John Barrowman of "Torchwood" recalls his Chicago-area roots

John Barrowman, the star of "Torchwood," was born in Scotland. So how is it that he speaks with a Midwestern accent? He moved to Joliet when he was 8, that's how.

[ecg]

John could not have spent a 'semester' at DePaul University...although he may have attended the school. The only part of the university that operates on the semester system is the law school. The remainder of the university functions on the 'quarter' system.

I speak with first hand experience as a DePaul alumna, with both undergraduate and graduate degrees from the university.

[Ree]

ecg wrote:

John could not have spent a 'semester' at DePaul University...although he may have attended the school. The only part of the university that operates on the semester system is the law school. The remainder of the university functions on the 'quarter' system.
I speak with first hand experience as a DePaul alumna, with both undergraduate and graduate degrees from the university.

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[AccuracyInAccusa tion]

Note that many midwest and western private schools were still on the semester system in the 1970s and 1980s, even though the state schools were on the quarter system at that time. Over time, most schools west of the Mississippi and other private schools converted to a quarter system or tri-mester system.

I think he attended DePauw University in Indiana, not DePaul U in Chicago. You can verify by reading his autobiography "Anything Goes" published in 2008 in the UK. It can be ordered in paperback from Amazon at a discount.

[AccuracyInAccusa tion]

Correction -

Just referenced "Anything Goes", Barrowman's autobiography, and he mentioned that he attended the University of Iowa, for only a semester in 1985.