I, too, agree that some people have an excessive way of displaying overzealous pride at Thon. White people. White people have too much Thon pride. Yes, Penn State is mostly white and thus so is Thon, but when I look over the crowd of exhausted, pride-filled dancers and tearful families I couldn't help but feel animosity toward all those white people who just raised $5.2 million, giving up weekends and weeks of their lives for people they barely know. Yeah sure, many minority students were there and participated too, but I could tell they were acting differently; the white people are the problem.

Sound ridiculous to lump all white people together? The same goes for greeks. That's the problem with blanket stereotypes -- they don't always work. Are some greeks motivated by pride and parties in addition to "the kids?" You bet. Does the same apply to independents, branch campus students and clubs? Of course it does. Regardless of organization (or race), at the end of Thon it's those on the floor and in the stands who sacrificed their time who can stand up and say they did something.

Everyone has pride and they should; they've earned it. Greeks have pride in large, organized and visible numbers, but you can't expand that to false motivations for the entire group. All philanthropic activities will have some self-motivated participants. What separates Thon is that we do it better than everyone else. We raise the most money and we have the largest involvement of students, specifically in the greek community. No other university can claim this and it's something for all of us to be proud of.