Bloomington High School South, The Gothic, 2014, Page 28

Description:	best[dressjedFive Bloomington South students display theirdress selections for the Homecoming dance onOctober 41. FRESHMAN ADDISON BENHAM: I went with my grandma and my mom,and my grandma really loves that kind of stuff, so she bought me my dress.2. FRESHMAN ELIZABETH BEGGS: I ordered my dress for my cousinswedding and I also wore it to [middle school] graduation last year. I decided towear it to homecoming too.3. SOPHOMORE LEIGHA STEPHNEY: I found my dress right before the storewas closing and we pretty much got locked in the store because it was the endof the day.4. SOPHOMORE TSOLMON BATGEREL: I bought this dress freshman year forthe Sounds of South Finale and I thought, I want to wear this for homecoming.5. JUNIOR SOPHIA BIRD: I wasnt planning on getting a new dress forhomecoming, but I was going through a rack in a store and found this dress andI liked it so much.ana?Bloomington South students at Hoosiers Outrun Cancer had an important motivation this year: Camstrong.It was a brisk September morningoutside of the Indiana UniversityMemorial Stadium. There was anervous excitement in the air, and thegrounds around the stadium werebustling with activity as hundreds ofpeople milled about in their bestrunning gear. For some, however, theirclothing had more meaning: Amongthe runners, the team from BloomingtonSouth stood out from the crowd,adorned in orange bandanas, eachdisplayed differently - tied aroundnecks, worn as headbands, andattached to various articles of clothing.These bandanas representedCamstrong, a movement created toshow support for junior Cameronand in his battle with cancer.Here is an interview with Blandabout his experience:What was your experience like atHoosiers Outrun Cancer?CB: I hadnt ran since chemo started,so it was harder than I thought it wasgoing to be ... but it was also reallycool because I saw a bunch of peoplewith Camstrong shirts.What does student support meanto you? How is it different thansupport from your family?CB: Student support is awesome.People still wear the shirts, and its niceto have a reminder that people stillcare. At school there are kids that arealready supporting me, even if Ivenever talked to them. Some Im reallyclose to, some I barely know. Withfamily, were already connected, so Ikind of expect them to support me. Atschool, I dont really expect them to doanything.Can you talk about yourexperience with cancer?CB: I thought I was still going to be asactive as I was and I thought I wasgoing to be able to just push through it,but the cancer makes me physicallyincapable of pushing through it. In thatway, its hard, but I thought I wasgoing to be a lot sicker than I was.How has Camstrong affected you,aside from Hoosiers OutrunCancer?CB: Its just a feeling that I knowpeople are there to support me. Its notreally that theyre helping me withanything, its just helping me feel okay,and like Im not alone.- INTERVIEW BY MACKENZIE MOTSINGER
Source:	http://cdm17129.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/hs-bloomsouth/id/9134
Collection:	Bloomington High School South

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