
We asked some THON first-timers about their first impressions, and why they haven't attended the Penn State staple before.

Besides getting hit a bunch of times, being a drum at THON isn't so bad.

It’s hard to miss the yellow thundersticks in the front of Section 123 at the BJC coming from Acacia and Gamma Phi Beta.

Everyone loves a good Penn State dad. But a Penn State dad at THON? Magic.

THON wouldn’t be THON without those famous five words shaking the BJC every so often. But for “morale captains, to the stage!” to work, it takes work.

“The floor has reached maximum accommodation. People on the floor now are slow to get off because they don’t want to leave. Right now we are waiting for others to get off of the floor in order to let more people on.”