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Relay For Life: ‘We Will Ensure Cancer Takes a Permanent Holiday’
By MARK SUGDEN News Writer
The University of Tampa’s Relay for Life started April 12 at 6 p.m. at the Pepin Stadium and field, and ended the morning of April 13. In total, there were around 57 teams and 784 participants, according to the American Cancer Society website who raised a total of around $54,759 online. “This year I am relaying in memory of my aunt, who lost her battle to colon cancer last month after bravely fighting for more than five years,” said Erin McDonald, who was this year’s event chair. McDonald was attracted to relay because ‘there was something healing about it.’ She was survivor chair the first year and operations chair the next. One of the founders of UT’s relay who graduated last semester asked her to take over and become the event chair Taylor Sanger/The Minaret for this semester. Relay For Life had 57 teams and 784 participants who together raised a total of $54,749. Participants gathered at Pepin Stadium for the event last week. She thanked all the participants and UT who helped out with the long raise $5,345 online and made over $465 event’ which turned out to be Mackenzie it,” Crowley said. “There was a caregiver planning of this event, starting last at the event. Crowley’s head shaving. Even though who came up to me and she whispered semester in September. Terri Payne, who works with the she did not meet her ultimate goal of in my ear saying it meant a lot to her “We will insure that cancer takes a Tampa Housing Authority and runs her $3,000, she raised over $148 more on because her husband died last week. permanent holiday,” McDonald said. own company, Organo Gold, was at one the spot just by standing on the stage. There was also a survivor when I was in Relay was filled with on-campus of the many booths selling homemade After having her head shaved, the bathroom looking at my head in the supporters and students running booths frappes. Payne came out to support relay Crowley described it as not being used mirror and she told me that she actually and walking for the cause. Students and due to her best friend who is a breast to it and being completely different. lost all of her hair to cancer and she was local companies set up booths selling cancer survivor and her father who is a She also stated that she couldn’t keep very grateful that I was doing it.” baked goods and holding activities to lymphoma cancer survivor. touching her head. One of the biggest events of the raise money for that night. Events were held throughout the “There are a lot of students who night that Relay puts on is the luminaria One of the highest selling groups, night, such as musical chairs, dancing came up to me to say I was brave and See RELAY, Page 2 who earned the gold team standing, contest, a drag show and a ‘special awesome and that they would never do was The Tumornators, who were able to
UT Students React to Boston Marathon Bombings
By CHELSEA DAUBAR
Managing Editor
On Monday afternoon, two explosions went off near the finishline of the Boston Marathon, one of the country’s largest races. At least three people have been killed and roughly 175 people have been injured. UT Students are speaking out on their reactions to what President Obama is calling “an act of terrorism.” Many students have family and friends that were at the marathon. Corinne Singleton, a sophomore and elementary education major had a close friend that attends Boston University was running in the marathon. “She was really close to the first explosion. She told me that she had blood spatter all over her and she saw a
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man that had lost his leg from the blast,” Singleton said Singleton is not the only student who knew someone close the the explosions. Tyler Romanelli, a sophomore and Entrepreneurship major, has a sister that was also running in the marathon. “I had a lot of anxiety,” Romanelli said. “Cell service was down and I couldn’t get a hold of her for a while.” While some students didn’t know anyone directly impacted, many still had strong reactions. “I’m just in shock,” Tyler See BOSTON, Page 5
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