I iFttVa 4r-.ti It’s On Like Donkey Kong -Jk - Vide ° gameS ARTS IN REVIEW - Pa 9 e 2gP P The Daily Colie Victim’s presence challenged The defense considers requesting the paralyzed student not appear at trial former Penn State student Aaron Stidd, who, as a result of the incident, is unable to converse or walk, from The defense attorney for an alleged the courtroom with both the common drunken driver who police say wealth and the case’s presiding judge, fatally struck one man and critically ‘ Aaron Stidd cannot testify. He will injured another downtown in October just sit there and be oblivious,” Amen -2006 said last night he is consider- dola said. “Would we ever bring a ing the possibility of barring the stu- dead body into court and have the dent victim from his client’s Monday jury look at a dead body for three trial. Defense attorney Joseph Amen- days?” dola said he has discussed excluding According to court documents. By Megan McKeever COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER | mmmsol4@psu.edu Eat your veggies Moihe Pritchett/ Collegian Tarunti Stakler sings with her granddaughter while Vraja Podlofsky plays the drum in front of the Allen Street Gates yesterday to raise awareness of The International Society For Krishna Consciousness and vegetarianism. Missing sleep may hurt heart, study says By Erin Prah COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER | eepsoo4@psu.edu Ben Franklin once said “early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise,” but it may be that he only got half of it right. A new Japanese study is now link ing a lack of sleep with cardiovascu lar problems such as high blood pressure and hardening of the arter ies. But Dr. Siobhan Banks, a research assistant professor in psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, said the total sleep time is really the most impor tant thing, not so much waking up, early. WfHlthpr Today; Tonight: * Tomorrow: Extended forecast | WEATHER, Page 2. Briefs TTCSWIcn High 81 i X Low 60 Hleh 83 A. Jc Courtesy of Campus Weather Service LOll[6lllS> Local . "" cws.met.psu.edu On Tap Nathan A. Smith/Collegian “If you try to get a good amount of sleep, that will be much more benefi cial to your health, performance and memory,” she said. Banks and the Japanese researcher, Dr. Mayuko Kadono, pre sented similar studies in early Sep tember at the World Congress of the World Federation of Sleep Research and Sleep Medicine Societies in Aus tralia. Banks said the study she conduct ed involved 30 healthy subjects between the ages of 22 and 45. During the first part of the study See SLEEP. Page 2. Anthony Torsell, 20, drove intoxicated and fatally struck one man and criti cally injured Stidd, 21, on Oct. 28,2006. Stidd suffered critical injuries from the incident and is currently rehabili tating in an Altoona hospital. Torsell is charged with homicide by vehicle while driving under the influ ence. Amendola said Stidd would distract the jury from giving Torsell a ‘‘fair and impartial" trial. Interracial marriages increase By Sarim Ngo COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER | sxn2l7@psu.edu The thought of a tall, handsome black man married to a petite olive skinned Italian woman is quite nor mal to Srinath Sridharan, a first gen eration Indian-American. However, he said he cannot see himself marrying someone who is not Indian because his parents would have a hard time accepting it. “My parents would have a big issue because they still look to culture and tradition as a big part to marriage,” Sridharan (graduate-computer sci ence and engineering) said. But despite Sridharan’s prefer ence, interracial dating has come a long way since the Loving v. Virginia case 40 years ago. According to The Associated Press, this year marks the 40th anniversary of the landmark civil case, in which Mildred Jeter, a black woman and Richard Loving, a white man, were arrested solely on the basis of their marriage. o*n Published independently by students at Penn State www.collegian.psu.edu “It will create an emotional atmos phere that may result in a convic tion,” he said. Centre County District Attorney Michael Madeira said earlier yester day that he had heard the defense may move for the restriction of Stidd in the courtroom. Madeira said Stidd is the victim of a crime, which gives him the right to be present in the courtroom. See VICTIM, Page 2. Lions look to break streak By Corey McLaughlin COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER | cpml67@psu.edu If the Nittany Lions were unaware of Penn State’s streak of ineptitude against Michigan, they became well informed this week. “Walking around campus, in news papers or even when you’re just being asked questions,” wideout Deon Butler said a few days ago, “everyone’s going to get a crash course on how many times Michi gan’s beat us in a row.” As much as they would like to hide from this fact, Butler and the Lions can’t. Penn State hasn’t defeated Michi gan since 1996, an 11-year time span covering eight games, four played in Michigan optimistic for game By Kevin Horan COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER | kjhsol7@psu.edu Michigan professor John U. Bacon has felt a cautious optimism creep into his classroom this week. It started, the history and Ameri can culture lecturer said, when the Wolverines ended their four-game losing streak to Notre Dame with a resounding Penn State 38 0 last „■ j-rf,,, weekend VS. Micngan against the 3:30 p.m tomorrow Irish , ... . „ students Michigan Stadium appreciated that victory; after losses to Appalachian State and Oregon in the first two weeks, they learned not to take a win for granted. According to the AR a person was ginia’s laws again applied, and they not allowed to marry someone of were sentenced to one year in prison, another race under Virginia’s anti- After appealing the case to the U.S. miscegenation law, so Jeter and Lov- Supreme Court, Virginia’s anti-mis ing moved to the District of Colum- cegenation statute was declared bia. However, upon their return, Vir- See MARRIAGES, Page 2. i E on,lcs \\ NEWS- 865-1828 ■.«**■*«* 9 SS ::: j* businesses' «»«■«.». Friday, Sept 21, 2007 Collegian File Photo Aaron Stidd undergoes treatment at the Bryn Mawr Hospital early this year. On the Web For the Footblog and weekend updates, visit www.cottaoan.psu.edu Beaver Stadium, four at Michigan Stadium. The circumstances before and during each meeting have varied, but the final outcomes have been common. Every time, the Wolverines have found a way to uphold their “The Victors” fight song. At 3:30 p.m. tomorrow, No. 10 Penn State (3-0) returns to Ann Arbor, Mich., the site of the seventh of eight See GAME, Page 2. Peter Schottenfels/Ttie Michigan Daily Michigan will enter Saturday’s matchup with a 1-2 record. “It’s kind of a fresh start,” Bacon said yesterday afternoon. “It’s the Big Ten opener. It’s a new begin ning.” It may be a new Big Ten season, but the student body’s mood hinges See MICHIGAN, Page 2.
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