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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Graphic novelist Alison Bechdel to speak at Penn State on March 4

Monday, February 15, 2010
Alison Bechdel
Alison Bechdel

Graphic novelist Alison Bechdel will speak at 6 p.m. on March 4, in 129ABC HUB-Robeson Center, as part of the ongoing University Libraries' Graphic Novels Series and in cooperation with the Department of Women’s Studies and other departments in the College of the Liberal Arts.

Bechdel is author of the critically acclaimed "Fun Home," which was called "one of the very best graphic novels ever" in Booklist, a publication of the American Library Association. Her syndicated comic strip Dykes to Watch Out For (DTWOF) is a cultural institution for many, as Bechdel redefines race and gender roles while taking aim at some of the most controversial topics of the day.

The event is cosponsored by Penn State's English department; Graduate Student Association; LGBTA Student Resource Center; Library Learning Services; University Archives; Pennsylvania Center for the Book; University Libraries' Charles W. Mann Jr. Lecture in the Book Arts; UPAC; Women's Studies; and Women's Studies Graduate Student Association.

For more information, contact Eileen Akin, coordinator, audio-visual collections and Fred Waring's America, 814-863-2911 or esc3@psu.edu.