LOCAL/STATE The Michigan Daily - Monday, December 2, 2002 - 3A Ford lecturer to work under U.N.'s Annan Officers apprehend known trespasser Department of Public Safety offi- cers located a trespasser at 204 State St. Wednesday. The suspect was arrested on a war- rant for trespassing. Toothpicks stuffed in vehicle door lock 0 A caller reported that someone stuffed toothpicks into the driver's side lock of her car while it was parked in the M-22 carport Monday. Caller complains of subletter not paying A resident of the Northwood V Hous- ing Complex called DPS to report Wednesday a subletter would not pay his share of the rent. The errant roommate was removed from the house, according to DPS reports. Drug found missing from medical facility Two bottles, each containing 10 mL of Ketamine, a drug that can potenial- ly be abused, were reported missing from the Medical Science Unit I on Catherine Street Wednesday, DPS reports state. University vehicles sustain damage Two University vehicles parked near Mary Markley Residence Hall were van- dalized sometime Monday evening, according to DPS reports. One vehicle was defaced with black marker on the driver's side. The front windshield of the other vehicle was shattered. Caller reports car egging on Ann St. A caller reported Monday that an egg was thrown at a car on Ann Street. The owner washed the egg off, and no report was filed. Phone messages 0 with threating tones may have been joke A caller at the Argus Building reported two threatening phone messages last Sunday, according to DPS reports. Both messages were derogatory and threatening in nature, but both had the sound of being practical jokes. DPS had sus- pects based on the source of the phone numbers. Glass in residence hall case broken DPS reports state unknown subjects broke the glass to the fire extinguisher cabinet near room Prescott 244 in East Quad Residence Hall. The glass was broken sometime between 10 p.m. and 11 p.m. Saturday. DPS had no suspects. Construction items stolen from Haven Hall, office defaced DPS reports state an unknown person or persons broke into the contractor's 6th floor office in Haven Hall. Graffiti was discovered in the room, and several tools had been taken from the area. Wallet with $100 in cash reported stolen from Diag A man reported to DPS that his black leather wallet was stolen from the Diag Wednesday. The wallet contained $100 in cash, a University staff ID card and a Michigan driver's license. Woman's former roommate returns, takes part of loft A caller in Vera Baits Residence Hall stated last Sunday her former roommate entered her room with her father. The father proceeded to cut the loft bed in half and prop her end up with a ladder. Former boyfriend refuses to leave A Stockwell resident called DPS to report that her ex-boyfriend would not leave her room. The caller stated the man was unarmed and was not }vio- lent, but he had entered her room without her permission a few days before. The dispatcher heard attempts to disrupt the call, and the call was disconnected. The dispatcher was able to call hack. By Whitney Meredith Daily Staff Reporter While she contributed to the termination of the North Korean famine, the avoidance of famine in the Horn of Africa and the creation of women-run bakeries in Afghanistan in her former position as the U.N.'s World Food Program executive director, Catherine Bertini was appointed last month as undersecretary-general for management of the United Nations. The new post will follow time spent at the Ford School of Public Policy. Bertini is the Harry A. and Margaret D. Towsley Foundation Policymaker in Residence this semes- ter, in which she has been teaching a graduate course on the creation and implementation of Food Aid Policy. The program aims to bring real-life pol- icymakers to the University in order to demonstrate what can be accomplished in careers in public poli- cy. Due to their experience, the policymaker's per- sonal knowledge of policy and management also enriches the classroom, said Rebecca Blank, dean of the Ford School. "We selected Cathy Bertini as the Towsley Poli- cymaker in Residence because of her stellar record of public service - including senior level jobs within the Federal government and within the Unit- ed Nations" Blank said. Bertini has served as the acting assistant sec- retary for family support administration for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the assistant secretary of agriculture for food and consumer services and most recently as executive director of the U.N. World Food Pro- gram, serving the maximum of two five-year terms. The WFP provides emergency, refugee and development food to those in need. As the largest U.N. agency funded