#THON12

THON, Penn State’s IFC/Panhellenic Dance Marathon is the largest student-run philanthropy in the world and was the talk of campus from February 17-19. Not only was this the topic on conversation here in Happy Valley, but, with the help of Twitter, it was talked about around the world.

During this year’s dance marathon, tweets related to the event were hashtaged with #THON12.

Khloe Kardashian (@KhloeKardashian) tweeted about the event, encouraging her followers of over 6 million to donate to the cause.

Other celebrities to tweet #THON12 were Gulianna Rancic (@GuliannaRancic), Jim Gardner (@Jim_Gardner), and Wiz Khalifa (@RealWizKhalifa).

Other local “celebrities” were tweeting as well like Jay Paterno (@JayPaterno), who spoke and his brother Scott (@ScottPaterno). Jay Paterno said: Family Hour @THON is moving, powerful & inspirational. Thanks to the families for sharing their stories. #THON12 #FTK

Of course the THON twitter (@THON) was tweeting and retweeting all weekend long. There were keeping all their followers up to date on all the performances and happening they were missing at the Bryce Jordan Center. They would tweet at the performers, like Go Go Gadget (@GoGoGadgetBand) and YouTube Sensation Kait Weston (@KaitWeston) so followers can be linked to their twitter accounts if they liked what thye heard. When the total was revealed, @THON tweeted it immediately for the ones following from their phones or computers so they could know what a success this year has been for all the students involved and also the amount of impact this cause can bring in. That tweet was retweeted and favorite over 50 times!

#THON12 brought so much attention to such an amazing cause. It may not have been trending around the world, but here in State College, Pa. it was lighting up Twitter timelines everywhere.

#SuperBowl

One day of the year, football fanatics sit alongside unbiased fans for one very important game, the Super Bowl. Some do it for the love of the game, to support their favorite team, to catch all the new commercials, or just to enjoy the food.

For those unbiased fans like me, I spent most of the game on Twitter. I didn’t want to know what all my friends and followers were up to, I wanted to see what started to trend before kickoff, after the halftime show, or once the winning team was declared.

Before the game, the highest trending topic around the world was of course #SuperBowl. There was a promoted tweet by @Chevrolet at the top tweet trying to get fans to make them a popular topic during the game.

If you follow up on the link, it goes to Chevy’s Facebook page.

Celebrities also tweet how they are getting ready for the big game. Katy Perry (@katyperry) uploaded a twitpic of this model of a football arena made of food.

During Madonna’s halftime performance, many different things were trending worldwide, such as: love m, #vogue, Janet Jackson and Justin Timberlake, #madonna, Like a prayer, Cee-lo Green, and Nicki and MIA. The conversation was growing at the performance developed. People were talking about Super Bowl performances in the past and the one right before their eyes.

After the Giants won, the conversation skyrocketed. Everyone was praising the Giants or mourning the loss of the Patriots.

Fans from around the world can bond together all because of the hashtag for the Super Bowl. It was the top trending tweet for over 24 hours.