Boobs On Campus!

With bouncing breasts in the square and posters of perky pairs around campus, UEA students held their very own Boob Day!

UEA’s Boob Team in action

Working as representatives from Coppafeel, UEA’s ‘Boob Team’ was out in full force on Monday.

Coppafeel is a cheeky charity on a mission to stamp out late detection and misdiagnosis of breast cancer in young people by ensuring you know the signs of breast cancer and the usual behaviour for your boobs.

The UEA Boob Team strutted around the square in giant boob suits and created a ‘boob room’ in the Bill Wilson Room filled with photos of supporting celebrities, balloons, chocolates and a video about the work of Coppafeel.

They needed to talk to keep themselves abreast of the situation

Most importantly, the team were chatting to anyone and everyone about the importance of self-checking for any changes in your breast and armpit area. The day was a non-profit charity event, organised to raise breast cancer awareness in young people.

Founder of Coppafeel, Kris Hallenga, was diagnosed with breast cancer age 23 after a series of misdiagnoses by doctors, who assumed her misshapen breast was due to ‘hormones’ because of her young age. The fact is, breast cancer can affect anyone. Yep even us university students, male and female.

Member of the UEA Boob Team, Kate Marks told The Tab that although students can and do get breast cancer, for the majority of us it’s later in life that the checks we do now could really make a difference. ‘We want students to start checking their breasts today. If we start now, we’ll have 10 to 20 years to get to know our boobs before we’re in the higher risk age category’ she said.

Sam supports the Boob Team

Find out more about Boob checks by clicking here and keep your eye out for more UEA events on Facebook. With cake sales and a game of Boob Ball (dodge ball played with boob resembling balls) coming up this year, UEA’s Boob Team is worth watching out for.

Until then, as Marks said ‘we’re just getting people to squidge their boobs, where’s the chore in that!’

Go on UEA, Copafeel.