The Daily Collegian Collegian File Photo The Homecoming Parade passes Beaver Stadium along its route in October 2008. The 2010 Faculty Court was recently announced, and includes professors as well as faculty and staff. 2010 Faculty Court selected By Megan Rogers COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER Penn State staff member Susan James normally helps with Homecoming festivities, but this year she and seven other faculty members will take on a different role as members of the 2010 Faculty Court. It was an honor to be nominat ed to the court, Associate Director of Women in Engineering Cheryl Knobloch said, who was humbled and speechless upon hearing the news. “Because this nomination was generated by my students, it means so much to me,” she said. “They are the reason I am so pas sionate about what I do here.” Students nominate members of the court, Homecoming Public Relations Director Caitlin Rush said, so the court is truly repre- Rape trial dismissed, lack of evidence cited by prosecution By Zach Geiger COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER After the defense challenged Patrick Klena petitioned to Oct. 24,2009 eight months after the inclusion of a dead woman’s remove Racheal Lynn Perryman’s testifying against Lingle while testimony in a rape trial for the testimony against Lingle after hunting in Black Moshannon second time, the trial was dis- Perryman was fatally shot in State Forest in Union Township missed TUesday. October 2009. with her boyfriend, Troy R. Kyle Lingle, 22, of Milesburg, Perryman testified at a March Tierney, 25, after he mistook her Pa., was scheduled to face trial 18, 2009 preliminary hearing for a deer. today on charges of rape and sex ual assault but the trial was dis missed by the prosecution, citing a Because of her death, the testi- told police the fatal shooting was lack of evidence, Centre County mony was the only evidence the an accident. Sustainability Starts with You. Want to make your campus more sentative of faculty who have had an impact on their students, she said. The court is made up of not only professors, but also staff and facility members, she said. James, an administrative staff support member for Student Activities Office, said she was sur prised to be selected for the court as she is not a faculty member. Knobloch said she is looking forward to celebrating Penn State pride during Homecoming week and connecting with returning students and alumni. Some stu dents said they are proud of the faculty who have made the court and done so much for their stu dents. Barry Bram, Interfraternity, Council/Panhell enic Dance Marathon (THON) adviser, has been selected to the court, to the excitement of the THON Overall Committee, Public Relations Chairwoman Jony Rommel said. District Attorney Stacy Parks prosecution had in the case Miller wrote in an e-mail. against Lingle, Parks Miller said. In April, Lingle’s attorney Perryman was fatally shot on where she said Lingle raped her in 2008. sustainable? SBRITA LOCAL Nominees: ■ Mary Edgington ■ Susan James ■ Cheryl Knobloch ■ Melissa Marshall ■ Frank Clemente* ■ James Binney ■ Barry Bram ■ Dirk Mateer “We are really proud of Barry for making it to the Faculty Court,” Rommel (senior-philoso phy) said. Sociology professor Frank Clemente, who was nominated to the court, had to decline the offer because he will be out of the coun try, Rush said. 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A PURCHA&t Will NOT INCrJFASc YOUR CHANCE Of W!NN:N< ; \ f ,GA, >v ANDOLOtf* who did not purchase *r>y equipment purposes of vr-\et>m tho CooYO O Hort Woods closes for safety concerns By Alexa Agugliaro COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER Historic Hort Woods, located by Beam Hall and Park Avenue, is closing —and Penn State student Richard Kelly, a North Halls resi dent for four years, said he’s very disappointed. The trees located within Hort Woods either predate the start of the university or are descendants of those trees, making Hort Woods a landmark on campus, according to the Penn State Heritage Grove website. Kelly (senior-architecture) said he often used the woods to walk in—now that they’re closed off, it makes his commute to the archi tecture building less convenient. He said it is now “awkward” to get to and from class and even more difficult to dodge Park Avenue traffic, especially with a new daycare center being built in the Hort Woods area. Office of Physical Plant (OPP) spokesman Paul Ruskin said the decision to close off the woods to the public was made by the Risk Management Department because pathways were adjacent to the construction site for the Gary Schultz Child Care Center. Since the pathways are a dead end, Ruskin said it would be best to put a “good-looking post and chain fence around the perime ter.” Ruskin said the rest of campus is “well-maintained, heavily land scaped and very carefully groomed” and Hort Woods could not be maintained at the same level. Since safety is Risk Management’s No. 1 priority, the The use of Perryman’s recorded according to court documents. testimony was originally admissi- The petition cited a violation of ble in the opinion of Centre County the defense’s constitutional right District Judge Thomas Kistler. to confrontation, according to But on Tuesday Klena filed a court documents, motion for reconsideration of Perryman’s testimony was the Kistler’s opinion in an attempt to only evidence in the case against remove Perryman’s testimony Lingle, Parks Miller said, and from court, according to court doc- therefore the entire case was dis uments. missed. The defense was denied a Klena could not be reached for “meaningful cross-examination” comment by press time. of Perryman due to her untimely death during the investigation, Thursday, Sept. 9,2010 I 3 “Pedestrians should still have the pleasure of going through it during the day.” department decided it was better for people not to travel through a location unmanaged by OPR Ruskin said. Tty telling that to Kelly, who thinks Hort Woods should be open to anyone who wishes to experience it. “It would be just as easy for them to put a sign up that reads specific times and dates the pub lic can walk through the woods,” Kelly said. “Pedestrians should still have the pleasure of going through it during the day.” The situation has also impact ed Penn State faculty. James Broyles, executive officer of the chemistry department and a College Heights resident, said he used to use a Hort Woods path to walk to work. Aside from losing peace and quiet, the closure removes a direct path to the Chemistry Building a minor inconvenience but stiff significant to him. Ruskin said Hort Woods is the last remaining natural habi tat on campus and it will be put to better use by animals. The clos ing of the woods will give the uni versity a nature preserve right on campus, he said. To email reporter: amas4s3@psu.edu To e-mail reporter: zjgsol2@psu.edu Richard Kelly r - architecture
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