Scranton, Pennsylvania 18510-4688 601 ' HE A run on fitness · A reconstruction equipment. Are. we a "racist" ~niversity? farce. Sports 11. Royallife 7. Forum 8. ~. ' ; . THE STUDENT VOICE OF. THE UNIVERSITY OF SCRANTON FREE THURSDAY .l'l.pnllO._ 2om STUDENTS PURSUED BY • Presidential Search 2003 D·OORS OPEN SUSPICIOUS MALES Public Safety issues advisory TO. CANDIDATE INTERIM CHAPLAIN OF GEORGETOWN BY MEGAN SILVIUS According to the advisory, the ately when confronted with a sit­ Managing Editor students were followed by" the uation they perceived as placing INVITED ON CAMPUS FOR DIALOGUE men at approxin1ately 5:30 a.m. them at risk," said Director of Public Safety Richard Pomager. while walking along Vine Street, engender more reflection in Pomager went ·on to state that BY CHRIST.OPHER R. between Quiricy Avenue and Georgetown students' who per­ The Department ·or Public Hitchcock Court. this is the first. and only such DOUGHERTY Safety issued a community advi­ formed service. The students then ran to Wayne reported incident of this nature, Ecl1tor 111 Chief sory to· University students last and that the circumstances of Pilarz also attempted to develop House and used the emergency Georgetown's "Catholic, Jesuit Tuesday concerning four female phone to call Public Safety. The this event appear to be unrelated students who were harassed The University will open its identity," while "highlighting males initially pursued the stu-. to the indecent assault that doors today to presidential candi- Georgetown's interfaith stren­ Sunday morning, March 30, by dents, but fled the area upon not­ occurred on September 2. two unidentified white males date Rev. Scott Pilarz, S.J., an assis- gths," Georgetowns faculty news­ ing that the emergency phone Pomager also explained that tant professor of English and paper reported. believed to be between 20-30 was used. shift assignments for officers years of age. interim university chaplain at As a 1981 graduate of "The students acted appropri- Please see SAFETY page 3 Georgetown University. G e o r g e t o w n Pilarz, who has University, Pilarz been a member of called his return to The University's Georgetown as a board of trustees, English professor More than a shower will be on campus for his "second incar- a series of interviews nation." and dialogue sessions As an undergrad- BY STACY SURMAN with faculty and stu- uate, Pilarz was Assistant News Ed;tor dents. attracted by Pilarz has been Washingtons polid- active as a member cal energy and Dorm life doesn't often afford of the board of aspired to work for students many opportunities to trustees at a number a New Jersey sena- enjoy an afternoon nap free of of dialogue sessions tor. While a student classes, roommates or someone concerning The at Georgetown, looking to go to a meal. University's Jesuit Pilarz wrote for When these l?recious opportuni­ identity. Georgetown's stu- ties present themselves, it is best to The choice to invite. REV. ScOTT PILARZ, S.J. dent newspaper, just lie down, no longer fight temp­ Pilarz is a reversal of The Hoya and was tation and nap. At times like these, the Search Committee's earlier active in a drama organization on one hardly expects to be awakened decision to omit on-campus visits campus. to the sounds of persistent running for prospective presidents. An English scholar, Pilarz has water from the bathroom. In January, chairman of the written extensively on medieval Though, anyone Jiving in a dorm board of trustees and non-voting prose and poetry and Jesuit higher should be prepared for situations member of the Search Committee education. like these. On Wednesday, April 2 Frank J. McDonnell stated that the Raised in Cherry Hill, N.J. Pilarz (No, this was not an April Fool's truncated search timetable did not has taught at Loyola High School joke) three of the four quad mem­ allow for on-campus visits. in Baltimore and has spent a year bers on first floor Gavigan awoke Faculty Senate President and in Nigeria at the University of from their afternoon naps to the AQUINAS PHOTO/STACY SURMAN GAVIGAN quudmates Jwakened from J nap to J flood in their bathroom. professor of political science Jean lbadan as a philosophy lecturer. sounds of a running shower. Now, Harris voiced concern at the ornis- In October of 2002, Pilarz gar- imagine if you will a shower that "Only in Scranton would your bathroom ceiling sian of the on-campus visits. nered the William Gaston Award sounds not like it is hitting a body, but rather collapse when you're trying to take a nap," said Another candidate meeting is for Outstanding Service to the pounding the shower's floor. This sound should of Katie Moran, a sophomore from Lake Hauto. scheduled for 15 April, though The Georgetown- University Alumni course be taken as an indicator that something may What did the occupants find upon opening the University has not revealed the Association. be wrong. The sound of water running unintended door to their shared bathroom? -A steady stream of identity of the second candidate: Pilarz is also the caretaker for is rarely a good sign. water falling from the ceiling. Pilarz was named interim direc- the Georgetown mascot - Jack the Understandably, anyone waking from a peaceful Please see SHOWER page 3 tor of campus ministry over the Bulldog. sleep might be a bit confused as to what is going on. summer of 2002 and strove to In wal<e of war, ROTC still poised by this point that we are definitely ROTC graduates who are presently going to war; it is so much more fighting in Iraq, according to Training unchanged· but cadets _ready real for us." Godreau. For underclassmen, however, the Some of Crivello's fellow narc BY ERIK SCHENCK AND tions. war, according to Roberto Godreau threat is not quite so near. cadets and friends have been STACY SURMAN University ROTC students con­ of the Military Science depart­ ''I'm not that affected at this · deployed, though he has not been tinue their intense militarv train­ ment. The cadets are, however, The Aquinas point, since I won't see action until in contact with them since. ing as usual but now with the faced with a new reality of seeing after I graduate," said Matthew "On one hand, seeing them go added mindset that, within a year action. While the war on Iraq continues Hohmann, a junior Rare cadet was an eye-opener; on the other or two or even within a few "Training is definitely taken from Long Valley, N.J. Hohmann hand, it just made me wish I could to develop, its effects on life back months, they are likeiy to be more seriously, especially for us at home can be felt in every com­ will become a second lieutenant be at their side," he said. placed in the throng of the action. seniors," said Michael Crivello, an upon graduation from The Crivello said that he is ready to munity - especially in those The Rare training has not been ROTC cadet from Flemington, N.J. closely tied to military organiza- University. altered at all since the start of the "It has been drilled into our heads At least three 2002 University Please see ROTC page 3 TODAY IS THE LAST DAY TO WITHDRAW Servmu the Umvers1ty .11ul Comnunuly Smc.e 1916 Tn <:; i d D Weekly Digest ... 2 RoyJILife ........ 5 SportsWeek. 11-12 I Tonight: Cool. 33. Entire print edition, Web·only feJtures _ ~ • \.... News ......... 3-4 Forum ........ 8-9 Weather Weekend outlook, 2 1.\JVeb on our new srte: theaquinas.com .