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Why do we THON?

Standing in the BJC, it is 2:00 am Sunday morning and I am asking how I can continue. I’m extremely sleep deprived: only 6 hours of sleep for the last 48. A part of me wants to run away and sit. I want to stop hiding that I’m not as strong as others in the...

Surviving

As a senior, surviving the last semester seems to be both the easiest and hardest of all eight semesters for most students. Even though for the majority of students classes are not as difficult and they may have a lighter course load, the sentiment of senioritis,...

Puerto Rico: When Women Love Men

To further my pre-travel acquainting efforts, I decided to add a touch of the literary to my understanding of the island territory, Puerto Rico. Ever since our first PLA meeting in which the professor and pseudo-former-ex-pat spoke to us about Puerto Rico’s history,...

Puerto Rican Campaign

When America finally decided to get into the game of overseas empire, we started close to home. Now, that makes some sense considering the fact that our empire-building had been, up until then, on our own continent. I want you to say the word “Colonialism”...

thon

Thon weekend has always been one of my favorite events during each of my years here at Penn State. Numerous PLAers danced this year, so congratulations to them on a job well done. Staying on your feet for 46 hours straight certainly isn’t easy; accomplishing...

Competition in THON

Firstly, I’d like to say congratulations and thank you to everyone involved with THON this year, with a special shout out to Christian, Jenny, and Meg for being dancers and representing PLA!  Every year I am amazed at the Penn State culture and its ability to...

Reuniting in America

This weekend my boyfriend Jerrel came home to Pittsburgh after being in Mozambique for five months. It’s always hard to be apart from people that you love, but when you are best friends, it’s funny how nothing really changes once you reunite. Reunions are some of my...
Free Laundry

Free Laundry

Sometimes, it’s all about perspective. This weekend, I went to my home in Butler, PA. Before now, I hadn’t seen my family in months so therefore, it was about time to return to my city of birth. Being home, away from all the craziness of Penn State and...

THON 2015

This past weekend I had the opportunity to be a part of THON in ways I haven’t helped before. In years past I was able to attend both the athlete hour with the Four Diamonds’ Families and participate in the pep rally with my team where we dance on stage and perform...