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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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"You, yourself; as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affiction."

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Cast members perform one of Ovid's Greek myths during the UCO production of "Metamorphoses" last weekend.

and represents everything from the wind-whipped ocean that tears through the ship of the adventurous Ceyx (Rick Foresee) to the pit

of Tartarus where Orpheus (Foresee) searches for the soul of his lost love Eurydice (Mao Yanagawa). see PLAY, page 5

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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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LETTER TO THE EDITOR

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"How are you winding down after finals week?"

"Traveling to Florida, going to the sea to swim."

Sayuri Kuroda Knesiology - junior

"A '24' [the show] marathon. I bought the whole series, but I haven't watched it yet."

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"I'm going back home to Japan to relax with my family and my dog Sakura."

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High prices can be a good thing? Is this editorial staff opinion by the whole staff?

Or did one person write this and decide to not include their name. I normally would agree with such a diatribe or rant about high gas prices but after analyzing the lack of substance in this argument, this opinion of the staff, I was "turned off'. For examplei, the writing errors such as, "As a matter of fact, don't even used to it.", "such as short period of time", "Put your cell phone,", "whatever you daddy calls you" were laughable. Since when does the unnamed staff editorial writer's opinion become fact?

For example, "The fact is this: You need to start thinking about life without cars, planes and other vehicles powered by combustible engines." Really? Where does this "fact" come from?

Do these "facts" come from what you place on a chair in

front of a computer as you write these opinion pieces.

My compliments to the writer for at least using spell check. Do you realize that you called Americans as a nation fat and pathetic. This may be true on a broader sense (no pun intended) but what solutions do you offer.

None. I think the summation of your opinion is that you're mad about gas prices, the oil companies making record profits, the inability of our government to do anything about the high price of gas, and that you're a bigot because of your comments about fat people. Author, Laura Moncur, points out the fat discrimination is quite real - fueled by fear, hate, and disgust. She states, "Fat discrimination runs rampant throughout our society and it is accepted by people who would scream bigot if someone made similar comments about race or sexual orien-

tation." So you used your attack on high gas prices to hide your hate speech about fat people. So, what are some plausible solutions for high gas prices? Our Politicians have recently touted ethanol from corn as an alternative fuel but most of this rhetoric is due to the corn lobby. All of this only increases ftiod prices as corn is an additive in most of our foods. Ever heard of high fructose corn syrup which may be a more plausible reason why Americans are so overweight. It might just be all the additives in food that are in part responsible for the obesity epidemic (King Corn- documentary).

Ethanol does not have to be produced directly from corn as Brazil produces it from sugar cane and Brazil would be a potential supplier except for a $0.47 per galloon tariff by the U.S. in contrast to $0.00 for crude oil due once again to the corn lobby. All

of this is inconsequential as ethanol is not a completely reasonable alternative. The website www.oilendgame. com has some solutions. The answer will be a combination of answers: better fuel efficiency in cars, alternative fuels, nuclear energy, wind energy, solar energy, recycling, and by harnessing the energy producing potential of hot air coming out of the editorial staff writer's mouths. I believe in free speech even when remarks like this unnamed writer's are made that are not worthy to be printed on paper but when you write this at least have the courage to put your name on it. Do not hide behind the relative anonymity of an editorial staff opinion.

Tyler McNamara

In reponse to April 24's What's the Point?

I saw Mr. Adam Liptak on CSPAN today and tried to call in but you all know how difficult it is to get through on CSPAN these days. Anyway-With the incarceration rate

the way it is in America I can't help but wonder what his answerer would have been? Some in this nation feel lifetime incarceration of sex offenders is an option

to offender control. Please,,, Just think by for a moment imagine your index finger is your index finger and your nose is the brest of a therteen year old girl, now touch your

nose. Do you really think that that is a reason to spen life in prison?

Keith Richard Radford Jr

"I'm headin' east to live it up in the streets of Tokyo."

