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 Abington recognizes National Coming Out Month

Friday, October 23, 2009

Penn State Abington recognized National Coming Out Month in October by inviting internationally known gay rights advocate Brian Sims to speak with students about LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender) issues. Sims, who visited the Abington campus on Oct. 8, entertained and educated the audience with his quick wit and self-deprecating humor about coming out in 2000 during his senior year at Bloomsburg University while he was the captain of Bloomsburg's nationally-ranked Division II football team. Sims remains the only openly gay college football captain in NCAA history.

Talking to the almost all-student audience, Sims relayed many statistics about the 18-30 year old demographic. "Your generation, regardless of your politics and regardless of your general ideology overwhelmingly support gay adoption, LGBT civil rights, inheritance rights, nondiscrimination, and hate crimes bills … for the most part, young Americans are extremely pro-gay. The most interesting statistic of all is that your generation doesn't know this."

Sims, stressing the importance of the ally issue -- straight people supportive of gay rights -- drove home the point of talking about LGBT issues.

"The more people talk about LGBT issues, the more aware, educated, tolerant, and accepting people become. Talk about it. By doing that alone, you're doing more for LGBT rights than I do in a week."

Sims, who was very appreciative of the opportunity to speak with the Abington students, said, "I'm very excited that Penn State Abington asked me to come speak. It says a lot about the school. It (Penn State Abington) trusts its students and athletes to invite someone like me to talk about stuff like this. It's not very common."

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