I think he was working for the university in some capacity, but I can't recall what it was. There was much more information in the video taped segment I watched than the article. I'll try to locate the video segment later tonight if I have the time - have to go start dinner in a few minutes! (o:
Too bad we all don't have the benefit of the newscasts you reference. It never happened at all to those we in the rest of the nation have access to.