Join the revolution! No-Shave-November
Bryan Honeycutt
Issue date: 10/18/07 Section: Opinion
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No-Shave-November is fast approaching and love seems to be in the air. Love of testicular cancer awareness, that is.
I urge male students at Sam Houston State University, during the month of November, to participate in No-Shave-November for Testicular Cancer Awareness, known as NSNTCA. Take an otherwise useless month between summer vacation and winter break, and use it to promote a greater understanding of the dangers of testicular cancer.
Many programs call for donations, marathons or wearing specially designed T-shirts. NSNTCA asks only for an abstinence from the razor. Throughout the month of November, as you sit in class, enjoy a Thanksgiving feast or even as you fall asleep stroking your beard, be fully aware of the palpable threat testicular cancer presents. Starting Nov. 1, watch your face become thick with a new beard and reflect daily on the relevance of testicular cancer in our society as citizens, students and men.
In an average year, 8,000-9,000 men are diagnosed with testicular cancer in the United States. This cancer is most prevalent around men ages 15-40, covering the average age of a college student. The most effective treatment option is surgery in which the patient has a 95 percent chance to have the infected testicle removed.
With the help of students across campuses in the United States, NSNTCA can become one of the most important movements of our time.
The month of November 2007 has the potential to fall on the same list as important events like the Martin Luther's 95 theses, the signing of the Declaration of Independence and the defeat of Hitler. Help free the world from the tyranny that testicular cancer imposes on young, fertile men. Grow your beard.
There are many excuses to not participate in NSNTCA. They are all, without exception, repugnant and immoral. The following list includes the most common cop-outs for failure to support Testicular Cancer Awareness:
Problem: Some places of employment require all employees to be clean-shaven.
I urge male students at Sam Houston State University, during the month of November, to participate in No-Shave-November for Testicular Cancer Awareness, known as NSNTCA. Take an otherwise useless month between summer vacation and winter break, and use it to promote a greater understanding of the dangers of testicular cancer.
Many programs call for donations, marathons or wearing specially designed T-shirts. NSNTCA asks only for an abstinence from the razor. Throughout the month of November, as you sit in class, enjoy a Thanksgiving feast or even as you fall asleep stroking your beard, be fully aware of the palpable threat testicular cancer presents. Starting Nov. 1, watch your face become thick with a new beard and reflect daily on the relevance of testicular cancer in our society as citizens, students and men.
In an average year, 8,000-9,000 men are diagnosed with testicular cancer in the United States. This cancer is most prevalent around men ages 15-40, covering the average age of a college student. The most effective treatment option is surgery in which the patient has a 95 percent chance to have the infected testicle removed.
With the help of students across campuses in the United States, NSNTCA can become one of the most important movements of our time.
The month of November 2007 has the potential to fall on the same list as important events like the Martin Luther's 95 theses, the signing of the Declaration of Independence and the defeat of Hitler. Help free the world from the tyranny that testicular cancer imposes on young, fertile men. Grow your beard.
There are many excuses to not participate in NSNTCA. They are all, without exception, repugnant and immoral. The following list includes the most common cop-outs for failure to support Testicular Cancer Awareness:
Problem: Some places of employment require all employees to be clean-shaven.
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Martin Spellman
posted 11/01/07 @ 9:28 AM CST
Your column is so stupid. You had a good topic and you ruined it by putting stupid, retarded jokes and suggestions and have convinced me not to listen to anything you say. (Continued…)
Robert B Sloan
posted 11/04/07 @ 4:38 PM CST
I will take up that challenge. I will refrain from shaving my testicles for one month. Martin Spellman will not be pleased.
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