The doors to the BJC are officially closed, and will be for the remainder of THON.
"The doors [to the BJC] are closed and they will not be reopening," said a PR captain. The BJC officially reached "capacity" shortly before 4 a.m., despite many empty seats in the seating bowl. Rules and Regs members had been letting people enter periodically since then, although now no one else will be permitted to enter.
Table Ten ended the early morning lull, and kicked THON 2013 off on the home stretch!
With temperatures creeping down into the single digits and lines that snake around the Bryce Jordan Center leaving spectators waiting in the cold for hours, the health of those still trying to get into THON has shone its first signs of deterioration.
Most students remember THON by keeping dancer mail or compiling photo albums. For Adam Krempasky, though, he wanted something to remember forever. The only answer was a Four Diamonds tattoo.
It's Sunday at 6:00 a.m.; not a typical time for college students to be up and about
Although the morning of THON Day 3 poses a completely different scenario.
Penn State students single-filed in front of the BJC seem to be in for a two and a half hour wait at least, just to get into THON 2013.
Most students enjoy their first THON as a freshman, or maybe as the younger sibling of a dancer a few years prior. For one Penn Stater, though, it began before she could walk.