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

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A group of Dance Marathon heroes join students on stage, grooving out during Block 9 to a sea of adoring dancers. As a full day passed, the tent began to liven up with only a few hours left in DM.

Dance Marathon 2015: Block 9 recap

March 8, 2015

Three dancers and three Hero kids knelt in front of a table on the stage, face-deep in chocolate pudding-covered gummy worms. An hour into the penultimate block, the participants dove into an eating...

Dance Marathon 2015: Block 1 recap

Dance Marathon 2015: Block 1 recap

March 6, 2015

Committee members lined the walls as hundreds of Northwestern students ran into the large white tent behind the Norris University Center to kick off the 41st Dance Marathon. Energy was high in the tent...

DM Hero Program gets record number of participants

October 6, 2014

A record 40 families supported by Dance Marathon’s primary beneficiary Starlight Children’s Foundation Midwest have committed to the student-run philanthropy’s Hero Program this year — about four...

Updated: Dance Marathon selects 2015 executive co-chairs

April 4, 2014

Ander Aretakis and David Ryan will be the co-chairs for Dance Marathon 2015, the organization announced Friday. Aretakis and Ryan, both Weinberg juniors, will head the executive board for the 41st...

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