LOCAL/STATE The Mihgan Dy - Tuesday, October 5, 1999 - 3 CRIME I'E Painting stolen from Power Center lobby A painting was stolen Friday after- noon from the Power Center lobby, Department of Public Safety reports state. The painting is valued at $1111. DPS has no suspects in the incident, but believe the theft occurred around 12 p.m. Robber steals $52 from woman A suspect forcefully robbed a female acquaintance Friday after- noon on the Diag, according to DPS reports. The woman sustained no injuries. The robber took $52 from the woman and gave it to another person. DPS officers responded, arresting the suspect and returned the money to its owner. The suspect was arrested. DPS is following up with an investi- ation. 30 ejected from stadium for rowdiness DPS cited and ejected more than 30 persons from Michigan Stadium on Saturday, DPS reports state. Charges leveled included intoxi- , ation, disorderly conduct and rowing projectiles, including marshmallows, at television camera persons. Student vomits from drinking A female resident of South Quad Residence Hall contacted DPS after she began vomiting Saturday morning 2:30 a.m., DPS reports state. She told officers that she had been drinking alcohol and then smoked marijuana. She was transported to the University Hospitals' emergency room. Suspect strikes parked car twice A man allegedly struck a female sub- et' parked car in the Fletcher Street arport on Thursday evening, DPS reports state. The woman was parked on Level 2 of the carport near the elevator. When she asked the man for his insurance information, he proceeded to hit her car a second time. Wheel stolen from students' bike A Mosher-Jordan Residence Hall resident noticed his bike wheel was missing Thursday evening, according to DPS reports. The resident had parked his bike in a Mosher-Jordan stairwell and was con- vinced DPS officers had taken his wheel. He was informed that DPS officers usu- ally remove the entire bike and not just the tire for parking violations. - farking pass Taken from car A blue static cling staff parking pass was stolen from a woman's vehicle parked in the Hill Street Carport on Wednesday, DPS reports state. Entry into the vehicle was not appar- ent and the permit number was not available. loom broken into, nothing stolen A Michigan Union manager reported early Monday morning that a subject broke into a room in the Union. The manager was unsure if any items had been taken from the room. lichigan ticket scalper cited DPS reported citing a subject for scalping tickets Saturday morning on Greene Street, prior to the Michigan Purdue football game. -Compiled by Daily Staff Reporters Adam Cohen and Dave Enders. City expects low turnout for local elections By Yae Kohen Daily Staff Reporter Voter registration for the November elections ended yesterday, but in a year when the nationally- charged 2000 elections are making headlines voters are slow to participate in this year's local elections. On Nov. 2, voters will take to the polls to elect city council members and vote on a ballot propos- al. Democratic candidates include Heidi Herrell (Ward III), John Hieftje (Ward I), Parma Yarkin (Ward II), Larry Kestenbaum (Ward IV) and Chris Kolb (Ward V). Republican candidates are Dee Freiberg (Ward II), Marcia Higgins (Ward IV) and Michael Maylen (Ward V). There are also Libertarian can- didates running for City Council - including two University students. Rackham student Charles Goodman (Ward I) and LSA senior Gabriel Quinnan (Ward III) will participate in the election, and Eastern Michigan University student Steve Saletta (Ward IV) and Gary Kaluzny (Ward V) are also running. Democrats and Republicans are making efforts to increase voter turnout by undertaking a grass- roots campaign around Ann Arbor while Libertarians are focusing on a platform they hope will attract students to the polls. There are roughly 84,000 registered voters in Ann Arbor, but the expected turnout for this year is only 15 to 20 percent, said Deputy City Clerk Yvonne Carl. "Often times people are not interested enough to get out there and vote," Carl said, adding that "we always get a bigger turnout on even number years" during presidential and gubernatorial elections. The ballot proposal aims to fund a .5 mill reso- lution taking $40 per average household for five years to purchase park land and open space, said city council member Joseph Upton (R-Ward II). Alhouh the 2000 national elections are on ex ervhodv s mids students are still trying to help out on these electons, sai Colege Republicans President Rorv Diamond, an LSA junior The College Republicans have inv ited tour of the city counci candidates to speak to University stu- ients, Diamond said This is a test run for the group who is r ing to increase the conservative presence on campus lbr the 2000 elections, Diamond said. Students are assisting with local elections as much as they can by participating in grassroots campaigns with candidates and hlping to d strib- ute information on campus, Diamond said But there is "not a whole lot we can do," he said, refer- ring to the Democratic popularity. In terms of campaigning on campus, "there hasn't really been much effort there," Upton said, adding that there just isn't a lot of interest in locla politics at the University. College Democrats have also been mildly active in increasing voter registration, said city council member Jean Carlberg (D-Ward I1). Democratic candidates who have residence halls on their campaigning area are also going to the halls to talk to students and distribute campaign literature, she said. Libertaians are running on a platform of low- ering rent in Ann Arbor and legalizing medical marijuana. Quinnan said, adding that these issues "are useful to Ann Arbor as a whole." The group is also working on distributing information on campus, he said. But despite the efforts of campus groups increas- ing student voter turnout remains a challenge. "Students usually aren't interested at all in local elections," Carl said. Many students do not perma- nently reside in Ann Arbor and are slow to take an interest, she said. Earthquake lecture revisits tragedy of Turkey quake By Tiffany Maggard For the Daily Emre Bulbul, a native of Turkey, was visiting his family when an earthquake rocked the country. "That night I was up until 2:30 a.m.," he said. "I was falling asleep, so I got up ... I felt a