The man who exposed himself twice in the Harlan Chapel turned himself in to the Department of Public Safety, revealing that he was a student at the University, according to a Sept. 24 campuswide e-mail from the Director of Public Safety Ed Callahan.The e-mail explains, "The matter has now been referred to the Office of the Dean of Student Life for review. Once the investigation into the incidents is concluded, the Office of Public Safety will take any steps that it considers necessary."

Callahan first reported in an Aug. 26 campuswide e-mail that a man in his 20s was seen exposing himself in the Harlan Chapel, and Callahan issued another warning in a Sept. 21 e-mail.

Callahan deferred all questions to Senior Vice President for Communications Andrew Gully.

In an interview with the Justice, Gully said that the student came to Public Safety on Friday to report that he was the individual who had been exposing himself. Gully declined to provide the name of the student, and when asked why the student chose to come forward at this point, he said he thought it would be "best [to] leave that alone for the moment."

"I think it's fair to categorize that he just felt it was fair to acknowledge that it was him; it was a personal decision on his part to explain what he was doing," said Gully, further explaining that he had not spoken with the student and could not "categorize him" beyond that.

Gully noted that in the aftermath of both incidents, one witness had reported seeing the man, but neither witness had identified the man as a student.

Before the individual came forward, "it was unknown if it was a student or a member of the outside community or someone who just came in," said Gully.

Gully also said that Public Safety took precautions after each incident, explaining that the department notified the community, increased patrols in the area, repeatedly checked the chapels and worked with the chaplaincy and the Department of Student Life.

When asked if the student would face judicial consequences, Gully referred the matter to the Dean of Student Life Rick Sawyer, saying the matter falls within?Sawyer's jurisdiction.

Sawyer declined to answer any questions about the actions the Department of Student Life planned on taking, citing privacy reasons.

"Matters between Brandeis and individual students are subject to specific laws respecting privacy, and our own sense of student rights in this community regarding possible disciplinary actions and/or matters of ones' health," he wrote.