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PRINT: Arts.& Culture C ancer s trik e s REAL HEALTH Jesse Henningpr Arts & Culture Editor One third o f all women and one half o f all men will develop cancer. For an uniair percentage o f oura world populous, the opportunity to knock on Heaven’s door manifests as one o f many forms o f cancer. Canter has become the norm. Outranked by heart disease and smoking- related illnesses in annual death tolls, cancer remains prevalent w orldw ide. Cancer is evolving into an everyman topic. We are all familiar with the major cancer types, including some practically unbeatable can cers. How has cancer affect-. ed your life? Whenever I getme^ » react. Visiting doctors, buy ing medication and taking eveiy additional measure I can to aid in a swifter recov ery, wil hour infeelwg others. These kinds o f measures are imprinted in our brains and become reflexes as we age. Ailments like colds, sinus infections, strep throat are quickly and easily treated. But when the diagnosis is indeed cancer, time stops. > We are thrust into an uncomfortable limelight, both foreign and potentially terrifying. A diagnosis o f this magnitude will often shake a person emotionally. Why? Well there are only two can cer routes available: the route - that leads to recovery and the route where cancer prevails. If you are able to fight the cancer, there are many additional challenges within the battle. Should the cancer be untreatable or have pro- , gressed past a treatable point, then specific challenges also exist It can also be a catalyst for new understanding, acceptance and change i n . our lives. I low do we make sure that we come out on top? - One simple answer: Be prepared. Not one o f us is impervious to the butterfly effects that come from life’s “impossible” challenges. T The information is available. All the steps are mapped out already. The steps to prevent illness (as best we can) have been there, but we haven’t bothered to apply them, at all. Being prepared has become more simple just by being able to know your family his tory and genetics and check? out books and newspapers for the newest treatments and alternative treatments. The Internet is your friend, everything you could want to know about cancer preven tion methods and numerous agencies o f support for those in need are available. Cancer (or any other scary, life-threatening ill ness) does not need to be the depressing, daunting, fear- mongering monster any more. Becoming responsible for our own health through education, prevention and actually using our resources is the best prescription for a healthy being, with or with out cancer. Wednesday, October30,2013 *<* 3 National Novel Writing Month frees the minds of writers and readers alike Sequoia Allen The Clackamas Print All across the world, hundreds o f thousands o f people are get ting ready: sharpening pencils, stockpiling Halloween candy — and perhaps even cleaning up their .desks. They purchase fresh typewriter ribbons and cross the days o ff their calendars in breath less anticipation o f Nov 1. It’s not the apocalypse they’re preparing for, although there may well be zombies involved. No, these eager masses await the beg inning o f N ational Novel Writing Month, or NaNoWriMo for short. A t this time every year, the ink and the coffee start flowing and it w on’t stop until December. All strive tow ard a common goal: to write 50,000 words in one m onth’s time. M any w on’t make it to the finish line, while others will surpass it. Regardless, all will come away w ith something special — it’s up to each partici pant what they will create. All genres and skill-levels are welcome. M any participants return year after year, every one from school children to sea soned wordsmiths. Every year many college students also take the plunge. According to Steven G enise, N aNoW riM o events and development associate, last year around 133,000 participants were between the ages o f 18 and 29. There are even people here at CCC who — in the coming month — will be diving head long into writing a novel. it To write a novel, you need to have read a hun dred. ” Tae Gordon Head of CCC writing club Among these is faculty m em ber Tae Gordon, who heads up the waiting club here at CCC. Although she pointed out that NaNoW riM o has its potential weaknesses, such as emphasiz ing. quantity over quality, she ¿aid that NaNoW riMo can be an effective tool for many people because it helps one get used to writing regularly. ASG Halloween costume contest The !crq-3walfaj Spooky holiday is upon ws! Tb ce*_ ehrate, Associate J Student government Ws i 'M t ? r W c t v/H - fep-rti nam eJ G lackarras Gbm m un’tq G ehege $ G osfam e G o n te s f G k a r r 't r . Look a i o i r j cam planned a costume contest fa get the campus in the spirit. pus r or th e flyers ar.J sign «p th'«; w e e k fo r a ru o re w ant Time fa break out the cre ativity a p j show what you ve ing It, witness ik e snowtfown, fe m e fa th e G om m u nify got! Gome sporting your hilarious, thought-provoking, G e n fe r from noon fa H al’tw een Jay . creepy and creative g e t- ups andreceive the bragging - Compiled by Marissa Nwerem 2 p.m. “Like anything, writing has to be practiced,” Gordon said, “[NaNoWriMo] is good for keep ing you on schedule.” Some m ight question the sanity o f such an endeavor as NaNoW riM o. W hile challeng ing, it’s far from impossible, and some notable published nov els have come from the event, mcluding the book “Water for Elephants” by Sara Gruen, to name ju st one. Through local w rite-ins, w ord-count trackers and online forums, NaNoW riMo provides external motivation and community support to ambitious novelists, and can be a very use ful writing tool, not to mention a ton o f fun. T here’s nothing quite like knowing that you’re writing a novel in 30 days at the same time as 341,375 other people, which was the number o f people who participated last year. That’s not even counting the 82,554 oth ers who participated through the Young W riter’s Program for ages 17 and under. I f you’re interested in novel writing, NaNoW riMo is an inter esting program to look into. More information can be found at nanowrimo.org. In the m ean while, there are many resourc es for waiters here on campus. M any different writing and liter ature classes are offered at CCC, as well as the Writers Club and a mini waiting conference which takes place every spring. Trevor Dodge, who teaches fiction w rit ing, shared some o f his advice for fitting regular writing into a busy schedule: “Just make your mind up that you’re going to do it,” he said. “There are a million reasons, and a lot o f times really, really good ones, not to w rite... But the pri mary reason that trumps all those other million reasons is, that you want to do it.” Eric Bronsen is a m em ber o f the W riters’ Club and takes classes at CCC. He has created four full-length works o f fan fic tion and over 60 short stories to date. He adds that it’s important not to “allow [your writing] com mitm ent to upset you. Writing is hard work, and too many people give it up w hen it becomes even a small burden.” Dodge uses tools like daily word prom pts and email rem ind ers to keep him self going, and Tae Gordon recommends reading as much as possible. 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