“Conventionality
      Is
      Death!”
     
     
      by
      DANIELLE
      CHRISTENSEN
     
    
   
   
    
     
      This
      issue
      of
      the
      X-Press
      marks
      the
      launch
      of
      the
      1992
     
     
      Edition
      of
      Campus
      Women.
      This
      yezr,
      it
      will
      move
      in
     
     
      something
      of
      a
      new
      direction,
      with
      a
      format
      that
      I
      hope
      will
     
     
      make
      it
      interesting
      and
      useful
      to
      the
      readers.
      Campus
     
     
      Women
      is
      a
      page
      that
      will
      cover
      a
      multitude
      of
      topics
      every
     
     
      week,
      including
      issues
      of
      health,
      safety,
      and
      life
      in
      general.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      The
      purpose
      of
      Campus
      Women
      is
      to
      talk
      about
      things
      that
     
     
      might
      not
      apply
      to
      men
      at
      large.
      However,
      women
      make
      up
     
     
      52%
      of
      the
      population,
      so
      any
      attempt
      to
      sum
      up
      the
      ideas
     
     
      and
      stances
      of
      women
      in
      one
      comment
      is
      not
      only
      futile,
      but
     
     
      ridiculous.
      All
      women
      do
      not
      think
      alike.
      The
      only
      gener-
     
     
      alization
      that
      can
      be
      make
      is
      to
      say
      that
      there
      are
      many
     
     
      experiences
      and
      thoughts
      that
      are
      common
      to
      more
      women
     
     
      than
      to
      men.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Feminist
      thought
      is
      incorporated
      into
      the
      viewpoint
      of
      the
     
     
      editors,
      but
      Campus
      Women
      is
      not
      here
      for
      the
      purpose
      of
     
     
      indoctrination.
      ‘While
      this
      page
      will
      concern
      itself
      with
     
     
      issues
      that
      relate
      most
      directly
      to
      women,
      men
      are
      encour-
     
     
      aged
      to
      read
      it
      as
      well.
      Humans
      all
      have
      to
      function
      to-
     
     
      gether,
      and
      we
      can’t
      get
      anything
      accomplished
      if
      the
     
     
      ‘*Battle
      of
      the
      Sexes’’
      keeps
      going.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      There
      are
      many
      things
      that
      we
      as
      women
      don’t
      know
      about
     
     
      ourselves
      and
      the
      way
      we
      work
      in
      society.
      To
      address
      that,
     
     
      Campus
      Women
      this
      year
      is
      to
      be
      primarily
      an
      information
     
     
      and
      idea-oriented
      page,
      and
      not
      a
      political
      column.
      If
     
     
      readers
      have
      ideas
      and
      comments,
      please
      feel
      free
      to
      con-
     
     
      tribute
      them.
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      BEFORE
      A
      MIRROR.
     
     
      With
      arms
      ae
      Sides,
     
     
      MONTHLY
      trad.
      io
      caret
      tor
     
     
      head,
      look
      carefully
      for
      Se
      ti
     
     
      changes
      in
      the
      size,
      Place
      a
      towel
      or
      pillow
     
     
      REAST
      SELF-
      cn
      reigied
     
     
      each
      breast.
      Look
      for
      one
      oe
      pe
      eae
      >
     
     
      fe:
      breast
      with
      your
      left
     
    

    
     
      Gently
      squeeze
      both
      hand.
     
