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[Madison Schwarz:] Everyone has
a name for their grandparents,

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and in my family, we call them Nana and Papa.

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There's a great photo of my Nana and
Papa outside of the Showalter Fountain.

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My Papa actually got his medical degree from IU.

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Multiple uncles, multiple aunts, cousins,
my parents, and my brother all went to IU.

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My mom and aunt still pull
out their red stuff for moves,

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probably at most family get-togethers.

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My family has a legacy here at IU.

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It seems like not only a vacation
spot, but also our second home.

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Obviously, the campus is beautiful visually,

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but also I feel like there's a
unique energy in Bloomington.

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Everyone's always outside, and
there's always something to do.

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The places on campus that most remind me
of my family are our favorite tailgate spot

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and also Kilroy's since that's
where my parents met.

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It was November of 2022.

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I had graduated from IU about six months prior,
and my whole family and a few friends went

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to the IU-Purdue game as we do every year.

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It was a great night.

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The next day, when we came back, my
dad all of a sudden had a seizure.

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They did a CT scan and found out
that he had a big mass in his brain.

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Everything happened pretty quick then, from
the time that he got diagnosed to the time

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that he ended up dying was
a year almost to the date.

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This friend group really rallied around not
only him, but my mom and my whole family,

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whether it was bringing us meals
or anything else we needed.

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Whenever my dad completed radiation,
when he walked out, and just like 10,

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20 of his friends were standing there, and
I think that goes to show how supportive

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and meaningful this group of
friends that they created are.

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In 2019, about three years
before my dad got diagnosed.

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My parents joined the Simon
Cancer Center Development Board.

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They really wanted to just give back
to a school that they love so much.

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Through my parents' involvement, they knew what
powerful research was going on right here at IU.

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It wasn't even a question to
go to IU, and that they knew

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that that would be how my dad would get the
best treatment and be in the best hands.

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Whenever my dad was going through
treatment, he came up with this motto called,

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"Don't live like you're trying not to die."

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What he meant by that was he didn't want to be
held back and live like he was being constrained

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by all these cancer treatments
and this cancer diagnosis.

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When I came to IU, I wasn't
sure what I wanted to do.

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After everything happened with my dad,
it really changed my perspective on life,

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and that is when I got in
contact with Dr. Shelley Johns,

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who leads a supportive oncology research
program at the IU School of Medicine.

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I have noticed that a lot
of the cancer survivors live

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by the same motto that my dad would say.

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I think that my dad would be really proud
that I'm doing something to help others.

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I'm proud to be an IU alum, and I'm
proud of the legacy that my dad has left.

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I'm grateful for the Cancer Center
and all the research happening there,

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and I'm grateful for the impact the Cancer
Center has made on my family and I's lives.

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