The Cord Weekly (November 27, 2002)
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TheCordWeekly Laurier's Official Student Newspaper Help Joe the I he bands are Toothless Hobo find a-faattiln' . Page 24 Study Space. Page 11 Volume 42 Issue 16 Wednesday November 27 2002 www.wlusp.com Sniper attacks students Two suspects arrested on twenty-three charges related to string ofpellet gun attacks Stefan Sereda the back of the leg. After removing match the one constructed by the In the wake of arresting the father- and disposing of the pellets, detectives. A few victims and-stepson sniper duo in the Kristin phoned the police, who described the vehicle as similar, United States, WLU students are asked her to write a report of the but white or cream coloured. also being subjected to similar, incident, as four other individuals Sergeant Russo believes these though less dangerous, violence. had reported similar incidences. descriptions to be inaccurate, as Someone opened hunting season The officer who responded to "tan can look cream at night if it is on students last week, forcing Pomery's call told her at the time seen in certain lighting." neighbourhood residents to dodge that the pellets "were probably The Division Three Detectives the pellets. 8.8.'5, as pellets would have most Office faxed the application for a Suspects Emanuel Paulson likely stayed in the leg." search warrant to obtain the pistol and Paul Fitzgerald were arrested Presently, the shootings have off to Newmarket on November on Tuesday, after police received been attributed to a CO2-pow- 26. Other shootings took place on information that they were ered pellet pistol; two pellets were and around King and Erb streets, responsible for a pellet gun shoot- surgically removed from Roger Albert Street and Seagram Drive, ing spree which took place a Roberts, who had been shot once Victoria and Weber and Fischer- week earlier. Currently, there are in the face and three times in the Hallman. While none of the vic- twenty-three charges being laid, chest. One pellet impacted tims were seriously injured, some some singular and some joint, Roberts an inch from his eye, surgical and non-surgical treat- with more to come. which he noticed after he discov- ment was required. Seven random individuals ered he was bleeding. In addition to the seven were injured in the off-campus Incidentally, this victim managed injuries were several reports of neighbourhood on Tuesday to get a look at the perpetrator's property damage to residential November 19, the victims of car, and his description matched houses, car windshields, strip mall drive-by pellet gun shootings. The some of the others received by signs,and school windows. There seemingly connected shootings police. had also been a previous pellet were reported to Waterloo According to Sergeant Peter gun shooting reported on Regional Police between 7:40 and Russo of the Waterloo Regional November 11, but the individual 11:01 pm, and occurred as close Police Division Three Detectives in question was not wounded. to campus as the corner of King Office, the car was first identified Sgt. Russo also speculates that and Bricker. "These were unex- as an "older model '82 to '84 there "may be another victim out pected shootings.. .a drive-by type import, like a Datsun or a Toyota." there." Police received informa- of thing," commented Manager of Sergeant Russo also noted that the tion about another shooting, JenniferAsselin Security Services Peter Jorg car was a tour-door, and tan in which they will investigating fur- One of the sniper's victims, Kristin Pomery, displays the scar left from the "It's kind of scary that you colour. Presently, a 1998 Nissan, ther. pellet that was embedded in her leg. Inset: A close-up of the wound. can't walk down the street without believed to be the car in question, The main charges being laid getting shot with a 8.8. gun," said has been impounded. The shots against the suspects include point- Any charges relating to property Division Three Detective Office at victim and WLU student Kristin were apparently fired from the ing a firearm, assault with a damage are yet to be laid. 653-7700, extension number Pomery. Kristin was walking backseat of the vehicle. weapon, possession of weapons Waterloo Regional Police urge 333. Information can also be home "around 8:30" after a night There were also some descrip- dangerous to the public peace, anyone with information about given to Crimestoppers at 1-888- class, when she was shot twice in tions of the vehicle that did not and assault causing bodily harm. the random attacks to call the 222-TIPS. Students waiting for compensation Bryn Boyce work action, midterms have been rescheduled sprung from two problems: the Laurier library's Inside with class input and there have been no labs or lack of completion and functionality due to Waiting... waiting... still