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Monday, May 07, 2001     Page: 6A

A college student formerly of Kingston died Sunday morning after apparently
falling from a window at Lafayette College in Easton, according to a college
spokesman.
   
Hanne Tischler, 19, was pronounced dead on arrival at 3:45 a.m. at Lehigh
Valley Hospital, Allentown, said Scott Grim, Lehigh County Coroner.
    Grim said the death is still under investigation. An autopsy and toxicology
screen will be performed today, he said.
   
Tischler graduated from Wyoming Valley West High School in 2000 and was a
freshman at the college. She is the daughter of Dr. James and Pilar Tischler
of West Chester, formerly of Kingston.
   
The death is being investigated by the Lafayette College Public Safety
Office, Easton Police Department and the Lehigh County Coroner’s Office.
   
Lafayette spokesman Roger Clow called Tischler’s death “incredibly
tragic.” He said the college had rescheduled final exams to devote today to
counseling students in what he said was “a close college community” of 2,279
students.
   
Saturday was All-College Day at Lafayette, marking the end of classes at
the school. Clow described the event as a “non-alcoholic family
celebration.”
   
The college will hold a memorial service for Tischler at 4 p.m. today.