Candlelight flickered on this unseasonably cold Halloween night, but hope never diminished at a vigil for missing Penn State student Cindy Song on the one-year anniversary of her disappearance.

More than 100 people attended the vigil, which was held behind the HUB-Robeseon Center. Featured speakers included State Sen. Jake Corman (R-Centre) and the Song family's attorney, Jin Han.

Many of the speakers focused on the never-weakened hope for Song's return.

"Each candle light symbolizes the hope we've had over the past year," Corman said. He said that although the makeup of the state government will change after next week's elections, the state has pledged resources for the case until the search ends.

One student leader said he hoped the candlelight would provide a view of home for Song.

"It means so much that all of us are lighting our candles in the hopes she'll find her path home to her mother," Black Caucus President David Davis said.

Bansoon Song, Cindy Song's mother, stood with her shoulders hunched throughout the vigil, holding a candle and crying quietly.

As vast and diverse as the Penn State campus is, so many organizations have worked together for Cindy's return, said Jennifer Le, president of Penn State's Asian Pacific American Coalition.

"These groups have been working together nationally," Ms. Asian Penn State Grace Chiou said. Song's disappearance was featured on the national television program Unsolved Mysteries.

The Coalition to Find Cindy Song, spearheaded by Black Caucus, includes community members and several Penn State student organizations.

Attorney Han thanked students for being the Song family's "pillar of strength" during the past year.

"I can't even begin to contemplate what Mrs. Song is going through," said Katelyn Belyus, Undergraduate Student Government (USG) director of women's affairs.

Belyus called the disappearance of Song and other women in society a loss of a "precious resource to our community."

Not only speaking about the hope for Song's return, speakers stressed the importance of always paying attention to one's surroundings.

"We have been taught a lesson," Chiou said. "Please avoid unsafe situations and walk with a friend."

Please take care of each other, Belyus said.

"Be safe and be smart about your actions," USG president Rubina Javeri said.

One of Song's friends, Sara Kim (senior-logistics), spoke about Song's constant smile and happiness.

"She's an energetic individual; she is always looking for things to do," Kim said, stopping several times to compose herself.

Kim said Song would work from midnight until early hours of the morning at Pollock Computer Library, smiling all the time.