The Tribune

THE Ohio State University Buckeyes visited Nassau for their 12th annual Cruise for Cancer charity event yesterday.

Some 1,000 cruise passengers participated in a three-mile run/one mile walk from Pompey Square to Arawak Cay and back to their cruise ship as part of the event which raised funds for cancer research.

Minister of National Security Marvin Dames, an alumnus of the university, was at the event and expressed pride that his alma mater had chosen the Bahamas for the venture.

“I’m extremely proud this morning,” he said yesterday. “As you know I’m an alumni of the Ohio State University and today what we have is the Buckeye Nation in the Bahamas and they are here for a very special cause.

“I hope this is the beginning of a very strong relationship. It’s the second year in the row (they have done this in the Bahamas) and as I said before I know our minister of tourism must be extremely excited because Ohio State University, as most people know, is one of the largest universities throughout the United States and their alumni base is extremely strong and very diverse this is an opportunity for us as a country to build a relationship with a very large institution that can go well for us in years to come also working in the area of cancer research.”