday, October 20th 3:30 PM Grise Hall Room 235
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