No belly, no problem: Tech student survives rare form of stomach cancer
November 29, 2012
While many of us were contemplating what we are thankful for this Thanksgiving, Jessica MacKenzie was just thankful to be alive and well.
Content on Cancer:
April 21, 2011
The first time she went to class baring her bald head, rather than a wig, Iona Parks was afraid.
Greeks work to fight against cancer
November 11, 2010
Several Virginia Tech Greek organizations are pooling together to help a three-year-old fight cancer for the second time.
Awareness month helps women fight breast cancer
October 25, 2010
A cancer diagnosis can be devastating, but it’s no longer a death sentence.
A team's journey to fund the fight
April 23, 2009
In preparation for Relay For Life, one team was chosen out of the hundreds participating at Virginia Tech to shine a little light on the process of preparing for the event. Hundreds of teams, one event, thousands of stories - this is simply one of them.
Column: Tanning can cause harm sooner than expected
April 8, 2009
I always find it amusing when the orange glow appears in mid-February. You know what I'm talking about - girls who suddenly become tan between the beginning of second semester and right before spring break. It's pretty mysterious, considering Blacksburg d
Column: Tanning not worth risks
February 25, 2009
I am a girl. As such, I understand the need to look one's best at all times with the exception of those pre-dawn walks of shame and seemingly annual colds. While not an extremist in any regard to beauty rituals or practices, I admit to my fair share of gi
Relay for life gets head start
February 5, 2009
Why do you relay? That's a question that a lot of Hokies are beginning to ask one another. Home of one of the nation's largest collegiate Relay for Life events, and the largest in the ACC, Tech's Relay For Life is getting prepped for several kick off eve
'I can't believe this is happening'
December 9, 2008
Emily Dao sits cross-legged on the floor of the Delta Zeta house constructing a gingerbread house with a group of her sorority sisters. While she artfully paints a pink heart on the cookie roof and dots it with Wildberry Skittles, the girls gossip about g
Letter: This Thanksgiving, quit cold turkey
November 19, 2008