by donations, Berti- ni helped raise a $1.9 billion budget that helped 77 million people. "one must convince a lot of people who represent the government and operate within the bureaucracy." - Catherine Bertini Ford School lecturer and newly-named U.N. undersecretary-general for management Bertini said that the University invited her at a perfect time because her term had just ended and she was looking to move back to the U.S. Similarly, her new position conforms to her schedule, and will begin Jan. 1, 2003. As undersecretary general for management, she will work on implementing Secretary-Gen- eral Kofi Annan's reform proposal, "Strengthen- ing of the United Nations: An agenda for further change." Bertini said that streamlining the budget, person- al recruitment, billing management and refurbish- ing the U.N. headquarters will be among her responsibilities. "Working through the changes in the personal and budget processes will be rather cumbersome because one must convince a lot of people who rep- resent the government and operate within the bureaucracy," Bertini said. Nevertheless, she is looking forward to working with Annan. "He is a wonderful man of great principle, is thoughtful, and a leader in the world and I am for- tunate to work for him," she said. Legislature returns from break to tackle budget Shooting the homework LANSING (AP) - State lawmakers get back to work this week with the hefty task of resolving a state budget deficit of at least $400 million. The Legislature, which broke for a two-week Thanksgiving recess, begins a last-minute sprint to the end of the two-year session. 1 Any bills not passed by Dec. 31 will have to be re-intro- duced and begin the legislative process all over again next year if they're to be enacted. Attention this week - and continuing into the new legisla- tive session next month - is expected to focus on the tattered state budget. In addition to the current deficit in the 2002-03 budget, incoming Gov. Jennifer Granholm is expected to con- front a budget shortage of roughly $1.8 billion for the 2003- 2004 budget. The first step in attacking that fiscal problem has been planned with the scheduling of a revenue estimating confer- ence for Jan. 14. State officials will use it to estimate how much money they'll have to draft a 2003-04 budget for the fis- cal year which begins Oct. 1 At the conference, the directors of the House and Senate fis- cal agencies and the state treasurer will decide on a revenue estimate that is to be used by Granholm's administration in writing her first executive budget recommendations. But first things first. The state House and Senate appropriations committees are scheduled to meet Thursday morning to consider Gov. John Engler's executive order to trim the current budget. It is expected to include about $470 million in cuts for this year's budget, which already has been enacted for the fiscal year which began Oct. 1. "It will be one of the busiest weeks in the career of many lawmakers," said Todd Harcek, spokesman for House Appro- priations Chairman Marc Shulman (R-West Bloomfield). Members of the appropriations committees received notice of the executive order last week. The executive order is expected to mean cuts of between 1 percent and 5 percent in state revenue sharing for local governments, as well as grants for universities and state departments. Michigan is required by the state constitution to have a bal- anced budget. A resolution for the 2002-2003 budget deficit won't be able to rely heavily on the state's rainy day fund because the state budget director is expected to withdraw about $200 million from that pot to resolve last year's budgef deficit. Now the rainy day fund, or the Budget Stabilization Fund, has a balance of about $250 million, according to the nonparti- san House Fiscal Agency. While the budget occupies center stage this week, lawmak- ers have late issues to concentrate on as they move toward Christmas vacation and the end of session. New Senate Republican leader prepares to counter Granholm AP PHOTO State Sen. Ken Sikkema of Wyoming will be the Republican majority leader in the Senate after Jan. 1. BLOOD BATTLE Continued from Page 1A "If we get the chance to save even one life then it is all worth it," Gupta said. "I thank APO in letting us collaborate with them during their blood battle because with their help, we were able to get such a great turnout." The success of the blood drive proved to be twofold - the large number of first time donors and the backing of local businesses and the campus com- munity, said LSA sophomore Lauren Schmidt, co-chair of the Alpha Phi Omega Blood Drive. "The Blood Battle took a lot of work behind the scenes, but we had a