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 landmarks to go dark in recognition of Earth Hour

Thursday, March 25, 2010

University Park, Pa. -- At 8:30 p.m. on Saturday, March 27, the exterior lights on Penn State’s Old Main will go out for Earth Hour 2010. Penn State is participating in the global call to action by turning off decorative lighting at key campus landmarks.

“We feel it is symbolically important to join in this worldwide effort to show the effect that many people, working together, can have on climate change,” said Steve Maruszewski, deputy director of the Penn State’s Office of Physical Plant. In addition to Old Main, decorative floodlights at the Lion Shrine, the Nittany Lion Inn and the Information Sciences and Technology Building will be shut off.

Penn State encourages students, faculty, staff and local businesses to participate in the effort by turning off their individual office and residential lights during that hour. Penn State will be joining more than 2,712 cities in 83 countries in the event, sponsored by the World Wildlife Fund. Other iconic structures that will go dark include Chicago’s Sears Tower, the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, New York’s United Nations Headquarters and Empire State Building, and the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France.

What began as an effort in Sidney, Australia three years ago has grown into a worldwide celebration of the power of people to "turn it off." The campus community also is asked to turn off unneeded office lights and equipment every day at noon to conserve energy. For more information, contact Paul Ruskin at 814-863-9620 or pdr2@psu.edu.