Sleep deprivation isn't uncommon for college students, but 46 straight hours of dancing and singing is even more hardcore than any finals week cram session. The body begins to beg for a warm bed. Muscles ache. Temples throb. The effects of denying the body any rest begin to settle in. That's when many reach for the can of high grade caffeine and 8000% of daily Vitamin B intake. But not for the spirited THONer! Check out all the ways the FTK crusaders are beating the sleep after the jump.
As our Dan Vecellio wrote, "the body needs a spark plug to give its internal battery the juice to push through the final hours of THON, and dancer mail is that spark plug." We interviewed a handful of dancers shortly after mail call, to find out just what got them ticking. What's the best piece of dancer mail you received?
Besides florescent snapbacks and pinnies dawning witty THON puns, the Bryce Jordan Center is full of outlandish attire. The craziness of THON weekend translates into the crazy accessories and costumes in this #THON12 edition of Natty Nittany. Check out the ridiculousness that made the cut after the jump.
Dancer mail is a time for laughs and tears as dancers get things to take their minds off of their aching and tired bodies. But, one dancer received mail from his girlfriend that ailed all that cured him.
There's no reason to search for talent when it's staring you right in the eye, which has been the case for most of THON 2012 as various local artists have had the opportunity to perform on the BJC stage, and they've kept the energy level inside the Bryce Jordan Center sky-high.
I was able to catch up with our dancers John Tecce (Nittany Nation) and Ally Greer (Penn State Marketing Assocation) during what was the middle of the night for most people. But for our two representatives, nothing that was happening outside mattered. Both claimed to have no idea on the time, but they probably knew that THON had crossed the threshold into Sunday.