2A - Wednesday, March 16, 2011 MONDAY: TUESDAY: In Other Ivory Towers Questions on Campi THURSDAY: FRIDAY: Campus Clubs Photos of the Week The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com ('1C 1idlpan DAMl~ 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1327 www.michigandaily.com STEPHANIE STEINBERG BRAD WILEY Editor in Chief Business Manager 734-ala-ails ext. 1252 734-418-4115 ext. 1241 steinberg@michigatdaiy.cotn tmdbusiness@gtnaitcom 01 Penning places through poetry Q: Where did you grow up? I teach cl I grew up in Libya. I lived there until a course or the age of 15. Then I went to high school poetry, a c in Louisiana. poetry seve Q: Where did you go to school? ative writin I graduated from the University graduate. I of Tennessee at Chattanooga with Arab Amer degrees in political science and eco- called Writi nomics. After I graduated, I got an MFA Q: What in creative writing at Indiana Univer- gan? sity. And after a few years, I finished a My stude Ph.D. in literature at Duke University. pared. It's n Q: Why did you come to the Uni- turn things versity? level of com Because it's a good university. I was the ambitio at the University of Texas. I saw the level course position here, so I applied. Iwas offered Q: As aI the position here, and I thought it'd be a write abou better situation. ten? Q: What do you teach? Poetry se CRIME NOTES Phone travels Bag takes a WHERE: Central Campus potty break Lasses in poetry. I've taught n contemporary American ourse on introduction to ral times and I teach cre- ng classes - advanced and 've also taught a class on ican literature and a course ing Islam. do you like about Michi- ents are generally well pre- ot a struggle to get them to in on time. I think also the petence in the writing and n - even teaching a 200- - is very high. poet, what do you like to t and what have you writ- ems to be a very good way of locating myself. And also, it has a lot to do with one who's living abroad away from one's home. I didn't come here thinking I wanted to stay. This is the story of a lot of immigrants. So that in-betweenness, being sort of long- ing to connect the separate places one belongs, was very important. Q: What influences your writing? Libya is where I come from, and we're having this revolt. I've been very busy with that. I've done a lot of TV interviews- on the radio as well. I've been engaged in these events. It's been very difficult. How it will affect my writing? I have no idea. My writing's the least important thing to me right now. It's my family, my relatives, all of them. 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" Please report any error in the Daily to corrections@michi- gandaily.com. coURTESY oF KHALED MATTAWA English Prof. Khaled Mattawa, who is a Libyan native, teaches poetry. Gilbert Godfried - voice of the "Aflac Duck" - was fired by the insur- ance company after posting insensitive tweets regarding the disaster in Japan, Reuters reported. Aflac officals said a search is underway for his replacement. Republican Gov. Rick Snyder's call for a reduction of the Michi- gan Tax Incentive is sending local filmmakers over the edge as Ann Arbor has been a hot spot for recent films. >>FOR MORE, SEE THE STATEMENT Beverage giant PepsiCo Inc. announced yester- day that it has created the world's first bottle made entirely out of plant mate- rials, NPR reported. The company said it will mass- produce the bottle after test- itg it in productifin if 2012. 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They're also upset that an emergency manager contracts could toss out union contracts if needed to salvage a local enti- LANSING, Mich. (AP) - ty's finances. Emergency financial managers "It's a blatant assault on collec- appointed by the state of Michi- tive bargaining," said Rep. Wood- gan to run struggling cities and row Stanley, a Democrat from schools would get broad new Flint. powers, including the ability -The plan sets up more trig- to terminate union contracts, gers that would allow the state to under legislation approved yes- review a local school district or terday by the Michigan House. government's finances. The state Republican Gov. Rick Snyder could start reviewing the finances was expected to sign the package of troubled cities and schools ear- of legislation after its main bill lier with the hopes of avoiding received final approval, 62-48, in the appointment of an emergency the GOP-led chamber. manager. The contentious proposal, "These measures will cre- which drew hundreds of pro- ate a more focused, pre- testers to the state Capitol last ventative approach to fiscal week, is the latest in a series of responsibility throughout the showdowns across the country state," Rep. Al Pscholka, R-Ste- pitting Republican state offi- vensville, said in a statement. "For cials against union rights back- years we have allowed cities and ers. The most visible one came schools tobe on the verge of bank- in Wisconsin, where Senate ruptcy without any intervention. Democrats fled the state to block In many cases we discover that - albeit temporarily - a vote financial records are not in order on legislation stripping collec- and it leaves emergency managers tive bargaining rights for public with very few options to balance workers. the books." While the Michigan plan Under the legislation, the state wouldn't go that far, many Treasury Department could get Democrats and labor unions information from local govern- argue it's a state power grab ments more swiftly when, under one trigger, a government ends a fiscal year with a deficit. Com- munities currently submit defi- cit elimination plans that take months to get approved and implemented. With the new law, a preliminary review could be started immediately, the Trea- sury Department said. Another trigger would be if a community fails to file an annual financial report in a timely manner, the departmentsaid. Currently,the' state may withhold revenue shar- ing payments or restrict a commu- nity's ability to issue debt. Under the new law, the state also.would getinformation more swiftly. Some provisions in early ver- sions of the legislation' were dropped in the hopes of gain- ing broader support. Emergency managers would have to be indi- viduals, not firms or corporations. The original version would have banned local elected officials in emergency manager situations from running for office again for up to 10 years, but that provision also was dropped. Local elected officials could lose some of their powers, but could be removed from office only if they repeatedly refuse to comply with requests for information. The current state law related to emergency financial managers is affecting about a half-dozen local communities and schools at this time. 4