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Canadian College Attacked After a Shoot- Ing Incident Police Kill Gunman; the Lunch-Hour Attack at Daw- Door LADY BEARS LION CUBS STRUGGLE FOR LIFE VOLLEYBALL TAKES AT CAMERON PARK ZOO PAGE 7 DOWN K-STATE PAGE 6 ROUNDING UP CAMPUS NEWS SINCE 1900 THE BAYLOR LARIAT THURSDAY, SEptEMBER 14, 2006 An injured woman is wheeled away on a stretcher Canadian college attacked after a shoot- ing incident Police kill gunman; the lunch-hour attack at Daw- door. Much of the shooting was cautiously because many stu- Wednesday at son College, where scores of in the second-floor cafeteria, dents were trapped around the Dawson College 1 dead, 19 wounded panicked students fled into the where students dropped to the assailant, who yelled “Get back! in Montreal. in shooting spree streets after the shooting began. floor and lay in terror. At times Get back!” every time an officer Officials said Some had clothes stained with the gunman hid behind vend- tried to move closer. 19 people were By Phil Couvrette blood; others cried and clung ing machines before emerging Eventually, Barone said, the injured and one The Associated Press to each other. Two nearby shop- to take aim, at one point at a gunman went down in a hail of person was ping centers and a daycare cen- teenager who tried to photo- gunfire. killed in the MONTREAL — A man in a ter also were evacuated. graph him with his cell phone. Authorities did not provide attack. The gun- black trench coat and a mohawk “I was terrified. The guy was Teachers ran through the halls, any information about the at- man was killed haircut opened fire Wednesday shooting at people randomly. He telling everyone to get out of the tacker. Police spokesman Ean by police fol- at a downtown Montreal col- didn’t care; he was just shoot- building. Lafreniere said there was just lowing a fierce lege, slaying a young woman ing at everybody,” said student Police rushed to the scene, one gunman at the school and gunbattle. and wounding at least 19 other Devansh Smri Vastava. “There hiding behind a wall as they the search for any others was people before police shot and were cops firing. It was so cra- exchanged fire with the gun- over. killed him, witnesses and au- zy.” man, whose back was against a Although police initially sug- thorities said. Witnesses said the attacker vending machine, said student gested the gunman had killed Police dismissed suggestions started firing outside the col- Andrea Barone, who was in the that terrorism played a role in lege before walking in the front cafeteria. Officers proceeded Please see DAWSON, page 8 Associated Press Groups clash on God’s will Calvinists, Arminians Arminianism is named for Jacob Arminius, a Dutch theolo- lack common ground gian during the Protestant Ref- on predestination ormation. “God limits himself so that By Claire St. Amant people can do things that are out Reporter of his will,” Olson, an Arminian, said. “Many people think that You chose this article. This you either have to believe in article chose you. So goes the God’s sovereignty or free will, debate between free will and but the two can be combined. predestination. It depends on how you define Many young Christians them.” wrestle with the issue of God’s According to the September will when dealing with deci- issue of Christianity Today, a sions like where to go to college, resurgence of Calvinistic, Re- who to marry and what career formed theology is a hallmark to pursue. of the last 20 years. Authors like Dr. Roger Olson, a professor John Piper have developed a at George W. Truett Theologi- following of young people who cal Seminary, said he believes “have once again brought the “every serious Christian ought perennial debate about God’s to think about the nature of the sovereignty and humans’ free sovereignty of God.” will to the forefront.” Henry Chan/Lariat staff Calvinism, named after 16th George W. Truett Seminary century theologian John Calvin, is no exception to that trend. states that God predestines the This fall a class on Arminianism A developing trend path of one’s life. Arminianism and Calvinism, in its first year, Waco Senior Becca Cole sifts through her photo prints for her photogra- chance to open her own photo gallery when she graduates from Baylor asserts that God simply fore- is taught by Dr. Olson and is an phy class on Wednesday afternoon. Becca said she hopes to have the in the spring. knows what course one will choose. Please see DEBATE, page 4 BU pair runs for border, winds up in Mexican jail Students land mate, Lagos, Nigeria, junior and universities that provides to do is hop over the border “Not one of them understood in tight spot after Osione