Relay For Life

On April 17th, ODU students came together in the fight against cancer. The event was called "Relay For Life," so what exactly is it?

Relay For Life is the American Cancer Society's signature event that is held annually. Student organizations formed teams and stayed in the Webb Center from 7pm-7am. Each team had to have at least one member running or walking the tapped out path. Aside from walking the path, each organization had their own table/area where they set up their own fundraiser such as: selling hot dogs, hamburgers, pancakes, candy and international food. Not only were the students selling food but some areas had games like the Nintendo Wii, Rockband and Guitar Hero set up and you could pay $1.00 to play for a period of time; one organization even had people cutting and styling hair.

The night was filled with tons of fun, it was great to see hundreds of college students coming together in the fight against cancer, especially with our economic downfall. In the cyber loft area WODU Radio had their music blasting and in reaction students were dancing and even formed a circle for a dance off. The most exciting part of Relay For Life was Ms. Relay. Ms. Relay was basically a pageant where a male team member had to dress up like a female. The contestants had to answer questions such as: "what is your best quality and why?" The men had funny satirical answers and they even went up on stage to show everyone their best dance moves. At the end of the pageant, each contestant was given a purple bucket and they had to walk around for an hour to see who could raise the most money.

Below is a video footage of the contestants from the Ms. Relay pageant



For those of you who missed out on Relay For Life I highly recommend that you all check it out next year. It's a great way to connect with other students, bond with your team members and it's for a good cause.