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Community gets moving to battle cancer Students to get a badge by Jordan Richison Staff Writer
UCO students will do their part in the fight against cancer at UCO's first ever Relay For Life event this Friday from 7:00 to 10:00 p.m. at Plunkett Park. Relay For. Life is a nationwide event, sponsored by the American Cancer Society to help raise money and awareness for cancer research. It is also designed to honor those who have fallen to cancer and commend those who have survived it. Relay chair Beth Marcotte said the event is going to be very laid back. She said there would be several activities and entertainment including a Mr. Relay contest, along with free food from local restaurants like Alvarado's and Jamba Juice. There will also be a survivor ceremony honoring those who have overcome cancer and a Luminaria ceremony that will honor both cancer survivors and the memory of those who have succumb the disease. The theme for the event is "Cast Out Cancer." Marcotte said each participant would dress up as characters from different movies or TV shows. _ Each.. learn was encouraged to raise at least $1000. So team members have been doing a wide variety of things to raise money.
by Jana Davis Staff Writer
About 300 students came to Constitution Hall last Saturday looking to put aside the stress of pending finals and enjoy a couple hours of laughs at the Student Programming Board's annual semester event, "Friday Night Live." The show started off with a parody of the popular television show "Criss Angel Mindfreak." FNL director Kellen Hodgeson played the
The different fundraising tactics include sending out Relay fundraising e-mails to friends and family and going around different business collecting checks and cash donations. Marcotte said one team set up an Arbonne open house to raise money for their team
and half of the profits that they raised went to Relay. According to the Relay For Life Web site, freshman Mollie- Hemric and sophomore Diana Holman have raised the most money among students. Hemric has raised $675 and Holman has raised
magician as someone who always messed up his tricks and illusions. After Angel fell to his demise in his final illusion, cast member Jayme Petete yelled out the ever popular phrase, "Live from UCO, it's Friday Night...On Saturday!" Hodgeson said the opening skit is his favorite because. he gets to jump out there and get that first big laugh of the night. He said he really enjoys performing in front of the crowd because of the energy that they bring to the show.
"It really pumps you up and gets you that much more into performing," Hodgeson said. Following the opening credits, FNL guest host Cyndi Munson came on stage for the opening monologue. -Munson, the former UCOSA vice president and 2007 Homecoming queen, talked about how nervous she was to do the show. While she was talking, former UCOSA President Jason Hines came on stage
$375. Hemric hopes the fundraising will educate people and give them a chance for early cancer detection that will help save their lives. "I know some people may not see it as a big.deal but with cancer becoming more fre-
'Metamorphoses' captures the spirit of Ovid's epic by Josh Flowers Staff Writer
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Cast members perform one of Ovid's Greek myths during the UCO production of "Metamorphoses" last weekend.
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Sophomore Tiffany Palmer and freshman Leah Buller light a candle for the luminary ceremony Friday April 25, at Plunkett Park.
When the Roman poet Ovid penned his magnum opus, the Metamorphoses, he asked the gods to grant him a favor. He bid them breathe life into his "book of changes," so that his greatest work may be seamless from beginning to end. Two thousee FNL, page 3 sand years later, the gods are still breathing inspiration into that seminal masterpiece, this time through an energetic cast of UCO actors who gave a stellar performance ofMary Zimmerman's Ovidian-inspired tour de force "Metamorphoses" last Friday at Mitchell Hall Theater. The small but visually spectacular production perfectly captures the spirit of the epic from which it draws i nspiration. Zimmerman's Tony-nominated script, based on the David Slavitt translation of Metamorphoses, includes only 10 of the original myths but the ones she chose are given glorious life by this talented ensemble in beautiful, tragic form. The production is set l>y Vista photographer Chris Albers around a rectangular pool From left: Jamie Foster, Cyndi Munson and Jed Williams perform a skit for Friday of water, which appears to Night Live, a sketch comedy show Saturday night. evoke the Roman atrium,
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FNL entertains students by Jordan Richison Staff Writer
quent, I believe every penny counts. I know that this will never bring the people I love back, but it could ease pain of other families, who I hope never have to experience the kind of pain of losing some-
Two UCO students will be attending the U.S. Marshal Academy after a challenging and rigorous application process and completion of the Centralized Student Career Experience Program, a Criminal Justice Co-operative program Jermaine Vaughn and Chris Wallace, both senior criminal justice majors, have completed their 640 hours of training and school and are now ready to move forward to be U.S. Deputy Marshals. The co-op program is associated with local law enforcement in Oklahoma and has a required one a half year application process that Vaughn and Wallace both were accepted to. They will both continue to work as full-time employees with the law enforcement office at the Western District of Oklahoma after graduation until they are ready to leave for the academy. "UCO has the most successful placement in this program," said Kathryn Williams, UCO sociology criminal justice professor and
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