University junior found dead in off-campus apartment

Melissa Weigel

Junior Laura Mazzola, 21, was found dead in her off-campus apartment on Tuesday, Feb. 8. According to Kathy Byrnes, the vice president for Student Life, no cause of death was known at the time of press. No foul play was suspected.

Mazzola was a communications major and a member of the sorority Alpha Chi Omega. She was from Montville, New Jersey. Her funeral will be on Feb. 12 at 10 a.m. at St. Pius X church in Montville. In lieu of flowers, the family is asking for donations to the Laura E. Mazzola Basketball Scholarship Fund.