Hiroko "Barbara" Ito Accounting - Senior

"I'm watching 'Grey's Anatomy' DVDs with myself and ice cream."

Sachiko Komuro Theatre Arts - Senior

"Traveling somewhere in the U.S.."

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MARSHAL from page 1 U.S. Marshal co-op coordinator. "It's a very competitive program."

The U.S. Marshal Academy is conducted at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center in Glynco, Ga. where, according to the Web site, generally less than five percent of applicants ever get hired.

"I'm most excited to start my career," Wallace said.

"It's nice to take the concepts that we've been learning the last four years and apply them to real life."

While still working as a co-op, Vaughn and Wallace have been preparing for the academy and other technical abilities to be a U.S. Deputy Marshal. "[We are] basically working, with the exception of no gun and arrest power," Vaughn said about the co-op program.

Once Vaughn and Wallace arrive at the 17 1/2 week training academy, U.S. Marshals and FLETC will be giving them legal training, firearms training, defensive tactics, physical conditioning, prisoner search and restraint, first aid and high threat trials.

"There will be a lot of running, class time and learning how deputies go about their

day," Wallace said.

"It is a really strenuous academy," Vaughn said.

After graduating and becoming U.S. Deputy Marshals, Vaughn and Wallace will go on to do things such as: protect federal judges, look for fugitives and escort prisoners.

"This is a blessing," Vaughn said.

Both Vaughn and Wallace are excited about graduating from the academy and starting their careers as U.S. Deputy Marshal. The application process into the co-op program is long and challenging, but of the few that are accepted, two are from UCO, Williams said.

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Wind Symphony to blow May 1

by Laura Hoffert

Staff Writer UCO's Wind Symphony will host their final concert for the semester at 7:30 p.m. on May 1 in Mitchell Hall Theater.

The concert entitled, "Wildflowers and Serenades" will be conducted by the Director of Bands, Dr. Brian Lamb, and will open with Don Freund's "Jug Blues & Fat Pickin'," which is a blend of both bluegrass and blues, "Imagine a front porch in the stillness of the evening, great friends, warm conversation, laughter, intimate thoughts reserved only for the closest of friends. This concert program has been carefully crafted to flow with meaning," Lamb Said.

To show the symphony's range, they will follow Freund with Brahms', "A Lovely Rose is Blooming,"

FNL from page 1 as the ghost of FNL past.

Hodgeson and cast member Brice Lettkeman preceded Hines on stage as the ghost of FNL present and future trying to convince Munson not to quit the show.

After a couple of opening videos, Munson came on stage as former news anchor Connie Chung hosting the television show "So You Think You Can Dance." The skit featured three dancers corning out on stage showing the judges ; that they were< the best dancer. Cast members Garrett D. Johnson, Jenifer Morgan and Jamie Foster played Ozzy, Sharon and Kelly Osboume.

The standout character in the sketch was Petete's character Martha Smith, a girl who wanted to spread sign language around the world.

Video Clips played throughout the show. The videos called "And now you Know" were a spoof of NBC's "The More you Know" public service announcement commercials, featured the cast talking about random things like stuffing their bra, flatulence and genital herpes.

Another clip was a short film called "SAWK," a spoof of the popular horror franchise, "Saw." In the video, Petete and Lettkeman were trapped in a room and had

known for its melodic and soothing sound.

Joseph Schwatner's 1996 symphonic piece, "In Evening's Stillness" will also he included, Finally "Lincolnshire Posy," considered to he the masterpiece oi Percy Aldridge Grainger, will bring the Concert to an end.

The university's symphony is know tor taking on chzillenging works from diverse cultures and playing thcm flawlessly. in 2006, they performed in New York City's Carnegie Hall. The group ot 52 preformed in front of an estimated 2,800 people.

"I love my students very much. I hold them to very high standards of excellence and commitment and I challenge them to always be prepared for rehearsals and performance, because every member of the ensemble is responsible to each other in

that regard," Lamb said.

