NEXT ISSUE: eee 4 A Look at Bolivian Development How To Live in Poverty 16 The Politics of Ecology STAFF . MEETINGS: WEDNESDAYS AT 4 P.M. douglas college’ Ss autonomous student newspaper - since 1976 Volume 1§° Number 1 registering with students from New Westminster, Maple Ridge, Coquitlam, and more September 1, 1992 FREE Concordia Prof Goes on Shooting Rage Source: national bureau chief by Monique Beaudin Canadian University Press OTTAWA (CUP) — Two people are ‘dead and three wounded after a Concordia University professor went on a shooting spree Monday afternoon. Montreal Urban Community police arrested a man following the shooting. Witnesses identified him as Valery Fabrikant, an associate mechanical engineering professor at the university. Police would not confirm the suspect's identity Monday night. Witnesses said a man entered the university building indowntown Montreal,and went to the mechanical engineering department on the ninth floor. He Walk For by Staff Writer What do the Vancouver Sun, Starbucks Coffee, Yamaha Music, Canadaian Koala Beverages and Eatonsall havein common? Theyare all corporate sponsors for Walk for Aids ‘92. The Vancouver Persons With Aids Society, who run the event anticipate that the event will raise more than $400,000 with the help of all those who walk plus their corporate sponsors. Last year’sevent raised $300,000. The Walk for Aids is the single largest source of funding for the Vancouver Persons with Aids Society. The eventis open to individuals and teams who register at Starbuck’s Coffee where they recieve a walker kit composed of all the information walked past people before he began shooting. Two men are dead, and two men and one. woman injured. All five victims were employees of theuniversity. There werenostudents injured, but six people were treated for shock. Police have not released the names of the victims. The man used a handgun, said police spokesman Lieut. Jean Ostiguy, of the force’s homicide squad. There were two people working for a university computer service located on the same floor as the mechanical engineering department. “We heard a shot but at the time! didn’tknowit wasashot,” onesaid. ”“Thensomeone came up to our window and told us to call security. People came out yelling someone had a gun...everybody just went racing down the hall out of the building.” Thesecondemployeesaid they heard “a few thumpings, like people slamming against the walls, and we thought it was the workers upstairs. Then we heard somebody yell in pain,and when we walked out of the room we saw one of the assistant deans running out of the office and he was yelling ‘Get out, he hasa gun.’ We heard two shots and then we got out of the building quite quickly.” Ron Nessim, a student who was in thebuilding, said themanheld several people hostage for about an hour following the shooting before he was overpowered, and police arrested him. Nessim,,a computer science student, was evacuated from the AIDS '92 Promises they will need plus a pledge book. This yearmarks thesixthannual Walk for Aids and will take place in Stanley Park on Sunday, September 27. Starting in Ceperly Park , near Second Beach. The walk will wind 10kilometers around Stanley Park’s Seawall and each step taken leads not only to more funding for the Vancouver PWA Society but towards better public awareness, The Walk for Aids is not limited tojusta walk anymoreeither. At9:00 am there will be a continental breakfast with registration, followed by a light aerobic workout that will be lead by the Vancouver Sports League. At 11:00 am the Walk itself starts following the opening ceremonies. Afterwards there will be a salmon barbecue and evening entertainment featuring locally and internationally reknowned talent. The evening’s entertainment willinclude building. “The evacuation was done really quietly so the gunman wouldn’t have any more targets,” Nessim said. He said there wasn’t a sense of urgency in the building. “It was mostly disbelief,” he said. “As you got down into lobby, you could see police cars and that kind of hit home.” Fall registration was taking place on the second floor. About 350 people were gathered outside the building, Nessim said. Fabrikant, who has been at the university for at least seven years, was involved ina dispute withtheuniversity. Witnesses said that Fabrikant was to appear in court tomorrow. Fabrikant had launched several grievances against the university,and hadaccused other professors of stealing research from him and graduate students. Nessim said Fabrikant had recently been denieda sabbatical. Hesaid Fabrikant used the university’s electronic mail service to rally people around him. One of the messages, sent Friday includes the phrase “You may be sure of one thing — I will never surrender.” His last electronic mail message wassentearly thismorning, Nessim said. Nessim said he was told that Fabrikant had sent a death threatovertheelectronicmail system. Kate Kung, a former editor at Concordia’s student newspaper said that Fabrikant had brought letters to the paper last fall to be published. Kung said the letters included complaints about faculty in the mechanicalengineering department. to Be Entertaining among others the acclaimed South African puppeteers, Puppets Against Aids. If you are interested in taking inquireatthe following locations: All Starbuck’s Coffee locations, The PWA Walk Office at 1107 Seymour and Helmcken, or call (604) 893-2254. College Considering Installing Condom Machine by Matthew Martin Douglas College students will now be able to practice safe sex on campus thanks to a new condom machinebeing considered by the joint union and management Health and Safety Committee. The Committee approached the Douglas College Student Society (DCSS) for their approval to place a condom machine in the photocopying room of the DCSS. Unfortunately, the DCSS office is only open during the day and not on weekends, so evening and Weekend Collegestudents would not beable toaccess the machineas things stand now. Brad Barber, the Public Information Officer for Douglas College said “the Health and Safety Committee wants to have condoms available to the college for health reasons, specifically AIDS.” In the past there were condom machines in the washrooms but the company servicing them became frustratedatthecontinual vandalism and stopped supplying and maintaining themachines. According to Barber the college itself would be purchasing the machine. and maintaining it. Barber said the committee is looking fora placetohave the machine “that’s discreet and that allows easy accessand somewhere whereit won't be vandalized.” Barberalsoadded thatthecharge for the condoms would only reflect the wholesale price of the condoms. Special! Dis THE OTHER PRESS | orientation Issue Check out the Bargains!