THON 2012

A couple embraces as the dancers tunnel onto the dance floor on Friday night. (Photo by Melanie DiCarlo)

THON 2012 Overall Captains countdown for when the dancers stand on Friday night. (Photo by Melanie DiCarlo)

Field Hockey Club member Katie McLaughlin hoola-hoops with her organization's THON dancers on Saturday night. (Photo by Melanie DiCarlo)

THON child Katelyn Bernard, 5, of Elizabethtown, watches a balloon float up in to the air with a smile on her face at THON on Saturday night. (Photo by Melanie DiCarlo)

Does make-up define beauty?

Well I think that question depends on what your definition of beautiful is. Yes, it helps visually. Make-up accentuates features that women like to flaunt. It also hides what women are self-conscious of. But beauty is deeper than what you see on the surface. Beauty is the soul of a person, a smile, kindness. Beauty is being 100% you and showing the world your full potential. Beauty is taking the simple things and turning them into a life well-lived.

II Chen, a senior majoring in media studies, applies make-up to Rebecca Mei, a senior majoring in business management, at a Penn State Marketing Club beauty clinic on Friday, Feb. 10, 2012. Chen is a professional make-up artist from Japan. (Photo by Melanie DiCarlo)

II Chen, a senior majoring in media studies, applies make-up to Rebecca Mei, a senior majoring in business management, at a Penn State Marketing Club beauty clinic on Friday, Feb. 10, 2012. Chen is a professional make-up artist from Japan. (Photo by Melanie DiCarlo)

II Chen, a senior majoring in media studies, talks to members of Penn State's Marketing Club about skin care and beauty products on Friday, Feb. 10, 2012. Chen is a professional make-up artist from Japan. (Photo by Melanie DiCarlo)

Rebecca Mei, a senior majoring in business management, gazes at her make-up, done by II Chen, a senior majoring in media studies, at a Penn State Marketing Club beauty clinic on Friday, Feb. 10, 2012. Chen is a professional make-up artist from Japan. (Photo by Melanie DiCarlo)

People Helping People

People helping people...it happens every day. If only we open our eyes to see more than what we're programmed to see, we'll notice that the human race isn't as cold, isn't as cruel as we're made out to be. Here are a few folks from State College's Meals on Wheels who volunteer their time to feed the local seniors.

Vick Campbell, of State College, purees meatloaf for a Meals on Wheels participant on Friday, Feb. 3, 2012. Meals on Wheels is a local senior nutrition program delivering over 43,000 meals per year to local senior residents. (Photo by Melanie DiCarlo)

Janet Whitaker, of State College, reaches for a tray to fill before Meals on Wheels deliveries take place on Friday, Feb. 3, 2012. Whitaker volunteers for Meals on Wheels of State College each week. Meals on Wheels is a local senior nutrition program delivering over 43,000 meals per year to local senior residents. (Photo by Melanie DiCarlo)

(From left to right) Anna Carol Buffington, of State College, Janet Whitaker, of State College, Judy Holtz, of Boalsburg, and Gloria Kensinger, of Pleasant Gap, form an assembly line, preparing Meals on Wheels food trays for delivery. Meals on Wheels is a local senior nutrition program delivering over 43,000 meals per year to local senior residents. (Photo by Melanie DiCarlo)

Bob Malcom, of State College, delivers meals to Meals on Wheels participants on Friday, Feb. 3, 2012. Malcom volunteers for Meals on Wheels of State College bi-weekly. Meals on Wheels is a local senior nutrition program delivering over 43,000 meals per year to local senior residents. (Photo by Melanie DiCarlo)

Ellen Malcom, of State College, delivers meals to Earl Lindberg, of State College, on Friday, Feb. 3, 2012. Malcom volunteers for Meals on Wheels of State College bi-weekly. Meals on Wheels is a local senior nutrition program delivering over 43,000 meals per year to local senior residents. (Photo by Melanie DiCarlo)