Prairie Fare: May is Skin Cancer Awareness Month

Protect your eyes with sunglasses that offer protection from the sun's ultraviolet rays. (Pixabay photo)

Protect your eyes with sunglasses that offer protection from the sun's ultraviolet rays. (Pixabay photo)

As I left campus on one of the first warm days of spring, I noticed many students enjoying outdoor activities and basking in the sunlight.I thought about my younger years. I was never a sun worshipper. I am glad about that.As I recall, some of the teens and young adults used a mixture of baby oil and iodine to fry themselves in the sun. Unfortunately, the practice of having a “s...

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