Still Life

With four guide ropes attached to it, the east-side clock face is raised into position. While it didn't seem that windy on the ground on Saturday, Jan. 28, winds higher up were strong, requiring extra guidance to bring the clock face safely to the Old Main bell tower.

Old Main clock faces installed

Ben White of New Vibrations Audio and Video works on a ledge of the Old Main bell tower, to remove the speakers from the old chime system. The company installed a new carillon system today (Jan. 27) that will play a digital recording made of the original Old Main bell that now sits adjacent to Old Main and other bells of comparable sizes.

New carillon, restored clocks being installed

The funeral procession for Joe Paterno made its way past Beaver Stadium and down Porter Road as crowds applauded on Jan. 25. Thousands lined the procession route through the University Park campus and downtown State College to bid a last farewell to Joe Paterno.

Joe Paterno's funeral procession

Coach Joe Paterno was on the field for the first half of the Nittany Lions' football game. Penn State beat the Iowa Hawkeyes 13-3 on Oct. 8, 2011, in front of an enthusiastic crowd at Beaver Stadium.

Joe Paterno through the years

Katie Knobloch and Andrew Adamietz, members of the a capella group Blue in the Face, shared a candle at the vigil held Sunday, Jan. 22, to mourn the death of Penn State football coach Joe Paterno, who passed away earlier in the day. Several thousand members of the Penn State and State College community came out to the Old Main lawn on Penn State's University Park campus for the vigil.

Thousands mourn Paterno's passing

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Committee seeks ideas for sesquicentennial time capsule

Tuesday, March 1, 2005

University Park, Pa. -- The Penn State Sesquicentennial Time Capsule Committee is asking students, faculty and staff for suggestions in creating a capsule commemorating the University's 150th anniversary.

A joint effort between the Undergraduate Student Government at University Park and the Council of Commonwealth Student Governments, the project aims to capture the essence of Penn State life in 2005. The capsule will be buried at Homecoming 2005 and opened again in 2055.

"It's very exciting that we have the opportunity to help future Penn Staters understand the campus climate we experience today," Ed Rowe, co-chair of the committee, said. "We really want to see members of the Penn State community participate in this project by sending us suggestions."

Specifically, the committee is seeking photographers interested in adding to a series of albums to be included in the capsule. Any photographs used in the project will receive appropriate attribution.

Space in the capsule is limited, and all decisions regarding its contents ultimately will be made by the committee's co-chairs.

Interested photographers or anyone with ideas for items to include in the capsule should e-mail TimeCapsule@psu.edu.

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