AROUND THE QUADS
Students Dance To Raise Dollars
By Kate Thursby ’03

PHOTO: ALICIA DAUGHERTY '02

Students participating in the second annual Columbia University Dance Marathon at Lerner Hall on February 9–10 raised more than $140,000 for the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation. Each of the 86 dancers raised $500 in order to take part in the 28-hour event and was sponsored by one of Columbia’s campus organizations. The marathon, in which dancers remained on their feet for the entire time, raised more than $95,000 in cash donations and $48,000 in in-kind gifts and attracted corporate sponsors and celebrity supporters, including Kate Shindle (1998 Miss America) and Cynthia Nixon ’88 Barnard (Sex and the City). Hundreds of members of the University community attended the marathon, which is quickly becoming a popular way for students to boost awareness and resources for the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation. For more about the dance marathon, visit the CUDM Web site at www.cudm.org.

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