What a year and what a weekend. Penn State students overcame enormous sets of obstacles over the past four-and-a-half months to raise $10,686,924.83 FOR THE KIDS. Onward State (or rather, our alter ego @THONwardState) was there all weekend long to provide you with coverage of this year's amazing event.
Today, we'd like to echo something that Dr. Dennis Shea (@GTWMA) has been saying. "You decide whether to build up or break down." As adults, we all have this choice. In the end, nothing a blog, an email, an RA, or a professor says can control your behavior. You have to do it. Being an adult comes with freedom, like the freedom to drink as much as you want. It also, however, comes with responsibility, like the responsibility to enhance the community you live in, to leave State College a better place than when you found it.
When one thinks of the type of emergency that an EMT would respond do, thoughts of a heart attack, stroke, or car accident come to mind, not alcohol conumption; however, that is exactly what led to the frightening phrase "No medic available." that was used over the past few editions of State Patty's Day.
The Onward State team is proud to bring you live coverage of THON 2012.
THON 2012’s theme is “Brighten Every Journey," which Penn State has worked for months to do for the Four Diamonds kids and families. Onward State's own Ally Greer and John Tecce explain why they THON as they prepare to dance in THON 2012.
Valentine’s Day is probably the worst time of year to try out a blind date, and Onward State’s compatibility test officially failed me. I would never even consider talking to Kevin again. I think I'll change my phone number. What a douchebag.