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Almost nine hours down, only 17 more to go. While the majority of the dancers are still rocking it out on the dance floor, a few have found the Activity Room a quiet place to take a break from the head-pounding music””mdash;all while standing up, of course.

The hallway at Ackerman Union looks like a hillbilly convention. Most people seem to have taken the “power tool” theme as a go-ahead to wear paisley bandanas, yellow plastic helmets and dungarees.

Clouds hung over Jackie Robinson Stadium on Saturday, threatening a rainstorm and stopping play in the fourth inning.

After San Francisco sophomore Stephen Yarrow singled to left field in the top of the ninth inning, both the odds that the UCLA baseball team would hold on to its 4-1 lead and the chances that the rain would hold off looked slim.

Enter UCLA’s true freshman closer Nick Vander Tuig in his first appearance as a Bruin. Couple that with a UCLA victory courtesy of a Vander Tuig save and a torrential downpour all coming within minutes of each other and the Bruins were able to escape with a 4-1 win.

What better way to spice up an event than with an onstage marriage proposal?

“I’m Too Sexy” played as a fairy, a girl in a leopard costume and a guy with only a UCLA towel protecting his dignity stand in a row on stage.

Ackerman Grand Ballroom just saw the Dance Marathon’s costume contest, where the winners were chosen by the level of reaction they received from the audience. The winners were a space cowboy, a giant leprechaun and a group dressed in pink onesies.

More than 1,500 students in pajamas. The new “dream” theme makes most of the dancers look like they’ve just rolled out of bed, albeit with a lot of energy. In fact, this could be an over-caffeinated De Neve Plaza breakfast scene.

Only 15 people have come to the First Aid table on the side of the dance floor, manned by the Pediatric AIDS Committee. The stand is handing out ibuprofen and Band-Aids, as the most common complaints have been of knee, back and foot pain.