Let us know where you are keeping up with this weekend's festivities.
The stage is set up, the lights are on, and captains and committee members are getting together the final touches, including some fresh decorations in the BJC. This year, THON decorated donation stations in a Harry Potter theme.
Here in State College, residents are braving the extreme cold in the streets and students are making the frigid trek to the Bryce Jordan Center for THON. It's cold enough but it doesn't begin to compare to what 30 runners are doing as part of the Hope Express, completing a frigid 135-mile marathon of sorts from the Penn State Hershel Medical Center to the Bryce Jordan Center in less than a day.
Welcome to the central hub of Onward State's THON 2015 coverage. Follow along here for everything going on at the Bryce Jordan Center this weekend at the 43rd annual Penn State IFC/Panhellenic Dance Marathon.
In case you didn't already pick up on the weather trends for February in State College, it is going to be very cold this THON weekend. Last year was a nice exception with unusually warm temperatures, but this year will, unfortunately, not be as nice.
This evening, just as 708 dancers will take to their feet and kick off THON weekend, a dedicated and exhausted group of runners will be finishing the trek from the Penn State Hershey Medical Center to the Bryce Jordan Center.