THE DAILY COLLEGIAN STATE IN BRIEF Execs sentenced for misusing money . PITTSBURGH (AP) 'l\vo former top executives at a state funded economic development agency were sentenced to 34 months in prison for misusing millions of dollars in state and fed eral money to fund trips, spa retreats and other perks. Lawrence McGeehan, the former president of the now-defunct Ben Franklin Technology Center, and Kathleen Haluska, the cen ter's former vice president, were sentenced to prison yesterday plus three years of supervised release. lbgether, they must pay more than $1.6 million in restitution to the center, now operating under a different name, and the U.S. Navy. McGeehan, 53, of Brownsville, and Haluska, 53, of Brownsville, could have faced up to more than five years in prison, but U.S. District Judge David Cercone called the guidelines too harsh. Haluska's attorney, Thomas Livingston, asked Cercone to sen tence his client to home detention with a work-release privilege so she could begin to pay restitution and care for her family, but the judge refused. Livingston refused to comment after the hearing. Haluska and McGeehan's attorney, Stephen Begler, indicated they would appeal the sentences. Wife to stand trial in rat poison case WARREN (AP) A woman was ordered to stand trial yester day on charges she allegedly tried to kill her husband by slipping rat poison into his food. Cheryl M. Raybuck, 46, of Glade Town ship, Warren County, was charged with attempted first-degree murder, aggravated assault and reckless endangerment for allegedly trying to kill Andrew Raybuck, 43. Andrew Raybuck contacted police after he found an unusual substance in the lunch his wife prepared for him, police said. Police conducted tests and determined the substance was rat poi son and that the man had ingested the same poison in the days before. 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Baker repeatedly re-enacted a move from profes sional wrestling in which he grabbed his crotch and yelled "suck it" about four feet from her. A sergeant once warned her he would shoot to death anyone who harmed another female dis patcher "and bury their body where nobody would find it," she said. Sgt. Eric Easton also would "leer" at her and on about a half dozen occasions brought up what seemed to her to be a Collegian for the Board of Directors The 12-member Board of Directors of Collegian Inc. is seeking one Penn State undergraduate student and one Penn State faculty member to serve for a two-year term on the Board. Newspaper experience is not required. The following are not eligible for these seats: Graduate students, Collegian staff members, Collegian alumni (for five years after leaving staff). Others are not eligible under our conflict-of-interest policies (for example, people involved with local commercial media, elected officials). 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"He would say, 'You know, peo- U.S. District Judge Sylvia H. ple have sex with animals. They Rambo called a brief recess have sex with sheep and cows after Suders became upset while and things like that,' " Suders recounting a conversation in Collegian Inc. invites applications The deadline for letters of application is 4 p.m. Thursday, March 31. A limited number of applicants will be interviewed by a committee of the Board. The Board of Directors includes four Penn State students, two Penn State faculty members and three directors-at-large. The editor in chief and the business manager, who are students, also serve on the Board. The general manager, who is employed by the corporation, is a non-voting member. Current Board members are: • Donald Cistaro (president and at large director), manager of electronic publishing, Supelco Inc. • Gene Foreman (vice president and faculty director), Foster professor of communications, College of Communications, Penn State; former managing editor of The Philadelphia Inquirer. • John Curley (treasurer and at-large director), professor and distinguished professional-in-residence, College of Communications; former chairman, president and CEO of the Gannett Co.; first editor of USA Today. • Gerry Lynn Hamilton (secretary), general manager; former city editor of The Daily Collegian, 1968-69. • Wayne Hilinski (faculty director), senior lecturer, College of Communications, Penn State; former business manager of The Daily Collegian, 1960-61. • Leslie Rudderow (student director), majoring in finance and international business, economics minor, Penn State. • Devendra Tolani of Ajmer, India (graduate student director) doctoral candidate in mechanical engineering, Penn State. • Gary Gray (at-large director), visiting professor of finances, College of Business, Penn State. • Katherine C. Hazelrigg (student director) majoring in English, Penn State (seated March 15, 2005, current term ends 2007) • Kathryn R. Diamond (student director) majoring in Joumalism/English, Penn State (seated March 15, 2005, current term ends 2007) • James S. Young, editor in chief. • Julie Columbus, business manager. WEDNESDAY, March 16, 2005 17 which Easton allegedly endorsed having fathers teach their daughters oral-sex tech niques. "I got such a pain in my chest. It was devastating to me to hear people in law enforce ment talking about abuse of chil dren," Suders said. "It just upset me so horribly to think anyone would condone the abuse of their own child —that's what this man was doing," she said, sob bing into a tissue. The state police have disputed whether the incidents that Sud ers described actually occurred, or if they did, they say she mis characterized them. Suders said in an interview last year that she felt compelled to resign from her $l3-an-hour dispatcher job because of a stream of lewd and offensive lan guage and behavior. "I mean, I had no peace," she said. "They wouldn't let me do my job." She has since returned to the Flilton County Sheriff's Office, where she worked before her connections within the Republi can Party helped her land the better-paying state job. Employers can be liable for sexual harassment at their busi ness or workplace if it results in tangible punishment to some one, but last year the Supreme Court ruled that quitting under such circumstances did not enti tle Suders to the same legal pro tections as someone who is fired.
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