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Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern


Evanston Community Foundation President Sara Schastok (right) reacts to receiving a check from Dance Marathon for $103,476.58 in 2014. DM 2015 will be Schastok's last year as CEO and president of DM's secondary beneficiary.

Evanston Community Foundation president to retire after long relationship with Dance Marathon

March 7, 2015

After 15 years at the helm of the Evanston Community Foundation, Sara Schastok will retire by the end of the year, which also marks a milestone in her long relationship with Dance Marathon. ECF has...

Dance Marathon 2015: Block 7 recap

Dance Marathon 2015: Block 7 recap

March 7, 2015

With stamina steadily increasing throughout Block 7, dancers picked themselves up and continued to dance in the humid tent. Dancers shuffled back into the tent at 1 p.m. for the Hero-themed block....

A student dances with a child from the Hero Program during Block 2. Representatives from three Hero families had spoken to the dancers by the end of Block 6.

Dance Marathon 2015: Block 6 recap

March 7, 2015

With a backward baseball cap and a powerful dose of swagger, 13-year-old Cassidy took the microphone in the middle of Block 6 to share with dancers what Starlight Children’s Foundation has meant to her...

Dancer Relations members teach the next portion of the 30-hour dance to Mark Ronson's "Uptown Funk." Dancers fought off fatigue throughout Block 5 as they approached the halfway mark of Dance Marathon.

Dance Marathon 2015: Block 5 recap

March 7, 2015

Even the booming sounds of the Northwestern University Drumline couldn’t fight the fatigue overwhelming dancers inside the tent. The Winter’s-a-Beach-themed Block 5 kicked off with breakfast and...

​Dancers watch balloons fall inside the tent while the sun rises outside Saturday. After sunrise, students left the tent to run around Norris University Center to end Block 4.

Dance Marathon 2015: Block 4 recap

March 7, 2015

After a 3-year hiatus, Dance Marathon brought back a runaround of Norris University Center, during which dancers ran a lap outside at the end of Block 4. Block 4 began at 4 a.m. Saturday with a...

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