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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Single game football ticket sale began Monday

Thursday, July 22, 2010
Credit: Penn State Sports Information

University Park, Pa. -- Single game tickets for the upcoming football season started July 26. The sale takes place exclusively at www.GoPSUSports.com.

Tickets are available for all seven games in Beaver Stadium, which is celebrating its 50th anniversary as home of the Nittany Lions. There is a limit of two tickets for the Oct. 9 Homecoming contest with Illinois (noon) and the Oct. 30 primetime clash with Michigan (8 p.m.).

Tickets are available for the Nittany Lions' Big Ten home games with Northwestern (Nov. 6) and the Senior Day contest with Michigan State (Nov. 27). Penn State opens its 124th season by hosting Youngstown State on Sept. 4 (noon) and also entertains Kent State (Sept. 18, noon) and Temple (Sept. 25, TBA) prior to opening its 18th Big Ten season.

Should any tickets remain after Aug. 1, single game tickets can purchased via phone starting at 10 a.m. on Monday, Aug. 2, as well as on www.GoPSUSports.com. Fans should call (814) 865-5555 weekdays from 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

All tickets made available will be sold on a first-come, first-served basis until no tickets remain.

Nearly 93,000 public and student tickets having been sold for the upcoming campaign, with approximately 95 percent of 2009 season ticket holders renewing their seats for this season.

The anticipation of the upcoming season has also resulted in a strong demand for tickets to the Nittany Lions' five away games, with four already sold out. Penn State's allotment for the following games is exhausted: Alabama (Sept. 11), Iowa (Oct. 2), Minnesota (Oct. 23) and Ohio State (Nov. 13).

Tickets are available for the Nittany Lions' fifth game away from Happy Valley, the Nov. 20 contest with Indiana at FedEx Field in Landover, Md. Penn State will be playing in metropolitan Washington, D.C. for the first time since the 1993 season. All ticket orders for the game can be made at www.GoPSUSports.com/tickets or by calling 814-865-5555 weekdays from 10:00 a.m.-4 p.m.

Penn State is 51-13 (79.7) since the start of the 2005 season, tied for the nation's No. 7 winning percentage over that span, under Hall of Fame coach Joe Paterno. The Nittany Lions return 36 letterwinners for this season, including 13 starters, as well as 10 players that have starting experience.