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Cadillac dropping ad agency

Jeff Stoltman, Wayne State marketing professor, is quoted in a story about Cadillac ending its 71-year national advertising relationship with Leo Burnett Detroit, a Troy-based ad agency. While General Motors Corp. has relieved Leo Burnett of some creative work months ago, the agency will still handle GM's Pontiac brand, as well as their service and parts operations. Many industry experts have speculated that Cadillac's decision came as a result of lukewarm reaction to Leo Burnett's Super Bowl XL ad for the Cadillac Escalade SUV. "It's clear that the agency-client relationship had been under duress for some time," Stoltman said. "That spot couldn't have been the last straw."

Single-pill lipid and BP lowering effective in blacks; other research supports diuretics in hypertensives with metabolic syndrome

Dr. John Flack of Wayne State's School of Medicine, presented the results of a study on the use of a new hypertension pill combination at the International Society of Hypertension in Blacks 2006 meeting. Atorvastatin/Amlodopine single-pill combination was recently tested on two groups; one group was African-American, and the other was non-African-American. The results showed that 48.5 percent of the African- American group reached their blood pressure goals, while 58.5 percent of the non-African-American group reached their goals.

Meconium may provide clues to fetal alcohol exposure

Enrique M. Ostrea, Wayne State University professor of pediatrics, commented about the possibility that researchers have discovered certain fatty acid ethyl esters (FAEEs) in meconium that may provide a biomarker for fetal alcohol exposure. "There are only a few biomarkers that indicate if an infant has been exposed to alcohol during pregnancy, and most of them are not strictly associated with alcohol use," Ostrea said. "In this study, we have found a direct association between the presence of certain FAEEs and alcohol use."

Edsel B. Ford II featured on "Leaders on Leadership"

Edsel B. Ford II was the featured guest on \"Leaders on Leadership,\" co-produced by Wayne State University's School of Business Administration (SBA) and Detroit Public Television. The series host, Larry L. Fobes of the SBA, and WSU students in the studio audience questioned Ford on his leadership experiences in the corporate world as former president of Ford Motor Credit. He was also asked about his entrepreneurial leadership experiences as chair and owner of Pentastar Aviation.

THROUGH A CLOUDED LENS: Politics and personality lend bias to documentaries, leaving filmgoers responsible for filling in the blanks

Jocelyn Benson, Wayne State law professor, commented about the bias in film documentaries pointing out that she was disappointed after seeing the Tiger Stadium documentary, "Stranded at the Corner." Benson said she wanted to see the history of the stadium and to gain an understanding as to why it has stood vacant for so long, but instead she saw a one-sided account from stadium preservationists with a lot of Mike Illitch bashing.

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Alicia Keaton, associate director of student financial aid at Wayne State, appeared on the "Local 4 News Today" morning show to discuss the recent move to hike interest rates on student federal loans. Keaton said current federal student loan rates will increase to 6.25 percent on July 1 and will be capped at 8.25 percent. She provided some tips to students who are considering a consolidation of their loans prior to the deadline including checking out the benefits and repayment options of the lender. Overall, Keaton advised that students should first contact their current lender prior to making any decisions.

Sex-segregated education would be step back for equal opportunity

Wayne State University Board of Governors member Jacquelin Washington wrote an opinion piece about the issue of sex-segregated schools. She wrote that Michigan NOW is opposed to all efforts to establish public sex-segregated schools, classes or programs in Michigan because it inevitably leads to sex discrimination based on gender. "Sex-based separatism institutionalizes sex-based disadvantage - that is why those who oppose affirmative action in every other context praise women's schools as models of affirmative action. And that is why it is destructive to the concept of affirmative action to misapply it to support sex segregation in the schools," Washington wrote.

Merit Network annual meet draws a crowd

More than 100 educational Internet users gathered Thursday in Ann Arbor for the eighth annual meeting of Merit Network Inc., Michigan\'s original Internet service provider. The meeting also marks the 40th anniversary of Merit, founded in 1966 by Wayne State University, Michigan State University and the University of Michigan to explore linking the three universities\' mainframe computers. Today, Merit provides high-speed Internet access to Michigan schools, colleges, universities and nonprofits.

WSU journalism program receives check

On June 9, The Old Newsboys' Goodfellows Fund of Detroit presented a $10,000 check to the Wayne State Journalism Institute for Minorities to fund an existing scholarship program that will be renamed the Mike McCormick Goodfellows Scholarship after the late Detroit News editor and strong supporter of the Goodfellows. The story is accompanied by a five-column photo of Ben Burns, director of the journalism program, with McCormick's wife, daughter and son, along with representatives of the newspaper.

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