"I like to think of them as "pre-professionals," performing at a level that warrants my respect for their abilities and requires me to choose literature and repertoire that stretches them and challenges them," he said.

Tickets to the concert are $4 for UCO students, $8 for adults and 56 for senior citizens, non-UCO students and children.

"Take a break from your end of semester routines, escape for a little while to the safety and comfort of a good front porch swing, and prepare to be moved by the UCO Wind Symphony," Lamb said.

For _ more. information or reservations, call the Mitchell Hall Box Office at (405) 974-3375. For a complete schedule of CAMD performances, visit www. camd.ucok.edu .

to do various comical things with a sock puppet called "Sawk." Lettkeman said playing the main character Jeff in the short film was his favorite character he played in the show.

"I really enjoyed the video shots and thought it made for a fun alternative to just regular on stage performances," Lettkeman said.

Following a comical nail salon skit that had Munson playing a sassy nail beautician, who threw insulting jabs to Malory Craft about being single and in a sorority, musical guest "Boulevard," a local Oklahoma City band, came on stage to perform.'

The band performed a set of three of there own original songs. They concluded their set by mixing together a cover of the popular 90's songs "Hold My Hand" by Hootie and the Blowfish and "What I Got" by Sublime.

Following Boulevard's set, the cast came on stage to perform "Celebrity Spelling Bee." The skit featured Craft as the British spelling bee judge. She gave the words to the four celebrity contestants who were trying to win money for a charity that would help give circumcisions to people in third-world countries.

"I really liked playing the judge in Celebrity Spelling Bee because it was my first time to do an English accent," Craft said.

The cast did several impressions of the different celebrities. Morgan imper-

sonated "Nanny" star Fran Drescher, Hodgeson did an impersonation of Keanu Reeves, Johnson portrayed Christopher Walken and FoSter did Judy Garland as Dorothy from the "Wizard of Oz." "I loved playing Fran, I watched the Nanny all the time when I was a kid and getting to play one of my favorite comedians was really fun," Morgan said.

Hodgeson said this was his favorite skit of the night because it allowed him to get to do his Keanu Reeves impression.

"We had been talking about doing a celebrity skit for a while and I'm really glad we finally got to do it," Hodgeson said.

The final skit of the night featured Hodgeson and Johnson coming on stage as two gay cooks who hosted their own cooking show on the Food Network.

The show wrapped up with a teaser video for next fall's show as the cast spoofed scenes from such popular shows as "Grey's Anatomy" and "The 0.C." Morgan said she thought the show went great. She said "it was so much fun getting to perform it with such an awesome cast."

"I love the cast dearly and I think that everyone did a wonderful job and I hope the crowd had as much fun watching it as we had performing it," Morgan said.

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"It has been an honor to help out with this event and raise money to fight a horrible disease," Palmer said.

Marcotte said everyone is encouraged to come. She said luminaries would be on sale for $10, so people can buy one and honor a friend or love one who had cancer. She added that donations would also be accepted throughout the night.

"If you are not a participant or part of a team, just coming to event is a great way to give back and get involved," Marcotte said.

Palmer said she is looking forward to the event because it will allow her a chance to spend time with her teammates while supporting a great cause. She added that she is looking forward to the luminaria ceremony and getting to see all the luminaries lit up around Plunkett Park.

RELAY from page 1 one they love," she said.

Unlike most Relay For Life events which are planned a year ahead of time, this Relay was put together in February.

So with limited time, the committee has been going above and beyond doing whatever it takes trying to promote the event on campus.

Relay publicity chair Tiffany Palmer said she has put posters up in the different buildings around campus to help promote event.

She said they have also been making announcements at a variety of organizations and at the UCOSA meetings on Mondays.

