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School Shootings Raise Safety Concerns Security Heightened by Police BEARS GET FIRST BREAKING BONDAGE KUTCHER, COSTNER WIN AGAINST FORMER MOB BOSS SPEAKS ENGAGE AUDIENCE KSU, 17-3 PAGE 4 AT LAW SCHOOL PAGE 3 ON BIG SCREEN PAGE 5 ROUNDING UP CAMPUS NEWS SINCE 1900 THE BAYLOR LARIAT TUESDAY, OCTOBER 3, 2006 School shootings raise safety concerns Security heightened by police Christine M. Tamer Staff writer An outbreak of school and university shoot- ings has occurred over the past month. On Sept. 13, one person was killed and 19 were wounded at Dawson College in Montreal. On Sept. 27, a girl died after a gunman took six girls hostage at a Colorado high school. On Sept. 29 a 15-year-old boy shot his high school principle. And Monday, six people were killed at an Amish school in Pennsylvania. “I believe (school shooting) is a trend,” said Clayton Williams, detective with the Safe Unit of Waco Police Department. “There is no real profile of an active shooter.” The Baylor Police Department is prepared and trained for dealing with a possible gunman, Chief of Police Jim Doak said. “We have been (prepared) ever since Colum- bine,” Doak said. “Universities and schools have talked in length about it. You never know when or where it can happen, so with that thought in mind we began investing in a program.” Many of the Baylor police officers have un- dergone training on how to respond to an active shooter, Doak said. “We have to been trained on how to address those type of situations swiftly and decisively,” he said. “We drill on those types of things and how to practice responses.” Associated Press Reporters surround an Amish man in his horse drawn buggy near the site of a shoolhouse dozen girls hostage in the one-room Amish schoolhouse, barricaded the doors with Please see SAFETY, page 6 shooting in Nickel Mines, Pa. on Monday. A 32-year-old milk truck driver took about a boards and shot several people, killing at least four of the girls and himself. Recent School Shootings Milkman terrorizes Amish community Oct. 2, 2006 March 21, 2005 Paradise, Pa. Red Lake, Minn. Revenge-seeking committing suicide. with wire and plastic ties, au- Roberts IV, a 31-year-old truck 3 killed, 7 wounded gunman kills 4 girls, It was the nation’s third thorities said. driver from the nearby town of 10 killed deadly school shooting in less “This is a horrendous, hor- Bart, was bent on killing young Sept. 29, 2006 Jan. 16, 2002 himself in schoolhouse than a week, and it sent shock rific incident for the Amish com- girls as a way of “acting out in Mount Morris, Mich. Grundy, Va. waves through Lancaster Coun- munity. They’re solid citizens in revenge for something that hap- By Mark Scolforo ty’s bucolic Amish country, a the community. They’re good pened 20 years ago,” Miller said. 1 killed 3 killed The Associated Press picturesque landscape of horse- people. They don’t deserve ... no Miller gave no details on what Sept. 27, 2006 Apr 20, 1999 drawn buggies, green pastures one deserves this,” State Police the grudge was. Bailey, Colo. NICKEL MINES, Pa. — A and neat-as-a-pin farms, where Commissioner Jeffrey B. Miller Roberts was not Amish and Littleton, Colo. milk-truck driver carrying two violent crime is virtually nonex- said. apparently had nothing against 1 killed 15 killed, 23 wounded guns and a grudge stormed a istent. The attack bore similarities the Amish community, Miller Sept. 13, 2006 one-room Amish schoolhouse Six other victims were taken to a deadly school shooting last said. March 24, 1998 Monday, sent the boys and to hospitals. Most were badly week in Bailey, Colo., and au- Instead, Miller said, he ap- Montreal, Canada Jonesboro, Ark. adults outside, barricaded the wounded; most had been shot, thorities there raised the possi- parently picked the school be- 1 killed, 20 injured 5 killed, 10 wounded doors with two-by-fours, and execution-style, at point-blank bility that the Pennsylvania at- cause it was close by, there were Source:CNN, BBC, infoplease, AP then opened fire on a dozen range, after being lined up along tack was a copycat crime. girls, killing four of them before the chalkboard, their feet bound The gunman, Charles Carl Please see AMISH, page 6 Thai University BearID password changes required takes after BU By Analiz González “We are doing a phased Staff writer approach,” Allen said. “If we By Analiz González said. “I call him my mentor.” do this for all faculty and Staff writer Kathryn S. Muelle, director If BearID passwords aren’t staff, it would not only ham- of the Baylor in Thailand Pro- changed by Nov. 12, users’ mer our help desk, it would When Nirund Jivasantikaran gram, said Yonok’s connection accounts may be disabled. put a strain on our password was a boy, there were no uni- to Baylor is evident outside of That means students and change system.” versities