Dr. James Jordan, professor of anthropology, began his speech on April 21 by asking for an amount of people with tattoos on them. He, too, has one but not for the reasons some students might.
Jordan went on to explain how his black dot was actually just a mark for where doctors would administer the radiation treatment he went through, and it was a reminder of his survival against colon cancer. Jordan said the disease changes a person’s entire body, inside and out, while also discussing the financial issues and cost that come with the treatments and medical expenses of the disease. He asked for students at the event to group together – girls in threes and guys in twos.
Everyone in the groups held hands. This activity was to show the realistic statistic of the aggression of the disease, and the scary reality that one in each group would be diagnosed with cancer in their lifetime.
Donations to his fund to help fight colon cancer were accepted and appreciated.
