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 women's volleyball tops 2010 AVCA Coaches Poll

Wednesday, August 18, 2010
Credit: Penn State Sports Information

University Park, Pa. — The three-time defending national champion Penn State women's volleyball team heads into the 2010 season as the preseason favorite in the AVCA Division I Coaches Top 25 Poll the organization announced Tuesday (Aug. 17). The seven-time defending Big Ten Champions earned 1,456 total points and 40 of the 60 first place votes.

Nebraska is ranked second heading into 2010 having garnered 1,384 points and 16 first place votes. Following the Cornhuskers is Texas (No. 3), who Penn State defeated in the 2009 National Championship match, Stanford (No. 4) and Hawaii (No. 5).

Penn State will face eight teams listed in the 2010 AVCA poll, including five ranked in the top 25 in the nation. The Nittany Lions take on Florida (No. 13) and will face either Texas or Stanford in their third weekend of preseason play at the Nike Big Four Volleyball Classic the weekend of Sept. 10. Penn State will also face Illinois and Minnesota, who are tied at No. 6, and No. 12 Michigan. In addition, the women's volleyball will take on Ohio State, Michigan State and Wisconsin who all received votes in the poll.

Head coach Russ Rose, who is entering his 32nd year at the helm of the program, welcomes back six players with starting experience as well as 11 letterwinners from last season's squad that finished with a perfect 38-0 record. The team heads into the 2010 season on a record-breaking 102-match winning streak. Returning for 2010 are AVCA First Team All-Americans Blair Brown (Purcellville, Va.) and Arielle Wilson (Broadview, Ill.), AVCA Honorable Mention All-American Darcy Dorton (Muncie, Ind.) and Preseason All-Big Ten honoree Alyssa D'Errico (Byron, N.Y.). These four are joined by Academic All-Big Ten selections Cathy Quilico (Thousand Oaks, Calif.), Katie Kabbes (Raleigh, N.C.) and Megan Shifflett (Falls Church, Va.), middle hitter Fatima Balza (Merida Venezuela), defensive specialists Jessica Ullrich (Winfield, Ill.) and Kristin Carpenter (Mechanicsville, Va.) and sophomore setter Marika Racibarskas (Chatham, N.J.). Joining the Nittany Lions this year are nine newcomers, including Ariel Scott (Ridgewood, N.J.), Maddie Martin (Tampa, Fla.), Erica Denney (Aurora, Colo.), Maggie Harding (State College, Pa.), Katie Slay (Raleigh, N.C.), Deja McClendon (Louisville, Ky.), Krosby Pabst (Long Beach, Calif.), Mikinzie Moydell (Parker, Colo.) and Ali Longo (Littleton, Colo.).

The Nittany Lions open the 2010 season at the Carolina Classic on Aug. 27 hosted by the University of North Carolina. Penn State faces Villanova on Aug. 28 at 11 a.m. before closing out its first weekend of play against Campbell at 5:30 p.m. The home opener is scheduled for Friday, Sept. 3 against Seton Hall in the Hampton Inn Classic held at Rec Hall. The Lions face Colgate and VCU on Saturday, Sept. 4.

Penn State kicks off the Big Ten portion of its schedule on the road at Illinois on Friday, Sept. 24 at 8 p.m. ET before heading to Wisconsin for a 2 p.m. ET matchup on Sunday, Sept. 26. The Nittany Lions host their first conference match of the season on Oct. 1 when Michigan State arrives at Rec Hall for a 7 p.m. meeting.