near his home in Lam- the exchange programs avail- faculty won’t be able to check But he said it is OK to pang, Thailand. There is now. able to faculty and students. Yo- Baylor e-mail, log into Black- jump the gun and change After studying higher learner nok also has a Christian student board or access campus or your password before receiv- institutions in the United States, center, an unlikely arrangement residence hall computers ing the notification. It would Nirund founded Yonok Univer- in the Buddhist country. And, until reactivating their ac- be better to get it done early sity, a 20-year-old school that perhaps even more surprising, counts. than late. traces its roots back to Baylor. is the school’s alma mater: “That Beginning today, faculty “If users are pro-active, Nirund graduated from Good Old Yonok Line,” which is and staff will receive e-mail they are going to avoid hav- Baylor with a degree in biol- sung in English. notifications asking them to ing their account disabled,” ogy and returned to practice in Nirund said he “visualized change their password to at Allen said. “The more proac- Thailand when he realized there Baylor” when Yonok was started least eight characters. tive they are about it, the less was an unmet need for a univer- and did a lot of things different- The new password must inconvenient it will be.” sity in his hometown. He then ly from other Thai universities, contain characters from If students miss the Nov. set out to solve the problem. such as funding it philanthropi- four categories: English up- 12 deadline, they may have He traveled to Baylor with cally rather than independently percase characters, English to log on through someone the intent of learning the uni- and placing a lot of emphasis on lowercase characters, base else’s computer in order to versity’s academic and financial the value of liberal arts. 10 digits and non-alphanu- access the Internet and re- workings under the leadership Yonok is also an expansive meric. activate their accounts, he of then President Herbert H. 70 acres of land with a student Students also will be sent said. Reynolds. population of 1,300. This may e-mail reminders before Nov. To reactivate, they will He said Reynolds gave him seem small compared to Baylor’s 12 deadline. have to answer a series of ideas about what it takes to 735 acres and about 14,000 stu- Information Security Of- questions including facts start a university and eventually dent population, but Thai uni- ficer Jon Allen said password like social security and birth signed an agreement of academ- versities tend to be a lot smaller, change requirements will be date before setting the new ic exchange cooperation with Nirund said. sent to groups of about 2,500 password. Yonok University. Nirund, who likes eating Melea Burke/Lariat staff to 3,000 people on different Besides the initial change “Reynolds continues to care, Nirund Jivasantikaran, founder of Yonok University in Lampang, Thailand, mod- dates to avoid overloading advise and lead us,” Nirund Please see THAI, page 6 eled his school after Baylor. Yonok is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year. the system. Please see IDS, page 6 VOL. 106 No. 21 www.baylor.edu/Lariat © 2006, BAYLOR UNIVERSITY 2 The Baylor Lariat OPINION Tuesday, October 3, 2006 Ordinary women aren’t laughing at ‘Ugly Betty’ ABC debuted a new series short-lived. tionally assaulted for her appear- wears, along with her dorky Everyday there are ordinary Thursday featuring a young Ugly Betty tells the story of ance by her co-workers, Betty glasses and braces. Yet, what’s girls who do extraordinary woman who’s seeking a job in the ordinary girl — or the ugly finds out that she was given the this really saying about the ordi- things. They may not have the the magazine industry. woman. In the sitcom, the young point job to prevent the editor from nary woman? perfect body, hair or clothes, yet, Visions of last summer’s female college graduate is stout, having an affair with his assis- In my opinion, the ordinary they don’t go through life being movie The Devil Wears Prada has braces and is unfashionably of view tant. Of course, he wouldn’t be woman — or man — isn’t Ugly deemed ugly by colleagues, fam- may come to mind (complete colorblind. tempted to sleep with her — she’s Betty. We all have our imper- ily or friends. BY GRETCHEN BLACKBURN with beautiful actresses and I was refreshed to initially Ugly Betty. fections, but ABC producers TV producers don’t cast impeccable clothing) but view- learn of this character because I can see where ABC was try- magnify the embarrassment of people who boast their skills ers beware: This is no ordinary I thought perhaps Betty would applies to a New York City mag- ing to go with this idea: She’s a woman to the greatest level, as being ordinary.
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