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Hundreds participate in Relay, raise $85,000
By Haoxiang Cai | May 8, 2006As a leukemia survivor, Emily Koepsell '09 walked with eight other cancer survivors at Leverone Field House to kick off last Friday's Relay For Life -- a night-long celebration that honors survivors and victims of cancer. The night was the culmination of weeks of fund raising by Dartmouth students who raised a record-breaking total $85,000 for the American Cancer Society. Commenting on the tone of the event, Lindsay Longe '06, this year's Relay For Life event chair, said, "Cancer never sleeps, so for one night, neither do we." For 13 hours, nearly 1000 people in Leverone Field House -- mostly students -- walked or ran laps around the track.