“I'm hoping that Penn State will one day be able to find a cure for cancer. Being a part of THON means I'm doing my part to find that cure.” MeanStatesAbleOne DayCancerCuresPenn StateThon Author:James Wolfe
“Listen- my relationship with radio on a personal level is nothing but a one way love-a-thon... I love radio, I grew up on radio. That's where I heard Buddy Holly, that's where I heard Chuck Berry. I couldn't believe it the first time I heard one of my records on the radio, and I STILL love hearing anything I'm involved with on radio, and some of my best friends were from radio. But we were on different sides of that argument, there's no question about that.” WayFirstsBelieveStillsDifferentSidesLevelsRecordsHeardGrewInvolvedGrew UpFirst TimeArgumentRadioHearingOne WayMy Best FriendBuddyChuckBerriesHolliesDifferent SidesThon Author:Bernie Finkelstein
“Maybe they notice me wincing whenever I hear them say it, but I don't know: there are all sorts of reasons I could be wincing. Life is a wince-a-thon.” KnowsReasonLife IsWinceNotice MeThon Author:Frank Portman
“There are time when friends have said they hooked up with someone and all it means is that they had a highly anticipated kissing session. Other times it's a full-on all-night sex-a-thon. Can't we have a universal understanding of the term, once and for all? From now on, let's all agree that hooking up = sex. Everything else is 'made out.' And if you're older than twenty-eight, then just kissing someone doesn't count for crap and is not even worth mentioning. Unless you're Mormon, in which case you're going to hell.” IfsMeanMadeSaidNightSexUnderstandingTermCasesHellKissingUniversalTwentiesAgreeEightCrapSessionAll NightHookedKissing SomeoneThon Author:Mindy Kaling
“I have several close friends who have run marathons, a word that is actually derived from two Swahili words: mara, which means 'to die a horrible death', and thon, which means 'for a stupid T-shirt.' Look it up.” LooksMeanTwoRunningDiesStupidHorribleShirtsT ShirtMarathonClose FriendsThon Book:You Can't Drink All Day If You Don't Start in the Morning Source: You Can't Drink All Day If You Don't Start in the Morning
“When you want to know what Penn State is, and when you want to know what 'We Are' means, come to THON.” KnowsWantMeanStatesPenn StateThon Author:Jay Paterno