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 and USA Today launch new online initiative

Monday, November 9, 2009

University Park, Pa. -- On Nov. 9, USA Today -- the nation’s top-selling newspaper -- in cooperation with Penn State launched a new e-Edition for Penn State students as part of the University's continuing mission to promote newspaper reading as a way of integrating real world with classroom study. Since 1997, Penn State has had a readership program in place -- the first of its kind in the nation and a model for more than 500 collegiate readership programs nationwide.

The e-Edition, which is currently available for free to on-campus students, faculty and staff at Penn State, is an exact replica version of USA Today featuring additional interactive and exclusive content. The e-Edition product also will include a Saturday-Sunday edition called USA Today Extra, the first-ever regular weekend product from USA Today. Information on the e-Edition can be found at http://live.psu.edu/story/42333 online.

USA Today e-Edition is a page-by-page edition of the newspaper delivered by 5:30 a.m. Students will have an option to access the e-Edition from http://live.psu.edu/, or opt-in to receive the Campus Buzz e-mail notification each morning alerting them of their e-Edition delivery. The e-Edition may be read online or downloaded for later use. The digital copies will be provided as a companion to the print product already available across Penn State campuses. The e-Edition includes a number of features, such as:

  • Videos - Online videos embedded directly into the accompanying newspaper content.
  • Snapshots® - USA Today’s popular infographic, with an interactive bonus allowing readers to actively participate in quick polling results.
  • Search – The ability to text search content and advertisement in the day’s issue and through back issues.
  • Back Issues – Easy access to all digital back issues, available from product launch.
  • Text to Speech – One-button text to speech capability, allowing subscribers to have the news provided in an audio format.
  • Connect to Internet – All links throughout content and advertisements will be clickable, allowing readers to access Web sites outside the digital reader environment.

As part of the Student Newspaper Readership Program, students at all Penn State locations already use their Penn State ID cards at newspaper distribution machines to obtain free copies of The New York Times, USA Today and a variety of local and regional newspapers. The new e-Edition offered by USA Today allows students and faculty to gain free access to the online version.

"This is just one more way for our community to stay informed with the most current information available," said Bill Mahon, vice president for university relations. "Data from recent surveys overwhelmingly support the relationship between newspaper readership and developing cognitive skills."

The 2008 survey Mahon referenced also found that newspaper readership increases awareness and understanding of current issues and helps readers develop civic-mindedness." Evidence also suggests a strong relationship between newspaper readership and student engagement. For more results, download the PDF found at http://www.sa.psu.edu/sara/newspapers.shtml online.
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USA Today boasts total average daily circulation of more than 2.1 million, and its Web site, launched in 1995, reaches a combined 5.8 million readers daily.

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