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 pep rallies to fire up football faithful at away games

Monday, August 23, 2010

Nittany Lion fans traveling to Tuscaloosa for the Penn State-Alabama game Sept. 11 can get pumped up and ready for the prime-time game at the Penn State Pep Rally, beginning at 3 p.m. local time.

The pep rally, organized by the Penn State Alumni Association, will feature the Penn State Pep Band, the Nittany Lion, cheerleaders and some rallying words from President Graham Spanier and Alumni Association Executive Director Roger Williams. The event takes place in a tent on the University of Alabama campus at the corner of 4th Street and 5th Avenue, just north of the University Medical Center. The pep rally tent opens at 3 p.m., and the program begins at 4 p.m. (local times).

Four other Penn State Pep Rallies also will be in tents close to the away football stadiums. The pep rallies, tent opening times and locations are:

-- Oct. 2, 4 p.m. Central Time, Iowa. Location: Hawkeye Village, inside the original Grant Field, adjacent to the Iowa football team’s Kenyon Practice Facility; Iowa City, Iowa;

-- Oct. 23, Time TBA, Minnesota. Location: Gateway Plaza, directly south of the McNamara Alumni Center, 200 Oak St. SE, Minneapolis;

-- Nov. 13, Time TBA, Ohio State. Location: Southeast corner outside of Fawcett Conference Center, 2400 Olentangy River Rd.; Columbus, Ohio;

-- Nov. 20, Time TBA, Indiana. Location: Bud Light Pavilion, between Gates F and G of FedEx Field; Landover, Md.

All pep rally tents open three hours prior to kickoff, and the pep rally program begins two hours before kickoff. Pep rallies are free and open to all Penn State alumni and Nittany Lion fans. For more information on pep rallies, visit the Alumni Association’s website at http://www.alumni.psu.edu/events/pep/ or call 800-548-LION (5466).

The Penn State Alumni Association is the largest dues-paying alumni association in the world with more than 164,000 members. For more information on the Alumni Association, go to http://www.alumni.psu.edu online.

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