Opinions: Speech Great Big No to Riley leads Crimson 4 is meaningless 7 play Little Willie’s 12 team to victory Wednesday, October 31, 2007 Serving the University of Alabama since 1894 Vol. 114, Issue 47 Ghostsand goblins October garners cancer awareness Trammel, a graduate stu- to trying to find out if you’re Groups fund breast dent and high school teacher, going to live.” cancer research was diagnosed with an aggres- That was 20 years ago. sive form of breast cancer. Trammel is a part of the ever- BY CHARITY SCOTT “In that one moment every- increasing number of women Student Life Editor thing changed,” she said. “You ■
[email protected] go from your ordinary routine See CANCER, Page 2 When Elizabeth Alexander Trammel first felt the bump on her chest while taking a shower she was concerned, not alarmed. Small and hard, located roughly four inches below her collarbone above her left breast, it was sensitive to the touch and felt like a BB shot. A friend told her to have it checked out, and even rec- ommended a doctor — Joe Aiken. A routine exam turned into a biopsy appointment, though she was reassured that it was probably nothing CW/ Whitney Walker to worry about. Jenny Lessman, a freshman majoring in nursing, holds up a game for Trick or Treat on sorority row Tuesday night. “I remember waking up in Contributed photo The annual event allows children from the Tuscaloosa area to trick-or-treat at the sorority houses on campus. the recovery room and Dr. Aiken was sitting by my bed,” Elizabeth Alexander Trammel (middle) stands with her two sons, Ben she said.