Volume 49 No. 8 March 3, 2010
MORE THON!
Photos on page 4.
Race vs. Rock 'N' Roll
Producer Steve Bucking
ham speaks on integra
tion and music, page 5.
Do the Hustle!
We shine a light on
PSH's Prof. of Dance!
Page 9.
Photo Club Winners.
Beautiful shots by our
students on page 10.
What are you doing
Spring Break?
Our man on the street
finds out on page 11.
Lion Pride.
Will PSH hold up in the
NEAC?
Sports page 16.
Games and Comics and
Fun, OH MY!
The dot-to-dot waits for
INDEX:
NEWS 4-7
OPINION 8
CAMPUS LIFE 9-11
ENTERTAINMENT 12-14
SPORTS 15-16
POLICE, CALENDAR 17
Comics/GAMES 18
The
BY BEN BRANSTETTER
ASST. EDITOR
BBBSO34@PSU.EDU
THOlsl broke its all time record
this year, raising $7,838,054.36
for the Four Diamonds Families,
of which Penn State Harrisburg
students raised $11,400.
The totals were revealed
during the last moments of the
46-hour dance marathon held
in the Bryce Jordan Center at
University Park. As the kids who
benefit from the Four Diamonds
fund brought out the placards,
the BJC erupted with the jubilant
applause of the tired dancers, the
appreciative families, and the
amazed bystanders.
The excitement level was kept
aloft throughout the event, as the
dancers and crowds were aided
by giant rubber balls, water
guns, frequent joint cheers,
never-ending music (ranging
from classic dance tunes to
Kesha and Rihanna), and live
entertainment.
Various live bands joined
the fray, cheering on both the
dancers and the cause in between
sets. Perhaps the least expected
was the Deacons of Dixieland,
a polka/bluegrass band headed
by Penn State's own president,
Graham Spanier.
"Get those feet shuffling!"
Spanier cheered at the dancers,
leading into his versions of
"The Pennsylvania Polka" (the
state song of Pennsylvania) and
"Ob La Di, Ob La Da" by the
Beatles.
Halfway through the event, the
famed Pep Rally invited stars
of Penn State's sports teams to
keep the dancers' spirit alive
with their own dance routines.
The Penn State football team
put on a rousing hip-hop dance
performance, as did the Men's
Gymnastics Team, completing
seemingly impossible flips to
liven the crowd during the 28th
hour. '
The families of dancers were
also in full force, handing down
care packages to their tired
Capital Ti
THON 2010 BREAKS
FATIRSiVFRWW - 11 -1 17 ,
Top: TJ Legel and Tori Haney represented Penn State Harrisburg on the THON dance floor this year, helping THON
break its all-time fundraising record.
Bottom: SGA Vice President Micah Victoria joined members of Lion Ambassadors and The Blue and White Society to
friends and relatives well into
the 40th hour. Sushi, chocolate,
chewing gum, cameras, and even
deodorant made their way to the
floor. Closing in on the end of the
event, dancers were also given a
mail, sent by their families and
i'W
friends who could not attend
Penn State Harrisburg also
showed up to support the Capital
Campus' two dancers, Tori
Haney and TJ Legel. They got
the chance after raising the most
money out of all the campus'
canning students.
"We canned a lot. Plenty more
than the others," Legel said.
Please see THON
on page 5