THON – the Penn State IFC/Panhellenic Dance Marathon – Last year the event raised more than $12 million to benefit the families of children with cancer. Each February the dance marathon fills the Bryce Jordan Center at University Park with 15,000 people for 46 hours. These are some of their stories from Saturday. Friday stories here.
Helping to televise THON
Broadcast journalism senior Sam Minnec is part of the student team that is covering THON. They are producing a live broadcast of the event that is being broadcast on campus cable and streamed around the world.
-- by Chelsea Clemens