More than 1,000 walked around in a circle and other stuff to raise funds for cancer research, part of the 5th annual Relay for Life, held in the Student Pavilion on Friday.

As Event Chair and junior public relations major Beth Davis told The Temple News on the video below that was posted after the event here, the event reached its goal of raising more than $40,500.

Truly a great event, and holler at men’s basketball coach Fran Dunphy for filling in as the event’s keynote speaker.

Still, that total was less than a third of what Dunphy’s former home, the University of Pennsylvania, raised in its Relay for Life, despite having some 13,000 less students, as reported by The Temple News today.

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