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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Monday, May 3, 2004

University Park, Pa. -- At an informational meeting of the Dickinson School of Law Board of Governors held Saturday, May 1, at Penn State's University Park campus, Terence Blackburn, dean of the Michigan State University College of Law, discussed the benefits of a law school being affiliated with, and located near, a major university.

"There should be only one determining factor when deciding whether to become affiliated with a university -- the quality of education you can provide," Blackburn told the Board. "Our mission statement did not involve economic impact on Detroit or what would make our alumni comfortable. Our mission is to educate."

The Dickinson School of Law Board of Governors, which is considering the option of having a law school presence at the University Park campus, was visiting the campus to look at possible locations for a new law school building. Founded in 1834, it is the oldest law school in Pennsylvania and the fifth oldest in the nation. Its affiliation with Penn State began in 1997.

According to Blackburn, the Detroit College of Law's partnership with Michigan State University was created in 1995. Two years later, it relocated to East Lansing, where it moved into a state-of-the-art new law building in the heart of the university's campus. Now known as the Michigan State University College of Law, it is part of the University but remains financially independent and does not receive money from the university or the state.

Blackburn said among the numerous benefits of relocating the law school is the opportunity for law school students to cross register for classes in other programs at Michigan State University and to pursue dual-degree programs. "Our primary goal is teaching lawyers to practice law. But the world of law has changed and the world of legal education has changed. It is increasingly difficult to be a general practitioner." He added, "Affiliation with a major university provides a richness and depth in legal education that is absolutely impossible at a private law school."

In addition, several joint certificate programs, including law school collaboration with the university's School of Social Work for students to earn a Child and Family Advocacy certificate, have been created because of the affiliation.

Law school and university faculty have benefited as well, according to Blackburn. Along with "team teaching" opportunities in which professors from the university and the law school jointly teach a class, there also is cross-teaching and courtesy appointments of faculty, all which promote enhanced research opportunities. "We could not do this at a standalone law school," he said.

For pictures from the tour, go to http://live.psu.edu/still_life/2004_05_03_tour/index.html

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