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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Rascal Flatts to play the Jordan Center

Monday, January 9, 2006

University Park, Pa. -- Grammy nominees Rascal Flatts will present their "Me & My Gang Tour" Friday, Feb. 10, at the Bryce Jordan Center with opening acts Blake Shelton and Jason Aldean. Fans will enjoy three hours of entertainment including a 90-minute set with Rascal Flatts. The state-of-the-art set was designed by Bruce Rogers, Tribe Inc., best known for set designs for Madonna, Sting and the Dave Matthews Band.

Reserved tickets are $41.50 and go on sale at 9 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 14, at the Bryce Jordan Ticket Center, Eisenhower Auditorium, Penn State Tickets Downtown, the Altoona campus ticket outlet, all Ticketmaster locations, by phone at (814) 865-5555 or (800) 863-3336, or at http://www.bjc.psu.edu online.

Rascal Flatts closed out 2005 with the Billboard Touring Awards, which named them as the Break-Through Touring Act of the Year. Additional year-end career accolades included iTunes naming "Bless The Broken Road" as its top-selling country track and "Feels Like Today" as its top-selling country album; nods as Billboard and Radio & Records Artists of the Year; a win at the Radio Music Awards for "Bless The Broken Road" as Country Song of The Year; as well as the group's first Grammy nominations. Their current album, "Feels Like Today," wrapped up 2005 as the best-selling country album of the year according to Neilsen SoundScan, and sales of the album also placed Rascal Flatts at No. 7 for album sales in all genres of music, besting out all other country artists.

Blake Shelton recently appeared in the CBS Television movie "The Christmas Blessing" performing his hit single "Nobody But Me," and had three of his singles spend 12 weeks in the No. 1 position on the country singles charts. His current single, "Nobody But Me," is making its way to the upper reaches of the charts now and the video currently is airing on CMT and GAC. Shelton recently was nominated for his hit "Some Beach" at the Radio Music Awards.

Jason Aldean has garnered a Top 10 hit and No. 1 music video on CMT with "Hicktown," the first single released from his self-titled debut album which officially has been certified gold by the RIAA only 12 weeks after its release. His new single, "Why," climbs the country singles charts hitting Top 40 in only four weeks.