A quick shout-out for today goes to the Department of Public Safety and Security, under the direction of Pat Linfante and Gary Christie.
It’s no secret that safety at Seton Hall has been a backdrop for the entire academic year to date. From the shooting death of a student in a nearby town to the “false assault” incident, it’s been more than the usual gamut of muggings and robberies.
I don’t envy the jobs that Linfante and Christie hold, as it must be quite difficult to answer to students, their parents, community members and administrators – and, finally, the media.
As part of the student media, our relationship with Public Safety reflects this difficulty – it’s a tense, sometimes frustrating association. I would argue this is true on both sides, just the “nature of the beast.”
But yesterday and today, after an armed robbery that The Setonian covered on A-1, Linfante and Christie have been nothing but open and forthcoming.
It has enabled The Setonian.com to publish a screenshot of the suspects and provide readers with the latest details available, even the specifics behind the timeliness of the Pirate Alert warning (something many students were annoyed with).
It’s so refreshing to be able to write this because, when everyone at the Hall works together, the best truly is offered for the University community.
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About Brian Wisowaty
Brian is a fourth-year senior at Seton Hall University working towards his B.A. in journalism.
He is the current Editor-in-Chief of The Setonian, the university's undergraduate student newspaper, and the Station Manager of 89.5 FM WSOU, Seton Hall's award-winning student-run radio station.
Brian spent his summer months of 2010 interning for the Daily Record of Morris County, where his work was published in print nearly each week. He interned in the fall of 2010 with NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams.
He has earned a first place award by the Garden State Journalists Association for his radio broadcast of a Seton Hall basketball game in the fall of 2009. He also has worked on a freelance basis for South Orange Patch.com and has been published in The Catholic Advocate newspaper.
Brian began writing at Seton Hall because of his passion for sports, as he had been following Seton Hall men's basketball since he was in high school in Central Jersey.
Since, though, he has been at the helm of some of Seton Hall's biggest news stories over the past few years, including the resignation of University President Msgr. Robert Sheeran, the firing of men's basketball coach Bobby Gonzalez, the school's numerous administrative changes and searches and the sudden collapse of basketball player Herb Pope.
He lives full-time in Lyndhurst but spends most days around the South Orange campus.
*The posts and opinions on this blog do not represent The Setonian, WSOU 89.5 FM or Seton Hall University in any way.*
Banner photo credit to Milan Stanic, milanstanic.com
