Man charged with simple assault
Police charged Travis O'Conner, 20, with simple assault, stalking, criminal mischief and a minors law violation after police said he bit and spit in his girlfriend's face early Wednesday morning.
Police say O'Conner followed the 19-year-old from her job, through campus and to the Imperial Motor Inn, 118 S. Atherton St., where police said he threw her against a window, breaking the glass. He then hit the woman, bit her face and spit on her before he was apprehended after 3:19 a.m., police said.
O'Conner was incarcerated at the Centre County Correctional Facility in lieu of $10,000 bail.
Students receive probation from sit-in
Students Doug Baldwin and Isaac Kassis were entered into the Accelerated Rehabilitative Disposition (ARD) program Thursday, stemming from an April 15 sit-in at Old Main in support of sweatshop reform.
Both were charged with criminal trespass after the incident. Baldwin (senior-environmental research) and Kassis (senior-biology and neuroscience) both received six months probation and one day of community service as part of their ARD.
Grateful Dead to play the BJC
Members of the Grateful Dead will reunite on Monday, Oct. 13 at the Bryce Jordan Center for "Change Rocks," a concert to benefit Barack Obama's presidential campaign.
Tickets, $30 for Penn State students and $50 for the general public, go on sale today at noon. Tickets are available online only on ticketmaster.com.
Bob Weir, Phil Lesh, Bill Kreutzmann and Mickey Hart, all former members of the Grateful Dead, will perform as a band. The concert will also feature the members of the current incarnation of the Allman Brothers Band: Gregg Allman, Butch Trucks, Jaimoe, Warren Haynes, Derek Trucks, Marc Quinones, Oteil Burbridge and Jeff Chimenti.
State Theatre to hold film festival
Students will have the opportunity to vote for their favorite entries in the Manhattan Short Film Festival at 4 and 7 p.m. Sunday at the State Theatre, 130 W. College Ave.
The 11th annual festival will be showing 12 short films selected from more than 500 entries to over 40,000 people in more than 150 cities, according to statetickets.org.
Students will be given a card before the festival starts to document their favorites. The ballots will then be tallied and sent to the Manhattan Short Headquarters. The results will be announced at 9 p.m. Sept. 28 on Spring Street in Manhattan.
Tickets are $5 for students and seniors and $7 for the general public.
