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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Former LionHeart patient goes home with a new heart

Monday, June 7, 2004

Hershey, Pa. -- Gayle Snider, the first U.S. patient to go home from the hospital with the Arrow LionHeart heart-assist device, today (June 7) went home again -- this time with a new human heart. Snider, who was kept alive for more than one year by the left-ventricular heart assist device (LVAD) before receiving a transplanted heart, was discharged from Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center Monday afternoon. His release from the hospital comes just more than two weeks following his heart transplant on Saturday, May 22. The heart donor was a 24-year-old man. For photos, go to http://live.psu.edu/still_life/2004_06_07_hershey/index.html

"I have a whole new lease on life because of my transplant," said Snider during an afternoon press conference. "I wouldn't have had a chance to get a transplant without the LionHeart, because I probably wouldn't be here."

Snider, 36, from York, Pa., marked one year with the heart assist device on May 14. He said in a statement to the media that week: "It's hard to believe it's been a year. Although I haven't had any surprises and have grown comfortable with the device and the few changes I've had to make in my life since I had the surgery, I'm very excited about the next step -- getting a heart transplant."

Snider, who prior to transplant became the longest-surviving U.S. patient with the device, had few complications, gained weight and has been smoke-free since receiving the LionHeart last year. He will continue monthly appointments with his cardiologist, John P. Boehmer, and surgeon, Walter E. Pae Jr., Penn State Cardiovascular Center, Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center.

Although the LionHeart is intended as a long-term therapy for patients with end-stage heart failure who are not candidates for heart transplantation, some patients whose health improves markedly may become eligible for transplant. For more information about the LionHeart, visit http://www.pennstatelionheart.com

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