Attention all females! At 8:30 p.m. in the Cain Gym, several males will strut their stuff in front of the Washington College community, giving single girls a good chance to view the "eye-candy."
But that's not the best part! The sisters of Zeta Tau Alpha host this pageant to raise money for the Susan B. Komen Breast Cancer Research Foundation.
This is the second year that the sorority has held such a pageant. In just its first year, seats were filled, while others in the crowd were forced to line the walls in order to get a peek at those famous WC boys and their ... um ... talents. One could only hope that the seats are even harder to come by this year, as the school rallies together to raise money to fight breast cancer.
Although the males involved are subjected to humiliating categories such as best legs, and of course the famous talent competition, they are eager participants for such a worthy cause, and should be commended. And, the abundance of dates for several weeks after can't hurt.
In a day and age in which beauty pageants are scoffed upon by many, being considered biased towards women's looks and not their intelligence, it is extremely refreshing to see WC take such a reverse stand on this issue.
It's not about beauty, talent, or legs ... or lack thereof; it's about raising money to further the research for an end to breast cancer, a silent killer among women today.
The majority of women are unaware how susceptible to breast cancer they truly are. Other than skin cancer, breast cancer is the most common type of cancer among women. More than 150,000 women are diagnosed with this cancer every year.
And males should take notice also. Not only could it affect your mother, sister, girlfriend, or aunt, it can also affect YOU. That's right -- cancer isn't discriminatory towards gender. And anyone who has had a family history of breast cancer is more susceptible to the disease.
Without monthly check-ups, a cancer could go unnoticed until it is too late to do anything. But with proper information, more people can begin their process to recovery.
October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Do your part by supporting the cause, and spread the word that there are ways to support the research for a cure so that more innocent people do not have to suffer.
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