Spirits are still high in the BJC as THON passes the 12-hour mark .
Every year, 708 dancers from all walks of Penn State life take the floor of the BJC with their Dancer Relations Committee Member to dance for 46 hours straight. However, most people — especially those in larger orgs — may not get that chance. Dancing in the stands is a passion shared by all THON-goers, […]
As THON weekend gets underway, we discovered the best THON-inspired tattoos, and the stories behind some of them.
Slides of Strength, the time where dancers get to slide down a runway of baby powder and receive 10-second massagers, just wrapped up. Being one of their personal masseuses, I found it was the perfect way to capture the dancers' comments after they had been on their feet for almost 10 hours.
After a rousing success at last year's THON, College of Communications students started another live feed of Instagram photos to answer the question, "Why do you THON?"
From the wonder of seeing the colorful BJC for the first time to the different ways in which one can experience it, we looked at THON through the eyes of a freshman and a senior.