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Magnum P.I.'s Timeless Oahu

David Romas, identified as a full-time publicist at Wayne State University, comments extensively in a feature article about the 1980's television show "Magnum P.I." and the setting for most of the episodes at Oahu, Hawaii. Romas is the director of Magnum Memorabilia, an informal organization dedicated to collecting and distributing information on the CBS series which ran from 1980 to 1988. Among the 5,000 international fans Romas has corresponded with over the past 20 years, he is regarded as the Magnum guru.

Skillman provides $10,000 for Children's Conference

The Skillman Foundation will give $10,000 to support the second biennial children's conference, called "Promoting the Well-Being of Children and Youth in Urban America: Best Practices to Next Practices," to be held Sept. 28-29 at Wayne State's McGregor Memorial Conference Center. The conference, hosted by Wayne State University's Children's Bridge, will unite researchers, educators and students with care providers, policy makers and advocates to focus on best practices for promoting the well-being of urban children in the United States and on disseminating program models for next practices. Contact information and Web site links are provided.

Wayne State, Boston firm launch biotech startup in Detroit

Boston-based Allied Minds, a pre-seed investment corporation specializing in early stage university business ventures, has partnered with Wayne State University to establish GliaGen LLC, a start-up company which will develop new diagnostic and therapeutic technologies to treat neurodegenerative diseases. The newly formed company has exclusively secured platform technology developed by Leon Carlock and Maria Cypher, of the Center for Molecular Medicine and Genetics at Wayne State's School of Medicine. The technologies provide new tools for understanding neural disease processes, as well as cellular repair mechanisms.

Talent, not low taxes, drives growth

Lou Glazer, president of Michigan Future Inc., an Ann Arbor think tank, opines that states with a knowledge-driven and entrepreneurial economy, with the greatest concentrations of talent, will enjoy greater success in a prosperous economy. He points to the second state rankings from the Census Bureau which includes statistics on four-year degree attainment by state. Nine of the top 10 in this ranking are also in the top 10 in per capita income. All 10 have per capita incomes above Michigan's. "These rankings raise the question:" Glazer writes, "Which groups of states do we want to be like - those with low business taxes and, by and large, below the national average prosperity or those with high education attainment and high prosperity? The answer is clear: Michigan should be a high prosperity state." Glazer says the bottom line is that talent, not low taxes, matters most when it comes to a healthy state economy.

Wayne State weighs in on affirmative action

The station's Mary Conway, reporting on a group of citizens who filed a legal brief in an attempt to keep the affirmative action proposal off the November ballot, interviewed WSU Admissions Director Susan Zwieg regarding the university's efforts to maintain a diverse student body. Students who spoke with the reporter were divided on the topic of whether affirmative action is needed in the admissions process. Some said it is no longer necessary, while others thought the special consideration is important in order for underprivileged students to get a fair chance at a college education.

3's the key for healthful lunches

Mary Width, lecturer in dietetics in the WSU Department of Nutrition and Food Science, offers tips in this article about how to pack healthy lunches for school kids. She points out that a healthy lunch should include three different food groups: fruit, vegetable and protein. She comments extensively on three sample lunchbox meals prepared by the Free Press and makes recommendations. On the topic of how to get children to accept healthier foods, such as whole wheat breads, Width has this advice: "Kids are going to eat what you give them. . . . If you start young, instead of giving them white bread and cutting the crusts off, give them whole wheat bread. That's what they'll get accustomed to." A related story in the Lansing State Journal used many of Width's comments from the Free Press story.

GMC plays football to push Sierra pickup

General Motors Corp. has announced a multimedia advertising promotion linked to Monday Night Football on ESPN. The automaker will give away a new GMC Sierra pickup each of the 16 weeks of the telecast and will hype the promotion through newspaper, TV and online advertising. Jeff Stoltman, WSU marketing professor, points out that marketing efforts in general are shifting to multi-media, interactive approaches. "GMC is not leading the way, but they are finding, potentially, a very differentiated way," he said.

The future of libraries

A story on whether libraries will survive in the age of the Internet includes a comment by Joseph Mika, director of the Library and Information Science Program at Wayne State . "The biggest challenge we're facing is, 'Where do we get the funding,' he pointed out. "Libraries are so much more than they used to be. It all becomes really expensive." According to the American Library Association, the vast majority of people believe libraries still will be necessary in the future, although their role may be expanded from a center for information to a center of culture.

Schools do more to help students find jobs after graduation

Experts say the job market for college graduates is looking better after several lean years, but finding a job will still be challenging. \"Making a connection is vital to a student\'s success,\" said Brenda Paine, director of the new career planning and placement office at Wayne State's School of Business Administration. \"It gives students a name, a face and someone who can interview them.\" Included in the story is background information about the SBA career planning and placement office. Also included is a photo of Paine assisting MBA student Jamal Newberry with his resume.

All eyes on Couric

Jerry Herron, identified as an American culture professor at Wayne State, comments about Katie Couric's highly publicized debut this evening as the first female solo anchor of a major-network evening newscast. Herron says Couric tends to blend the worlds of celebrity and journalism. \"Her resonance with me is nice haircut, pretty teeth, sweet woman. Whether that\'s what CBS wants out there as they try to create a new marketing position, I don\'t know. But that\'s probably what most of America thinks.\" Wayne State counselor Nannette McCleary Shaw also offered remarks in the story.

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