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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Top BMX athletes to perform at Bryce Jordan Center on Oct. 23

Monday, July 12, 2010
Credit: ASA

University Park, Pa. -- Leading action sports event producer ASA Entertainment (ASA) will bring the industry’s hottest BMX stars to Penn State’s Bryce Jordan Center at 7:30 p.m. on Oct. 23, for the ASA Big Air BMX Triples. Top BMX pros of X Games fame will take on the challenge of a 195-foot-long wooden course consisting of a 25-foot-high drop-in ramp, two 25-foot-wide jumps and a course-ending quarter-pipe, all while grabbing "big air" and performing flips, flairs, whips and spins. This head-to-head competition pits each athlete against their equally talented rivals in two-man battles, forcing them to throw down their most spectacular aerials stunts in quick succession to best their opponent and win the event title.

Tickets for the show are on sale now. Prices are $32.50 for adults, $19.50 for children 12 and under and all Penn State Students with valid ID, $23.50 per person for a family four-pack (four-pack purchase must include at least one adult). A limited number of VIP floor seats, which will include a meet and greet and autograph session with the athletes, are available . Tickets are available at the Bryce Jordan Ticket Center, Eisenhower Auditorium, Penn State Tickets Downtown, and at the Penn State Altoona campus; online at http://www.ticketmaster.com/ and http://www.bjc.psu.edu/, or by phone at (814) 865-5555.

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