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Dance Marathon Magazine
[ Friday, Feb. 19, 1999 ]


Twice the battle in Paradise
At a glance, they look like any other children that would be found on the playground, in a toy store or at the zoo. Only these two little girls are in a hospital.

Movin' on up to the west side of campus
After a tornado sent Dorothy's house spinning through the sky in The Wizard of Oz, it placed it neatly back on the ground with only a few scratches. In moving the 1999 Interfraternity Council/Panhellenic Dance Marathon to Rec Hall, organizers hope to pull off the same sort of trick

Funding the fight against cancer
It's 7 p.m. Sunday, and the total amount of money raised through the 1999 Interfraternity Council/Panhellenic Dance Marathon has just been announced. And every penny of the total will go directly to the Four Diamonds Fund of the Hershey Medical Center to aid families of children battling cancer.

Fight for life
Medical methods help children deal with cancer.
  • Patients, dancers, doctors, families fight for children's health

  • Measure for measure
    With a total of 630 dancers, almost 10 times as many participants as in 1973, the 1999 Interfraternity Council/Panhellenic Dance Marathon is the largest to date.

    Imitation ... the sincerest form of flattery
    But today, schools from California to Florida hold their own variation of Penn State's Thon.

    Athletes test their stamina at Thon
    Carrie Schonveld is already familiar with Rec Hall. For her, it has almost been like a second home, a place where she has spent countless hours. There, Schonveld has been tried and tested, stretching her physical limits to their extreme.

    Social captain finds true meaning of Thon in life and death
    My opinion: Patricia K. Cole




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