tremen- dous response from the community, which helped get the word out," Schmidt said. "It was so great to see so many people come out to save lives and help defeat our rival." Organizers of the blood drive began planning it as early as May and worked consistently up until the event. "The fact that we did so well really says a lot about the people that attend and work for this university," Papazian said. RESOLUTION Continued from Page1A ble affect the resolution will have. "It's really easy for peoole to LANSING (AP) - Michigan Republicans have a new leadoff hit- ter as they prepare to answer incom- ing Democratic Gov. Jennifer Granholm with their own proposals. But Senate Majority Leader-elect Ken Sikkema says there are other top GOP leaders to share the party's efforts. And he says that while Granholm won "a personality victory," the GOP "won the policy victory." "I am ready to lead," the Wyoming, Mich. Republican declared late last month after being elected Senate Republican leader for the next four years. But he was quick to note he'll be sharing the power with other top Republican officials, including House Speaker Rick Johnson of LeRoy, new Attorney General Mike Cox, new Secretary of State Terri Lynn Land and Republican majori- ties in Michigan's congressional del- egation an the state House and Senate. "The Senate Republicans and the ADS Continued from Page 1A newspaper's editorial content and advertising content." The Maroon received a variety of criticism and after speaking with the Chicago chapter of the Muslim Stu- dent Association, the editorial staff hasn't lost any standing with the stu- dents, Beatty said. HANUKKAH Continued from Page1A away a lot of darkness." Goldstein added that Jews celebrate the holiday in the same manner as they did more than 2,000 years ago. Custom stipulates celebrators of Hanukkah to light a new candle on the menorah each night of the holiday until all candles are lit on the last night. Followers also tradi- tionally eat foods cooked in oil, such as jelly donuts and latkes, or potato pan- cakes, as part of the celebration to remember the historical miracle. "The reason for eating certain foods is they're all made of oil," Goldstein said. "If you want to diet, you'll want to wait after Hanukkah." INTERESTED IN NEWS? House Republicans are going to work collectively on a Republican agenda to accomplish these things,' Sikkema said, ticking off goals of improving education, attracting busi- ness, protecting the environment and creating affordable and accessible health care. "From a Republican legislative standpoint, both the speaker and I and our caucuses are going to have to step up to the plate and exert the kind of leadership I think this state needs and is looking for from us," Sikkema said. "The governor will have her agen- da. And at some point, if we're going to make progress, there will be a meeting of the minds." "The reality is, under divided gov- ernment, to make progress nobody's going to get their way entirely. We're going to have to work together." Observers are waiting to see if Sikkema and other GOP leaders can deliver the Republican agenda with- out the power of Gov. John Engler to' back them. INVESTIGATION Continued from Page 1A for the attack, Gissin said. "Formally, of course, we don't have the conclusive evidence to prove unequivocally that it is al-Qaida, but the fingerprints clearly indicate that al- Qaida is involved," Gissin said, referring to Mofaz's remarks. Jamu, the bomb specialist, said investigators found parts of two gas welding cylinders which they suspect were fastened to the vehicle's under- side to cause a bigger explosion at the Paradise Hotel 12 miles north of Mombasa. One man, subsistence farmer Khamis Haro Deche, said a brown Pajero pulled into his yard near the hotel shortly after 8 a.m. last Thursday. He said the slight youngish man in the passenger seat told him in Arabic-accented and halting Kiswahili - Kenya's official language - that he and the driver were waiting .for friends coming from the hotel. The farmer said the car had tinted windows - illegal in Kenya - and when he leaned inside to shake hands, he saw only two people - the driver, described as a stout middle-age man who did not speak, and the passenger, whom he described as nervous. Previ- ous reports have said there were three terrorists. Shortly after the car drove off in the direction of the hotel, there was an explosion that shook his'house, he said. Survivors at the hotel said the blast occurred around 8:35 a.m. "These are not good people; I shook hands with fire," the farmer said in the light of a kerosene lantern outside his mud-and-palm thatch house. 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