I like it on the floor, under the bed, against the wall, basically everywhere!

I’m sure everyone has seen those ‘I like it on the insert-sexual-innuendo-here’ Facebook statuses. Or has anyone noticed the pink streaks that suddenly became fashion statements? I’m sure you guys have been scratching your heads and wondering what the heck is going on. Even your most faithful female friends have been keeping their mouths shut about it, waiting to see if you would find out.

To all the men who have looked at all of the ‘I like it on the’ statuses and were confused, we’re not in a conspiracy against you. No, this is not an organized movement designed to further confuse men. And no, this is not an act of feminism. Or is it?

I’ll let you in on the secret. The Facebook statuses are actually about where we like to put our purses. Seriously. It’s not random, though. We women are just coming together, showing support and contributing what we can in the fight against breast cancer. For those who don’t know, October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month and Binghamton University is doing everything to make sure that people become aware of it.

It’s a really cool thing. The other day, professional hair stylists came in and put pink streaks in supportive girls’ hair for only $10. And for a good cause. All proceeds went to the Susan G. Komen Foundation, the most recognized organization for breast cancer research.

And you all have seen the pink ribbons that have recently appeared on clothes and bags this month. Yeah, it’s not just a fashion statement. It’s a visual approach to spreading breast cancer awareness.

What about the large pink display in the New University Union? It’s definitely not placed there to give the bookstore a little bit more color, not that it doesn’t need it.

There’s also Relay for Life, of course, which is like a big, school-wide sleepover party. The Binghamton University Events Center is packed with sprawled-out students in tents playing games. Participants get involved in activities such as dunking their friends, enemies or ‘frenemies’ in freezing water, pie-eating contests, fast food and other fun stuff. For 12 hours you see groups of people walking around the track, honoring those who are, or have been, affected by battles with cancer. And the best part is, it raises a lot of money ‘ all of which goes to a great cause. One step further in cancer research, here we come!

Even small donations from individual people can help. If you don’t know how to get involved, just ask. And yes, boys, you can take part in this, too. You can join in the fight against breast cancer, or any type of cancer.

I think it’s awesome that people are getting involved. This is definitely the most effort I’ve seen to spread the word about cancer awareness in the last two plus years I’ve been at Binghamton. And it’s great! It’s not hard to participate either. Just ask the girl with pink streaks or ribbons. And maybe you can ask her where she likes it.