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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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College of the Liberal Arts' Office Olympians compete for United Way

Thursday, August 7, 2008
The torch is lit in the College of the Liberal Arts Office Olympics. Click on image for more photos.
Credit: Greg Grieco The torch is lit in the College of the Liberal Arts Office Olympics. Click on image for more photos.

Arm in arm, five by five, some 14 teams of Office Olympians from the College of the Liberal Arts paraded in their own opening ceremonies Thursday, Aug. 7, on the mall in front of Pattee Library, University Park.

These Olympians, some 70 strong, held their own competitions to raise more than $2,000 for Centre County United Way. Their torchbearer was Denise Solomon, associate dean in graduate studies, who exhorted the athletes in their own version of the Olympic Oath to swear to commit themselves to "sports without real skill, but with compassion for those in our community who will benefit from the generous donations."

The teams, with monikers like the Oxymorons (from the Department of English, of course), Freak-o-nomics, the Weaver Warriors, Earl and the Cellar Dwellers, to name a few, came from all areas of the college. They competed in challenges like rubber band archery, in which competitors shot rubber bands into a letter box, as well as trash can toss and obstacle field.

In the opening ceremonies Solomon reminded the "athletes," that "we have made the journey here from our 13 buildings demonstrating that passion and good will live here."

For photos from the event, check Penn State Live at http://live.psu.edu/stilllife/1767

 

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