Rome-based Italian daily newspaper Il Tempo interviewed John Cabot University President Franco Pavoncello in the aftermath of the death of visiting student Beau Solomon. Read the article (in Italian). The following is a translation of the interview with Franco Pavoncello, President of the Trastevere-based university where the young American who was killed had just arrived: Students Come to John Cabot to Study, Not to Get Drunk or Take Drugs (by Maurizio Gallo)

"John Cabot University is not a breeding ground for people who get drunk, or a place to party. It is a serious, prestigious university that welcomes students from 60 different countries, whose enrollment has been growing steadily." These are the words of President Franco Pavoncello, in defense of the university where Beau Solomon, the 19-year-old who lost his life in Rome on Friday, had just arrived. The first and only Italian president of an American university, Pavoncello has led JCU for the past 11 years.

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Source: http://www.johncabot.edu/