tremble and I thought it was just because I was tired. I could see the buildings in the dis- tance moving back and forth," Bulbul said. Bulbul said after he evacuated his building, he observed "roads shifted sideways, hot ruptured water with mud running out, bodies everywhere and lit- tle fires here and there - it was like what most people call 'the end of the world."' Associate geology Prof. Larry Ruff opened the lecture titled "After the Earthquake: Recovering and Rebuilding of Turkey," at which Bulbul shared his story. The event was held in the International Institute and spon- sored by the Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies. Ruff opened the event with a com- prehensive look at earthquake history and the life of the North Anatolian fault that initiated the massive earthquake in Turkey last August. The quake, which killed an estimated 16,000 to 20,000 people, resulted from a series of other earthquakes that have moved progressively along the fault toward Istanbul since 1939. Ruff concluded his lesson by quoting Charles Richter who once said, "Earthquakes don't kill people - buildings do," noting that even during a massive earthquake such as this one, a person can be sitting down in the mid- dle of an open field and be thrown around by the earthquake without the threat of being injured. Bulbul, who spoke following the pro- fessor's lecture, disagreed with Richter's statement. "I do not believe that it's buildings that kill people - it's people that kill people," Bulbul said. Whether buildings were to blame for the destruction, or the people who built them, was the issue for the remainder of the evening. Internal medicine Prof. Sumer Puk said immediate needs for the future of Turkey are not only clean water and sanitation to prevent infectious disease outbreaks, but also political reform. "It is the government style that must be changed; earthquake-resistant recon- struction must occur, Puk said. Although Turkish building codes are just as strict as those that exist in the United States, they are weakly enforced. Architecture Prof. Mete Yuran con- firmed the weak building structures in Turkey with aerial photographs of col- lapsed buildings. At numerous locations, single buildings were completely destroyed while nearly all of the surrounding buildings remained intact. Such spo- radic damage is evidence, he said, that many buildings were not built to code. Turan pointed out that there is "No professional licensing in Turkey for architects and civil engineers. There is also no licensing of the contractor. It is not a building prob- lem - it's a social problem," he said. Anthropology graduate student Esa Ozyurek, a native of Turkey, said being far away from home disy torts the devastation of the tragic earthquake. "We were just talking about how dif- ferent it is. There (in Turkey), it is so close. Here (in the United States) it is so far away. Tonight we will go home and sleep safely. So here, it's a little disturb- ing to feel the distance." JESSICA JOHNSON/Daily Michigan Radio Station Manager Donovan Renolds (left), Joan Siefert Rose (right) and WUOM News Anchor Joan Silvi display the 1st Place Public Radio Program Director's Association award the station won last week. WUOM named best a " station in country By Caitlin Nish Daily Staff Reporter Michigan Radio, the news and information public radio station oper- ated on the University campus, has been voted the best radio station in the country for the second year in a row. The Public Radio Program Director's Association announced WUOM/Ann Arbor 91.7 FM's win against more than 400 National Public Radio affiliates at a national conference in Memphis, Tenn. "The association honors pro- grams and producers they think are exceptional. We were very pleased to win this honor two years in a row," said Michigan Radio Station Manager Donovan Reynolds. The station was judged on recordings of produced material on a typical broadcast day. Included in the news coverage of statewide, national and international events are special features in the areas of the arts and humanities, business and health care. Michigan Radio's news staff consists of eight reporters who -- although based in Ann Arbor - spend much of their time traveling to cover different stories. "We won this award because of our writing style, delivery and the way our program fits in with National Public Radio," Program Director Joan Siefert Rose said. In addition to their overall win, Michigan Radio also won an award for its on-air hosts. Todd Mundt, who hosts the morning WUOM session and a nationally syndicat- ed talk show, and Joan Silvi, host during the afternoon drive time, were named runners-up in the cat- egory of "best air personality." Reynolds said that Mundt and Silvi were among the reasons why the station garnered such a presti- gious award. "We have extremely talented on- air people and executive producers. Plus, our news department is very strong. We won because of the peo- ple here. That is what makes the dif- ference," he said. Radio stations are placed into two categories for the contest: major market stations and mid- sized market stations. Servicing fewer than 800,000 listeners, Michigan Radio competed in the mid-sized market category. But the station does not service only Ann Arbor. Michigan Radio is also broadcast on WVGR/Grand Rapids, 104.1 FM, and WFUM- FM/Flint, 91.1 FM. "College students want to know what is going on in the world. It is hard to find in-depth, unbiased, factual information without having to sift through sensationalism. Public radio is where it's at," Reynolds said. The station, which operates from the LS&A Building, is a unit of the University. The license for WUOM is held by the University Board of Regents and the station tries to include the perspectives of University faculty in its programs, Reynolds said. But Michigan Radio is not a student-run station. Although students are encouraged to apply for internships at the station, most staff members have at least eight years of news and information experience. Michigan Radio provides around the clock broadcasting. A revamping of program format three years ago led the station away from full-time classical music to news. "Our listeners tend to be people who are college educated and are interested in a broad perspective on world events. 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