THON 2011

Four Diamonds child Ashley Fazekas entertains the crowd with her baton twirling skills during the Variety Show on Sunday morning. Behind her, the dancers for the Penn State Lionettes Dance Team cheer her on.

Dancer Quanisha Smith from Penn State Hazelton receives a piggy back ride and massage from two morale committee members during the last 4 hours of THON.

Four Diamonds child Tucker Haas, age 10, entertains the crowd during the Variety show on Sunday morning accompanied by his little sister Taylor, age 7 and the dancers from Alpha Tau Omega and Zeta Tau Alpha.

Four Diamonds child Tucker Haas, age 10 (right), entertains the crowd during the Variety show on Sunday morning accompanied by his little sister Taylor, age 7 and the dancers from Alpha Tau Omega and Zeta Tau Alpha.

HUB Super Heroes

Mary Johnstonbaugh vaccuums the second floor of the HUB during her late night shift of 10:30pm - 7am. This is her first month working as a part of the HUB-Robeson Center cleaning staff at Penn State and she said it was a huge adjustment getting used to staying awake all night. She said it is common for her to get home and sleep from 8am - 6pm.

Chuck Johns has been working at the HUB-Robeson Center for three years now. His favorite part of his job is interacting with the students, though there aren't always that many during the late 10:30pm - 7am shift. Chuck doesn't mind working at night because he truely believes what he does helps the students and staff have the best experience at Penn State.

Breakfast For Many

Tom Toennies volunteered to cook breakfast for his son's Supply Logistics Committee retreatin Blue Bell, Pa. Little did he know the task would involve cooking over 70 pancakes on one griddle.

Super Bowl Noms

Craig Schaeffer, left, a Penn State senior studying mechanical engineering, attempts to eat an entire wing in one bite during a Super Bowl party on Sunday, February 6, 2011. Trevin Dear, right, a Penn State fifth year senior also studying mechanical engineering, challenged Craig to eat as many wings as he could in 2 minutes: the final tally was eight.