THON

For 46 hours this weekend, the Bryce Jordan Center floor is covered in a sea of 708 dancers, the vast majority of which are Penn State students representing various THON organizations. Within that crowd lies the rare exception to the rule: alumni dancers. There are a small number of alumni groups that fundraise in…

The THON Executive Committee headed to the front of the stage and counted down from 10 to the raucous start to the weekend of celebration.

With the grueling THON 2015 experience set to begin, 708 people will put their bodies through the proverbial wringer this weekend. Those 708 dancers will essentially be running a 46-hour marathon, or at least it will feel like it once they’ve stood and danced without sleep for nearly two whole days. The dance…

Here in State College, residents are braving the extreme cold in the streets and students are making the frigid trek to the Bryce Jordan Center for THON. It’s cold enough but it doesn’t begin to compare to what 30 runners are doing as part of the Hope Express, completing a frigid 135-mile marathon of…

As THON weekend dawns, dancers, committee members, and spectators all prepare to stand for 46 hours. This year, one Penn Stater will experience THON in an unprecedented way: as a dancer, and as the Nittany Lion. Senior Michael Valania, who has served as the Nittany Lion since Spring 2013, will spend this weekend…

114,860,905.11: In dollars, the total amount raised in THON’s 42 years of existence. The vast majority of that has gone to the Four Diamonds Fund, which forged a relationship with THON back in 1977.