UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. - One of the most admired things about sports is its ability to take one's minds off of things. It's one of sports' best qualities, and sometimes for those who follow and play sports it can be easy to get carried away, passing around terms like 'hero' and 'sacrifice' as normal descriptions of the incredible things that can happen between the lines.
Every year in the Penn State community, however, something happens that breaks beyond those barriers of thinking just between the lines, branching out into something greater.
Friday marks the start of the 44th annual Penn State IFC/Panhellenic Dance Marathon, also known as THON.