11.13.2003 • 2:55 PM

You gotta cut loose. Footloose.

College Holding First Dance in 143 Years

WHEATON, Ill. - As many as 1,200 students at Wheaton College will gather in the gym Friday night for the first real dance in the Christian school's 143-year history.

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Good lord, I thought this sort of thing only happened in 80s movies starring Kevin Bacon. Do you think these students are busting out the moves in some old farmhouse? I can only hope that fake glitter will fall on them when they finally get to cut loose.