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The independent newspaper of the University of Iowa community since 1868

The Daily Iowan

The independent newspaper of the University of Iowa community since 1868

The Daily Iowan

Children play in the Cars theme room in the second floor ballroomduring dance Marathon 24 on Friday Feb. 2, 2018. Dance Marathon raises money for pediatric cancer research. (Katie Goodale/The Daily Iowan)

Dance Marathon’s all-ages family rooms for breaking from dancing

Andy Mitchell, [email protected] February 2, 2018
Dance Marathon provides a fun, safe environment for families taking a break from dancing.
Morale captains pump up the crowd for the night

Morale captains pump up the crowd for the night

Brooklyn Draisey, [email protected] February 2, 2018
The Dance Marathon Morale Captains performed their first dance of the night with the theme of Cars.
Dancers prepare the kick off of dance marathon in the IMU on Friday, Jan. 2, 2018. (Nick Rohlman/The Daily Iowan)

As the clock strikes 7, Dance Marathon begins

Sarah Watson, [email protected] February 2, 2018
Dancers and families share mounting excitement as UI Dance Marathon set to start at 7 p.m.
Dancers sing and dance to the song during power hour of the 23rd Dance Marathon in the Iowa Memorial Union on Saturday, February 4, 2017. The final total raised was $2,572,130.23. (The Daily Iowan/ Alex Kroeze)

Dance Marathon 24 fights cancer with lime and love

Jordan Prochnow, [email protected] February 2, 2018

The IMU will be taken over by lime, laughter, and love this evening and Saturday. These 24 hours are for the Dance Marathon’s annual Big Event, a culmination of a year’s worth of hard work and...

Melissa Trepa, a junior at the University of Iowa, poses for a portrait in front of the Stead Family Childrens Hospital on Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2018. Trepa, a survivor of Hodgkins lymphoma, celebrated her fifth year in remission this past October. She is participating in the UI Dance Marathon for the third year in a row, this weekend. (Matthew Finley/The Daily Iowan)

Dance Marathon volunteer to graduate five years cancer free

Maria Kuiper, [email protected] February 1, 2018
Melissa Trepa will celebrate five years of being cancer-free as she dances at her third Dance Marathon.
UI Dance Marathon representatives Madison Woodfine, Alex Linden, and Dylan Lloyd stand inside the IMU main ballroom on Monday, Jan. 29, 2018. Woodfine is the UIDM Event Director, Linden is the Executive Director, and Lloyd is the Moral Director. UIDM is one of the largest of the nationwide Dance Marathon event. Indiana and Florida host the top sports for most dollars raised in the country. (Ben Allan Smith/The Daily Iowan)

Dance Marathon fixated more on event’s importance rather than reaching a donation goal

Christopher Borro, [email protected] January 30, 2018
Dance Marathon board wants to focus more on raising money for the cause than hitting a monetary goal this year.
FILE - A Dance Marathon family member carries an FTK sign during the first hour of the Big Event in the IMU on Feb. 6, 2015. This is Dance Marathons 21st Big Event at UI. (The Daily Iowan/file)

Dance Marathon makes lime the new black as Big Event approaches

Jordan Prochnow, [email protected] October 30, 2017

While Halloween is approaching, and black and orange are rapidly covering the campus, the color green was seen everywhere last week to honor Lime Days. Dance Marathon held a series of daily events to...

Volunteers and participants in the UI Dance Marathon Kiddo Fashion Show walk the runway at the IMU on Sunday, Oct. 29, 2017. (David Harmantas/The Daily Iowan)

UI Children’s Hospital patients walk the runway in style for Dance Marathon

Grace Lynn Keller, [email protected] October 30, 2017

The kids of the University of Iowa Stead Family Children’s Hospital rocked the runway Sunday afternoon at Dance Marathon’s Runway of Hope Kiddo Fashion Show. The fashion show, which took place at...

Dance Marathon Morale Captains run onto the stage during the 1st hour of the 23 Dance Marathon on Friday, Feb. 3, 2017. (The Daily Iowan/ James Year)

After the dance, allocation begins

February 7, 2017

By Sarah Stortz [email protected] After months of preparation and hard work, Dance Marathon 23 concluded this past weekend, raising a grand total of $2,572,130.23. Once the money is gathered,...

Fighting the good fight

Fighting the good fight

February 6, 2017

https://youtu.be/8P26agD0dFY By Elianna Novitch [email protected] “Dance Marathon has never been, and will never be about, what that number says but instead what that number means and what...

Dance Marathon 23 raised a grand total of $2,572,130.23. (The Daily Iowan/file)

Dance Marathon a success, despite not achieving goal

February 4, 2017

Dance Marathon 23 raised a grand total of $2,572,130.23.   The official number was revealed at the end of the 24-hour Big Event on Saturday in the IMU Main Ballroom. The organization fell short...

Herky the Hawk doing some crowdsurfing during Power Hour in the 23rd Dance Marathon at the Iowa Memorial Union on Saturday, Feb 4, 2017. (The Daily Iowan/James Year)

Power Hour boosts energy and morale

Elianna Novitch, [email protected] February 4, 2017

The 24-hour Big Event is winding down but energy and morale stays high thanks to the Dance Marathon annual tradition of Power Hour. “We have been standing up to cancer together for 22 hours now...

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