LOCAL/S TATE The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, April 20, 1999 - 11 *DPS searches' for new director Mr. Sandman 1y Marta Brill *Daily Staff Reporter The search advisory committee to replace Department of Public Safety Director Leo Heatley is currently sifting throug' a stack of more than 100 appli- cations to find the right person for the job. "We're very pleased with the applica- tions we have received and the candi- dates we have interviewed," committee chair 'Sue Ellen Scarnechia said. "We have a very diverse pool of applicants." 0 Healey is noted for transforming DPS to a ftili-fledged campus police depart- ment in the 19 years he served on the ftbrce. DPS was officially deputized in 1.990 when the University Board of Regen's voted to give officers the author- ity to r.ake arrests and carry weapons. The committee is at the preliminary interview stage of its search process. The members plan to select a slate of three to *ive candidates fron the larger pool of applicents, said Scarnecchia, the Law School's associate dean for clinical affairs. The slate will then be submitted to interim associate Vice President for Businc ss Operations Henry Baier for the, fixal hiring decision. Associate DPS Director Jim Smiley currently is filling Heatlei's post temporarily. Con mittee members said they are optimi tic that they will be able to pro- duce a candidate by the end of April, earnevchia said. Baier is planning to make fie final decision by early June. It is too early at this stage to announce the names of potential candidates, she said. "A very high priority is to find some- one who can maintain the high quality of the personnel of DPS" Scarnecchia said, adding that DPS employees have a high level of education and training. The committee is looking for "com- munity-based leadership," Scarnecchia said, explaining that candidates should be able to know the difference between being an officer on a college campus and being a city police officer. They should be able to "enhance the relationship between DPS and the campus communi- ty," she said. Candidates also should have experi- ence in handling large crowds. Many events associated with the University involve large assemblies of students like the Naked Mile and football games. Following the appointment of the new director, DPS will try to find a replace- ment for Beth Hall, who left her post as DPS spokesperson after four years to spend more time with her family. University spokesperson Julie Peterson is filling Hall's position on an interim basis. Peterson said it hasn't been too diffi- cult to take up the extra responsibility. "I haven't had any major crises like last fall," she said, referring to the death of LSA first-year Courtney Cantor on Oct. 16. Cantor died after falling from her sixth-floor Mary Markley Residence Hall window. "I understand the need to have the director in place" before DPS officials look for a new spokesperson, she said. NAKED Continued from Page 1 Seamon said despite the often- heated debate surrounding the Naked Mile and questions about its future, MSA is not taking sides on the issue. "The position we're taking is that we're not taking a position," she said. "The volunteers comprise people of many different backgrounds and opin- ions. We are concerned with the safety of the runners and not the future or morality of the Mile." Department of Public Safety Police Lt. Joe Piersante said DPS and the Ann Arbor Police Department will position extra officers in the vicinity of the Naked Mile. Piersante said major safe- ty concerns include traffic and crowd control and the possibility of unwant- ed touching, physical or sexual assaults. "If we have a warm night with no rain we can expect at least 10,000 people," he said, adding that officers will be on the look-out for injured runners. Piersante said alcohol often escalates the risks associated with mass numbers of people taking their clothes off and running wild. "Alcohol is a factor, Some of thc runners, to get the nerve to run, have a few drinks," he said. "Some have more than a few drinks. It is a definite risk factor and a hazard." AAPD Sgt. Andrew Zazula said offi- cers will be present to help control tho crowd, but added that he has never known of any arrests being made dur- ing the Naked Mile. LSA senior Reggie Dixon said alco- hol may play a factor in his decision to streak down South University Avenue on Tuesday night. "I don't like to be naked in public: Dixon said. "But you never know. A fter a little drinking tomorrow, we'll sce what happens." The Naked Mile also attracts people with not-so-innocent intentions, Piersante said - including people who want to videotape runners and exploit them for financial gain. LSA senior Alissa Ziemer said she's seen first-hand how chaotic the run is. "Last year we knew a girl who was picked up and thrown on the ground," Ziemer said. "That's the reason I'm not running. As a girl, you're pretty vulner- able to anything." I I AP PHOTO Preserve the Dunes President Charles Davis stands by the Nadeau Pit in South Haven, Mich. on Sunday. Davis said he is worried about the future of the Lake Michigan sand dunes. Student Storagi' Approved by U of M Housing Administration Satellite locati ns in all major residence halls Check your RA Bo rd for dates and hours All other ocationsby appointment! Packaging supplies at our South U ocation. enuts Near Church St. next to the Chinese Restaurant. Campus location hrs: April 20-22 2-6pm, April 23-30 1 2-6pmn a ;ยข ' 1 KOSOVO Contir :ed from Page 1 . Tensions remained high in Albania, where police exchaiged fire with.Yugoslav forces across the border in Kosovo and an adviser to President Rexhep Mejdani said Ohis government is seeking ways to arm ethnic Albanian rebels of the Kosovo Liberation Army - a step that Washington has resisted for fear that it could further destabilize the region. The NATO air assault has infuriated Russia, where President Boris Yeltsin told reporters yesterday that the United States and its allies "want to win and make Yugoslavia i protectorate," adding: "We cannot permit that. It is a strate- gic zone, very important" At Cie same time, Yeltsin told Clinton in a 45-minute phone conve:sation that Russia would not send additional ships to the region and "reaffirmed that he will not allow Russia to be drawn into this conflict," White House spokesman Joe Lockhart said. In New York, U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan said he will visit Moscow on April 29 at Russia's invi- tation to discuss ways of ending the Kosovo crisis. Yugoslavia last closed the Kosovo border on April 7, declaring that offensive actions against ethnic Albanian rebels in the province had ceased and that refugees were wel- come to return. It soon became apparent, however, that gov- ernment military operations in Kosovo had not been sus- pended, and forced expulsions resumed last week. Belgrade's motives in closing the border again remained unclear. "It all sounds fairly ominous, and we don't know to what end they're doing it," said Kris Janowski, a spokesper- son for the U.N. High Commission for Refugees in Geneva. Along the Albanian border with Kosovo, columns of fleeing Kosovo Albanians, whose numbers had sharply increased in recent days, disappeared yesterday. Yugoslav forces appeared to be blocking hundreds of thousands of refugees - many expelled from their homes by masked paramilitary assailant - from reaching Kosovo's borders and are forcing them back into the province, said NATO officials and humanitarian agencies. Many of the refugees have been on the road for days - in cars, tractor-towed farm wagons or on foot - and relief offi- cials expressed fear that displaced people within Kosovo are in danger of malnutrition and exposure. "We are absolutely sure that it's not that the people turned around themselves," said Janowski. "They are being forcibly prevented from leav- ing Kosovo." STAYING IN ANN ARBOR? READ THE SUMMER DAILY. ROOMMATE WANTED: Metalhead, not-so-neat, a little short on funds, seeks same. Former roommate dumped me thanks to SpringStreet, the personalized online service that helps you find and move into your perfect place without all the usual hassles. You know, like cleaning. 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