4 Alumnus autot to hold Waste watchers Break through Football draft fi. l signing for foo h tbdll nook if A&E State College wins award Scarlett Johansson succeds ' , Page 1 / for recycling efforts I NEWS, Page 9. . with second collaborative album , '10 , 4 ARTS IN REVIEW, Page 12. _ ......_, Ark : 111111 1 1 The Daily , . Collegian ~._ ....„.. psucollegian.com Published independently by students at Penn State Vol. 110 No. 19 Friday, Sept. 18, 2009 30 cents off campus Kuhn receives 48 to 96 years State College resident Michael A. Kuhn was sentenced to prison for rape and assault By Peter Panepinto COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER Fighting back tears, a Penn State graduate student who was brutally raped in 2007 said in court Thursday - Z. IF her attacker should never again see the light of day. State College man Michael A. Kuhn, 32, was sentenced to Kuhn 48 to 96 years in prison Thursday after being convicted of attempted murder and rape in June. In his decision, Centre County Judge Thomas Kistler explained that the woman "was a com pletely helpless, facedown vic tim" and may likely have perished if police hadn't responded to the incident quick ly enough. Kuhn was found guilty of 20 criminal counts after police said he assaulted the woman in her McCormick Avenue apart ment on July 4, 2007. Police say Kuhn tied the woman's hands and feet with tape and her lamp cord, proceed ing to rape her three times vagi nally and once anally before beating her over the head with a deadly object. After the sentencing, defense attorney Ed Blanarik said the ruling was a "de facto life sen tence," and Kuhn will pursue an appeal. "He'll never make it out of jail," the attorney said. A listless Kuhn appeared in court Thursday handcuffed and clothed in a red jumpsuit. He was unmoved when the Judge's decision was announced. Centre County Assistant District Attorney Nathan Boob said Kuhn deserved the maxi mum of 60 to 120 years in prison because his "pattern of predato rial behavior" is a danger to the community. He said Kuhn acted "barbaric and brutal" and without remorse. "Kuhn brutally beat the woman over the head repeatedly, and then he raped her," Boob said. "He had her at his mercy, and yet he showed none." When the woman was exam ined after the attack, a nurse said it was the worst case she's seen in more than 20 years, the prosecutor said. "[The woman] hasn't regained her sense of safety and never will," Boob said. - She will constantly live with night mares." The Penn State graduate See KUHN. Page 2. Penn State looks to dominate Temple, disprove doubters Evan Royster (22) stiff arms a Temple defender last season Abby Drey/Collegian Students walk through the HUB-Robeson Center on Thursday. Penn State officials believe University Park has reached an all-time high enrollment. The 8,000-member freshman class of 2006 a record high number was a major contributor to the ever-increasing population on campus. ISTORIC HIGHS Enrollment continues to rise By Ashley Gold COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER A hundred and fifty years ago, Penn State welcomed 119 stu dents to campus. This year, it's expecting 44,000. Enrollment at University Park has reached historic highs, but university and borough offi cials aren't worrying yet. University spokeswoman Jill Shockey said the number includes students who are Over 40,000 students study at University Park this year At University Park, the fall headcount enrollment has increased from 119 students in 1859 to 43,252 students in 2007. Enrollment for 2009 is expected to be about 44,000 students. 50,000 woo 3.11 10,000 • 1860 • , ay. at a 1859 1870 1890 1910 1930 1950 1970 1990 Bud:et Office Source: Universit A firefighter moves a hose after dent's apartment kitchen charcoal Beaver Ave., Donovan said she's The Ambassador Building was a fire started at The Ambassador black, Donovan (junior-elemen- changed her mind about water built in 1964 to code, said Building on Saturday. tary education) said she worried damage. See SPRINKLERS. Page 2. studying abroad or otherwise not on campus no need to panic over housing shortages or overcrowded classes, she said. "That number is an estimate, and we won't have an official count until we do it in mid- October," she said. Shockey said the higher num ber takes into account a larger than-usual enrollment in 2006, when a class of about 8,000 freshmen arrived at University Park Lack of sprinklers worry some about water damage from sprin- "It could help save some of kler systems and hoses in her own our stuff in a fire," she said. "I def apartment. Then she remem- initely think we should have Penn State student Krystal bered her apartment building them." Donovan stared from across the doesn't have sprinklers. State laws require all apart street as black smoke poured "We were all freaking out that ment buildings to have smoke from a fourth floor window of her all of our new Macs were going to detectors and those built after downtown apartment building get flooded," she said. 2004 to have sprinklers, said Saturday night. Six days after four fire trucks Walter Schneider, the agency After firefighters controlled the arrived to put out a fire in The director of Centre Region Code small stove fire that left one stu- Ambassador Building, 421 E. Administration. _ By Kevin Cirilli COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER By Nate Mink COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER Two pedestrian wins against overmatched opponents have raised questions as to whether Penn State is worthy of its No. 5 ranking. The main reasons for such mundane results are offensive line woes, which hampered a rushing attack that gained just 78 yards against Syracuse the Nittany Lions' lowest rushing output since November 2006. That particular year, 39 per cent of applicants accepted their offer, this year, only 29 per cent did. Shockey said that a few other reasons contribute to the larger-than-usual number this year Even more students are enrolled at Penn State's Commonwealth Campuses than ever before, and they contri bute to a higher enrollment See ENROLLMENT, Page 2. 2007 2000 ,Alr " I • •:' " • 'l' :14 - Joe [Paterno] told me at the final tune-up before the Big Ten beginning of preseason camp it's season. important that you remain patient A performance short of a corn throughout the whole process," manding four-quarter strangle said quarterback Daryll Clark, hold on the Owls won't ease fans' who's thrown 71 times through minds with the lowa Hawkeyes two games. "This is not going to be next on the schedule. a picnic out there." "It's what makes a good football But patience is running thin. team, - Clark said. "Coaches have Saturday's noon game against stressed it. Me and Sean [Lee] the Temple Owls (0-1). a Mid- have stressed it. When we have a American Conference member chance to knock a team out when last seen losing to Football See TEMPLE, Page 2. Championship Subdivision (FCS) Villanova two weeks ago, is the Pigskin Pre I SPORTS, Page 13 Brittany Pavelko,,Collegian UPUA leads march At least 200 students are expected to cross campus in response to recent sexual assaults By Laura Nichols COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER For the first time in its history, the University Park Undergraduate Association will march today to promote the pre vention of sexual assault. UPUA Student Life and Diversity Committee Chairman Christian Ragland said he expects at least 200 participants to attend the march. It is the committee's first planned initia tive in response to reported sex ual assaults on campus in the first month of the fall semester. The march will start outside of the Thomas Building at noon, go down Pollock Road and end on west campus. Ragland and his committee worked with the Women's Studies Department, The Center for Women's Studies and other student activist groups on campus to organize the march. "I'm excited that we were able to make this response so fast," Ragland (junior-political sci ence) said. "It's only our kick off." Many student activist groups such as Knitivism and Men Against Violence Against Women are sending members, and women's studies students and professors will be in atten dance. Ragland said he is glad to see so many people willing to take part in the march sexual assault is a campus-wide issue and takes collaboration to pre vent, he said. UPUA Chief of Staff Matt Smith worked closely with Ragland in preparation for the See UPUA. Page 2. If you go What: UPUA Sexual Assault Awareness March When: Noon today Where: Beginning outside Thomas Building and traveling down Pollock Road Details: The march is in response to four reported sexual assaults on campus in the past month
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