Itegboje, found them- information for the issuance of “He made it sound like it to Mexico for a while and then English, so in the best Span- selves having to make that choice a student visa, had expired. turn around and come back,” ish I could muster, I told them confusion over forms in mid-August after their breezy “They said I wouldn’t be eli- was going to be a Barrett said. “That’s all they said about our trip. All seemed well weekend in Mexico turned into gible to apply for the fall semes- fun weekend.” he’d have to do.” until they saw Osione’s Nigerian By Van Darden a diplomatic nightmare, replete ter,” Itegboje said. “They said With no other options, Iteg- passport.” Staff writer with Honduran immigrants and the only way I could attend was Benny Barrett boje called his former roommate Barrett said the officials in- counterfeit Greek passports. if I left the country sometime Dallas senior and asked him if he wanted to formed them that Osione must You’ve just been put in jail in “I had an internship ... and I within the two weeks prior to spend a weekend in Mexico. obtain a Mexican visa before he Nuevo Laredo, Mexico for not needed work approval,” Itegboje the fall semester and renew my “He made it sound like it could be allowed to enter into having your official “papers.” said. “I gave the papers to my I-94 card.” “I was stuck, though,” Iteg- was going to be a fun weekend,” the country. The guard allows you one book. boss, but he didn’t fill them out The I-94 is a form that notes boje said. “I couldn’t get to Ni- Barrett said. “They told us to visit the Which one do you take? on time and they were turned in the arrival and departure record geria and back in that amount And everything went fine un- Mexican consul, who then told If you’re Dallas senior Benny late.” for foreigners. of time.” til they walked across a bridge us that it takes 15 days to pro- Barrett, you take G.K. Chester- Itegboje said Baylor’s Center Re-entering the United He then contacted the Cen- over the Rio Grande. cess a visa,” Barrett said. “That ton’s Orthodoxy and swat mos- for International Education in- States, Itegboje said, automati- ter for International Education, “We had our first encounter wasn’t going to work.” quitoes in between chapters. formed him that as a result, his cally updates an I-94 and re- again. with the Mexican Immigration Barrett and his former room- I-20, a form issued by colleges news an I-20. “They told him all he needed Department then,” Barrett said. Please see MEXICO, page 8 Baylor alum takes over at Hewlett-Packard By Jordan Robertson said Wednesday. “We currently have sufficient evi- the investigation into who was leak- The Associated Press Spokesman Tom Dresslar did not dence to indict people both within ing boardroom secrets to reporters, say who would be charged or what Hewlett-Packard as well as contrac- but said she was appalled that pri- SAN JOSE, Calif. — Hewlett-Pack- the charges would be. He also em- tors on the outside,” Lockyer told vate investigators hired by the com- ard Co. announced Tuesday that phasized that it may take longer for PBS’ NewsHour with Jim Lehrer. pany used Social Security numbers Mark Hurd, who earned his bach- the detailed investigation to produce He has said HP’s internal probe of to impersonate HP directors and re- elor’s in business administration charges. media leaks violated two California porters, then persuaded phone com- from Baylor in 1979, is replacing “We’re not going to confine our- laws governing identity theft and il- panies to turn over detailed logs of controversial former Chairwoman selves to any particular timetable,” legal access to computer records. their home phone calls. Patricia Dunn. Dresslar said. “We’ll go when we’re The FBI and the U.S. attorney for The ruse, known as “pretexting,” Hurd became CEO of HP in 2005. ready to go, and not a minute before Northern California are also investi- is commonly used by private investi- Upon signing, Hurd was given a $2 that.” gating HP for illegal computer intru- gators but is against the law, Lockyer million signing bonus and received On Tuesday, Attorney General sion and wiretapping. The company said. $1.4 million in salary and 700,000 Bill Lockyer said he already had also faces inquiries by the Securi- Dunn would appear to be the shares in stock options with HP. enough evidence to charge HP insid- ties and Exchange Commission, the most likely HP insider to be charged Criminal charges could come ers and the private investigators who Federal Communications Commis- in the criminal probe, but legal ex- within a week in the boardroom spy- impersonated board members and sion and the U.S.
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