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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Penn State Berks team competes in Baja vehicle contest

Tuesday, July 14, 2009

Seven Penn State Berks students traveled to Burlington, Wis., in June to compete in the third segment of the Baja SAE series, an engineering design competition sponsored by the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE). Participants in the competition designed and built an off-road vehicle that resembled a dune buggy. Teams of students from colleges and universities from around the world competed against one another for the honor of having their design accepted for manufacture by a fictitious firm.

During the competition, the vehicle went through several performance tests, including tests of acceleration, maneuverability, log pull, suspension and traction. The vehicles were required to survive rough terrain and water throughout the competition.

The Penn State Berks Baja SAE team came in 47th out of 118 vehicles entered in the race. This is the fifth year of competition for the team.

''We at Berks are striving to give students the opportunity to work on Baja-related projects in the classroom,'' said Barbara Mizdail, senior lecturer in engineering at Penn State Berks and faculty adviser for the Baja SAE team.

Terry Speicher, assistant professor of engineering at Penn State Berks, also was involved in this year's competition, joining the team as an observer.

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