Palmer said she has a lot of family and friends that are both cancer survivors and victims and she is happy to do her part in the fight against

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PLAY from page 1 The show opens with the story of creation and, appropriately enough, the audience is completely enveloped in darkness. Then a single ray of light penetrates the din and casts down a blanket of light on a young woman (Alicia Adams). She kneels beside the pool of water and gently runs her hands through it. Suddenly, her hands rise and the woman looks to the sky and beckons the gods, "Bodies, I have in mind, and how they change to assume new shapes ...change me, and let me glance the secret and speak...of the world's birthing and of the creation of all things.”

Photo Provided The young woman then becomes a vessel for the A scene from UCO's theatrical production of "Metamorphoses." god Zeus (Leavell Johnson) and a mortal scientist (Stefni Colle), who represent the rocks and the very ground being there in his youth, so all the same." Much to their religious and the rational beneath him turns to gold he ventures to dad's "office" surprise, the gods are greeted respectively. She reveals but, as we all know, Midas' and asks, who am I kidding, by a kindhearted man named the origins of the world and greed will ultimately doom throws a screaming temper Philemon (Foresee) and his how man was born into it. his own beloved daughter tantrum for the keys to his wife Baucis (Yanagawa) father's car. Father's car just and immediately invite them Though religion and science (Shannon Curran).

Zimmerman's play seam- happens to be the chariot inside. The two masqueradnever agree on mankind's true origin, it is plain to see lessly juxtaposes the modern of the sun which lights the ing beggars are fed heartthat people are here to stay with the mythic and illus- earth every day. You can ily and once satisfied, reveal themselves to the couple. and as long as they remain, trates the timeless quality of guess what happens.

Zimmerman wisely ends Baucis and Philemon fall to they will look to the heavens the ancient stories. In the and strive for a similar great- story of Phaeton, we find her production with an their knees and beg the gods the young son of Apollo uplifting story of true love forgive them for serving such ness.

Enter King Midas. (Foresee) floating around the and the benefits of hospital- a simple meal. The gods, in Decked out in a posh white pool in an inflatable couch ity. In the final act, the gods being treated kindly by the suit, he is obviously not your complaining to his thera- Zeus (Johnson) and Hermes two people, offer them a gift typical Greek king. Actor pist (Colle) about the father (Goodman) disguise them- of whatever they desire.

They ask to die together Jimmy Pike earns his weight never had. Zimmerman selves as filthy beggars and in gold as the venture capi- portrays Phaeton as a mod- wander from door to door at the same moment, so that talist Midas, who fills the em day spoiled teenager hoping to see mortal man's the survivor will not have to grieve over the death of the character with an exuber- complete with sunglasses true character.

They were turned down at other. ant, almost giddy sense of and board shorts. Foresee The gods granted their greed as he walks the stage, grabbed scores of laughs over a thousand doors.

When they came to the wish. However, instead bragging about his expen- from the crowd and really sive spending habits. Midas steals the show with his por- last but on the outskirts of of allowing their bodies to is a man who will do or trayal of the selfish youth. town, Hermes gripes to Zeus, decompose into the earth, say anything to make money He morphs effortlessly from "Why bother knocking here? the gods turned them into a and when the god Bacchus a cool, laid-back California We've knocked on houses tree. It is a fitting epitaph (Stephen Goodman) bestows teen to an arrogant, bratty of all kinds, the homes of that, even though their morthe gift of the golden touch child as if he had been doing people with plenty to spare. tal bodies are gone, their upon him, Midas becomes it his entire life. Phaeton Whoever lives here obvi- love continues to grow and mad with glee. He dances thinks his father (Aaron ously has nothing." Zeus thus, never truly died. with excitement as trees, Kellert) owes him for never replies, "Let's give it a try

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UCO Softball ends season with 2 losses Korea celebrates torch relay

by Justin Langston Senior Staff Writer This weekend, the UCO Softball Team ended its regular season play with a pair of losses when they traveled to Durant to take on Southeastern Oklahoma.

Both games were close, with the Bronchos dropping the first one losing 1-0, and the second one being lost 8-7.

