THON during coronavirus: Students are dancing at home but are still filled with excitement
Updated Feb 20, 2021;
Posted Feb 20, 2021
For the first time, THON this year is playing out not in the Bryce Jordan Center but in homes and apartments, as the coronavirus forces students to social distance for the annual fundraiser.
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Few things are as emblematic of Nittany Lion Nation as the annual weekend-long dance marathon known as THON.
The annual 46-hour student dance has helped raise tens of millions of dollars towards childhood cancer research, and for student participants, the marathon is a defining moment of student life at Penn State University.