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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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Sunday, March 30, 2008
For more photos of the event, click on the image above.
Credit: Andy Colwell For more photos of the event, click on the image above.

University Park, Pa. -- Between 18,000 and 20,000 people packed onto the Old Main lawn on Sunday as Sen. Barack Obama brought his campaign to Penn State's University Park campus. During his visit to Penn State, Sen. Barack Obama toured some of the University's agricultural facilities, and even fed a calf.

Penn State football player Gerald Cadogan sang the National Anthem to begin the official program, and teammate Lydell Sargeant presented Obama with a Penn State football jersey.

Obama addressed a variety of topics during his speech, including education, the economy and the war in Iraq. His visit comes on the heels of former President Bill Clinton's visit to the campus this past Thursday and to Penn State Brandywine on March 7, and Sen. Hillary Clinton's stop at Penn State Fayette on Monday, March 24. The visits are part of Penn State's effort to expose students to the 2008 presidential campaign, part of the University's open-door policy to host campaign stops during this primary season.

For photos, check http://live.psu.edu/stilllife/1623 online.