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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Heard on Campus: Marvin Hamlisch at the Forum

Wednesday, March 29, 2006

"The arts are going through a tough time. I don't even mean financially. I'm talking about something bigger than that. I'm talking about where the arts are on the totem pole when it comes to the American philosophical / political world. You could build a hundred soccer stadiums and somehow you find the money for them, but go for one extra piano and oh boy, that's asking a lot. In my opinion you can have both… I think there has to be balance. It just bothers me that every time something gets cut from the budget in the United States, the first thing to is the arts -- as if somehow we are not going to pay a price for that. We are going to pay a price for that. We are paying a price for that right now. That price is going to continue to be higher the more we sweep this under the rug."

-- Marvin Hamlisch, legendary composer and Pittsburgh pops principal conductor, speaking Wednesday (March 29) on "My Life in Music," at the The Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel on the Penn State University Park campus as part of the Faculty Staff Club Forum. Hamlisch and members of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra are at Penn State this week participating in residency activities for the College of Arts and Architecture. For more information on upcoming speakers in the Penn State Forum lineup, visit http://live.psu.edu/story/12788 online.

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