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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Tuesday, January 10, 2006

University Park, Pa. -- The 2005-2006 Distinguished Speaker Series will continue on Wednesday, Jan. 25, as Apollo 13 astronaut James Lovell comes to the stage of the Eisenhower Auditorium at 8 p.m. The event is free to the public, but tickets are required.

Lovell was chosen in September 1962 for the space program following extensive experience as a naval aviator and test pilot. Following execution of commands in the Gemini Mission Program, he became command module pilot and navigator for the epic six-day journey on Apollo 8, man's maiden voyage to the moon, during which he and his fellow crew were the first humans to leave the earth's gravitational influence. He then was backup commander to Neil Armstrong for the Apollo 11 lunar landing mission.

His fourth and final flight was as spacecraft commander on the perilous Apollo 13 mission in 1970. He and his crew successfully modified their lunar module into an effective lifeboat when their cryogenic oxygen system failed. Their emergency activation and operation of the lunar module systems conserved both electrical power and water in sufficient supply to ensure their survival in space and their safe return to Earth. The experience was chronicled in a best-selling book by Lovell and Jeff Kluger, "Lost Moon," which was adapted into the movie "Apollo 13." In 1973, Lovell left the space program to join the Bay-Houston Towing Co. and now is president of Lovell Communications, a business devoted to disseminating information about the U.S. Space Program.

Tickets are available on a first-come, first-served basis and may be obtained from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. from the Eisenhower Auditorium box office. Tickets also are distributed from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday-Friday at the HUB-Robeson Center outlet and from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday-Saturday at the Downtown Theatre Center. Individuals are limited to two free tickets each.

The Distinguished Speaker Series will welcome human-rights activist Yolanda King to the stage of Eisenhower on Monday, Feb. 20. Tickets will be available Feb. 13-15.

The Distinguished Speaker Series is sponsored by the University Park Allocation Committee and coordinated by the Distinguished Speaker Series Committee and the Office of Student Activities. Funded by student activity fees, the series is free to the public.

For more information, contact the Office of Student Activities at (814) 863-3786 or stop by 207 HUB-Robeson Center.