THON Weekend is Upon Us
February 19, 2009 at 8:11 am Tina Hay Leave a comment
A colleague down the hall sent me the link to this year’s official IFC/Panhel Dance Marathon video, which is a minute-and-a-half long and well worth the time. According to YouTube, it’s been viewed more than 13,000 times already!
This morning’s Centre Daily Times has a short op-ed piece by a faculty member who was skeptical of the whole THON phenomenon when he first arrived on campus 10 years ago—but whose 5-year-old daughter ended up benefiting from THON in a way that completely changed his perspective. He makes a point that I had never thought about before:
“Beyond the wonder that is Four Diamonds,” he writes, “the students of Thon act as role models for all three of our daughters…. These undergraduates set an example of selfless commitment to a cause, of the volunteering spirit, of the joy of working together as a team toward a noble goal, of the obligation that we as adults have to help others—especially children.”
THON starts tomorrow in the Bryce Jordan Center.
Tina Hay, editor
Entry filed under: THON, University Park campus. Tags: Bryce Jordan Center, Centre Daily Times, Four Diamonds Fund, IFC/Panhel Dance Marathon.
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