LOCAL/STATE The Michigan Daily - Friday, November 12, 1999 - 3 CRIME a arcotics stolen from University emergency room Iwo morphine ampules and one meperidine ampule were stolen from a Huron Valley Ambulance drug box at he University Hospital on Tuesday afternoon, Department of Public Safety eports state. The theft of narcotics was the second such incident in a week. DPS reports Iso state that narcotics were also tolen from the emergency room on riday; Nov. 5. S did not report having any sus- ets in the incidents. aller harasses our persons During a seven-hour period Tuesday, four different subjects received harass- ing phone calls, DPS reports state. Three of the subjects reported the arassing caller spoke in a "loud whis- and sounded male. Three of the sub- ects said that the calls were not obscene, ut one subject reported them to be very suggestive" DPS has no suspects. ar stolen from u 'Sigma Nu lot A Ford Explorer was stolen from the arking lot of Nu Sigma Nu on aturday afternoon, DPS reports state. e vehicle was found in Eaton ty. DPS is investigating, but did not eport having suspects in the incident. Suspected flasher rrested at UGLi A suspected "flasher" was arrested upon receiving a tip that the suspect was seen on the third floor of the Shapiro Undergraduate Library on V nesday evening, DPS reports state. e suspect had an outstanding war- rant from the Michigan State University Police. Delivery persons sell extra pizzas The Ann Arbor Police Department wast notified Saturday when pizza deliv- ery persons were observed selling pizza on Keech Street, DPS reports state. We delivery persons were in viola- tion of laws against solicitation. Woman injured by falling ceiling tile A woman was injured Monday after- noon when a metal ceiling tile fell and hit her head, DPS reports state. The incident occurred in the David Dennison Building, and the woman 'she would go to University Health Services for treatment. Linen cart injures man at hospital A man filed a non-aggravated assault report after an unknown person pushed the man's linen cart into his hip while he was riding the elevator at the University Hospital on Monday morn- i DPS reports state. The man com- ned of his hip being sore. Couzens vending machine looting A vending machine in Couzens Residence Hall was broken into Tuesday morning, DPS reports state. No money was taken from the machine, but all other contents were oved. VCompiled by Daily Staff Reporter Dave Enders. Groups condemr By Asma Rafeeq Daily Staff Reporter In anticipation of the World Trade Organization's upcoming Ministerial Summit meeting in Seattle next month, several student groups sponsored a talk condemning WTO's practices yesterday in the Michigan Union. Kevin Danaher, the co-founder of Global Exchange, engaged the audi- ence with calls for corporate account- ability, environmental justice and an end to economic inequality. "Corporations don't have rights -- people do," he told the audience com- prised of more than 60 people. Global Exchange, a non-profit organi- zation based in San Francisco, is one of several groups mobilizing a mass protest at WTO's summit in Seattle. The organi- zation has also filed a $1 billion lawsuit, along with other labor groups, against 17 U.S. retailers such as the GAP for using indentured labor and violating interna- tional human rights laws. Danaher decried WTO as being unrepresentative of poor countries, who he said are unable to afford sending del- egations to WTO to lobby for their interests. He also spoke out for worker's rights and the environment, concerns he said WTO has ignored in the face of the power of multinational corporations. "For 50 years, there has been an expansion of free trade, foreign invest- ment, all that stuff" Danaher said. "But where's the success? Inequality on all scales has gotten worse.' Danaher compared the world's situation to a group stuck in a van with a drunk dri- ver in danger of driving over a cliff. "You can either hunker down in your seat, hopeless, or you can figure out a way to get the drunk guy out of the dri- ver's seat," Danaher said. "The question is, how bad does it have to get before we get in control?" SNRE senior Jenny Kerekes, an organizer of the event, said she became interested in having Danaher speak at the University after she heard him speak last summer. "It opened my eyes a lot." Kerekes said. "You really get to hear another side that you normally don't get in a classroom setting." LSA first-year student Kristel Lee said she came to the talk precisely to iWTO hear this other side of the issue. Enrolled in a class on international eco- nomics, Lee said her professor is pro- international trade, but has told the class about Global Exchange's work. "I know a lot about the pro-trade side, so I want to hear the other view Lee said. Some students said they appreciated Danaher's attention to the subject, but would have liked to hear more of a fac- tual argument. "If he was trying to grab the attention of people walking on the street, this would have been good," LSA sopho- more Ayca Akin said. "But for people who are obviously interested enough to come, it was too ungrounded." LSA sophomore Jordan Nodel also said that the presentation lacked solid argument against the forces of globaliza- tion. But he said he agreed that multina- tional corporations pose a problem. "That some corporations have bud- gets larger than some countries is cause for alarm:' Nodel said. But Oakland University Business School Prof. Don Mayer said he was impressed by the speech. DAVID RUCHKN'J/iIy Kevin Danaher, the co-founder of the Global Exchange, addresses an audience at the Michigan Union yesterday. Danaher spoke on the World Trade Organization. "le's kind of a mix between Ralph Nader and George Carlin," Mayer said, laughing. He added that he belie',es Danaher was right in his assertion that social circumstances have become worse since the increase in free trade "It's really hard to argue we're better off now," Mayer said. SNRE Prof. Richard Tucker said he was happy to see that there was a move- ment against WTO's practices. The event was sponsored by the Michigan Student Assembly's Environnental Issues Commission, Amnesty International, Students Organizing for Labor Equality, the Basic Food Group, Green Greeks and Environmental Justice Building