The Collegian Volume 110 2012-2013 Article 8 10-16-2012 Volume 110, Number 8 - Tuesday, October 16, 2012 Saint Mary's College of California Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.stmarys-ca.edu/collegian Part of the Higher Education Commons Recommended Citation Saint Mary's College of California (2012) "Volume 110, Number 8 - Tuesday, October 16, 2012," The Collegian: Vol. 110 , Article 8. Available at: https://digitalcommons.stmarys-ca.edu/collegian/vol110/iss1/8 This Issue is brought to you for free and open access by Saint Mary's Digital Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in The Collegian by an authorized editor of Saint Mary's Digital Commons. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. SAINT MARY'S COLLEGE OF CALIFORNIA INSIDE 1111-NEWS: CaTS responds to criticism ... SPORTS: \fr e (ollegian Womens' volleyball sweeps Moraga, California Ii facebook.com/smccollegian Tuesday, October 16, 2012 . :l @SMC_collegian Volume no, Number 8 Breast Cancer Locals angry about bright lights from field documentary Saint Mary's agrees to turn of the lights during certain times of day sparks discussion b11 Justher Gutierrez Staff Writer In accordance with Breast Can cer Awareness month, the Intercul tural Center screened the 2011 Ca nadian documentary Pink Ribbons, In c. this past Thursday. Directed by Lea Pool, the documentary screening illustrated the discon nect between the warm, friendly marketing of the pink ribbon against the vicious nature of the cancer. With 56,000 women dying from breast cancer every year, the disease is not to be taken lightly. The documentary covers three main issues with 'pink ribbon culture:' the use of the pink ribbon for profit, the lack of significant progress made in breast cancer re search, and the hidden struggles of people currently living with breast cancer.