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Electric Show: Wasted youth

This article about child actors becoming stereotyped in certain roles and developing personality problems includes a mention of a 1998 Wayne State study of 74 child starts. Researchers found that child performers generally handle the stresses of life as well as everyone else. The study found that 75 percent of the young actors develop normal lives and have normal relationships with their parents. However one in four had abused drugs and two in five had abused alcohol.

Hip-hop artists rap about finances

A coterie of rap icons kicked off the national Hip-Hop Summit Action Network "Get Your Money Right" financial literacy tour at Wayne State University 's Bonstelle Theatre Saturday. Top financial experts from Chrysler Financial, a major sponsor of the tour, joined Detroit rap artists such as Obie Trice and Doug E. Fresh to talk about wise money management. Several of the artists talked about mistakes they made before they learned how to handle money they've made in the music industry. Detroit was the first stop for the program on a tour of major cities.

Unions try to get a grip in new economy

This article by Booth Newspapers' business columnist Rick Haglund discusses UAW bargaining with the bankrupt Delphi Corp. over buyout offers to Delphi 's hourly workers. The UAW last week reached a deal with General Motors Corp. and Delphi to offer buyouts covering GM's entire U.S. hourly work force and nearly 20,000 Delphi workers. GM is offering to pay workers up to $140,000 to "go away." Hal Stack, director of WSU's Labor Studies Center , calls the new balance of power between companies and workers "pretty scary." He said unions are trying to better understand issues that are important to their members in an effort to boost waning political clout.

State lawmakers should leave building decisions to colleges

An editorial urges state lawmakers to resist tying to manage building programs at state colleges and universities. For some lawmakers to demand that colleges pass a resolution promising to honor laws requiring legislative approval for projects "smacks of meddling," the editorial states. The newspaper suggests that one compromise might be a higher limit, such as $5 million, before legislative approval is needed for new construction projects. "The whole process needs to be revisited, with an eye toward coordinating big projects but giving universities the freedom to grow and innovate."

Metro Detroit Development: Big projects, tall order

Development projects -- some of them massive -- in smaller communities often cause headaches for city officials. Even routine development often runs into obstacles, including recalcitrant zoning boards and opposition from neighbors. The ambitious Bay Village project in Trenton is one example. Trenton Mayor Gerald Brown calls the project, to be located on the former McLouth Steel mill site, "the biggest thing that's probably happened here in 50 years." He says the project "has just consumed me." Robin Boyle, professor of urban planning at Wayne State , pointed out that "it's more than just adding up little development issues. It requires a different funding regime to move this. It requires a broader vision. The technical issues that come with these sites would cripple small developers."

College students give needy a 'spring' break

A group of nine Wayne State students recently participated in a spring break mission trip to Tijuana, Mexico. The volunteers helped the Scalabrini Fathers religious order at their mission, La Casa del Migrante, which is a shelter for migrants in Tijuana. In addition to serving at a community shelter, outreach centers and a soup kitchen, the students traveled to a local dump where migrants were living in houses on the inactive part of the dump. Wayne State students comment in the story which also features photos of their activities.

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