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Like most Penn State students, none of my hometown friends have any idea of why I keep retweeting constant updates about some ~dance marathon~ that happens to be 46 hours long.
Any Penn Stater knows how significant THON is every year. But it can be hard to find the words to explain the event and everything that goes into it, and just how
big it is.
From orgs to the line dance to what exactly a dancer does, we broke down each over-arching element of THON to boil the weekend down into something your friends at home can hopefully understand.
What Is THON?
Many Penn State students have relied on connecting with their classmates through Facebook groups and class GroupMes, but some people have a difficult time finding others in their classes and majors. A new app could help students begin to create those connections.
The app has been developed for Penn State students by a Penn State alumnus. Mohamad Yousef launched the âRamen â For Collegesâ app this semester to help students make connections with peers in their classes.
âRamen is a pretty common meal among college students, and my friends and I used to go out and get it often,â Yousef said. âFor me, college is just associated with ramen.â