The daily collegian. (University Park, Pa.) 1940-current, September 16, 1985, Image 2

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    -The Daily Collegian Monday, Sept. 16, 1985
Weekend puts parents in touch
By ELLEN STERN
Collegian Stafl Writer
For many parents, college life
conjures up images of their chil
dren complaining about homework
and asking for more money. But the
University’s second annual Paren
ts’ Weekend held Saturday and Sun
day gave parents and students a
chance to share in some fun at the
University.
The activities started Saturday
with a continental breakfast for
parents in the residence hall dining
areas, and continued through the
weekend with tours, open houses
and information sessions.
“For a university of this size,
they really make more Of An effort
to get in touch personally with par-
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ents and students than a college Edward Danis, Division of Under
one-tenth this size,” said Ruth graduate Studies consultant to the
Schoenberg of Philadelphia, whose College of The Liberal Arts, partici
daughter is a freshman. . pated in the program and said par-
Sharon Mortensen, coordinator of ents really seemed to appreciate
Penn State Parents, which spon- the opportunity to talk with aca
sored the event, said all the pro- demic advisers,
grams went very well. The Office of “Some parents expressed grat-
Penn State Parents was formed itude for the counseling their chil
about a year ago to help parents dren received over the summer,”
experience the spirit of the Univer- he said. “From a public relations
sity. point of view, it’s been very posi-
Before the Nittany Lions football tive.”
game with Temple University Sat- But Danis explained that college
urday, a reception in the Intramu- an d parents were not the
ral Building enabled parents to only ones to benefit from Parents’
become more familiar with aca- w ' kend
demies at Penn State. Represents- ‘
tives from each college were “We’ve also talked to young high
available to answer questions about school students who have expressed
their respective fields. an interest in liberal arts, he said,
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explaining that brothers and sisters
of University students visited with
their parents and also learned
about college life through the pro
grams.
Another featured event of the
weekend was a 7,000 blue and white
balloon send-off before the game.
•Parents wrote their names on tags
attached to' the balloons and re
leased them in Beaver Stadium. A
prize will be given to the person
whose balloon travels the longest
distance.
“I think the weekend was very
well organized and a lot of fun,” one
parent from Reading, said. “This is
a much more social atmosphere
than freshman orientation, which
was more informative.”
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Missing witness delays trial collegian notes
By LORI HELLER
Collegian Staff Writer
The non-jury trial of a State College man charged with
involuntary manslaughter in the drug death of a young
woman will not begin today as scheduled because the key
prosecuting witness cannot be located, Centre County s
first assistant district attorney said.
Ray Gricar said Raymond C. Agostinelli, 27, of 1612
Elizabeth Road, was charged in March with involuntary
manslaughter and delivery and possession of drugs after
he was found unconscious in a room at the Nittany Budget
Motel, 1274 N. Atherton St., with Sabina Wright, 23, of
Piney Ridge, who was found dead.
Wright’s autopsy results revealed that Wright died
from a cocaine-morphine overdose. The defendant; son of
Raymond F. Agostinelli owner of McLanahan drug
stores allegedly supplied the victim with the drugs,
Gricar said.
The trial has been postponed because Marc A. Saccarel
li, a witness who testified during the March preliminary
hearing that he took drugs with the pair at the motel room
and later left, cannot be located, Gricar £aid.
The trial could proceed without Saccarelli because his
testimony was taped, but Gricar said it would benefit the
prosecution’s case if Saccarelli testified in person.
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prerecorded testimony of witnesses to be included in the
trial, Gricar said.
Gricar said he does not know why Saccarelli disap
peared. Gricar said he spoke to Saccarelli’s friends and
family, but no one can explain why he left.
The trial may reveal whether the morphine came from
McLanahan’s Drug Store at 1690 N. Atherton St. or from
another source, Gricar said
“We don’t have an eyewitness that saw (the defendant)
take the drugs (from the store),” he said.
Gricar said Wright’s death was accidental. The de
fendant is on trial for doing something in a grossly
negligent manner to cause a death, he said.
Saccarelli, a University student at the time of the
incident, is an essential witness for the prosecution and
the judge must decide whether he is a credible witness,
since the defendant chose to have a non-jury trial, Gricar
said.
For most crimes, the defendant has a choice between a
jury and non-jury trial, but the prosecution does not have
that right, said Arthur Patterson, University associate
professor of administration of justice.
Patterson said a defendant may choose a non-jury trial
if he thinks the jury may be biased because of his status in
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Service from 4 p.m. to midnight each
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• The College of Arts and Ar- tion will hold an open discussion at
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• A bloodmobite will be held from
10 a.m. to 4 p.m. today and tomorrow
in the HUB Ballroom.
• The graduate student group of
Episcopal Student Ministry will meet
from 3 to 4:30 this afternoon in 210
Eisenhower Chapel.
• The Peer Contraception Educa
tion Program will have a program at
• Joseph Berrena, 107 E. Whitehall
Road, was cited Saturday morning
for striking a police officer, State
College Bureau of Police Services
said. Berrena is being held in Centre
County Jail on $5,000 bail and is
awaiting a hearing, police said.
• A cast-iron lamppost belonging Slater, 603 Clyde St., New Kensing
to Margaret Welliver, 229 S. Patter- ton, was reported missing Saturday
son St., was reported missing from from the HUB lawn, University Po
her front yard Saturday morning, lice Services said
State College police said
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• The Engineer magazine staff
will meet at 7 tonight in 406-A Sackett.
• A keg of beer and a tap were
reported missing Saturday from the
vehicle of Scott Weaver, 716 Tener,
while it was parked north of the
Intramural Building, University po
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