    

    
     
      IN
      THE
      SHOWER.
      nipples
      and
      look
      for
     
    

    
     
      Raise
      one
      arm.
      With
      discharge
     
    

    
     
      fingers
      flat,
      touch
      every
      s
     
    

    
     
      part
      of
      each
      breast,
     
    

    
     
      gently
      feeling
      for
      a
      lump
     
    

    
     
      or
      thickening.
      Use
      your
     
    

    
     
      tight
      —
      to
      re
      “s
      With
      your
      arm
      resting
      on
     
    

    
     
      our
      reast.
      your
     
    

    
     
      pe!
      for
      your
      right
      Fingers
      flat,
      ba
      gently
      LQ
      =
      Sonia
      shont
     
    

    
     
      breast.
      in
      small
      circles,
      starting
      eee
      ae
      =
     
     
      at
      the
      outermost
      top
      U
      See
      2
     
     
      edge
      of
      your
      breast
      Yesue.
      100.
     
     
      an
      spiraling
      in
      tissue.
      to0.
     
     
      towa'
      nipple.
      ician
      i
     
     
      Examine
      every
      part
      of
      Jee
      =
     
     
      the
      breast.
      Repeat
      with
     
     
      left
      breast.
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Campus
      Women
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Breast
      cancer
      will
      affect
      one
      in
      every
      ten
      women
      at
      some
     
     
      point
      during
      their
      life.
      This
      is
      only
      beaten
      out
      in
      cancer
     
     
      mortality
      rates
      by
      lung
      cancer
      among
      women.
      Although
      all
     
     
      women
      are
      at
      risk
      of
      developing
      breast
      cancer,
      the
      high
      rist
     
     
      groups
      are
      women
      over
      fifty
      and
      any
      woman
      who
      has
      am
     
     
      immediate
      relative
      (such
      as
      a
      mother
      or
      a
      sister)
      who
      has
     
     
      developed
      the
      disease.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Early
      detection
      is
      the
      key
      to
      curing
      breast
      cancer.
      This
      is
     
     
      accomplished
      in
      two
      ways.
      The
      first
      and
      most
      important
     
     
      way
      for
      all
      women,
      but
      especially
      those
      between
      the
      ages
      0
     
     
      eighteen
      and
      forty,
      is
      the
      monthly
      self-examination.
      Self-
     
     
      examination
      looks
      for
      all
      the
      key
      symptoms
      of
      breast
      canct
     
     
      especially
      lumps
      or
      thickening
      in
      the
      breast
      tissue,
      tender‘
     
     
      painful
      spots
      on
      the
      breast
      and
      nipple
      discharge
      especially!
     
     
      unusual
      amounts,
      colour
      or
      texture.
      The
      key
      to
      self-exami-
     
     
      nation
      is
      to
      get
      to
      know
      your
      own
      breasts
      so
      any
      change
      in
     
     
      them
      is
      obvious
      to
      you
      and
      will
      raise
      concern.
      The
      second
     
     
      way
      to
      screen
      for
      breast
      cancer
      is
      mammography.
      All
     
     
      women
      over
      forty
      years
      of
      age
      should
      have
      an
      annual
     
     
      mammogram
      done
      with
      their
      annual
      physical.
     
     
      Mammography
      though
      is
      not
      usually
      used
      on
      young
      women
     
     
      under
      the
      age
      of
      35,
      unless
      they
      have
      an
      immediate
      relativ'
     
     
      with
      breast
      cancer.
      For
      these
      women,
      mammograms
      shoul!
     
     
      start
      five
      to
      ten
      years
      prior
      to
      when
      their
      relative
      was
      firs!
     
     
      affected.
      All
      other
      young
      women
      should
      be
      checked
      out
      (i
     
     
      an
      irregularity
      is
      found
      in
      examination)
      by
      ultrasonography
     
     
      before
      amammogram
      is
      done.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Although
      screening
      by
      mammography
      cuts
      the
      risk
      of
      mot!
     
     
      ity
      from
      breast
      cancer,
      self-examination
      is
      still
      the
      best
      b
     
     
      for
      early
      detection
      of
      tumours.
      Statistics
      show
      that
     
     
      mammography
      misses
      ten
      to
      fifteen
      percent
      of
      all
      tumou!s
     
     
      because
      of
      their
      small
      size.
      All
      women
      from
      eighteen
      ye
     
     
      of
      age
      up
      should
      do
      a
      monthly
      breast
      self-examination
      --
      it
     
     
      could
      save
      your
      life
      years
      down
      the
      road.