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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Events set for Homecoming week

Monday, October 8, 2007

University Park, Pa. -- As alumni and friends return to campus to celebrate with students and University community members, a full slate of activities will mark Penn State's 2007 Homecoming week.

The Hintz Family Alumni Center will host an ice cream social featuring a performance by the Alumni Blue Band from 1 to 4 p.m. Friday (Oct. 12). At 6 p.m., the Homecoming Parade, one of the largest of its kind in the nation, gets under way. The parade features more than 100 separate units, including marching bands, floats, campus dance groups, campus and community notables and this year's grand marshal, Penn State and Pittsburgh Steelers football great Franco Harris.

Following the parade, a pep rally will be held on Old Main Lawn, with athletic teams and performing groups celebrating Penn State's legacy and the coronation of the Homecoming king and queen. The annual Guard the Lion Shrine will then take place at starting at 10 p.m. at the Nittany Lion Shrine near Rec Hall.

The Penn State football team hosts Wisconsin at 3:30 p.m. Saturday in Beaver Stadium in the 2007 Homecoming game.

Homecoming merchandise is on sale from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. through Friday in the HUB-Robeson Center.

For more information, visit http://homecoming.psu.edu online.