Despite being tired and a little sore, Nancy Law is feeling fine.

After being sleep-deprived for the 48 hours of the Interfraternity Council/ Panhellenic Dance Marathon, Law (senior-life sciences) was up early yesterday morning.

"I had class at 11 a.m., and I had a quiz," she said.

Law said the weekend's events were slowly setting in as she had a chance to reflect. She said she was unsure if she was going to be able to make it when Thon was just beginning.

"I was actually pretty bad in the very beginning," Law said. "I think by 1 a.m. [Saturday morning], I thought I couldn't do it anymore."

Law made it through the weekend with support from other dancers and friends who came to visit.

It was Law's friends who made her realize she would have to stick out the 48 hours of Thon. They came to Thon and gave her support by making her realize she had made it past more of the weekend then she previously thought.

Law added there were many other dancers in worse shape than she was at Thon.

"I didn't have it as bad as other people," she said. "The only time it hurt is when you were just standing there."

She added that Thon is the biggest thing students do at Penn State.

"I'm graduating, but I'm definitely coming back," Law said.

Brittany Yorgey (sophomore-education) came out of Thon feeling fine as well, but she had the help of getting a few extra hours of sleep.

Yorgey woke up yesterday morning at 11:15, after sleeping for 14 hours straight.

"I'm well rested," Yorgey said, "but I'll probably sleep a lot more later."

She said that although some parts of the weekend are still a blur, Family Hour stood out as her favorite part of Thon.

"Some parts I really can't remember, but looking back, it went so fast," Yorgey said.

She added that no part of her body was aching badly, although her knees were still a little weak from standing for so long.

"My feet don't hurt, maybe because I'm in bed," Yorgey said.

Owen Parrish (senior-computer engineering) received a second wind once he found out how much money was raised at this year's Thon.

"[I was in] complete astonishment because I didn't expect it to be that high at all," he said.

Parrish said the mental fatigue began to take its toll toward the end of the weekend.

He said there were times when he was unsure how he arrived at certain places in Rec Hall.

At one point he would be on the dance floor, then wind up in the back of the hall and not know how he got there.

"There was a couple of times where I didn't know if I was sleep-walking or if I just blacked out," Parrish said.

Despite moments of fatigue and pain, Yorgey said it does not compare to the hardships the Four Diamonds families deal with on a daily basis.

"To think, they deal with something we can't comprehend," she said.