During an excursion onto the dance floor in the 17th hour, Onward State met up with dancer and CCSG President Mohamed Raouda for a brief interview.
Mo is dancing for Lion's Paw, and between training for THON, presiding over CCSG, and completing his schoolwork, he's had a very busy few weeks. This is what he had to say about his experience so far.
Drinking and THON are two things that usually don't go together. Penn State does drinking well and they do THON well-- just not at the same time.
Well, at least that's usually the case.
We at Onward State are perplexed. Famous late-night host and SNL alum Jimmy Fallon, who has apparently been following @THON on his Twitter account, requested late last night that DJ Larry Moore play either a Roots song or his own “Idiot Boyfriend.” If one of these songs was played, he promised a donation of $1,000. Now his THON tweets have all been deleted.
More than 6 hours ago, the doors to the Bryce Jordan Center opened and thousands of Penn State students rushed in to support their friends who would soon be taking the dance floor. Check out OnwardState's exclusive video of students streaming into the BJC.
Spirits were high when THON's 2011 line dance was revealed, and the screams of the crowd almost lifted the roof off of the Bryce Jordan Center. We hit the floor to hear first hand what the dancers and committee members thought.
Check out their reactions and photos of their favorite poses after the jump.
While exploring the floor during the first hour of THON, Onward State caught up with senior Mike Lytle from Penn State Behrend Campus right before he learned the line dance.