waiting... It's been 23 make-up classes during weekend or holidays. construction, and the strike. Despite the News 2 clays since the labour dispute called it quits and "The resolutions were designed to compensate speedy implementation and informal hiring Opinion 6 still no word on how the university is going to undergraduate students for the services they procedure the shuttle service has operated adequately compensate Student Life 11 students. Moreover its are paying for and not receiving as well as effectively. "I think it's a nice gesture to the stu- been 49 days since WLUSU first released its addressing our academic concerns," said Ben having put con- Feature 15 dents for up with the ongoing ten-point proposal designed to lobby the uni- Durrer, a Student Senator involved in the cre- struction," said Kevin McNeil, Hub Student International 18 versity for student reimbursement. Well there's ation of the ten-point plan. Manager. Sports 20 good news and bad news. The shuttle service to U of W's Dana Porter The speedy resolution of some of WLUSU's Entertainment 24 Good news first. Library has saved many a paper in the dying requests was encouraging early on but it's Business 26 The WLUSU initiative has more or less days of this fall term. Initially proposed by becoming more and more evident that the Among others, convocation Classifieds 27 been fulfilled. was WLUSU and implemented by the Laurier financially desirable resolutions are at risk of i rescheduled for December 8, there are no administration, the has run 12 a Arts 28 service hours becoming fantasy. I interest charges on outstanding bills during the day since October 21 at great cost. The idea (continued on page 2) 2 News Wednesday November 27 7f)n? Boisjoly's business ethics Blower'BusinessChallengerlecturesDisasterEthicsLaurier'Whistle-on Reed Curry discarded. The first shuttle, Columbia, was launched in 1981. Aerospace engineer, Roger One year later, Challenger was Boisjoly, renowned for his completed, followed by involvement in the 1986 Discovery in 1983, and Atlantis in Challenger space shuttle disaster, 1985. Challenger flew nine suc- addressed members of the Laurier cessful missions before January 28 community in the Arts Building 1986. On that fateful day, the this past Friday. world stopped for a moment Boisjoly was ostracized by his when the shuttle exploded a little peers after the tragedy for going more than a minute after takeoff, public with information pertaining killing the seven astronauts on to Challenger's faulty rocket board. booster design and his last minute The twenty-fifth shuttle flight attempts to avert its launch. was to kick off the busiest and "You're looking at a real life most ambitious year ever for the File Photos whistleblower," he told the audi- National Aeronautics and Space The tragic Challenger space shuttle disaster in 1986 brought new importance to ethical business practices ence. The importance of career Administration. No fewer than 15 ethics and individual morality was missions were to be flown in Program. Sharon McAuliffe, Thiokol conducted a number of Boisjoly and a number of his co- selected from more than 11,000 experiments to test the resiliency workers could not convince applicants, was chosen to be the of the O-ring material at low tem- NASA management to abort the first teacher in space. The peratures. Challenger mission. "I had to be immense publicity given to the As Boisjoly expected, the able to prove it wasn't safe to new program turned the results indicated that the rocket's launch," said Boisjoly during his Challenger mission into the structural integrity would be com- lecture. "Could I prove it was biggest space spectacle since the promised at a temperature of 50 goingtofail? No. Could I prove it Apollo moon landings. As a result, degrees Fahrenheit or less. He was going to work? No. It was a NASA, already facing unforseen claims that this data was discussed crapshoot!" competition from the European with Morton Thiokol engineering The first hour of his Laurier Space Agency, was under consid- management, "but was thought presentation was essentially a erable public pressure to make too sensitive by them to release." basic lesson in engineering and a McAuliffe an American hero. Boisjoly suggests that Morton technical explanation of what Working as an engineer for Thiokol was never willing to pro- went wrong with Challenger. Morton Thiokol, the company vide the resources necessary to Nevertheless, the underlying contracted by NASA to build the address the problem. The compa- theme is an important one, and rocket boosters used to propel the ny did not want to appear as if its especially relevant today consid- space shuttles into orbit, Boisjoly products were flawed, so they ering the recent Enron and first noticed a problem with the insisted that he play down the CD- WorldCom scandals.