Want to help THON reach the pages of USA TODAY? All it takes is the simple act of copy and paste or hitting the retweet button. On Tuesday, USA TODAY brought their Kindness Challenge campaign to the Twitterverse. The contest runs through Friday (2/18) at 6pm.
One of the most well known aspects of THON is the championed group insomnia that is dancing for 46 hours straight. Essentially, it’s like watching "Twilight" with your girlfriend: It sounds like a great idea at first but midway through you’ll be physically and emotionally drained. At the end, you’re but a mockery of anything that represents human life and you probably smell. How does a person actually go about staying awake for 46 hours? I present to you my foolproof strategies on giving the finger to the Sandman during the THON festivities.
Where can you get dinner, live music, and a nationally-televised show for under $10? If you answered the Bryce Jordan Center, then you're probably already planning on going to Thursday night's men's basketball game. The Nittany Lions, clinging to hopes of remaining on the NCAA Tournament bubble, host the Minnesota Golden Gophers at 7pm on Thursday night in a game that will be televised on ESPN. Minnesota (17-8, 6-7 Big Ten) also finds themselves sitting "on the bubble" after losing four of their last five and falling out of the Top 25 rankings last week.
Most of us were either born in the late eighties or just barely missed the decade, but thanks to Topher Grace of "That 70's Show" and "Spiderman 3," we can all relive the era complete with music, fashion and parties. Last night, the State Theatre premiered "Take Me Home Tonight" as part of a special college tour for students to see the film before its release.
Family Hour is without a doubt the saddest part of the otherwise joyful THON, but it's one of the most essential. Last year, Onward State's own Stefan Choquette explained it to me best: "Such a tear jerker. If you're not a waterfall by the end of it, you're a robot."
Family Hour starts at about the forty-fifth hour, when Four Diamonds families are invited up on stage to share their emotional stories with the crowd. Some parents share stories of their children's journeys battling their cancer, eventually triumphing over the disease in the end. But some don't.
The finalists for the Shorty Awards were announced last night and THON has made it into the final six in the Charity category. The Shorty Awards is an international competition that aims to recognize the best content producers on Twitter and social media. The New York Times is quoted as saying "Hollywood has the Oscars. Broadway has the Tonys. Now Twitter has the... Shorty Awards."