Any form of tanning may cause cancer

,by ShannonKing assistant features editor

With spring right around the comer and wanner weather in the past couple of weeks, many people around campus are hitting up the tanning salons. Before leaving for that exotic destination for spring break last week, the campus looked like people had already been on vacation. No one wants to hit the beach with white legs and ghostly arms, so a nice base tan was part of the necessary preparations for Cancun, Panama City, Jamaica or wherever else students may have been headed. A nice tan may be nice, but what risks are being taken to get that sun-kissed look? The Food and Drug Administration says that some sunlight can be good for your health and vitality because it helps to produce vitamin D. However, in much less time than it takes to get a suntan, your body can make more vitamin D than it could ever use.

Tanning beds, sun lamps and ultraviolet radiation from the sun can cause skin cancer. Even if you do not get a sunburn, tanning over time can cause the same effect. The longer you are exposed to these harmful rays, the more sus-