houses for a good cause Middle East 'tour' draws 'U' students to cultural mixer By David Jenkins Daily Staff Reporter The sounds of culture emanated from the Michigan Union Ballroom yesterday. The flowing voice of a female singer backed by an atypi- cal assortment of hand percussion and twanging strings com- bined with the noise of discussion and laughter, pushed through the doors like a wind enveloping the few people still outside and drawing them in. Once inside, the sweet smells of Arabian deserts and the overwhelming sights of extensive Armenian, Persian, Turkish and Arab exhibits made that sound of culture into more than just a hint, like an island of rich traditions inside the Union. "Tour of the Middle East" is the first event of its kind at the University. with four separate cultural organizations coming together to build an atmosphere where anyone and everyone can learn something new about the Middle East. Reza Breakstone, social chair of the Persian Student Association and an LSA sophomore, originally produced the idea. Breakstone wanted to hold a "Visit to Iran Day," but the idea was soon developed to include all University organiza- tions representing a section of the Middle East region. Four University groups set up exhibits from their respec- tive regions and each took a corner of the ballroom to set up homemade displays, artifacts, posters, flags and maps of the cultures they represent. "Most University students will never travel to the Middle East and never get a sense of what it's like there," Breakstone said. "Most of their impressions come from the media, movies and television, which. in a sense, isn't really accurate." "You never really get to see the way life is in the Middle East, free of all its stigmas," Breakstone said, "and that is what we're trying to show." Vice President of the Armenian Student Cultural Association, Armen Toumajan, an LSA sophomore, believes that the exhibits accurately display the cultures of the Middle East. "Really, all these countries have great cultures;" Toumajan said. "What people are getting a taste of here is what the Middle East is all about. Everything displayed is cultural." Visitors were able to see a variety of those pieces of cul- ture, from Iranian sports figures, poets and medical scholars, to Armenian dance, Turkish landscapes and Arab dishes. "We want people to take away a knowledge that wars and politics shouldn't stereotype people and to understand the region through its people and culture," said Ala Saket, an executive board member of the Arab-American Anti- Discrimination Committee's University sector and an Engineering senior. "To see these four groups together is really significant because historically they've all been at war with one another at some point in time," Saket said. Participants said the event served as a constant reminder for them of the cultural. closeness, but still provided recogni- tion of each country as separate from one another. Turkish Student Association Secretary Ufuk Kula, an Engineering graduate student, said the Armenian music play- ing symbolized the general feeling between the four main exhibits. I=NNW DAVID IWURiYINDUaity Engineering first-year student Brian Buck helps to build a structure for Habitat for Humanity in the Diag yesterday. Flint nursing home kils 1 7 missing has done it again...her third album this year! FLINT (AP) - An explosion and fire in a nursing home Wednesday night killed one person and left seven unac- counted for, fire officials said. Flint Fire Chief Theron Wiggins said a boiler located in the basement of the Clara Barton Convalescence Center exploded shortly before 9 p.m. The blast caused the building's masonry walls to collapse along with the ceil- ings, he said. Wiggins said about 110 people, including 93 residents, were inside when the blast occurred. He said firefighters and neighbors helped pull people out. He said the seven unaccounted for are nursing home workers and are believed to be in the building's basement. The fire has been put out, he said. Hurley Medical Center spokesperson Stephanie Motshenbacher said the fatality died on arrival there. She could not immediately specify that person's gender or age, saying relatives were being notified. She said 16 people had been brought to the hospital so far. One victim is in its burn unit, the other in a neurotrauma ward. She said two others were in criti- cal condition. Correction: The Office of Student Conflict Resolution director search committee has three student representatives. This was incorrectly reported in last Friday's Daily. What's happening in Ann Arbor this weekend .............. . 1 ,,WAY a"Blood Battle between U-M and OSU," Sponsored by Alpha Phi Omega, Markley, 1-7 p.m. S"Disarmament Working Group," Sponsored by Interfaith Council for Peace and Justice, Memorial Christian Church, 720 Tappan, 11:45 a.m. -1:15 a.m. Q"indigenous People's Day is Everyday," Sponsored by the Native American Student Association, Michigan League underground, 8:30 p.m. U "Japanese Modernism and Consumerism: Forging the New Artistic Field of Shogyo Bijutsu" -A aE.. bu Gennfer Wm nfld." Michigan Union, Cava Java, 11 a.m. 0 "Venues for Arts Groups Brown Bag Lunch," Sponsored by Arts Network. 4016 Michigan Union, 12:10-1:00 pm. SATURDAY U "Adventures in Autumn: Mythical Skies and Mesmerizing Science,' Sponsored by the Exhibit Museum of NaturalnHistory, Exhibit Museum Planetarium, 11:30 a.m. and 1:30 and 3:30 p.m. U "Havdaiah and Rock N' Bowl," Sponsored by Hillel, Meet at Hillel, 7:30 p.m. J "Kiwanis Rummage Sale," U "Adventures in Autumn: Mythical Skies and Mesmerizing Science," Sponsored by the Exhibit Museum of Natural History, Exhibit Museum Planetarium, 1:30 and 3:30 p.m. U "Ahava Potluck Brunch," Sponsored by Hillel, Hillel, 12 p.m. U "Blood Battle between U-M and OSU," Sponsored by Alp ha Phi Omega, St. Mary's, 9:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. U "Hallo...Hallow... Halloween" Sunday Dine and Learn, Sponsored by Hillel, Hillel, 6:30 p.m. U "Native American Skies," Sponsored b the Exhibit Museum ofNatural History, Exhibit Museum Planetarium, 2:30 p.m. NEW RELEASE! Pre-register or pick up Ani Difranco's newest solo cd, "to the teeth" or $9.99 on Monday night (11-15-99) during our midnight sale. 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