Students, bar owners and bouncers reacted this weekend after two employees of the All American Rathskeller, 108 S. Pugh St., were ordered to stand trial on charges of involuntary manslaughter in the death of Penn State student Salvador Peter Serrano. Christopher and Jason Rosengrant, the two bouncers charged in the incident, are scheduled to face a Feb. 9 arraignment.

Greg Haas (senior-marketing) has worked as a bouncer at Shandygaff Saloon, rear 212 E. College Ave., for more than six months. Haas said his bar has maintained the same policies and procedures for ensuring patron safety that it always has.

"Obviously [the Serrano incident] is on our minds, but as far as our rules go, nothing changed because the way we did things previously, we had no problems," Haas said. "Our policies were clean and legitimate from the beginning."

Lenny Gugino, owner of Uncle Albert's bar in Lock Haven, said he is aware of the Serrano case and its possible effect on his establishment and the sensitive nature of bouncers' actions. Gugino talked to his staff after the Serrano incident and told them to treat patrons with greater care.

Uncle Albert's is located near Lock Haven University and sees crowds of 100 to 250 people on busy nights. Gugino, former door manager at Players Nite Club, 112 W. College Ave., said his policy is that any kind of force is a last resort when dealing with intoxicated patrons.

"I don't want to bad mouth [the bouncers involved]," Gugino said. "The incident there is a tragic case, and it doesn't boil down to the bouncers doing anything wrong."

Gugino said the Serrano case might set a precedent for incidents that occur outside an establishment.

"They don't have the right to go off the property," he said. "I don't think they did anything wrong necessarily, but it needs to be looked into."

David Wells, director of operations for Dante's Restaurants Inc., which owns Crowbar, 420 E. College Ave., The Saloon, 101 Hiester St., and several other downtown bars and restaurants, said his establishments have maintained the same guidelines to keep bar-goers safe.

"There always was an emphasis on safety. We have maintained the same procedures we had in place," Wells said.

Some students said they were aware of the Serrano incident but that it had only slightly changed their attitudes toward bouncers and downtown bars.

David Beausang (senior-geography) said he patronizes downtown bars and feels bouncers act professionally.

"I still feel perfectly comfortable," Beausang said.

Dave Sadell (graduate-business) said he had never seen any problems between bouncers and bar patrons.

"My friends and I go out and have a good time. We have talked about [the Serrano incident], but it hasn't impacted anyone I know," Sadell said.

Collegian staff writer Caleb Sheaffer contributed to this report.