John Carroll fact or fiction?

Hamlin, Bohannon, Pacelli, Dolan, and The Underground are all part of some interesting JCU rumors.

Myths about JCU cleared up.

The Underground used to be a bar.

FACT: The Underground used to be known as the Rat Bar.  It served the students of JCU when the legal drinking age was 18.  The Rat Bar was also called The Rathskeller, a common term for below street level restaurants or taverns that serve beer.

The basements of Murphy and Bohannon were meant to serve as bomb shelters.

FICTION: The basements of Murphy and Bohannon were designed as emergency fall out shelters, not bomb shelters.  Richard Bretz, director of construction of the facilities department, said, “They were constructed when there was a growing concern with the U.S. being possibly attacked with a nuclear weapon.”

Someone got married in Dolan Science center. 

FACT: Assistant chemistry professor Man Lung Kwan married his wife Xin Zou on Feb. 2, 2007.  They had a short ceremony with about five people.  Kwan said, “Since I’m almost married to this place, why not the second one?”
Dean Martin Hoehler was married to Brianne Salmi, in St. Francis Chapel on Aug. 5, 2006.  Their reception was held in  Dolan Science Center.  Hoehler said, “ Now, any time I swing by the Math department to visit professors, I see the spot where Bri and I had our first dance.  I like that.” 

There is a ghost in Hamlin. 

FACT/FICTION: It depends on who you talk to, but some students will confirm that there is in fact a ghost on the fourth floor of Hamlin. 
Those who believe in the ghost call him Ted.  Ted was a real person, but did not attend John Carroll.  In the 1980s Ted was dating a girl who lived on the fourth floor of Hamlin.  Most accounts say that the couple and their friends were outside sled riding.  They were under the influence of alcohol when he decided to ride the sled down the steps.  He slipped through the crack in the railing and fell to his death.
Other accounts claim that Ted and his girlfriend were arguing.  The story goes that Ted died after his girlfriend pushed him over the railing. 
It is now believed that he roams the third and fourth floor halls and often protects the female residents.

A tunnel leads from Pacelli to the administration building.

FICTION: Pacelli Hall and the Administration Building are not connected by a tunnel.  A shaft does, however, connect from the Rec Plex basement to Pacelli and also from the Rec Plex to the Administration building.  Only a small section of the tunnel is large enough for people to walk through.  The rest is big enough for only heating water lines, domestic water lines, telephone and data lines. The shafts are used for conduit and maintenance.  Vice President for Student Affairs, Patrick Rombalski, said, “I do not believe you can actually pass through them without crawling or with great difficulty.”