November 2012

Photo of the Day series for November 2012. Penn State's University Park campus.

Gaming Club
Zac Smythe tossed a rolled up pair of socks at Folahn Akinyemi on Nov. 30 as the Penn State Urban Gaming Club engaged in some friendly competition outside the Millenium Science Complex at University Park. Members of the club fired darts from Nerf guns and used other soft projectiles to play a game they dubbed Thunderdome. Those who got hit were eliminated. The club aims to bring people together for human interaction, physical challenges and tactical game-play.

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11 29 12 POTD Bach's Lunch
John Anderson, a sophomore at Penn State majoring in music education, performed 'Lamento et Tarentelle' by Gabriel Grovlez, with piano accompaniment by Ara Koh, on Nov. 29 during the Penn State School of Music's weekly Bach's Lunch Concert Series at Eisenhower Chapel on the University Park campus. Go to www.events.psu.edu/cgi-bin/cal/webevent.cgi?cmd=opencal&a...; for more information about the Bach's Lunch Series and many more performances by Penn State's School of Music.

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11 27 12 Snow POTD
The first snowfall of the season blanketed Penn State's University Park campus on the morning of Nov. 27. The forecast from the Penn State Weather Service is continued light flurries throughout the day with a high temperature of 32 degrees. Go to php.scripts.psu.edu/dept/ur/weather/index.php for weather updates from Penn State's Department of Meteorology.

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11 21 12 POTD Thistle Pod and Mt. Nittany
Dried-thistle pods shimmer in the autumn sun on the east end of Penn State's University Park campus as Mount Nittany provides a frame in the distance. Happy Thanksgiving from Penn State.

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11 19 12 POTD Leaf Blowing
Scott Sunday, Penn State's Office of Physical Plant (OPP) Building and Grounds department, gathered the fall accumulation of leaves near the Huck Institutes of Life Sciences on the University Park campus on Nov. 19. OPP employees are taking advantage of the holiday break and light walking traffic to gather leaves and perform other necessary landscaping services around the University Park campus. OPP Building and Grounds crews work to maintain the beauty and safety of the University Park campus throughout the year.

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11 15 12 -POTD Fresco Restoration
Conservation scientist John Rita worked on the stabilization and restoration of the Land-Grant Frescoes in the lobby of Old Main on Penn State's University Park campus on Nov. 15. The restoration project is taking place in a controlled laboratory setting with windows that allow for the public to observe progress.

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111412-POTD Concert Choir
Accompanist John Livingston played piano while David Hood conducted a Penn State Concert Choir rehearsal at University Park's Music Building on Nov. 14. The Penn State Concert Choir is 42-voices strong and performs music from the Renaissance to the present. Go to www.clubs.psu.edu/up/concertchoir/index.html for performance dates and more information.

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11912-POTD Knowledge Commons full size
Su Young Kim, a senior at Penn State majoring in finance, studied in the Knowledge Commons at Pattee-Paterno Library on Nov. 9. The Tombros and McWhirter Knowledge Commons is a student-centered learning and study area located on the first floor of the Pattee-Paterno library on the University Park campus. Go to www.libraries.psu.edu/psul/kc.html for more information.

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