BY SARIAH ARMSTRONG

From May 16 to 17, thousands of people

will walk 39 miles in the seventh annual
Boston Avon Walk for Breast Cancer.
Yarisbeth Vega, a senior business
accounting major at FSC, will be walking
with them.
"I've gotten involved because my uncle
died last year of breast cancer," says Vega.
"Also, my inspiration is a good friend
of mine, her name is Stella Martinez, [a]
breast-cancer survivor."
Vega knows that her uncle's breast can-
cer was unusual. According to the American
Cancer Society, it is "about 100 times less
common among men than among women."
Last year the American Cancer Society
estimated that nearly 2,000 men would be
diagnosed with breast cancer in 2008. "Men
and women with the same stage of breast
cancer have a fairly similar outlook for sur-
vival," the society notes.
A few months after her uncle's death in
September 2008, Vega signed up for the
walk.
Once signed up, a participant is com-
mitted to raising $1,800 for the Avon Walk.
"If you don't have the money by May 15th
your credit card will be charged, because
you have a commitment with the founda-
tion," says Vega.
To raise money, Vega first went to family
and friends. She also spent hours collecting
money from students on campus.
But with the May 15 deadline quickly
approaching, she was still a few hundred
dollars short.
So at the final Senate meeting of the
semester, Vega appealed to the Student
Government Association for sponsorship.
After a brief deliberation, they agreed
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Although graduation is a word that
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economy turning downward, the prospect
of finding that first job seems daunting.
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by the National Association of Colleges
and Employers, 52 percent of respondents
currently project that they will be hiring
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