"We .made too many mistakes today," head coach Genny Stidham told Broncho Sports. "We had our chances in both games and didn't take advantage and that was disappointing. We're just going to put this behind us and get ready for the conference tournament."

Southeastern Oklahoma took the lead in the bottom of the second inning with a single run, which would be the only score on the board for the entire game. The Savage Storm out hit UCO six to three, dominating the Bronchos for the entire game.

Hillary Brandt pitched for 1.2 innings, facing five women at bat, giving up two hits, and Southeastern State's only run. Alli Blake served for 4.1 innings, facing 21 at bat. She gave up 4 hits and struck out one.

In the second game, UCO tried to take back the game by scoring the first run in the top of the second when third baseman Jodi Craig was batted in by shortstop Kelsey Tiger. However, Southeastern Oklahoma responded by scoring six runs at the bottom of the same inning, and two more in the bottom of the third.

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UCO Softball team ends the season with a pair of losses against Southeastern Oklahoma, 1-0 and 8-7.

"We had our chances in both games and didn't take advantage and that was disappointing" Genny Stidham

the game was completely quiet, giving . Southeastern Oklahoma the final victory.

Molly Shivers pitched for 1.2 innings, facing off against 14 at bat. Shivers gave up eight hits and six runs. Brittany Zimmerman served for 4.1 innings, facing 16 at bat while giving up

six hits and two runs while striking out four.

This was the last game of regular season play.

UCO will travel to Durant on Thursday to take on Abilene Christian to begin the Lone Star Conference Tournament.

PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) _ North Korea mobilized tens of thousands of citizens on Monday to celebrate the Olympic torch relay in Pyongyang, the flame's first visit to the authoritarian nation.

Men in their best suits and women wearing traditional high-waisted dresses waved flags and paper flowers in the capital, greeting the torch like a visiting head of state.

Unlike some other parts of the relay ahead of the Beijing Olympics, everything went off without a hitch in North Korea. Only the most loyal communist elite are allowed to live in Pyongyang, a showpiece city filled with monuments to the hard-line regime.

China is North Korea's main ally and a key provider of aid, and the torch relay was used to herald their ties. North Korea has condemned disruptions of the torch relay elsewhere, and supported Beijing in its crackdown on violent protests in Tibet.

Leader Kim Jong 11 was not seen at Monday's event, but he was "paying great interest to the success of the Olympic torch relay," Pak Hak Son, chairman of North Korea's Olympic committee, said at the relay start, according to a report from Pyongyang by Japan's Kyodo News agency.

"We express our basic position that while some impure forces have opposed China's hosting of the event and have been disruptive, we believe that constitutes a challenge to the Olympic idea," Pak said.

The torch began its run from beneath the giant red stained-glass flame that tops the 558-foot-tall obelisk of

the Juche Tower, which cornmemorates the national ideology of "self-reliance" created by the late founding President Kim Il Sung, father of Kim Jong II. An attentive and peaceful crowd watched the start of the relay, some waving Chinese and Olympic flags, APTN footage showed. The ceremony was presided over by the head of Parliament, Kim Yong Nam. Kim passed the flame to Pak Du Ik, a former soccer star who played on North Korea's 1966 World Cup soccer team.

As the 12-mile relay wound through Pyongyang, thousands of cheering people lined the streets waving pink paper flowers and small flags with the Beijing Olympics logo and chanting "Welcome!

Welcome!"

Middle-aged women in traditional dresses danced and beat drums in one square, while young girls held red balloons and bouquets of flowers, APTN footage showed.

Security was far lighter than in most other cities visited by the torch, although the flame was followed by several Chinese in blue tracksuits along with vehicles and motorcycles.

The relay ended after about five hours at Kim Il Sung Stadium, where female marathoner Chong Song Ok used the torch to light an Olympic cauldron, China's official Xinhua News Agency reported.

China and North Korea "are like brothers," said Li Binghua, executive vice president of the Beijing Olympic organizing committee, according to Kyodo. "We are very moved that tens of thousands turned out."

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