BY LISA CASTRO, CONTRIBUTOR When I was 20, my dad was admitted to the hospital after headaches turned into seizures. He stayed there for six weeks receiving endless tests until they diagnosed him with glioblastoma, the most common, complex, treatment-resistant,…
Program for children whose parents suffer from cancer to arrive in Summer 2018 BY KEIRSTEN ROBINSON, STAFF WRITER After attending Camp Kesem, a summer camp for children whose parents have or had cancer, freshman Clare Yordy made it…
Basma Humadi, Staff Writer “Stage Four: A Love Story,” a documentary by Mason professor Benjamin Steger, tells the story of Steger’s parents, focusing on their last days together as Steger’s mother, Mary Jo, battles stage IV breast cancer. The film aired in the Johnson…
Amanda Douillette, Staff Writer This school year, Mason Relay for Life dedicated a whole week to kicking off activities for the 12-hour Relay for Life event that will take place March 19. Throughout the entire week of Feb. 15-19, Relay focused on…
By Fourth Estate Lifestyle Reporter Savannah Norton Mason student, Christina Anderson, will be traveling with college-aged students on a 42-day, 4,000 mile run from San Francisco to Baltimore this summer. Every year since 2001, the Ulman Cancer Fund for Young…